Shownotes
You know those seasons when your body just stops cooperating the way it used to? Pregnancy, illness, hormones, burnout, long-term exhaustion… suddenly the things that once felt nourishing either don’t work or aren’t even possible. In this episode, Jill and Linda get honest about what happens to self-care when your body doesn’t feel like it’s yours anymore, and what it looks like to be kind to yourself in the middle of that.
From the identity shift of losing some autonomy over your own body, to the frustration of needing more rest than you “think you should,” this conversation is about updating your self-care to match the body you have right now, not the one you used to have.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- How seasons like pregnancy, illness, and burnout can make your usual self-care tools stop working (and why that feels so destabilizing)
- The identity shift that happens when your body changes, and the grief, anger, or disappointment that can come with that
- What it looks like when movement starts to feel draining instead of energizing, and how to rethink “exercise” in gentler ways
- Why rest can feel so guilty and “unearned,” even when your body is clearly asking you to slow down
- The hard but necessary conversations with partners and family when your capacity changes and you can’t keep doing what you used to
- How tying your worth to productivity and output makes physical limitation even heavier to carry
- Simple, real-life ways to start honoring your current capacity instead of chasing your old standards
By the end, you’ll feel less alone in the seasons where your body feels foreign, fragile, or just different. You’ll hear that nothing is “wrong” with you for needing more support, more rest, or less hustle. Self-care in these moments isn’t about keeping up with your past self; it’s about tending to the version of you that exists right now.
For a simple way to start this week, notice one place where you’re still judging yourself by an old version of your body. Then, on purpose, lower the bar there: shrink the expectation, choose a smaller self-care action that fits your current capacity, and let that be enough for this season.
Until next week, we hope you can unstuck your muck! 💛
