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Burnout, Low Libido, and Losing Yourself: Why Midlife Women Feel Numb (with Dr. Julie Merriman)
Perimenopause doesn't just change your body – it surfaces years of suppressed needs, emotional labor, and quiet resentment that never had anywhere to go. In this episode of the Wellness & Growth Journeys Podcast, I sit down with counselor, educator, and author Dr. Julie Merriman to unpack why so many women hit midlife feeling numb, exhausted, and unlike themselves.
We talk about the hidden weight women carry – caregiving, careers, motherhood, relationships, emotional labor – and how chronic stress rewires the nervous system, tanks libido, flattens pleasure, and slowly erodes identity. If…
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