This book is a must-read for any working parent. If you feel like you are just surviving each day, buy this book immediately. Authors Kate Gawlik and Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk make you feel seen and understood right from the start. They prove that parental burnout is a real issue, not a personal failure.

The book is packed with useful tools that fit easily into a busy schedule. It includes a quick 10-point scale to measure your own daily stress. It also gives eight easy, proven steps to help you recover. Instead of chasing the lie of being a "perfect" parent, this book teaches you how to be a happy parent. It is a comforting, practical roadmap to finding joy in your family life again.

I really enjoyed this as a full time working Mum to a toddler who is feeling the strain recently.

The tips were very useful and something I can use on a daily basis.

I also appreciated the comparison between burnout and anxiety disorders as I myself suffer from GAD, so it was interesting to understand the difference and how to beat manage this.

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This is a highly credible guide for any working parent struggling to manage the unrelenting demands of modern life. What truly sets this book apart is the authors' commitment to evidence-based solutions. It is packed with credible, well-researched references that validate the experiences of overwhelmed parents while offering scientifically sound methods for recovery. The authors do an excellent job of distilling complex well-being concepts into actionable steps, and the highly accessible, easy-to-read tables make it effortless to implement these strategies into a busy, chaotic schedule. It is a compassionate and practical roadmap that empowers parents to stop merely surviving their daily grind and start actively thriving in both their personal and professional lives. Sometimes we just read reminders and clear roadmaps.

Working Parent Burnout is a really helpful guide, with practical tips and advice. A must read for every working parent.

Thoughtful, Compassionate and Essential Reading for Working Parents:

This is a thoughtful, well-researched and highly compassionate book that really made me stop and reflect. While it explores the realities of working parent burnout with evidence and practical insight, it never feels judgmental or prescriptive. Instead, it encourages genuine self-reflection.

As both a parent and a school leader, I found myself considering not only my own experiences of balancing work and family life, but also how I can better understand and support the parents, colleagues and young people around me. The book highlights the often unseen emotional load that so many people carry and offers reassurance alongside realistic strategies for navigating it.

Engaging, accessible and grounded in research, this is a book I would recommend to any working parent, as well as anyone whose role involves supporting families. It prompted me to think differently about compassion, expectations and what sustainable success really looks like.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced review copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book was very timely, especially considering the awareness regarding the utter lack of parental support our country offers. I do wish the author had maybe covered more ground regarding actionable steps parents can take to combat burnout but it's a good primer.

As a working mom who also homeschools, I recognized the exhaustion described in Working Parent Burnout. The book does not treat burnout as a personal failure or suggest that parents simply need to manage their time better. Instead, Kate Sustersic Gawlik and Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk explain the emotional and physical signs of burnout and offer eight evidence-based strategies for recovering from it. Their research found that 65 percent of working parents reported experiencing burnout, which helps show how widespread the problem has become.

I appreciated the combination of small changes that can make daily life more manageable and larger questions about goals, family relationships, and the pressure to do everything well. Some of the advice felt familiar, but it was useful to see it organized into a practical plan rather than another list of vague reminders to practice self-care. The authors also acknowledge the guilt and shame many parents carry, which made the guidance feel compassionate without becoming overly reassuring.

My sincere thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a free advance review copy.