{"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":"016 | Feeling Behind This Year? A Gentle Return to Steadiness for Midlife Women","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8591b679\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":518,"description":"If the start of this year has felt slower than you expected…\nIf winter has felt heavier than you imagined…\nIf you’re looking up and realizing spring is coming and you’re still finding your footing…This episode is a gentle reminder for midlife women who feel behind: you may simply be in season.\nA reflective episode for Christian women in midlife navigating fatigue, transition, and the quiet pressure to feel “caught up.”\n\nIn this reflective return, Bethany shares a quiet moment from the Tennessee countryside after a winter ice storm — noticing broken branches, barren trees, and the subtle warmth of early spring sunlight.The landscape still looks like winter.\nBut something beneath the surface is alive.Many women in midlife feel this same tension — a longing for forward movement while still feeling slow, tired, or unsettled.This episode offers a different perspective.Not urgency.\nNot productivity pressure.\nBut steadiness.Because some seasons are not about pushing harder.\nThey are about holding steady while life quietly restores what winter reshaped.If you've been feeling behind this year, consider this your invitation to breathe again.You may not be behind.You may simply be in season.\nIn this episode, Bethany reflects on:• Why the start of the year doesn’t always bring instant clarity or momentum\n• How winter seasons reshape our lives emotionally, physically, and spiritually\n• The quiet wisdom of nature’s slower rhythms\n• Why steadiness matters more than urgency in midlife\n• Learning to return gently instead of forcing momentum\nA gentle reflectionWhere in your life might steadiness be inviting you to slow down rather than speed up?Take a breath.\nNotice the light if it’s there.\nListen for what is still alive.Spring comes slowly.And that is enough.\nWant support in this season?If you’re longing for steadiness in your body, health, and life rhythms, Bethany offers personalized guidance through functional nutrition and holistic life coaching for midlife women.As a...","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}