Parenting on Empty

Showing Up for Your Kids When You Have Nothing Left

von Simone Hargrove

158 Seiten, Hardcover

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The numbness you feel when your child needs you is not a character flaw-it is a nervous system that has shutdown non-essential functions to keep you upright. Simone Hargrove's insightful book explores the specificemptiness that arrives when prolonged self-sacrifice depletes your capacity to feel present with your children.When parenting shifts from something you do naturally to something you endure, the problem is not your loveor your commitment-it is your empty reserve. Parenting on Empty is not a productivity system, aguilt-management framework, or a list of hacks to squeeze more efficiency from your day. Instead, it unpacksthe biological and emotional mechanisms of parental depletion, showing you what your body is actuallyprotecting you from when it stops letting you feel.Through relatable breaking points and real-life scenarios, you will explore the hidden architecture of burnout:- The Paper Towels Moment:** Why trivial triggers-not the sleepless nights or tantrums-often mark thepoint where your system finally gives out.- The Numbness:** How emotional flatness becomes your baseline, and why it is a protective response, nota moral failure.- Minimum Viable Parenting:** The strategic reduction to basics when survival mode is the only honestoption left.- The Safe Word System:** Pre-planned signals you can deploy the moment before you say something youwill regret for weeks.Every chapter delivers practical overrides to help you recognize depletion before it becomes crisis, reclaimsmall pockets of energy, and stop mistaking exhaustion for inadequacy. Start reading Parenting on Empty todayand learn to refill your well before the next breaking point arrives.

• Themen: Ratgeber Familie und Gesundheit Themen und Fragen
• ISBN: 9781804284421
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.2026
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Readers First Publishing LTD