I can almost set my watch by it. After about ninety minutes of shopping, teaching, or working — my brain starts to shut down like a phone on low battery.
That’s my signal. I sit, sip water, close my eyes, or step outside for a few minutes of air.
When my children were little, I used to call it “rest time for all of us.” We’d lie on the lounge or sit outside on the grass together, learning that quiet is healing too.
Rest has never been about laziness. It’s about listening — to the gentle cues your body sends before it has to shout.
In midlife, those cues get louder. Hormonal shifts change how your nervous system handles stress and energy. When oestrogen and progesterone fluctuate, your body’s ability to recover from stress changes too. That’s why fatigue hits harder, moods swing faster, and pushing through often makes things worse.
But when you pause — even for five minutes — something powerful happens. Your nervous system resets. Your breathing slows. Your hormones respond with gratitude.
Rest doesn’t take you away from your life — it brings you back to it.
When you rest, you’re not just restoring yourself. You’re also modelling something powerful for the people around you — that slowing down is safe, normal, and vital.
Because rest isn’t weakness. It’s wisdom.
When was the last time you paused — not because you had to, but because you chose to?
Notice what happens when you give yourself that permission today.
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