The Unpoised Podcast

The Exhausted Worker — Healing Burnout, Mom Guilt, and the Pressure to “Keep Going”

If you’ve been running on empty, fighting exhaustion, or trying to hold your life together with coffee, prayer, and pure survival mode… this episode is your exhale. In The Exhausted Worker, Nûra opens up about the emotional and physical burnout so many women silently carry while juggling work, motherhood, dreams, bills, pressure, neurodivergent traits, and the expectation to “be strong” all the time. From the guilt of needing rest to the fear of falling behind, this episode brings honesty, humor, and healing to a conversation most of us avoid. Nûra breaks down the modern mental load women face today — the overworking, the overwhelm, the constant multitasking — and offers grounding strategies rooted in faith, emotional intelligence, and real-life experience. She shares how rest can be strategic, how boundaries are a form of self-love, and how slowing down doesn’t mean your life is falling apart… it might actually be falling into place. ✨ If you’re tired, overstimulated, burnt out, or trying to balance motherhood with ambition, this episode will help you breathe again, realign your priorities, and rediscover the version of you that deserves softness and peace. ———- burnout recovery women and burnout working mom exhaustion work-life balance for women soft life movement healing overwhelm muslim women podcast women’s mental health faith and self-care mom guilt healing overcoming burnout ————— #UnpoisedPodcast #ExhaustedWorker #BurnoutHealing #SoftLifeForWomen #WorkingMomLife #FaithAndFemininity #WomenWhoRest #MentalHealthForMoms #OverwhelmedWomen #HealingThroughFaith