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There was a point in my life where nothing was technically wrong, and yet everything felt heavier than it used to.

After children, COVID, years of broken sleep, and carrying more responsibility than my body had the resources to support, I slowly stopped feeling like myself. I wasn’t broken, and I wasn’t failing, but I was flat, reactive, tired, and quietly convinced that this was simply what my forties were meant to feel like.

In this episode, I share how returning to strength training wasn’t about aesthetics or discipline, but about rebuilding capacity, self-trust, and physiological resilience. I talk about early motherhood, losing and remembering who I was underneath it all, navigating hormonal disruption, and why strength became the thing that steadied me again, not just physically, but emotionally and mentally.

This isn’t an episode about doing more or pushing harder. It’s about understanding what the body needs at this stage of life, and why adding strength back in can change how life feels from the inside out.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re coping rather than living, managing your body rather than trusting it, this conversation is for you.

Thank you for listening to This Is Life.

This podcast is an extension of my work with women navigating midlife strength, health, and identity, blending real-life experience with evidence-based physiology, without extremes or quick fixes.

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