THE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Workplace Burnout, Employee Performance, Women in Leadership, Stress Management, Resilience, Productivity, Boundaries, Working Mothers
The Resilient Working Mum A podcast for high-performing working mothers — and the organisations that rely on them — navigating pressure, performance, and the invisible load of modern work and life. You might look like you’re coping on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, reactive, or constantly “on” behind the scenes. This is where we make sense of that experience and change it. The focus of this podcast is on the internal patterns shaping how you think, respond, and show up at work and at home. I’m Charlotte Haggie, resilience specialist, coach, and working mum. I help high-achieving women build the capacity to stay steady under pressure so that they can think clearly, lead effectively, and be present in the moments that matter. Inside this podcast, we move beyond surface-level solutions like time-management and organisation. You’ll learn how to: • stay focused and make clear decisions under pressure • respond with intention • build self-trust and emotional stability • reduce the mental load that drains your energy • sustain high performance over time For leaders and organisations, these conversations offer insight into the drivers of burnout, disengagement, and retention risk in high-performing women, along with a clearer understanding of what supports long-term performance and wellbeing. This is about developing the capacity to handle complexity, pressure, and responsibility with clarity, steadiness, and control.
Episodes
If you’re a working mum who feels constantly overwhelmed, exhausted, or like you always have to be “on”, this episode will help you understand why.
Burnout isn’t just about having too much to do. Burnout is the result of the internal pressure you carry while you do all the things you have to do and in this episode, we explore why modern working mums are burning out even when they are capable, organised, and doing everything “right....
You're capable. You're competent. You hold it together at work and yet, by the time you walk through your front door, you're running on empty. You are reactive, irritable and depleted and wonder why.
If you've ever thought "I should be coping better than this" this episode...
If you’ve ever felt like you’re stuck in a cycle of starting strong only to fall off track, this episode will change the way you think about consistency.
The problem isn’t that you lack discipline (and in this episode I sit down with Courtney Townley to explore why so many high-achieving women struggle to stay consistent even when they know exactly what to do.)
We unpack the deeper patterns behind self-sabotage, the hidden habits t...
Burnout isn’t just about doing too much and it’s not simply solved by taking a break.
In this episode, we explore a powerful reframe: burnout as an identity issue.
If you’re a high-achieving working mum who feels exhausted, overwhelmed, and under constant pressure, even when life looks “fine” on the outside, this episode will help you understand why.
We unpack how burnout is often driven by internal “worth rules” which are the unco...
If you’ve ever reached the end of a full day feeling busy, exhausted, and like you have had to perform the whole time and wonder where the day actually went, this episode will shift how you think about time completely.
High-achieving working mums don’t usually have a time management problem. They have a time leak problem.
In this episode, we explore the invisible ways time is lost through emotional labour, cognitive load, internal ...
Comparison isn’t just a mindset problem. It’s actually a very useful signal that there is something deeper going on beneath the surface that is you and when you look beneath that surface, you find that there is a way to stop comparing so that you can be more present, engaged and peaceful in who you are and in the life you are living.
In this episode, we explore why high-achieving working mums find themselves constantly comparing, ...
Why do so many high-achieving working mums feel constantly overwhelmed, even when they are doing everything “right”?
In this episode of The Resilient Working Mum, I explore the often overlooked foundation of resilience: self-trust. When you don’t trust yourself, you stay stuck in a mental loop of overthinking, control, and second-guessing which leaves your nervous system in a constant state of stress.
I introduce the Trust Triangle...
Working mothers are constantly told that the key to managing career and family is simple: find better work-life balance.
But for many women, balance feels impossible and the pressure to achieve it often creates even more stress.
In this episode, I sit down with physician and coach Dr Takisha Robinson, founder of The Mom Integration Playbook, to explore a different approach.
Rather than trying to perfectly balance competing demands,...
In this episode, I introduce the 3-Zone Focus Framework, a simple but powerful tool designed to help overwhelmed working mums see their responsibilities differently and reclaim their energy.
