10d • General discussion
Can we skip the small talk?
Hey you,
I want to have a real conversation with you.
Not the curated kind. Not the kind where we talk about hot flashes and night sweats and pretend that's the whole story.
Because what I'm actually hearing from women in this community, from my clients, from my personal conversations:
It's not the hot flashes that are breaking us. It's the overwhelm. It's menopause as a life stage. Not as a diagnosis.
It's the feeling that the demands on your time are endless and your capacity to meet them has quietly ( without warning) shrunk. It's holding it all together on the outside while something has shifted on the inside. It's being the woman who used to handle everything, and now a Tuesday can take you out.
It's wondering where you fit into your own life.
I'm also hearing (loudly) that the advice (erm...noise) out there isn't landing. Eat within 30 minutes of waking. Get your sunlight walk in. Don't forget the electrolytes. Or wait no, creatine. You need creatine. Thirty minutes of Zone 2 cardio before breakfast.
Great. It's dark at 6am and I have three humans who need lunches made.
We deserve resources built for actual women living actual lives. Not advice designed for someone with a personal chef, a flexible schedule, and no one depending on her.
So I'm asking you directly:
What is your biggest struggle right now?
Not the symptom list. The real thing. The identity piece, the capacity piece, the life-pulling-you-in-every-direction piece. The thing you'd say if someone finally asked and you knew they could handle the honest answer.
Hit reply and tell me. I read every single one.
This community exists so we can stop performing and start actually talking. I want to know what you're working with so we can build something that helps ... for real.
No small talk. Let's get into it.
Christie x
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Can we skip the small talk?
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