Running on Empty as a Working Mum? Why Taking a Break Might Be the Most Productive Thing You Do

Have you ever come back from a holiday feeling like you need another holiday?

Or realised, only after you've stopped, just how exhausted you really were?

That's exactly what happened to Carina. After a busy period of balancing her corporate role, work travel, Working Mumma, two young boys and the mental load of running a household, Carina headed away for a week's holiday with her family.

Carina talks about:

• The difference between taking time off and actually mentally detaching from work
• What Carina noticed when her own brain finally started to quieten
• The real cost of ignoring your exhaustion and the hidden dangers of running on empty
• Practical strategies for practicing psychological detachment, even when you can’t take an extended break.
• What chronic cortisol is doing to your brain, sleep and focus, and why it's a loop, not a one-off

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