Yeah The Girls 40 Plus Digital Magazine - Magazine - Page 56
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June 2025
YOU ARE NOT AN
AFTERTHOUGHT. YOU ARE THE
FOUNDATION.
You can’t keep pouring from
an empty cup and expecting
it to refill itself.
SCAN THE CODE TO GET
ACCESS TO THE TOOLKIT!
Learn to love your body..
bumps, lumps, rolls, and all!
Watch my 20-minute Body
Image discussion and grab the
toolkit to help you on your
journey.
I want to talk to you about something we often give so freely to others, but struggle to give
ourselves. Nurturing.
We nurture our kids, our partners, our families, even our friends. We show up for everyone else. We
check in, cook meals, remember birthdays, hold space for their emotions... and somehow forget to
do the same for ourselves.
That used to be me. I could sense everyone’s needs and show up with exactly what they needed..
but when it came to me? I was last on the list, if I made it on at all.
I thought nurturing myself was selfish. I thought if I stopped to rest or gave myself a break,
everything would fall apart. But the truth? I was falling apart anyway.. emotionally eating to cope,
exhausted, burnt out, and feeling resentful but pretending I was fine.
So I made a shift. A big one. I decided to show up for myself the way I showed up for everyone else.
