ou’ve Bounced Back — But Your Body Hasn’t What Stress Leaves Behind After Recovery You’ve been signed off. The treatment’s over. But you still feel foggy, fragile, or not quite like yourself. This blog explores the hidden cost of survival mode, how stress lives on in the nervous system, and what real recovery actually looks like — especially for midlife women navigating menopause, illness, or emotional overwhelm.

There’s a kind of grief many midlife women carry without realising it—the quiet ache of shifting identity, energy, and ease. This blog explores how gratitude and grief can coexist, how the body holds what words often miss, and why reconnecting with yourself doesn’t begin with bouncing back—but with honesty, presence, and breath.

After years of pain, injury and disconnection, I found my way back to movement—and back to myself. This blog is a reflection on rebuilding body trust in midlife, navigating chronic pain, and finding confidence not through pushing harder, but through presence, patience, and reconnection. For any woman who’s ever felt unfamiliar in her own skin—this is for you.