The Invisible Loads of Midlife Women 🧺
- Sally Cross
- Oct 8
- 1 min read
Books & Blogs On Midlife, Intimacy & Relationships By Sally Cross.
🧚♀️The Unseen Burdens:
Not all weight shows up on the bathroom scales. ⚖️
Many midlife women carry invisible loads – ageing parents, children leaving home, financial pressures, unspoken griefs, unending expectations. And because much of it is unseen, others rarely notice the toll.
🧚♀️Heavy Hearts, Heavy Shoulders:
These hidden weights creep into our posture, our choices, even our energy. We hunch forward under the “shoulds” – should be strong, should cope, should smile. Yet deep inside, exhaustion builds.
🧚♀️Permission to Lay It Down:
Midlife is an opportunity to pause and ask: Which loads are mine to carry, and which am I ready to release?
Saying no is not selfish. It’s survival. Boundaries are not walls; they are doors that protect your energy, your health, your joy. 💜
🧚♀️Lightening the Load:
Imagine laying down just one unnecessary burden this week. Imagine how your shoulders might feel, how your breath might ease. You are not meant to carry it all.
🌟 Call-out Quote: “You cannot pour from an empty jug – and you were never meant to carry the world alone.”
🌱 Your Next Step:
Midlife is the moment to reclaim yourself – lighter, freer, stronger.
🖋️ Reflection Prompt:
I invite you to write down three “loads” you’re carrying right now.
Circle one that you’re willing to release this week.
✨ You will find more on releasing burdens and finding balance in your life by exploring my book She Rises.
Sally x
Available now on Amazon!
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