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Shannon A Swales

Midlife Reclaimed
🌿Individual Burnout Therapy for Women
🧘‍♂️Online Community for Women
🎙️Podcaster Blogger & Speaker
📚Author-Nothing Left to Give Community.

Burnout Psychologist
🔥 Helping midlife women reclaim life beyond burnout.
🌿 Self-discovery. Growth.
🎙️Midlife Reclaimed Podcast host
🥉Award Winning Author: Nothing Left to Give: A psychologist's path back from burnout
👩‍💻Blogger for Psychology Today

Find out more at www.burnoutpsychologysupport.com/about

31/08/2025

Day 1 – Take Off the Pressure

✨ Less is More ✨

So many of us in midlife carry invisible pressure:
– To be across everything at work.
– To hold the household together.
– To stay “on top” of health, family, friendships.
– To look like we’re managing it all.

But here’s the truth: your health isn’t built by pushing harder.
It’s built by softening. By putting one ball down instead of juggling them all.

Today’s invitation for Women’s Health Week - Jean Hailes for Women's Health:
Notice one place you can release the pressure — maybe it’s letting the laundry wait, choosing an easier meal, or saying no to one more responsibility.

Health begins in the exhale. 🧡

31/08/2025

🌻 It’s Women’s Health Week Hailes for Women's Health here in Australia — a nationwide campaign reminding women to prioritise their own health and wellbeing.

Each year, the week highlights key topics like mental health, menopause, chronic conditions, and self-care.

This year, I want to join in with a slightly different message:
✨ Less is More.

So often, women are told to add more — more routines, more practices, more to-dos.
But in midlife, what I see again and again is that healing often comes from taking things off.

So each day this week, I’ll be sharing one thing you might gently “take off” to care for yourself:
🌿 The pressure
🌿 The guilt
🌿 The rush
🌿 The mask
🌿 The weight of doing it all alone

Sometimes self-care isn’t in the adding — it’s in the releasing. 💛

Follow along each day as we practice the art of “less.”

31/08/2025

✨ Sunday nights…
They can feel heavier than ever when you’re already stretched thin.

If you’re a midlife woman thinking:
💭 “The weekend didn’t even touch my exhaustion.”
💭 “Monday is looming louder than my own needs.”
💭 “I’m holding everything together for everyone else.”

You’re not alone. And you don’t have to keep holding it all by yourself.

🌻 The Midlife Reclaimed Community is not about making you do more.
It’s about helping you do less — in the safeness of a community that will hold you, support you, and help you get through.

Doors are open. Come as you are.
👉 www.shannonaswales.com/midlife-reclaimed-community

30/08/2025

Rested & radiant women don’t burn out…They rise. They lead. They take over the world.
And I’m honoured to be part of a movement helping more women finally step into that version of themselves.
🚨 I’m one of the featured speakers in the Burnout Breakthrough Summit — a free, 18+-day event built to help high-achieving women break the burnout cycle for good. And for all my Australian followers, 09.08.2025 is September 8, 2025.

Inside, I’ll be sharing:💬 how burnout often shows up — not as collapse, but as numbness, fatigue, and quiet disconnection. I explore the power of self-compassion in recovery, and the non-negotiables I teach to help women reclaim their energy and come back to themselves.

You’ll also hear from:🧠 Mindset Coaches🩺 Hormone & Health Experts🔥 Productivity Pros and more
🎧 Pre-recorded.💸 Free to attend.📅 Starts September 8th.

👉 Save your free spot here: https://burnoutbreakthrough.net/bbsummit
💬 Comment “I’m in!” if I’ll see you there!

28/08/2025

13,000 downloads, 56 episodes, 7 seasons… and we’re just getting started ✨

We’re taking a little break, but wow—what a journey it’s been!