By sorting the demands of daily life into three categories, the Essential Zone, Maintenance Zone, and Let-Go Zone, the framework helps you distinguish between what truly matters, what simply keeps life running, and what may be draining your tim...
If you constantly feel rushed, behind, or like your days are running you, this episode will change how you think about time.
In this conversation, I break down why so many high-achieving working mums feel time-poor even when they’re organised, capable, and doing all the “right” things. The problem isn’t your planner or your discipline...it’s pressure.
You’ll learn why time scarcity is a state, not a schedule, and be introduced to m...
Why does it feeling like you are continuing failing at your time management even when you are organised, disciplined, and capable?
In this episode, we explore why high-achieving working mums feel constantly behind and can’t seem to get ‘on top’ despite using planners, systems, and routines and we unpack why the problem isn’t time itself. It’s something else you have much more control over!
This episode is for professional mums who ...
In this conversation, I sit down with clinical psychologist, resilience expert, author and TEDx speaker Dr Kate Lund to explore what resilience really means — beyond grit and perseverance — and how it’s rooted in the nervous system, connection, and context.
We unpack why traditional approaches to strength and stress leave many high-achieving women feeling drained, and dive into evidence-based, practical ways to build calm, confiden...
If you’re a high-achieving working mum who feels calm, capable, and composed at work — but reactive, overwhelmed, or exhausted at home — this episode will explain exactly why.
In this episode of The Resilient Working Mum, we explore why your nervous system is not a wellness issue or a self-care problem, but one of your most important leadership systems.
You’ll discover why boundaries collapse under pressure, why time management sto...
You know those times when you promise yourself, “Next time, I’ll say no”…but then the request comes, your chest tightens, your brain scrambles for a “good reason,” and before you know it, you’ve said yes again!
If you’re a high-achieving working mum who feels stressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted from constantly being “needed”, this episode will bring you clarity and relief.
Boundaries aren’t hard because you’re weak. They are hard ...
If you’re a driven, high-achieving working mum who feels like you’re constantly “on”, this episode is for you.
You can take leave, go away for a weekend, or even have a holiday and still feel mentally exhausted and lacking capacity when you come back.
In this episode, I break down why so many professional mums don’t need a break from life and outline how you can feel more peaceful, be more productive at work and more present with y...
I loved having this conversation with Ro Fielden-Cook about her journey from single motherhood to running her own business where she helps women practice the self-care that we all struggle with as working mums who are busy, stressed out and don’t believe that we have the time to look after ourselves while we are looking after everyone else.
Ro Feilden-Cook is a PT and Women’s Wellbeing expert helping busy midlife women create susta...
What if the reason you feel overwhelmed isn’t your workload but the story beneath it?
In this episode, I introduce the concept of the Executive Identity - the identity operating system that drives your calm, confidence, boundaries and productivity.
You’ll learn how identity shapes behaviour, why stress responses are story-based, and a simple Executive Identity Audit to help you shift from reactive to grounded leadership at home and...
Working mums don’t need more balance, better productivity or another stress-management hack. They need relief from identity friction and internal overload.
In this episode, I dismantle the most common lies working mothers are told (“just juggle better,” “be more efficient,” “stop being emotional”) and offer the truth that actually creates calm: identity-led resilience, nervous system steadiness and capacity-building boundaries.
If ...
Work life balance is a myth and that’s why you still feel overwhelmed, distracted, guilty and behind.
In this episode, I unpack the real reason balance hasn’t worked for working mothers and introduce the shift toward internal equilibrium.
Learn the 3 pillars of resilience (identity, nervous system, boundaries) and a quick weekly check-in to help you feel calmer, clearer and more in control.
If you would like to connect with me, fol...
If you’re a high-achieving working mum who feels constantly on edge, guilty or tired of holding everything together, this one is for you.
I explain the real reason you feel overwhelmed, why “balance” keeps failing you, and how identity-led resilience can help you feel calmer, more present, and more like yourself again.
Instead of ways to keep your New Year's Resolutions as we start 2026, walk away with a practical tool you can use ...
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