{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"How Does She Do It?","title":"How to Stop Doing It All: Mom Burnout, Family Systems & Sustainable Health | Rachel DeSonier","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3684,"description":"What if building a healthier family didn't require you to do more, but to stop doing everything yourself?\n\nSomewhere along the way, many of us learned that being a good mother meant being the person who remembers everything, manages everyone's schedules, prepares the meals, keeps the house running, and somehow still finds time to take care of herself.\nBut here's the question: What happens when the person holding everything together is running on empty?\n\nIn this episode of How Does She Do It?, I'm joined by Rachel DeSonier, a Registered Dietitian, Certified Personal Trainer, fat-loss coach, and mother of five who has learned that a healthy family can't depend on one exhausted woman doing everything.\nWith five children close in age, including children who joined their family through foster care and adoption, Rachel realized that trying to manage every responsibility herself wasn't sustainable. Instead, she began creating family rhythms that made room for shared responsibility, realistic expectations, and everyone's well-being, including her own.\nWe're talking about raising children who contribute to family life, protecting space in an already busy schedule, recognizing the limits of our capacity, and building health habits that actually work in the middle of motherhood.\nAnd yes, we're getting into Rachel's 10-year meal rotation, because when you're feeding a family of seven, finding ways to simplify dinner is worth talking about!\nWhat I appreciate about this conversation is that Rachel isn't asking mothers to become more disciplined so they can squeeze even more into their days. She's challenging us to rethink what a healthy, thriving family actually looks like and recognize that Mom's well-being matters just as much as everyone else's.\nHere's What You'll Learn in This Episode\nHow to raise children who contribute to family life instead of depending on Mom for everything. Rachel shares why teaching children responsibility, perseverance, and teamwork benefits the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/fBbtiFUFeYpYnvya2DhqAm2O6ty0INAzkt-vvAIICTE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80M2Nh/YjZjZTBiNTI1ZDY1/ODcyN2VmYmQ4NDMw/NTJiOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}