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Side Chat: Could a $3,000 Mommy-and-Me Wellness Retreat Cure My Parental Burnout?

Side Chat: Could a $3,000 Mommy-and-Me Wellness Retreat Cure My Parental Burnout?

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Stephanie McNeal
May 12, 2025
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Hi all,

How’s it going? I am still figuring out how to best use this Substack to connect with all of you, but one thing I know I want to use it for is to share special features or articles that I’m proud of.

The one I’m sharing today definitely fits the bill. In January, I went on a curated mommy and me wellness retreat with my 2-year-old aimed to bring the joy into American parenthood amid the parental burnout crisis. It made me think a lot about the current experience of being a mother in the US, as well as my own experience.

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