Christine Higgins

Why is it so much easier to show up for everyone else than admit that we need support too?

We keep going. We hold everything together. We tell ourselves we’re fine.

Until feeling overwhelmed, exhausted or disconnected starts to feel… normal.

But it shouldn’t have to be.

✨ Next week I’m hosting a FREE masterclass: When Your Overwhelm Becomes Your Norm.

We’ll explore what might really be sitting underneath the overwhelm and how you can begin finding your way back to you.

Before joining me, take a few minutes to complete my Embodied Energy Balance Assessment™. It will help you see where you may be feeling most out of balance right now — physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually.

🔗 Both the free Balance Assessment™ and masterclass registration are in my bio.

Maybe you don’t need to keep pushing through.

Maybe it’s time to check in with yourself. 🤍

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Join me this Sunday, August 23 at 8:30 AM at Killiney Beach for a morning of movement, breath and grounding by the sea.

Beach Yoga is your chance to slow things down, reconnect with your body and bring a little more balance back into your week. ✨

Comment YOGA and I’ll send you the booking details, or book your spot via the link in bio.

Are you resting… or are you just sitting down while your mind keeps going?

That was me for a long time.

And now I’m seeing the same pattern coming through again and again in the Balance Assessment™:

Women are coping.
Women are functioning.
But so many aren’t truly switching off.

My body might have stopped, but I hadn’t.

If this feels familiar, complete the Balance Assessment™ through the link in my bio or comment below and I'll send you the form.🤍

And stay close… The Balanced Woman™ is coming.

Best of luck to the families waiting on leaving cert results today... remember we all get there in the end 💫❤️

A note before I share this: Nothing in this post is intended to condone, excuse or minimise what Lindsay Clancy is alleged to have done. The loss of three children is devastating, and my heart is first and foremost with those children and everyone affected by this tragedy.

But I think part of the reason so many women are responding to her story with compassion is because, somewhere within it, we recognise a piece of the struggle.

Not the alleged actions.

The overwhelm. The pressure. The vulnerability. The expectation to keep functioning. The experience of being a mother while potentially struggling deeply behind closed doors.

Compassion does not mean condoning harm. Two things can exist at the same time: we can acknowledge the horror of what happened while also being willing to have difficult conversations about maternal mental health, the pressures placed on women, and what can happen when someone becomes profoundly unwell.

Perhaps what women are rallying around isn't the act itself, but the uncomfortable recognition that sometimes a woman can be struggling far more deeply than the outside world realises.