Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

Doctor: I Couldn't Remember My Kids' Names

26 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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A personal YouTube testimony from a mother who is a chiropractor describing severe burnout while managing a full-time practice and a young family. She reports managing ~30 employees while breastfeeding and caring for three children (ages six, four, and one) and describes cognitive and sensory symptoms — inability to remember her children’s names, difficulty managing staff, writing emails, finding work, and being overwhelmed by her children’s voices. The clip portrays the frightening loss of cognitive function and the emotional impact of balancing career and motherhood.

Questions this video answers

About 30 employees.

Six years old, four years old, and one year old.

Chiropractor.

Chapters

I'm a burnout mom, but who's going to do it if I don't? I was breastfeeding our baby and had my full time career as a chiropractor. There's 30 employees I'm managing and at the time we had a six year old, a four year old and a one year old. Not only could I not take care of my children, I struggled to take care of my patients. I couldn't manage our staff, I couldn't write an email, I couldn't find my way to work. I struggled to know my kids names. Like it was really scary and I didn't know how or if I would come back. And I think losing your brain and your mind has to be one of the scariest things, especially when you're raising children. I couldn't handle their voices. It felt like nails on a chalkboard.