Therapist Burnout and Work-Life Balance: Money Mindset,Motherhood, and Outsourcing with Carly Costello- Part 2

Can therapists build successful careers, care for their families, make money, and protect their own well-being, without burning themselves out trying to “balance” everything? Whew! It's exhausting just reading that!

In Part 2 of our conversation with Carly Costello of EMDR with Carly we talk honestly about therapist burnout, working motherhood, productivity pressure, money mindset, ADHD, and the shame many women experience when they feel like they should be able to do it all.

Carly shares how she manages life as an EMDR consultant, group practice owner, entrepreneur, wife, stepmom, and mother of young children. Her answer isn’t a perfect morning routine or a magical formula for work-life balance. It’s learning to recognize her strengths, release unrealistic expectations, and outsource the things that consume her time and mental energy.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why work-life balance may be an impossible (and shame-producing) goal

• How outsourcing household and business tasks can protect your energy

• The money beliefs that contribute to therapist burnout

• Why wanting to earn money doesn’t make you a selfish therapist

• The pressure professional women feel to do everything well

• Productivity guilt and learning to give yourself permission to rest

• The tension between building a business and being present with your children

• Adjusting your caseload as a group practice owner

• Accepting the messy, imperfect parts of yourself

• Why authenticity can help you connect more deeply with clients

If you’re a therapist, private practice owner, working mother, or helping professional who feels pulled between your career, family, and personal needs, this conversation is for you.

You don’t need to hold everything together with a death grip. Sometimes grit looks like releasing the expectation that you should be able to do it all and building a life that works for who you actually are.

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