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Why are so many women on the edge of burnout?

Why are so many women on the edge of burnout?

Written by Hannah Young on . Posted in Overwhelm and Burnout. No Comments on Why are so many women on the edge of burnout?

Why is it that there are so many women who seem to always be on the very edge of burnout?

I’ve been there…

And I always thought that just ‘pushing through’ to complete my to-do list would fix things…

‘If I can just get through this list, then I’ll have time to relax and finally feel at peace.’

But the truth is, your to-do list is infinite. It’ll never be done. And even if you somehow managed to complete it, I can tell you now that the void…that numbness you feel at the end of the day…it’ll still be there.

I speak to so many burnt-out, overwhelmed women who describe life as being sort of ‘flat’, even though on paper they have it all.

And they’re feeling guilty for feeling ungrateful…they’re wondering what’s wrong with them and if they’ll ever feel ‘normal’. Add to that the weight of all the things they ‘should‘ be doing, and they’ve got the perfect recipe for just scraping through each day in survival mode.

What these women come to realise through our work together is that the external accomplishments and productivity they’ve grown up thinking are the key to happiness…just, aren’t. In fact, the to-do list has simply been yet another tool of distraction:

Distraction from their authentic selves

Distraction from their natural feminine cycle and rhythm

Distraction from their calling and innate wisdom

So the answer isn’t in yet another productivity or time-management tool. The answer is in stillness. In turning inwards. In reconnecting with your own self.

If you’re a woman feeling like you’re always ‘on’, I can help. I offer face-to-face burnout reset sessions in Leeds: Come as you are, and leave with a weight lifted and practical tools to support you.

Woman enjoying sunshine and rest after overcoming overwhelm

Happiness in Ordinary Moments: Feel More Grounded

Written by Hannah Young on . Posted in Real Life and Reflections. No Comments on Happiness in Ordinary Moments: Feel More Grounded

Is it just me, or does everything feel a bit off right now?

There’s a lot of uncertainty in the air. And when life feels like that, it’s easy to look outward for something bigger, better, or more certain to hold onto. But more often than not, what steadies us is much simpler than that.

Happiness in ordinary moments is easy to overlook, especially when comparison is constantly pulling our attention elsewhere. We open our phones and within seconds we’re measuring our lives against someone else’s highlight reel. Even when we know it’s not real life, it still has an effect.

So before anything else, it’s worth gently stepping back from that. Not forever, just enough to create a bit of space. Enough to notice what’s already here.

Because when you do, you start to see that your life is not behind. It’s just quieter.

The conversation you spoke up in. The small step you finally took. The way you’re handling things now compared to a few years ago. That is progress, even if no one else sees it.

This is where happiness in ordinary moments really begins to land. Not in big milestones, but in the details you would usually rush past.

Instead of listing the same gratitudes each day, try noticing something more specific. The sound of birds before your alarm. A message from a friend you hadn’t heard from in a while. Even the satisfaction of getting something slightly more right than you did yesterday.

These moments are easy to dismiss, but they are often the ones that stay.

The same goes for the things we think we need to upgrade. We’re used to chasing the next version of everything, but the feeling rarely lasts. What does last is a quieter kind of contentment. The kind that comes from realising what you already have is enough, for now.

And maybe most importantly, the relationships that don’t look perfect on the surface are often the ones that matter most. The ones that pick up where they left off. The ones that don’t need constant attention to still feel solid.

So if things feel unsettled at the moment, come back to what is steady.

Happiness in ordinary moments is not about lowering your expectations of life. It’s about noticing that your life is already happening, in ways that are easy to miss if you’re always looking for more.

And when you start to see that, things don’t feel quite so off after all.