Jun 9

Jun 9 Feeling Like You’re Not Coping in Midlife? You May Just Be Burnt Out

You used to be able to handle everything. Deadlines. Family logistics. The never-ending inbox. The emotional temperature of the people around you.

But lately?

It’s taking more energy just to get through the day. You lose your temper at things that never used to bother you. You forget words mid-sentence. You wake up already tired. The tears are always closer to the surface than you’d like.

You keep thinking: “What is wrong with me?”

Here’s what we may need to acknowledge — “this isn’t just the usual stress. This could be emotional burnout.”

When You’re Doing It All — and Still Feel Like You’re Falling Apart

For many women, midlife arrives not as a calm plateau, but as a crash of emotional noise.

You’re managing more than ever — ageing parents, growing children, workplace pressures, your own changing body. All while still holding up the emotional scaffolding for others.

And somewhere in all that care and competence, your emotions started to feel less like signals and more like symptoms.

Emotional burnout doesn’t always look like falling apart. Sometimes it looks like holding it all together — until one day, you just can’t

What Emotional Burnout Looks Like (Even If You’re Still “Functioning”)

Emotional burnout in midlife often shows up as:

Feeling numb or detached from things you used to enjoy
Mood swings that feel sudden, sharp, and disproportionate
Overwhelm that hits out of nowhere
Irritability and guilt in equal measure
A loss of confidence in your emotional responses

And yes — hormonal changes can absolutely cause and intensify these experiences. Once you’ve checked this out with a medical professional and you’re still feeling burned out, years of emotional labour, invisible caregiving, and the pressure to keep being “fine”, might also be contributing.

When we’re always trying to fine, we lose contact with what’s real. And emotional steadiness starts with giving yourself the space to see what’s really going on.

There’s a Way Back to Yourself — One Feeling at a Time

Your emotions don’t need to be your enemy — even when they feel messy and out of control. They can also be information. And with the right tools, you can begin to steady them again.

That’s why we created a free resource designed just for women navigating this exact moment.