Ep. 201: When You've Lost Your Motivation… and Don't Even Recognize Yourself Anymore

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Hey friend.

If you feel like you've lost your ability to make a decision of any size, your motivation, or your ability to follow through… you are absolutely not alone.

And if you're sitting there thinking, "I used to be so capable. What happened to me?"—I need you to know that what you're experiencing isn't laziness. It's not a character flaw. And it's not permanent.

But I also know that right now, you might not believe that. Because when you look in the mirror, you don't recognize the woman staring back at you.

You used to be the one who had it together. The one who could juggle everything. The one people counted on.

And now? You can barely decide what's for dinner without feeling overwhelmed. You start things and don't finish them. You make plans and don't follow through. You promise yourself you'll do better tomorrow—and then tomorrow comes and you're right back where you started.

And somewhere along the way, you've started to believe a story about yourself. A story that says you're slipping. That you're failing. That you're the problem.

But friend, you're not the problem.

Your brain is tired. And tired brains don't behave like lazy brains—they behave like overloaded systems shutting down.

Welcome to The Intentional Midlife Mom podcast. I'm Jennifer Roskamp, and today I'm going to show you the real reason you feel stuck, and one shift that brings your capability back online—faster than you expect.

This isn't going to be one of those episodes where I give you a massive action plan or tell you to completely overhaul your life. Because if you're in the place I think you're in, that would just add to the overwhelm.

Instead, I'm going to help you understand what's actually happening in your brain, why the solutions you've tried haven't worked, and how to use tiny, strategic questions to rebuild your clarity and confidence—without another big reset or rigid routine.

Because here's what I've learned after years of coaching midlife women: You don't need motivation. You need direction you can believe in.

So let's dig in.

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