This week’s Hot Flash is a follow-up to the episode Why Midlife Makes Self-Abandonment Impossible.

Because self-abandonment never shows up dramatically.

It happens quietly.
Slowly.
Often in ways that are culturally normalized enough that we don’t immediately recognize it for what it is

In this short episode, I explore several embodied signals that self-abandonment may already be happening in your life:

• Resentment that’s hard to name
• Exhaustion that doesn’t make sense
• Relief when plans get cancelled
• Constantly explaining yourself
• The quiet thought: “I can’t do this anymore”

These signals are not evidence that your life is broken.

They may be signals that an aliveness within is coming back online.

It might be time to pay attention, because awareness is often the first step in moving out of self-abandonment patterns and back into alignment with yourself.