Lead Like a Mother: Work-Life Balance, Burnout Recovery & Leadership Skills for High-Achieving Moms
From the author of Boldly Both, Lead Like a Mother: Work-Life Balance, Burnout Recovery & Leadership Skills for High-Achieving Moms is the podcast for working moms who look “put together” but feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and one more email away from snapping. If you’re a high-achieving working mom juggling meetings, school drop-offs, deadlines, and the endless mental load while secretly Googling “working mom burnout,” “how to balance work and motherhood,” or “time management for high-performing moms,” this show will feel like you’ve finally been seen.
Each week, you get practical strategies to balance motherhood, career, and leadership without burning out, so you can stop living in survival mode and start feeling like yourself again. You’ll learn realistic work-life balance habits, time management for busy working moms, burnout recovery tools, and simple boundary-setting scripts for work and home that help you protect your energy, reduce stress, and calm the constant mental chatter.
Episodes dive into leadership skills for high-achieving moms, communication, delegation, decision-making, and confidence, so you can lead well at work and lead well at home without feeling guilty or stretched too thin. You’ll hear honest conversations about invisible labor, emotional load, mom guilt, perfectionism, and maternal burnout, plus coaching-style episodes with small, doable steps you can implement in one week to create more peace, margin, and clarity.
Hosted by Christina Runnels, a licensed therapist, author of Boldly Both: A Mom’s Guide to Balancing Career and Family Without Guilt, and sought-after speaker on working mom burnout and leadership, this podcast blends evidence-informed strategies with real-life mom wisdom you can use right away. If you’ve ever thought, “No one really understands how much I’m carrying,” this is your space for validation, practical tools, and long-term burnout prevention designed specifically for ambitious, high-achieving working moms.
Next Steps:
Get Boldly Both: A Mom's Guide to Balancing Career and Family Without Guilt: https://bit.ly/BoldlyBoth
Visit the website: https://www.ChristinaRunnels.com
Connect with Me: Hello@ChristinaRunnels.com
Lead Like a Mother: Work-Life Balance, Burnout Recovery & Leadership Skills for High-Achieving Moms
Time Management for Busy Working Moms: Simple Daily Routine to Stop Rushing All Day
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Working Mom Time Management: End 8:57pm Dinners Forever
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https://officialchristinarunnels.kit.com/1bc4f01ac1
You glance at the clock: 8:57pm. Cold dinner over laptop. Kid lunchbox in sink. Work phone buzzing. Tomorrow is looming.
High-achieving working moms need a working mom time management system—not more discipline. Episode 5's 3-block routine (work/family/margin) stops rush days.
Connect & work with Christina:
- Speaking, workshops, consulting: Hello@christinarunnels.com
- Buy Boldly Both: A Mom's Guide to Balancing Career and Family Without Guilt
- Follow on Facebook
Episode Highlights:
- 8:57pm dinner realization → no purposeful "you" time
- 3-block routine working moms use: 3 golden hours + family DND + 90min margin
- Sunday reset (laminate weekly)
Timestamps:
0:00 Working mom 8:57pm dinner scene
2:30 Thursday "no sitting down" moment
7:15 Block 1: Working mom golden hours
11:45 Block 2: Family block (phone DND)
15:20 Block 3: Working mom margin time
19:10 3-block template walkthrough
This week:
1. Circle 3 golden work hours
2. Sunday: Fill + laminate
3. Notice 8:57pm feels different
Share your completed template → Hello@ChristinaRunnels.com
Next: Episode 6 - Working Mom Anger