My love, can I be honest?
For so many women I speak to, especially in the UK and Ireland -
this exact week of the year feels like hitting an emotional wall.
Not a crisis.
Not a breakdown.
Just that subtle, heavy moment when your body whispers:
“I can’t keep holding everything by myself.”
And here’s the part no one talks about…
It happens quietly.
Maybe you wake up and the air feels heavier.
Maybe you stare at your inbox longer than usual.
Maybe a tiny request suddenly feels like too much.
Maybe the thought of December makes your chest tighten just a little.
And you think:
“What is wrong with me? Why am I like this?”
Nothing is wrong with you.
And you’re not “like this.”
You’re over-capacitated.
And you’ve been that way for months.
Here’s what this time of year often looks like for you:
• You’ve carried emotional labour no one saw.
• You’ve stayed composed even when everything felt messy.
• You’ve been the strong one at work, at home, everywhere.
• You’ve held the team together. The family together. Yourself together.
• You’ve kept going because stopping felt unsafe.
And the hardest part?
Almost nobody notices.
Because you carry it so well.
Because you’ve mastered the art of looking “fine.”
Because you’ve been performing calm for eleven months straight.
But inside, there’s a version of you whispering:
“I’m exhausted in ways I don’t know how to express.”
Here’s the truth that needs to land:
You’re not tired because you did too much.
You’re tired because you were under-recognised while you did it.
You weren’t lazy.
You weren’t unmotivated.
You weren’t undisciplined.
You were emotionally overextended
- giving energy, attention, emotional holding, and invisible effort nobody accounted for.
You didn’t burn out.
You slowly emptied.
And now your nervous system is saying:
“I have nothing left to prove.”
Your Inner CEO is not here to push you through December.
She’s here to guide you differently.
She knows:
• Rest is a leadership strategy.
• Softening is not weakness - it’s nervous system intelligence.
• Ending the year with gentleness is more powerful than ending it with force.
• You don’t need to perform worthiness to deserve peace.
She’s not asking you to be stronger for the final stretch.
She’s asking you to be supported.
This is the shift that high-achieving women resist the most
...not doing less,
but receiving more.
So let this land softly:
You don’t have to end this year proving anything.
You just have to end it remembering who you are.
You are allowed to soften before the world speeds up.
You are allowed to rest before the celebrations start.
You are allowed to choose peace before productivity.
This is your December permission slip.
Not from the world,
but from your Inner CEO.
Next week, I’ll support you with this fully.
Something special is arriving to help you reset, reconnect,
and return to yourself before 2026 begins.
No pressure.
No performance.
Just support - the kind you’ve needed for a long time.
Stay close.
With love,
Natalia
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