How’s Your Invisible Load Right Now?

Let’s be real: the invisible load may be invisible — but it’s heavy as fork. 🪨

It’s all the unseen stuff that keeps everyone else’s life running: remembering the dentist appointments, juggling your parents’ meds, planning dinner while answering work emails, noticing the dog’s food is low before anyone else does. Nobody puts it on a checklist, but it still lives in your brain. And it’s exhausting.

Here’s the kicker: lots of women tell me that just trying to decide how to get healthier adds to that invisible load. Like—thanks, but no thanks. Another thing on the list is not what we need.

A Different Place to Start

✨Here’s a hot tip: instead of adding more “health to-dos,” start with remembering the amazingness of your human self. 😍

Seriously. Your body is extraordinary.

• You’ve got about 37 trillion cells working around the clock.

• Every breath, thought, laugh, and step is a team effort between your brain, lungs, heart, muscles, and nervous system.

• Your body isn’t a machine — it’s the most complex biological organism on the planet. (Sorry iPhone, you lose.)

Think about it: I can walk across a room on my legs, my heart keeps beating 🫀, my lungs breathe 🫁, my muscles move 🦵, and my brain 🧠 is busy thinking about what I’m going to make for dinner — all at the same time. WHUT. Brilliant. 🤯

A Little Midlife Experiment

Something to try...

📝 Write on a sticky note or set an alarm on your phone:“MY HUMAN SELF IS AMAZING.” 💫

Now whisper it to yourself like it’s the best secret you’ve ever heard. Repeat it all day long. Don’t overthink it. Don’t argue with it. Just let it land.

Why? Because research shows that shifting your attention toward appreciation of your body reduces stress hormones and activates nervous system pathways that promote repair and resilience (that’s psychoneuroimmunology at work — your mind-body connection in action).

What You Might Notice

Maybe you look at your thighs and think, “Dang, these healthy legs carry me places.” Maybe you soften toward your wrist that aches after typing all day.Maybe you catch yourself exhaling more fully, like a cool breeze moved through your body on a hot day.

It’s not about pretending everything’s fine. It’s about remembering: your body is still on your side. Even under the weight of the invisible load.

We've got this! 🧡