This time of year brings a quiet pressure most women feel but rarely name—the sense that you should be further along, calmer, more organized, more healed, more motivated, more at peace. It shows up as a knot in your stomach, a tightness in your chest, or a whisper of “I’m behind” that echoes in the background of your days.
But here’s the truth no one teaches us:
Healing doesn’t follow a calendar. Alignment does.