Running on Empty: The Working Mom’s Guide to Real Energy

Running on Empty: The Working Mom’s Guide to Real Energy

It wasn’t one bad day. That’s the part nobody warns you about.

If you’re a working mom who’s snapped at your kids over nothing, gripped the steering wheel like the other driver ruined your life, or turned away from your partner at night because your body had nothing left to give — this book isn’t going to tell you to sleep more, get more childcare, or finally take that vacation.

It’s going to tell you the truth: you’re not failing. You’re depleted. And depletion has solutions that actually fit your real life.

Written by a working mom of three — including a newborn — juggling a full-time hybrid job, school pickups, and a body running on fumes, Running on Empty skips the wellness-industry fantasy and gets into what actually helps:

• 5-minute resets for meltdowns, work slumps, and the moments you have nothing left

• Sleep tradeoffs that work even when “nap when the baby naps” feels like a cruel joke

• A decision-fatigue system that turns “what’s for dinner” from a daily drain into a 10-minute weekly task

• The real reason your evenings crash all at once — and the one shift that fixes it

• A weekly 5-minute energy audit to catch burnout before it becomes a crisis

Includes the Weekly Command Center — a printable, fillable planner that brings work, school, baby, and home into one page, so you’re not carrying it all in your head.

This isn’t about doing more. It’s about lowering the bar on perfect — not on done.