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Perimenopause and Burnout: The Day I Realised I Wasn’t Just Stressed
For months, I lived in a cloud. As a single working mum, I was used to being tired. I was used to the "Invisible Load" that mental spreadsheet we all carry that tracks everything from the school run to the grocery list and the emotional temperature of every room we walk into. But this was different. I felt "out of body." Anxiety started creeping in at 3:00 AM, sharp and uninvited. My periods were doing something funky. I went to my GP, did the blood tests, and was told everyt
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Mar 202 min read


How Long to Recover From Burnout: The Truth About Healing
If you have found yourself typing "how long to recover from burnout" into a search bar at 2:00 am, I want to give you a virtual cup of tea and a place to sit down. Usually, when we ask this question, what we are really saying is: “I can’t do this anymore. When will I feel like myself again?” The clinical answer is that it can take anywhere from three months to several years. But when you are living with a foggy mind and 47 tabs open in your brain, a "three-month" estimate can
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Mar 202 min read


Soft Power, Strong Fight Blog Series - Part 4 | Becoming the Woman I Needed
I used to think she would arrive one day. Calm. Sorted. A woman who knew what she wanted, with a skincare routine and a life plan to...
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Sep 22, 20252 min read


Soft Power, Strong Fight Blog Series - Part 3 | Learning to Love Myself the Way I Loved Him
I loved him well. Not perfectly. Not blindly. But well . I made space for his silence. His stress. His endless “we’ll see” replies —...
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Sep 15, 20253 min read


No More Performing Strength Series - Part 2 | When Life Undid Me - and What I Did Next
I stayed up last night. I couldn't sleep. My mind kept circling the breakup — not the relationship itself, but how it ended. Or rather,...
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Sep 8, 20254 min read


No More Performing Strength Series - Part 1 | I Let My Guard Down - And He Walked Away
I stayed up last night. I couldn't sleep. My mind kept circling the breakup — not the relationship itself, but how it ended. Or rather,...
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Sep 1, 20253 min read


The Book That Backed My Rebirth
📚✨ The Book That Met Me Where I Am I’ve been listening to Let Them by Mel Robbins on Audible, and it landed like truth in surround...
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