Breathe, Then Answer: For Every Parent Who Is Drowning and Still Showing Up

By Lady Orange

You are not failing. You are carrying something nobody can see.

There is a specific kind of exhaustion that has no name. It is not tiredness. It is the feeling of being needed by everyone, seen by no one - and still finding a way to show up every single day.

Breathe, Then Answer is for the parent who has ever snapped at someone they love because there was nothing left. Who has sat in a parked car just to steal five minutes of silence. Who has felt the particular sting of being interrupted mid-thought - again - while the other parent's focus goes undisturbed.

Written by Lady Orange - mother of two, side-hustle builder, coffee shop escapee - this is the book she needed and couldn't find. Not a productivity manual. Not a guide for parents with nannies. A warm, funny, radically honest companion for the ones piecing it together.

Inside you'll find: The truth about cognitive labour - and why it never clocks outWhat overstimulation actually is, and why your reaction is not an overreactionWhat fathers uniquely bring - and what real partnership actually looks likePermission to burn the parenting rulebook you never agreed toThe connection triangle that holds everything togetherA full chapter of permission slips for the things you've been afraid to admit you need
Backed by real research. Written from the inside of the chaos.

One breath before you answer. That's where it starts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GR8RNCRV
• ISBN13: 9798250489157
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"