Yeah The Girls 40 Plus Digital Magazine - Magazine - Page 105
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June 2025
YOU MATTER TOO—START
ACTING LIKE IT
After decades of doing it all — raising families,
supporting partners, juggling work, caregiving, and
always being the dependable one — many women
reach a quiet moment in their 40s or 50s and ask:
When did I stop caring for me?
We don’t mean to abandon ourselves. But
between the mental load, invisible labour, and
daily list of everyone else’s needs, self-nurturing
becomes something we