05/31/2026
āHey Grandma, whatcha doing?ā š
āOh, just puttering around the house and yard, dear.ā
Little did I know those simple words would hit so differently today.
As a kid, I thought puttering was just doing random stuff. Watering flowers. Tidying a drawer. Walking around the yard. Starting one thing, getting distracted by another.
Now? I think puttering might be one of the most underrated forms of medicine for women.
Seriously, when was the last time most women got to truly putter?
Not optimize, improve, hustle, produce, manage others, carry the weight of commitments or āgetting aheadā.
Just wander.
Follow an impulse.
Sit in the sun for a minute.
Pull a w**d.
Rearrange a room.
Make a coffee and drink it while itās still hot. (Imagine š¤Æ)
Putterā¦š§¶
I spend a lot of time helping women heal anxiety, overwhelm, burnout, and the feeling that theyāre constantly carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders. And one thing Iāve noticed is that so many women have lost the freedom to simply follow their own energy.
Every minute is accounted for.
Every ounce of energy belongs to someone or something else.
The work. The running around. The partner.. The house. The full schedule. The to-do list. The notifications. The never-ending mental load.
A womanās nervous system doesnāt just need regulation. It needs *room*.
Room for creativity, pleasure, curiousity, and room to hear the quiet little nudges that get drowned out by the noise of modern life.
Thatās why puttering feels so good. Itās one of the few times weāre not forcing life. Weāre simply in relationship with it. š
And maybe thatās exactly what more women need.
A little less doing.
A little more puttering. ā²ļø
