Slowly Dying in the Pickup Line

Slowly Dying in the Pickup Line

I finally figured out why I’m so pissed off all the time. I want to work. I enjoy it. I want to be with my kids after school. And I’m not willing to bend on either of those things. Which sounds reasonable… until you’re sitting in a school pickup line, answering emails, and feeling like your brain is splitting in half. In this episode, Flo talks through the quiet realization that maybe the problem isn’t personal failure — maybe it’s the structure of modern life itself. From school schedules that make no sense to the way we ignore basic human rhythms (especially for moms and teenagers), this is a conversation about what happens when real life doesn’t fit inside the systems we’ve built. This isn’t about burning everything down. It’s about asking better questions. What if the life you want isn’t too much? What if it was never designed to work this way in the first place? Still Tired explores burnout, belonging, and the quiet rebellion for a better life.

It’s Not My Kids. It’s Everything Around Them.

I don’t actually think parenting is the hard part. I think it’s everything around it that’s exhausting us. In this episode, I’m talking about what it’s really like to love your kids deeply… and still feel completely overwhelmed by the logistics of daily life. Because when I actually have time and space with my kids? I’m obsessed with them. It’s the pickups. The practices. The dinners. The appointments. The homework. The mental load of keeping everything moving. That’s the part that’s draining. And then we make it mean something about us. We tell ourselves we’re impatient. We’re not present enough. We’re doing it wrong. But what if the problem isn’t us? What if we’ve been sold a version of parenting that was never meant to be done inside this kind of pressure, pace, and isolation? This episode is a reminder that: You don’t hate parenting. You’re overwhelmed by the conditions you’re parenting in. And that’s a very different thing.

Try Dropping Something

Most of us are living inside an invisible promise: Once I get through next week. Once the kids are older. Once work slows down. Once the house is cleaner, the inbox is empty, the to-do list is finally under control. Then life will begin. But what if that moment never comes? In this episode, Flo explores the quiet lie that keeps so many of us pushing forward while our lives slip past us in real time. The belief that relief is always just one more week away. This conversation isn’t about productivity or finding a better system. It’s about something much simpler — and much harder. What if the only way forward is to start dropping things? Dropping expectations. Dropping the pace. Dropping the idea that life is something we finally arrive at once everything is done. A reflection on burnout, the pressure of modern adulthood, and the small rebellions that might lead us back to a life we actually get to live.

I Stopped Making Dinner for My Family

I stopped making dinner for my family. And no, this isn’t a cry for help — it’s a straight up rebellion. In this episode, I unpack the mental load of weeknight dinners, the cultural mythology around the dinner table, and the invisible pressure so many mothers carry to make it all look effortless. What started as a dramatic announcement at our kitchen table turned into something bigger: • Why the 90s dinner table became a barometer for “good parenting” • How meal prep quietly swallowed my Sunday mornings • The emotional cost of sprinting into the kitchen instead of playing with my kids • The difference between cooking with space and cooking under pressure • And why community — not perfection — might be the actual solution I talk about launching a neighborhood dinner co-op, outsourcing meals to a local Maui company, and the unexpected freedom that followed. Because sometimes burnout isn’t about needing more discipline. Sometimes it’s about questioning the system entirely.

Are We the Air We Breathe?

We spend so much time looking inward when we’re trying to understand our burnout. Get more sleep. Eat better. Drink more water. But what if the exhaustion isn’t just coming from inside us? In this episode, I explore how the environments we live in — physical, emotional, and digital — shape who we become. From growing up moving school to school… to traveling the country as a public speaker… to eventually building a life in Hawaii that softened me in ways I didn’t know I needed — I’ve spent a lifetime feeling how places shape people. Some environments heal us. Some slowly drain us. And some we stay in out of loyalty, guilt, or fear of starting over. We talk about: • Why every place has an energetic “vibe” • How community shapes identity • The grief and courage of leaving home • Information overload + doom-scrolling • Whether we’re built to metabolize global suffering 24/7 • And what happens when we don’t feel safe where we live — physically or digitally If we are the air we breathe… what happens when the air feels heavy? This episode is an exploration — not an answer — about burnout, belonging, and the environments shaping us in ways we don’t always see.