Nourishing The Mother

In the final week before Christmas, when the lists are finished and the adrenaline drops, many women don’t feel relief…they feel flat, teary, irritable or quietly undone. This episode is an emotional temperature check for overstretched mothers asking, “I should be happy… so why do I feel empty?” Julie and Bridget name the invisible load women are carrying and explore why Christmas becomes the moment everything catches up. This isn’t about fixing yourself, it’s about naming what’s real instead of performing festive happiness, and understanding what your body and heart have been holding all year.In this episode we discuss:- Why women often get sick, emotional or unravel right as the “finish line” approaches- What happens in the nervous system when the doing stops and there’s finally space to feel- The invisible labour of holding logistics, emotions, magic and family harmony- The silent bargains women make with themselves to keep going…and the cost of those bargains- The thoughts women don’t say out loud because