The Ancestral, Collective Tiredness of Women

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen · Jul 3, 2026 · 54m

In today’s episode, Rachel is the type of tired that you feel in your soul, in your bones, and in your identity itself. It’s a feeling that stems from the roles and responsibilities she has in her life right now, but it goes even deeper and older than that - into the trauma she felt as a child and the burdens placed on her back then. Rachel attempts to unpack this experience by sharing specific examples from her own family.

If you are a woman or a mother, you may understand exactly what she’s talking about. Everywhere you look, women are carrying things. And there is a collective and…