039. When You're Too Tired to Keep Going — Words of Encouragement for the Mom Running on Empty

This one is for the mom who woke up this morning already exhausted before the day even started.

The one who is showing up for everyone around her and quietly wondering when somebody is going to show up for her. The one who has cried in the car more times than she can count this month. The one who Googles things like how do I stop being so tired and then closes the tab before anyone sees.

In this episode Shannon Howard sits down with you, not to give you another five step plan or a list of self care tips, but to speak directly to the part of you that is tired in the deep way. Soul tired. The kind that sleep does not fully fix.

Shannon shares her own story of hitting rock bottom in corporate, navigating perimenopause and PCOS simultaneously, and the moment a doctor told her she was heading toward a heart attack or stroke if she did not stop. And she gives you seven real honest truths to hold onto when you are running on empty and not sure how much longer you can keep going.

This is not a productivity episode. This is an encouragement episode. And it might be exactly what you needed to hear today.

In this episode you will learn:

Why your exhaustion is not a character flaw and what it is actually telling you. Why high achieving women are wired to override their own signals and what that costs them over time. Why you are allowed to need something without earning it first. What the story of Elijah teaches us about God meeting exhausted people exactly where they are. How to know the difference between being tired and losing yourself. Why you do not have to fix everything today and what the one honest step actually looks like. What the other side of burnout actually feels like and why it is available to you too.

Keywords and topics covered in this episode:

Words of encouragement for women. Encouragement for moms. Encouragement quotes for women. Working mom burnout. Burnout recovery. Burnout symptoms. Burnout signs. Mom guilt. Perimenopause tired. Perimenopause symptoms. Work life balance for women. Faith led clarity. Encouragement prayer. Christian encouragement. Midlife mom reset. Corporate burnout. Burnout recovery for moms. Encouraging words for hard seasons. Words of encouragement strength. Burnout treatment.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Midlife Mom Reset Facebook Group. Come find us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/midlifemomreset. It is free and it is full of women in this exact season ready to do the healing work together. Real conversation, free guides, and a community that actually gets it.

The Faithful Profit Table. A community specifically for Christian business owners who are ready to align their business with their purpose and stop leaving money on the table. Details coming soon. Send Shannon a message if this is already speaking to you.

Connect with Shannon:

Shannon Howard is a burnout recovery coach, profit diagnostician, and founder of Denali Edge Consulting. She helps ambitious moms and business owners stop the bleed, reclaim their energy, and build lives and businesses that actually feed their families and their souls. Based in Willow, Alaska, Shannon brings corporate finance expertise, faith led wisdom, and real talk to every conversation.

Follow Shannon on TikTok at corporate burnout coach and find her on Facebook and Instagram.