An Exhausted Mom's Guide to Thriving: Finding Balance and Resilience in Motherhood

Let’s be honest—being a mom is both beautiful and exhausting. Between the school drop-offs, endless laundry, meal prep, and trying to keep up with everything (and everyone), it can feel like there just aren’t enough hours in the day—or enough of you to go around. And somewhere along the way, your own well-being gets pushed further down the list.

What’s Really Going On? The Inside Story

Your body has been through a lot. Hormone shifts, sleepless nights, and the weight of daily stresses can pile up. Over time, these changes impact your nervous system—the core of how your body responds to the world.

One major culprit behind that deep-seated exhaustion is adrenal fatigue. When your body is constantly in stress mode, your adrenal glands get overworked, leaving you running on empty. Add in broken sleep (or no sleep at all!), and it’s no wonder you feel frazzled.

And while that morning coffee helps for a bit, it’s just covering up the root cause. What your body really needs is support for your nervous system—so you can handle the chaos of motherhood with more ease.

Why Nervous System Health Comes First

All of these tips are great—but they work best when your nervous system is balanced. Most moms are stuck in sympathetic dominance—stuck in “go mode” all the time. Even when your kids are safe and sound, your body feels like it’s still running from danger.

Your nervous system has two gears:
🚗 Sympathetic (gas pedal) – Go, go, go
🛑 Parasympathetic (brake pedal) – Rest and restore

You need both—but you need to be able to switch between them fluidly. If your gas pedal is always pressed to the floor, burnout happens fast.

This is where Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care at Rooted Wellness Chiropractic makes a difference.

Keisha’s Story: From Postpartum Struggles to Thriving Again

Let me introduce you to Keisha, a wonderful mom of three who came to Rooted Wellness Chiropractic in the thick of postpartum challenges.

After welcoming her youngest son in January, Keisha was navigating a whirlwind—adjusting to life with a newborn, balancing the needs of her older kids, and coping with significant anxiety and health concerns. But to truly understand her journey, let’s rewind a bit.

The final trimester of pregnancy has always been tough for Keisha. Sleep became nearly impossible—she would doze off on the couch, only to wake up gasping, panicked that she might stop breathing in her sleep. The anxiety spiraled. Most nights, she barely managed a couple of broken hours of rest.

As her due date approached, her blood pressure began to climb, just as it had with her previous pregnancies. She monitored it daily at home, knowing the signs of preeclampsia. Sure enough, by the last month, the numbers were rising, and an induction was scheduled. Keisha delivered with Pitocin and opted for an epidural, and while the birth went smoothly, her blood pressure remained dangerously high afterward.

Though it wasn’t high enough for immediate medication, Keisha was discharged with instructions to monitor her numbers at home twice daily and follow up with her midwife. But that first weekend didn’t go as planned. Her blood pressure spiked to seizure levels, and she ended up back in the ER, admitted once again to labor and delivery.

Instead of soaking in those precious first weeks with her newborn, she was fighting for stability. Eventually, she was sent home on Procardia to control her blood pressure. At her two-week follow-up, her midwife refilled the prescription for 90 days—but Keisha knew deep down this wasn’t her long-term solution.

That’s when Keisha reached out to Rooted Wellness Chiropractic. She had been following Dr. Sarah on Facebook for months and was intrigued by the neurological scans and how they could uncover the root causes of stress and exhaustion. After all she’d been through—complications, anxiety, physical pain—she knew it was time to seek a different kind of support.

From her very first visit, everything changed.

Within just a few weeks of starting neurologically focused chiropractic care, Keisha’s anxiety around sleep melted away. She no longer dreaded bedtime or feared she wouldn’t wake up. A month later, she came off Procardia completely—no refills needed.

Today, Keisha is thriving. She recently graduated to a wellness maintenance plan and says:

“I honestly haven’t felt this good in years.”

Her postpartum journey transformed. She moves better. Her back no longer aches when sitting on the floor playing with her kids. Her mood is brighter. Her energy feels steady.

For Keisha, chiropractic care wasn’t just about getting rid of symptoms—it was about getting her life back.

“Dr. Sarah turned a hard postpartum journey into a much easier one.”

🌿 Are you feeling stuck in survival mode too? Whether it’s postpartum struggles, anxiety, or just feeling burnt out from the beautiful chaos of motherhood—we’re here to help you find balance again.