Overwhelmed Working Mom | Overwhelm, Work Life Balance, Financial Stability, Mom Guilt, Time Management
Are you an overwhelmed working mom? Does mommy guilt keep you torn between motherhood and your calling? Do you want a life that lets you do both? This podcast may be the one thing you didn’t know you needed. In this podcast, I help overwhelmed working moms like you build spiritual resilience while offering practical, lived-out advice to reclaim your time, love your children well, and walk out your God-given purpose. Hey, I’m J., working mom, military wife, and Christ follower. For ten years, I spun my wheels trying to balance work and mom life with varying degrees of success. I spent countless nights worrying I was neglecting my children for my career, only to find myself snapping at them when I felt overwhelmed. Until the Lord began to change me and I realized it wasn’t about the noise, the workload, or the calling- the balance had to start with me. Once I let God into all the parts of me to strengthen and reshape me, that’s when everything changed. If you are ready to build the spiritual resilience to manage motherhood and your calling with peace and clarity. This pod is for you. Take a deep mama, we’ll walk through this season together. Sign up for my newsletter here! https://jpharrington.com/insider/ DM here: https://www.instagram.com/jananyaharrington/
Episodes
Do you barely see your kids during the week — and then spend the whole weekend scrambling to make up for it? Packing in the trips, the outings, the activities, sure the fun will finally add up to enough?
I've been that mom. I married my high school sweetheart at 19, and he spent the first five years of our marriage deployed to war. So when he came home, I thought I had to cram every lost memory into ...
Have you handed that voice over to God — done the work, silenced the inner critic — and you still feel heavy?
Here's the trap, mama. Because we laid it at the feet of Christ, we think we're supposed to feel weightless. And when we don't, we start reading that heaviness as proof we did something wrong.
In this episode I'm telling you about the Bible study my friend and I quit. The L...
You're in the room with your kids — but you're also answering one more email, checking one more text. And that quiet guilt creeps in: they're getting the lesser version of you again. If only there were more time.
Mama, I've been there. In this episode I take you back to one ordinary summer Tuesday — meetings stacked all day, my little girl painting gems beside me — and the moment I looked...
Are you emotionally exhausted, mama? You're sleeping. You're eating. You're doing all the right things. And still there are moments where you just sit there — completely numb, dry and used up on the inside.
Here's what I learned the hard way: it wasn't my kids draining me. It wasn't my job. It was the dialogue running in my head all day long, asking me one annoying little question — are you doi...
Have you ever hit your absolute limit, mama? The groceries are still on the counter, the kitchen's a wreck from breakfast, your coworker won't stop pinging, and somehow the printer picks this moment to quit — and before you know it, you've snapped at the very kids you'd lay down your life for.
Does your mental load have you spinning your wheels, mama?
The lunchboxes, the new water bottles, the school supplies, the practices to drive to, the job, the calling, the meals — and it's all somehow living in your head at once. If your list is fuller than ever heading into...
When was the last time intimacy with your husband felt like something you get to do — and not one more line on a to-do list you're already too tired to finish?
If you're honest, maybe it's been a while. Maybe the spark feels dimmer than it used to, and somewhere in the back ...
Do you ever feel like no matter how much you do, it's never enough? Like there's a version of you from the past that everyone would reject if they really knew? That quiet weight has a name — shame — and it's stealing more from your motherhood, your marriage, and your walk with God than you realize.
In this episode, J. sits down with Christian speaker and Bible teacher Jessica Chenoweth — a former teenage runaway a...
Mama, is your to-do list a mile long? Do you dread even looking at it because you know it's going to swallow you whole?
You are not alone. Between work, kids, the house, the never-ending list of things pulling at you — it's easy to feel like everything is urgent, all at once. But here's what I ...
Mama, do you remember the moment anxiety first showed up? For me, it was becoming a mom. One minute I was just a wife enjoying life, and the next I had this tiny, defenseless person who needed me for everything—while my husband was overseas, and I had no family or friends nearby to lean on. I became obsessed with schedules, I lost my chill completely, and I didn't even like being a mom for a long time. Sound familiar?
In this...
Are you feeling resentful toward Hubby, Mama?
Do you envy his freedom — the early-morning workouts, the long fishing days, the simple ability to walk out the door and be a person — while you stay buried under the work, the housework, and the child-rearing? Do you quietly wish something wo...
Seven Habits That Put Money Back in Your Account
Does financial stability have you overwhelmed, Mama?
Do the numbers in your account keep dropping no matter what you do? Do you just wish you could make the dollar stretch a little further?
For over twenty years, my husband and I have saved five figures a year — even with small children, even on the seasons when money was tight. And I didn't come from any of it. I was raised b...
Are you scrolling through social media wishing you were living someone else's life? Does your current season feel like it's missing something — like this just isn't it?
Mama, I've been there.
In this episode, I'm getting vulnera...
If you’ve been telling yourself you’ll take care of yourself later, this episode is your wake-up call. You’re carrying the weight of work, motherhood, marriage, and a never-ending to-do list—but what is that stress actually doing to your body?
In this conversation, you’ll discover how chronic stress affects your physical health, emotions, hormones, digestion, and energy levels. Acupuncturist Melissa Pe...
Are you lying awake at night wondering if the job that pays the bills is costing you the life you really want? Do you feel torn between your career, your children, and the nagging sense that God created you for something more?
In this episode, you'll discover why that restlessness may be more than burnout—it may be an invitation from God. If you've ever dreaded another workday, felt unseen in your career, or wondered whether ...
You love your children deeply… so why does mom guilt still make you feel like you’re failing them? In this episode of Overwhelmed Working Mom, you’ll discover the lie so many working moms believe about motherhood and purpose — and the truth that can finally set you free. If you’ve ever felt torn between caring for your family and pursuing the calling God placed inside you, this conversation will make ...
You’ve been carrying so much for so long that anxiety has started to feel normal. The racing thoughts, overwhelm, overstimulation, sleepless nights, and pressure to keep everyone afloat are leaving you exhausted, mama. In this episode, you’ll walk through the four biblical “Cs” that can help you confront anxious thoughts, reclaim your peace, and build spiritual resilience through God’s truth. If you&rs...
Do you look around at your life and barely recognize yourself anymore? Somewhere between the diapers, the dishes, the deadlines, the sleepless nights, and carrying everyone else’s needs, you started wondering what happened to you. And maybe underneath all of it, you’re quietly asking a question you’re almost afraid to say out loud: “Will I ever feel like myself again?”
In this deeply honest episode, J....
You love your kids… so why does it feel like you’re always one moment away from snapping?
If you’ve found yourself yelling, overstimulated, and then drowning in guilt right after—you’re not alone. And more importantly… you’re not just “an angry mom.”
In this episode of Overwhelmed Working Mom, we’re getting to the root of what’s really going on beneath your reactio...
Your to-do list is full… your kids are home… and you’re staring at both wondering, “How am I supposed to do this?”
You have real work that needs your focus. Deadlines. Emails. Projects that require your brain—not just your presence. But at the same time, you have little people who need snacks, attention, structure… and let’s be honest, they’re not going to quietly entertain t...
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