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Combating Burnout as a Single Working Parent
by Brigid Schulte and Stavroula Pabst
Quick Takes
- Acknowledge that burnout is not your fault
- Lean into your strengths
- Cut yourself some slack
- Keep track of your wins—even small ones
- Ask for help at work and at home
- Take a break and rest
Alison Griffin, a senior vice president at White-board Advisors, a social impact consulting firm, and a single mother of two boys, knows the exact moment when she hit the wall and felt burned out.
Griffin felt her company was committed to supporting parents—and single parents like her: They embraced flexibility. Griffin had been working remotely for years from Colorado for the Washington, DC-based firm. It provided parents additional funds to cover childcare ...
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