Life at this stage? It’s a paradox.

It’s brilliant and brutal. It’s laughter that makes your eyes leak and pressure that makes your chest tight. It’s rich tea biscuits when you really want a caramel hobnob.

It’s dropping kids at uni, holding parents through illness, running businesses, leading businesses, keeping homes together and still showing up with grit, humour and a grin that hides the whisper of “what the actual fck” under your breath.

Today's episode is how I'm feeling; it's raw and real. It's unfiltered because that what I promised this podcast would be.

I’m talking about the relentless load we carry - the caregiving, the never-ending shoulds, the hormonal rollercoaster, the separation anxiety of even the blinking dog, the anticipation of the grief that I know is coming and the pure, heart-bursting joy that still breaks through.

Because all the things can be true at the same time.

It’s unrelenting. And still… we crack the on.

✨ In this episode, I share:

• The invisible emotional weight women carry and why it’s so often unseen.
• The duality of life right now: joy and ache, ease and unease, noise and solitude.
• Why women 40+ need scaffolding, not platitudes, if we’re going to thrive (not just survive).
• How adulting is less about “nailing it” and more about rewriting the bloody manual.

This one is for every woman holding the sky up while craving five quiet minutes with a brew. You are unstoppable, unbreakable, unrelenting. I see you, my friend - and we ride together.

Sarah is the founder of FoundHer Fire—a membership space for experienced women in business who know real success isn’t just about strategy, it’s about self; a place, a space, a community where women find their fire, for women who aren't done yet and who are ready to write their own rules of success. Sarah also co-founded The Plot Twist (un)Awards, celebrating female founders and women smashing through glass ceilings with purpose, passion and joy.

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