Time-Blocking for Busy Mothers: How to Reclaim Your Day and Sanity

Life as a busy mother often feels like juggling flaming torches while riding a unicycle—one wrong move, and something crashes. Time-blocking offers a calmer, more strategic way to manage your day. By assigning dedicated “blocks” of time to specific tasks, you stop multitasking yourself into exhaustion and start creating a rhythm that works for both your family and your sanity. It’s not about cramming more into your day—it’s about using your hours with intention, so you can protect what truly matters.

Takeaways:

Your Calendar is a Boundary, Not a Suggestion

Time-blocking works because it tells you exactly when to focus and when to rest, helping you say “no” without guilt.

Batching is a Friend indeed

Grouping similar tasks together reduces decision fatigue and keeps you in the flow.

Flex Time Saves the Day

Life with kids is unpredictable; having a buffer block is your secret weapon against chaos.

Schedule Your selfcare

The blocks for you can include time to read, exercise, take a stroll.

RESOURCES

Get your time block template here

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Your host, Dr Dunni, is the award-winning mum empowerment coach, Family doctor, International speaker, Best-selling author of the book ‘Every Mum is a Super Mum’ and a mum herself who is passionate about health and wellbeing. She is proficient in applying natural, scientific, and medical well-being concepts to explain practical ways and strategies in simple terms that promote the overall well-being of body, mind, soul, and spirit, and prevent ill health. This is made available by the provision of online courses, books, coaching and regular events where well-being strategies and tactics are shared to enhance holistic well-being. Learn more at https://www.drdunni.com