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Work Stress? Holiday Stress?

Your Nervous System Doesn’t Know the Difference.

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Allie Theiss, MSc CSC ABS IFN
Nov 25, 2025
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One of my clients, Taryn, told me something last week that stuck with me. She said:

“I thought the holidays would feel like a break. But I’m just trading one kind of stress for another.”

That’s the story for so many midlife women.

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Photo by Meghan Hessler on Unsplash

The deadlines change shape.
The pressure changes location.
But the nervous system?
It just keep…

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