Running on Fumes - For the women done trying to hold the sky up

No women I know of a certain age is ever lazy.  There's way too much to do.  Most women of a certain age are blinking tired - tired because you’re holding the sky up and have been doing for blinking years; fixing it all, constantly scanning on high alert for danger ready to make it all go away.

This episode of It’s Got Pockets is for every woman who’s thinks she just needs to “manage her time better” while simultaneously being the backbone of her business, her home, her family, her life and somehow trying to smile through it all like she’s not running on fumes.

This one’s is about that thing we talk about a LOT; ENERGY. Your real currency.  The very thing that’s being nicked left, right and centre without your permission - the thing you're giving away and not replenishing.

These last few weeks I’ve been deep in it. Caring for ageing parents. Still parenting adult kids. Running a business. Trying to hold the sky up with one hand and make tea with the other. 

And what I’ve realised is that you don’t need to give more. You need to give to you. 

In this solo episode, I’m peeling the mask off and talking real talk about:

• Why energy management is the secret sauce (not that bloody 5am club)
• The truth about what happens when you stop holding it all
• The emotional toll of being “the strong one” (spoiler alert: it’s exhausting)
• How I gave myself permission to not be everything to everyone
• My favourite tool for getting your spark back (the Energy Audit – and yes, I’ll send it to you for free)

Plus a few tales of laundry piles, cereal dinners, and why no-one in my house is currently allowed to ask what’s for tea.

This is for the women who are done performing. Who are done burning out to prove their worth. And who are ready to protect their fire like the precious bloody asset it is.

 ✨ There’s no medal for martyrdom.
 ✨ You don’t need to earn your rest.
 ✨ And the sky doesn’t fall when you take a day off.

So if you’ve been feeling a bit “meh,” a bit hollowed out, a bit like shouting “leave me the f&ck alone!” … lean in. Take a breath. You don’t have to do it all. You just need to do you, for once.

Want to know how to map your energy and start feeling like you again? Drop me a message for the FREE Energy Audit. No catch. Just something powerful to stick in your back pocket.

And if you're ready to go deeper — to stop surviving and start thriving —
Come join me inside FoundHer Fire.
It’s the coaching collective for women like you: experienced, ambitious, absolutely done with burning out in silence.
We don’t do hustle. We do inner edge.
Because this isn’t about proving your worth — it’s about backing it.

You’ve got this.
And I’ve got you, you bloody brilliant woman of a certain age who is f&cking done running on fumes.

Sarah is the founder of FoundHer Fire—a membership space for experienced women in business who know real success isn’t just about strategy, it’s about self; a place, a space, a community where women find their fire, for women who aren't done yet and who are ready to write their own rules of success. Sarah also co-founded The Plot Twist (un)Awards, celebrating female founders and women smashing through glass ceilings with purpose, passion and joy.

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