Kind of a Wreck, Kind of a Leader

Lately, I’ve been having conversations with some of the most incredible women I know.

They’re leaders in every sense, professionally, personally, emotionally. They work in different industries. They have different strengths and different stories. But in the past few weeks, a theme has emerged across all of our conversations.

We’re all feeling it.

A heaviness. A sense of overwhelm. That low-simmering exhaustion that isn’t fixed by a good night’s sleep.

No one is in crisis. But no one feels quite right either.

We’ve all been trying to name it. To understand it. Is it burnout? Is it the never-ending winter? Mercury in retrograde? A collective shift in energy?

We don’t know. But it feels like more than coincidence.

Because we’re all strong. We’re all capable. We’re all the ones others lean on. And yet, at the same time, we’re all quietly wondering: Why does everything feel so heavy right now?

There are ebbs and flows in life. In leadership. In love and in work. Sometimes the timing aligns with ease. And sometimes the low points hit in sync, too. And when they do, it can feel… a little cosmic.

But maybe that shared heaviness isn’t something to explain away. Maybe it’s something to acknowledge.

Because in a world that pushes us to keep going, to power through, to put a smile on and perform, there’s something sacred about saying…

I feel it too.

You’re not alone in this fog. And even if it lifts at different times for all of us, the thread that connects us matters.

So if you’re feeling it too, whatever it is, just know this:

You don’t have to name it perfectly. You don’t have to push through it alone. You’re allowed to just feel it. To sit with it. To rest in it.

And to let someone else hold space for you while you do.