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Many women I speak with lately describe a deep sense of exhaustion— not simply physical fatigue, but soul weariness. They are carrying grief for the state of the world, concern for their families, uncertainty about the future, and the lingering ache of personal transitions that often accompany midlife.
Children leave home. Careers shift or end. Relationships evolve. Aging parents need care. Our bodies change. The identities we
once held so tightly begin to loosen, and somewhere beneath all of it lives a quieter question many women are almost afraid to ask aloud:
Who am I now?
For me, creativity became the doorway back to that answer.
Not creativity as performance or productivity, but creativity as presence. As listening. As a way of returning to myself when life felt fragmented and uncertain.
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