

“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.
