The Surprising Reason Women Over 40 Don't Feel Like Themselves

If you've caught yourself thinking "I don't feel like myself" and you can't quite put your finger on why, this one's for you. Hormones play a role. Being stretched impossibly thin plays a role. But there's a third factor that I think is fundamental, and it's one I never hear anyone talking about: interoception.

Interoception is your ability to sense and interpret what's actually happening inside your body (like hunger, thirst, stress, emotion). When it's working, you catch yourself before you're hangry, before you snap at your kids, before you're running on fumes. When it's not working, and for so many of us in midlife it's not, you don't know you're stressed until you're yelling, or so numb you're running the whole day on autopilot without feeling a single thing.

I'm breaking down exactly how chronic stress shuts your interoception down, what that actually looks like in daily life, and the somatic practices, including breathwork, that bring it back online. 

Stick around to the end, because I'm inviting you to two free virtual breathwork sessions where you can feel the shift for yourself instead of just hearing me talk about it.

What we get into:

• What interoception is and how it works
• The specific ways chronic stress shuts your body's signals off
• Why you might feel completely numb one day and completely overwhelmed the next
• The research on interoception and stress, explained in plain language
• How breathwork helps you tune back in and hear your body again
• Two free virtual breathwork sessions happening soon 

Resources:

PubMed article: Interoception and Stress

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Jessica's freebies and resources:

📅 Join me for a FREE virtual breathwork experience for women 40+ September 24th or October 2nd! (https://link.fgfunnels.com/widget/bookings/live-breathwork-events)

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