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Home › Articles › Mom's Health › Even Super Mom Needs a Break

Even Super Mom Needs a Break

Finding Time for You

By Lisa Marie Metzler

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Now that you know it is healthy and even productive to take a "time out," how can you actually take one when you can't possibly drop one thing on your schedule?

First, take stock of what you are doing now. Do you really need to bake three dozen cookies for every parent meeting? Or chaperone the next field trip? Will your children really be scarred for life if they don't have a dinner made from scratch?

Debra Condren, a New York City-based business psychologist and president of SuperiorCareer.com, says a lot of her clients admit that they have fallen into Super Mom roles not because they planned it that way, but because they just "let it happen."

"Often, women put their own needs on the backburner, behind everyone else's needs. The result is feeling drained and selling yourself short," says Condren.

Seriously think about what your own goals are. Focus on your interests and the opportunities at hand. Once you have your focus on target, the wasted time that goes along with being pulled in too many directions will be a thing of the past.

"Declare a 'mom's time out' and let your children know that barring any emergency situation, you are not to be disturbed," says Disbennett-Lee.

Rally the Troops

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