![]() ![]() ![]() Birthday parties are in full swing, youth sports are back, and families are rushing from one activity to the next. The United States has mostly lifted pandemic restrictions (and reinstated some to protect against the Covid-19 Delta variant). “But this year elevated my sense of burnout because there was simply no escape.” “I’ve been a working student and parent for 5 years, so it’s been a constant juggling act,” Roquemore Bonner said. As a result, she said perpetual exhaustion and high-level irritability became part of her daily routine. Managing her burgeoning career and her family’s well-being-all during a global pandemic-often left her own self-interest neglected. She moved to Boston with her two children to begin her residency in June 2020, functioning solo until her husband could join them. Candice Roquemore Bonner, PsyD, a clinical psychology resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, knows the parenting-while-working juggle well.
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