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I didn’t want to look back and think, why did I keep doing all that… when I could’ve been walking along the coast with a coffee.”

At 43, Clare’s life didn’t crack, it crumbled. What started as random health issues soon turned into panic attacks, personality changes, and years of feeling like a stranger to herself. She jokes that she could write a book based on her health notes alone… and honestly, she could.

In this raw, funny, and deeply honest episode, Clare opens up about the seven-year stretch where she lost her sense of self, her joy, and her confidence,  only to slowly find a new way forward using pen, paper, and permission (from/to herself)

We talk about:

• Working yourself into the ground and calling it normal
• What no one tells you about perimenopause (especially if you don’t know you’re in it)
• Rage, withdrawal, and wondering where the old you went
• Mr. Worry, Who Moved My Cheese, and other bedtime-book wisdom
• Why sometimes the bravest move is writing it all down and starting again

This is a conversation for anyone feeling blindsided by midlife, still deep in the thick of it, or wondering if they’re the only one who feels this undone.

Spoiler: you’re not.

Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Unravelling: The Diary of a Midlife Mess.

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