For a long time, I wrote about many things that mattered to me.
Mental health. Parenting. Emotional resilience. Indie publishing. The quiet weight people carry while trying to live decent lives.
Nothing about that felt wrong.
And yet, over time, something became clearer.
The people who stayed.
The emails I received.
The messages that said, “This felt like you were writing about my life.”
They were almost always from parents.
Parents who weren’t in crisis — just deeply tired.
Still functioning.
Still responsible.
Still showing up.
And slowly realizing that something about the way they were living was unsustainable.
This piece is about why I’m choosing to write more narrowly now — and why that focus matters.
I didn’t change topics. I clarified them.
I haven’t stopped caring about mental health.
I haven’t stopped thinking about emotional resilience and indie publishing.
What I’ve done is listen more closely to where those ideas kept converging.
Again and again, they led me back to parenting burnout — not the dramatic version, but the quiet kind. The kind that doesn’t announce itself as a problem, because parents are still doing everything they’re supposed to do, even when freelancing or working a 9 to 5.
They’re just doing it exhausted.
Writing more broadly gave me room to explore ideas.
Writing more precisely gives readers room to recognize themselves.
This isn’t a pivot away from depth.
It’s a commitment to it.
The kind of burnout I’m interested in
Most conversations about burnout focus on collapse. On when things fall apart.
But many parents never reach that point.
They remain competent. Organized. Reliable.
And depleted.
They manage emotional load. Mental tracking. Invisible labor.
They absorb needs, regulate emotions, anticipate outcomes — without pause.
And because they’re still functioning, their exhaustion often goes unnamed.
I write for parents who don’t feel “unwell,” but feel worn down.
Parents who hesitate to ask for help because nothing is technically wrong.
That hesitation is not accidental.
It’s built into how we understand care.
Why narrowing my focus mattered
Writing about everything meaningful can feel generous.
But it can also feel blurry — especially to the people who most need to find you.
By focusing explicitly on parenting burnout and emotional load, I’m making something clearer:
Who this writing is for.
What it’s trying to name.
Why it exists.
This isn’t about offering advice or solutions.
It’s about interpretation.
About giving language to experiences that are often minimized, normalized, or privately endured.
As a writer focused on parenting burnout and emotional overload, I’ve learned that recognition often comes before relief. Before change. Before anything practical happens.
Understanding is not passive.
It’s foundational.
What this means for you as a reader
If you’ve been reading my work because it helps you slow down, reflect, and feel less alone — that isn’t changing.
What is changing is clarity.
You’ll find writing here that:
- speaks directly to exhausted parents, mothers, fathers, workers, freelancers.. all of us
- names emotional load without prescribing fixes
- explores burnout without turning it into a problem to solve
- respects how much care already exists
You won’t find:
- productivity language
- pressure to improve yourself
- demands to “do more”
This space is not about becoming better. It’s about understanding what you’re carrying.
Where this is going
Over the coming months, this writing will continue to explore parenting life from different angles and different issues we deal with on the daily. Quiet exhaustion. Emotional vigilance. The cost of constant care. Lack of sleep. Kids that simply will not cooperate when time is running out. Daily issues that make us feel like we won’t make it one more day. The relief that comes when something finally has a name.
This direction also informs the books I’ll be finishing — books written for parents who are exhausted, not broken.
Not as a solution. As recognition.
Because many parents don’t need to be told what to do next.
They need to stop wondering whether what they’re feeling is legitimate.
A quieter commitment
I’m not here to offer answers quickly. I’m still exploring, like all of you.
I’m here to stay with the questions that keep coming back.
To write slowly, honestly, and precisely about parenting burnout — so it doesn’t remain something parents carry alone.
If you’re here, reading this, you’re not behind. You’re not failing.
You’re likely just carrying more than anyone ever taught you how to set down.
This work isn’t about fixing parents. It’s about finally seeing them and trying to fix our lives so we can breathe a little deeper.
If this direction resonates with you, you’re welcome to keep reading at your own pace.
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Sonia M. Rompoti, MSc, bsc 
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