Striving to thrive

Are you tired of waiting for the other shoe to drop?

Photo by Pete Alexopoulos on Unsplash

“One of the beautiful things about this life season is that I can intentionally lean into my softer side, to optimise my life. One can strive to survive or one can strive to thrive.” – Mia Maugé

I know that social media is typically a series of highlight reels whose curation is to be taken with a pinch salt, but one of the reasons I’m still on Instagram is partly because I like to see midlife women and women older than me enjoying their lives. Enjoying being who they are in their fullness.

Midlife women are often dealing with a lot, whether that includes being a parent or not. Throw into the mix the impact that hormonal shifts can have on many of us (I wrote a bit about that here) and it’s no surprise that for all sorts of reasons we can end up putting ourselves last in our own lives.

When I saw the above words from Mia Maugé on one of her recent posts, they resonated with a part of me that had been stuck for quite some time. You see, I learned survival mode – it was a familiar companion when I was growing up – and I’d