💡 56 episodes across 7 seasons
🎧 Most popular episode: Highly Sensitive Person & Burnout (500+ downloads)
🌱 Full of stories, support, and tools to help you prevent, recover & grow from burnout

And now… we’re stepping into the midlife women’s space—exploring the unique loads and challenges women face in this powerful stage of life 💛

🚀 Season 8 is coming—and it’s only going to get better!

If you’ve been listening, thank you 🙏 Your support means the world.
👉 Make sure you’re following
👉 Share your favourite episode with a friend
👉 And leave a review—it really helps others find the show 🌿

27/08/2025

🌻 Midlife is Full 🌻

Whether in 1:1 therapy or inside the Midlife Reclaimed community, these themes rise again and again:

✨ Burnout + overwhelm
✨ Boundaries + people-pleasing
✨ Perimenopause shifts
✨ Caregiving + invisible labour
✨ Neurodivergence + masking
✨ Identity, values + purpose
✨ Guilt + expectations
✨ Relationships + disconnection
✨ Work stress + ageism
✨ Sleep + health struggles
✨ Creativity + lost passions
✨ Transitions + “what’s next?”

This is the reality for so many midlife women — capable, giving, and quietly depleted.
My work is about creating spaces where these layers can be seen, softened, and reclaimed.

🧡 You don’t have to hold it all alone.

To learn more about what I do, visit www.shannonaswales.com/about [Go to Link in Bio]

24/08/2025

✨ This is for the midlife women holding it all together, even when they feel like they’re falling apart.

If you’re overwhelmed, stressed out, or burnt out… Sunday nights can feel heavier than ever.
That quiet dread. That question of how you’ll make it through another week.

The Midlife Reclaimed Community is here for you.
A gentle place to unravel, reconnect, and remember that you don’t have to do it alone.
🌻 Doors are open — come and be held.
👉 www.shannonaswales.com/midlife-reclaimed-membership [Link in Bio]

23/08/2025

Burnout doesn’t just happen in high-pressure jobs.
It happens in caregiving.
In parenting.
In managing households.
In masking as neurodivergent adults.
In systems that don’t see or support your identity.

Burnout is a systems issue, not just an individual one.
Let’s stop pretending that a bubble bath will fix a nervous system running on empty in a world that keeps asking for more.

21/08/2025

🌻 I’ve been sitting with an idea… 🌻

What if I created a live masterclass (with recording available) designed especially for overwhelmed, stressed-out, burnt-out women in midlife?

A gentle space for practical strategies and knowledge gaining — to help you navigate this season with more ease and energy.

I’m still in the “dreaming” stage 🌙 but before I build it, I’d love to know if you’re interested.

Possible themes 🌻
✨ Managing Stress & Reclaiming Energy in Midlife
✨ Compassion in Burnout Recovery: From Self-Criticism to Self-Compassion

💌 If you are interested:
DM, comment below to be added to the Masterclass Waitlist, or head over to my website www.shannonaswales.com/contact [Link in Bio] and fill out the contact form (select MasterClass Waitlist).

This isn’t a commitment — just an expression of interest so I know if it’s something worth creating.

🌻 Let’s grow this together.

20/08/2025

Have you discovered the Midlife Reclaimed blog yet?
With over 30 short articles (all under a 5-minute read), it’s a free library of insight, support, and wisdom to help you navigate burnout, overwhelm, and the many shifts of midlife.

One of my personal favourites is:
💭 The “Not Good Enough” Story We Keep Telling Ourselves

And readers’ most-loved piece is:
🌻 Going Back to Work After Burnout: A Personal Perspective & Checklist for Success

If you’re seeking gentle understanding of what’s happening for you, practical strategies to move forward, or simply a way to grow your knowledge in this space, this is a wonderful place to begin.

👉 You can read, share, like, and comment on the blog to help others find these resources too.

And if you’re already a reader, I’d love to know — which article has been your favourite so far? Drop it in the comments below ⬇️

You can explore the blog here: www.shannonaswales.com/blog

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