Designing a Life That Works: Systems, Sanity & Self-Care in Motherhood

The group chat summary

We were joined by Dara Astmann, Barbara Mighdoll, and Corinne Low for an honest discussion that named what so many parents are quietly carrying. We discussed what it actually takes to design a life that works in motherhood - especially when the systems around us were never built to support parents.

🧠 The reality of burnout and invisible labor

• Burnout isn’t a personal failure - it’s structural and deeply tied to how caregiving is undervalued
• Parents today spend more time with their kids than previous generations, while work expectations haven’t eased
• Much of the daily labor at home remains invisible, constant, and disproportionately carried by women

🔄 Career shifts, identity, and permission to change

• Motherhood often sparks an identity shift that many people are.

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