The women I meet are tired from speaking up in meetings and not being heard. They are tired from having to prove their expertise and knowledge above and beyond their male peers. They are tired from having work piled on them that isn’t part of their KPIs. They are tired from having to run a household and being expected to look after everyone and everything.
Balancing work-life feels harder to juggle with aching joints and back pain, indigestion with bloating and nauseated or lethargic after eating, snoring, inexplicable anxiousness, not having the energy you used to, and feeling guilty taking a break.
A few years ago – that was my exact experience!