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Running on Empty: A Burnout Recovery Guide for Moms Who Have Nothing Left to Give — And Still Keep Giving
You are not broken.
You are burned out.
Maybe you’ve cried in the car before going inside.
Maybe you’re functioning perfectly on the outside while privately disappearing inside your own life.
Maybe you love your children deeply — but feel emotionally flat, exhausted, overwhelmed, and completely unseen.
This book was written for you.
Running on Empty is a compassionate, clinically grounded recovery guide for mothers carrying too much for too long. Written by therapist Sara Mitchell, LCSW, this book helps overwhelmed moms understand what maternal burnout actually is — and how to begin recovering from it without guilt, toxic positivity, or impossible expectations.
Inside, you’ll learn how
• Recognize the real symptoms of maternal burnout
• Understand the invisible mental load and emotional labor draining you
• Recover your identity outside of caregiving
• Set boundaries that actually hold
• Ask for help without shame
• Rebuild rest, emotional capacity, and sustainable routines
• Stop feeling like you are failing motherhood
This is not another “self-care” book telling you to take a bubble bath and try harder.
It is a realistic roadmap for exhausted mothers who have spent years surviving and are ready to finally feel like themselves again.
If you have ever
“I can’t keep doing this.”
Start here.
You are burned out.
Maybe you’ve cried in the car before going inside.
Maybe you’re functioning perfectly on the outside while privately disappearing inside your own life.
Maybe you love your children deeply — but feel emotionally flat, exhausted, overwhelmed, and completely unseen.
This book was written for you.
Running on Empty is a compassionate, clinically grounded recovery guide for mothers carrying too much for too long. Written by therapist Sara Mitchell, LCSW, this book helps overwhelmed moms understand what maternal burnout actually is — and how to begin recovering from it without guilt, toxic positivity, or impossible expectations.
Inside, you’ll learn how
• Recognize the real symptoms of maternal burnout
• Understand the invisible mental load and emotional labor draining you
• Recover your identity outside of caregiving
• Set boundaries that actually hold
• Ask for help without shame
• Rebuild rest, emotional capacity, and sustainable routines
• Stop feeling like you are failing motherhood
This is not another “self-care” book telling you to take a bubble bath and try harder.
It is a realistic roadmap for exhausted mothers who have spent years surviving and are ready to finally feel like themselves again.
If you have ever
“I can’t keep doing this.”
Start here.
185 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 13, 2026
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