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Back to Episodes#75: "Why Would She Want to Hear from Me?" Why Women in Midlife Stop Reaching Out — And How to Start Again
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Somewhere between the kids leaving, the career shifting, and the pandemic teaching us that staying home was actually fine — a lot of us stopped reaching out.
One un-sent text at a time. Tomorrow we tell ourselves. Tomorrow, I'll reach out.
Just like our dreams, we file it away under "someday" — and someday is not a day on the calendar.
In this episode, I'm talking about why connection gets so hard in midlife specifically — and why the reason isn't what most of us think it is. It's not that we're too busy. It's not that we're introverted. It's a much quieter voice that says: why would she want to hear from me?
I'm sharing stories from my own life about the people I almost kept at arm's length, the excuses I made that sound logical and were completely wrong, and what finally changed. And I'm sharing the science behind why one small act of reaching out this week could start rewiring everything.
3 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE
- The social scaffolding that used to hold our friendships together has quietly disappeared — and nobody warns you it's happening
- Assuming everyone else already has their people is the fastest way to guarantee your own isolation
- Reaching out in small, low-stakes moments is how you rewire the pattern — one rep at a time
It's time to stop taking ourselves out of the friendship equation before we ever give others a chance.
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