{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Nourishing Her Midlife Rest: Body & Soul | Perimenopause, Holistic Nutrition & Life Coaching for Christian Women","title":"026 | Why You’re More Tired Than You Realize in Midlife: Who Lives Under Your Emotional Roof?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":811,"description":"Why do so many women navigating perimenopause and the shifting seasons of midlife feel a deep, unexplained fatigue—even on days that don’t seem particularly demanding?\nSometimes our exhaustion can’t be measured by what’s on the calendar.\nSometimes the heaviest burdens we carry aren’t listed on our to-do lists.\nThey’re the people we love and the worries we hold quietly in our hearts.\nIn this episode, Bethany introduces the idea of your “emotional roof”—the people, relationships, worries, and concerns we quietly carry that often contribute to the invisible emotional load so many women experience in midlife.\n\nIn this episode, we explore:\n• what it means to have people living under your emotional roof\n• the invisible emotional load many women carry every day\n• why you may feel tired even when you haven’t accomplished much on paper\n• the hidden work of worrying, anticipating, remembering, and emotionally holding others\n• why emotional labor often goes uncounted\n• how emotional burden can affect our energy, appetite, digestion, and sense of overwhelm\n• why perimenopause and changing hormones can make emotional loads feel even heavier\n• how naming what you’re carrying can help you respond to yourself with greater compassion\n\nQuestions for reflection:\n• Who lives under your emotional roof right now?\n• Who and what have you been carrying that doesn’t make it onto your to-do list?\n• How might you respond to yourself differently if you acknowledged that this load is real?\n\nSupport for This Season\nIf today’s episode helped you realize that you’re carrying more than you’ve ever stopped to name…\nif you’re holding the concerns of everyone around you and wondering why you feel so tired…\nyou don’t have to sort through it alone.\nSometimes it helps to have someone sit with you and gently notice what you’ve been carrying.\n\nStart Here\nBegin with a Welcome Hour—a gentle place to slow down, share your story, and discern your next steps.\ningrainedliving.com/welcome-hour\nShare + Review...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/TWcyjg98Qyff-KsOho0jIKb0EFSafcAxxypgCk9h-T0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNDA2/NDdhNmUyZTljOTFk/YjcyNWNkOGQyY2Ri/ZTg1MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}