Overcome Parental Burnout: Powerful Lessons from the Trenches of Parenting by deborah byrne
Promotional review by Stef on behalf of Coven Press.
Parenting isn’t just a role – it’s a relentless, all-consuming, day-in and day-out responsibility that rarely offers a break. In Deborah Byrne’s debut novel, Overcome Parental Burnout: Powerful Lessons from the Trenches of Parenting, she offers a refreshing yet practical approach to reclaiming not only joy and calm within the family dynamic, but with personal anecdotes reminds us that we’re only human, we’re also doing this parenting thing for the first time and that the path to parenthood is forged one step at a time. This isn’t just another parenting manual, it’s a supportive, cheerfully written roadmap designed for real-world parents who feel stretched out and emotionally drained.
Structured around Byrne’s 10-step Focused Family Formula, Overcoming Parental Burnout: Powerful Lessons from the Trenches of Parenting explores topics designed to master communication, build meaningful connections within the familial unit and offer recovery solutions for the core areas of parental burnout. With an emphasis on management and mindset, Byrne encourages parents and readers alike to shift away from perfectionism and focus on what truly matters in order to embody respect within the family dynamic without conflict. She introduces management techniques, goal setting and perspective shifts to support overwhelmed parents stuck in the cycle of burnout.
Throughout Overcome Parental Burnout: Powerful Lessons from the Trenches of Parenting, Byrne’s strategies are interspersed with personal anecdotes, lived experiences, journeys and enlightenment she’s faced along her own path, as an educator and parent. Her conversational, encouraging and accessible tone feels more like a chat over coffee with a supportive friend rather than a clinical lecture from an expert (which she also is in her own right!). She openly shares her own struggles, making her guidance feel both authentic and empathetic, and her lived experience as a parent, teacher, therapist and coach shines through each page.
Overcome Parental Burnout: Powerful Lessons from the Trenches of Parenting doesn’t promise perfection. Instead, it offers realistic solutions, gentle mindset shifts and an encouraging reminder that it’s okay to fail along the way. She celebrates all facets of parenting, especially the idea that parenthood is always a work in progress and that progress isn’t always linear.
For parents seeking a reset, this parenting self-help book provides the perfect balance of empathy, education and empowerment. Coupled with practical advice interspersed with real-world stories and examples, Deborah Byrne has created an accessible guide to parenting built on intention, clarity and calm.
about THE author
Deborah Byrne is an author, holistic therapist, parenting coach and founder of the Focused Family Formula.
Over her career, she’s worked as a youth worker in early education caring for children with autism and Down Syndrome, which opened the doors for her to work amongst various organisations, schools and families, while training carers and advocating for non-violent, progressive communication. She primarily specialises in hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming, while also focusing on restoration and balance within family dynamics.
More recently, Deborah Byrne is the founder of the Focused Family Formula, a 10-step plan aimed to support families, with a focus on reducing everyday stressors, living more mindfully and focusing on what really matters in life: a positive and impactful family dynamic.
Overcome Parent Burnout: Powerful Lessons from the Trenches of Parenting is Deborah’s first self-help book designed to help parents build and enjoy the family life they’ve always wanted.
Deborah Byrne’s primary goal is for all busy parents to feel supported on the amazing journey of parenthood by reducing everyday stresses, living more mindfully and focusing on what really matters in this lifetime: our children. For more information on Deborah Byrne:
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