#72: Stretched Too Thin (with guest Jessica Turner)

When you’re a working mom, it always seems like there’s something you feel like you need to be doing. Whether it’s for your career, your kids, or for your social life, it’s easy to commit to too many things and not have enough left over at the end of the day to take care of yourself. In today’s episode, Dr. Meg sits down with Jessica Turner, author of the book Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose The Guilt, Work Smarter, And Thrive. They talk about different strategies for self-care so that there’s enough mom to go around! Also in this episode, Dr. Meg gives you her points to ponder that you can start using right away and answers listener questions from a mom about her 13-year-old son’s dislike of his 11-year-old sister and a mom that is struggling with her relationship with her 13-year-old daughter. If you have a question you want Dr. Meeker to answer, email them to [email protected]and listen to future episodes to see if your question is featured!

0:00 – AD – PHIL IN THE BLANKS

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1:21 – WELCOME

Dr. Meg introduces the topic “Stretched Too Thin.” She also teases her conversation with Jessica Turner and her points to ponder.

2:32 – PARENTING RESOURCES

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3:18 – A CONVERSATION WITH JESSICA TURNER (PART 1)

Dr. Meg sits down for a conversation with Jessica Turner and talk about her book Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose The Guilt, Work Smarter, And Thrive. They also talk about different strategies for self-care so that there’s enough mom to go around!

20:12 – AD – MILK LIFE

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25:12 – A CONVERSATION WITH JESSICA TURNER (PART 2)

Dr. Meg sits down for a conversation with Jessica Turner and talk about her book Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose The Guilt, Work Smarter, And Thrive. They also talk about different strategies for self-care so that there’s enough mom to go around!

38:58 – POINTS TO PONDER

Dr. Meg gives you her points to ponder as you learn more about being stretched too thin.

42:22 – LET’S GET SOCIAL

Email Dr. Meg at [email protected]or tweet your question to her @MegMeekerMD. In today’s episode, Dr. Meg answers a question from Rayna about her 13-year-old son’s dislike of his 11-year-old sister and Leena about her struggle with her relationship with her 13-year-old daughter.

50:28 – PARENT PEP RALLY

51:07 – FROM THE PRODUCER

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