{"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":"027 | When Life Feels Harder Than It Used To in Perimenopause: Receiving Grace in Your Limits","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1151,"description":"Why does life sometimes feel harder than it used to?\nMaybe you thought that by this season of life, things would have gotten a little simpler. Instead, the needs around you may have become more complicated at the very same time your changing midlife body is asking for more care.\nAnd when you can’t keep all the plates spinning the way you used to, it’s easy to wonder if you’re doing something wrong.\n\nIn this episode, Bethany talks about capacity in perimenopause and midlife—and the difference between something in our lives or bodies that can be cared for and supported, and a real limit that may need to be honored.\nThrough reflections from her own very full season of life, she explores the small ways we can nourish and support our capacity without turning self-care into another attempt to become limitless.\nBecause caring for ourselves well isn’t ultimately about squeezing more productivity out of our days. It’s about having something left for the people and parts of our lives that matter most—and learning to receive grace within the limits of being human.\nIn this episode, we explore:\n• Why life can feel more complicated—not less—in perimenopause and midlife\n• The question Bethany is learning to ask when her capacity feels low: What can I care for or support, and what limit do I need to honor?\n• Why fatigue and depleted energy deserve curiosity rather than simply being dismissed as “just hormones”\n• Simple ways nourishment, hydration, sleep, rest, and small moments of spaciousness can give something back to us\n• The grief that can come with realizing we don’t have room for every good thing we love\n• What Bethany means by “widening the hallways” in a full life\n• Why accepting help and allowing others to carry something can be part of honoring our limits\n• The deeper question beneath caring for our capacity: What do I want to have something left for?\n\nQuestions for reflection:\n• Is there something in my body or life right now that I can care for or support?\n• Is there...","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}