Stress Talk with Marcyline Bailey

Is the success you’re chasing even yours? Are you constantlystressed out? Have you said or heard someone say one of the following statements?

“I am doing everything right. I have the right credentials,enviable career, status in the community and my profession. Why am I so miserable.”

“I wanted to travel the world, but I was made to feel thatsettling down, raising a family is what I am supposed to do.”

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I was the woman who could do everything all on my own… until I couldn’t. I was raised to be independent and to not depend on anyone, for anything at any time. Many Black women and Women of Color are raised just like that. We carry the burdens of our family and community like badges of honor. We are the fixers, healers, and bearers of hurts. We put everyone else’s needs before our own. The reality is that “b...

It’s two in the morning and you're lying in bed. You arereplaying conversations you had earlier, rewriting what you should have said, remembering what they said and imagining what they probably thought about what you said.

If you're a professional woman over 40, chances are yourbrain doesn't have an off switch. You're replaying work conversations. You're planning ten different scenarios that will probably never happen. You're...

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Struggling to quiet your mind at bedtime? This guided sleepmeditation was created specifically for women over 40 who are ready to release the stress of the day and finally enjoy deep, restful sleep — tonight.

 Let this gentle, step-by-step meditation guide you intofull-body relaxation so you can fall asleep fast and wake up feeling restored.

 In this session you'll experience:

✅ A calming body scan to melt away tension

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Laura’s therapist told her to turn TOWARD the anxiety. 😳And Laura's first thought? She said, "I looked at her like she had 12 heads."

Same, Laura. I’ve had similar moments when I did the exact same.But here's what happened when she actually tried it. She sat down, set a 5-minute timer, and just... let the anxiety come. The tight stomach. The tension. All of it set in. And instead of the anxiety growing? It left. Because...

Are you doing everything right — and still feeling likejoy belongs to someone else's life? 💛

In this episode of Stress Talk with Marcyline, we'rediving deep into one of the most powerful (and most overlooked) secrets to stress relief:

Finding Joy in the Everyday.

This isn't about toxic positivity or pretending life isn't hard. This is about learning what the happiest women actually DO differently — and how YOU can start ...

Everything is hitting you all at once. Your inbox is full.Someone said something sideways to you or gave you the side-eye. Your body is running on fumes because you haven’t had a moment to eat. Heck… it seems like you haven’t had a moment to just breathe, and you feel yourself starting tospiral.

Your thoughts go dark and negative. Your chest gets tight.Your head starts to hurt and suddenly you react to everything...

83% of US workers suffer from work-related stress. Thinkabout that for a moment.

Can you name what causes you to feel stressed? Many of youwill say “I love my job, but and then fill in the blank with the very thing that stresses you. How many of you would fill that blank with a type of person, a specific name or a job title? Dealing with co-workers is difficult. It can also lead to anxiety, burnout and that feeling of dread y...

You’ve met all your deadlines, responded to all your emailsand you have managed to clear your desk. What is causing you to still feel that tight knot of stress in your stomach? When you get home, you feel totally wiped out, as if you ran a marathon. You were seated at your desk all day.

You probably blame the workload, the pressure from youradmin team, or the never-ending emails. The real problem, however, is something you&rs...

It is 2 am and you are wide awake.

It feels as if someone pressed a button that caused you tostart thinking and you cannot turn it off. The more you think, the wider awake you become. You look at the clock, and it is now 2:30 am. You turn over thinking that you must get up at 6am.  The thoughts are flowing like a river now. You try lying on your other side. That doesn’t work. You try lying on your back. Nope.

You pick up ...

You took a break. You switched from your computer screen and picked up your phone. Why do you still feel like you need a break after going back to your computer screen? Was it the notifications? Was it the newsfeed?

You laughed at a few silly posts. People are so clever.Isn’t laughter supposed to relieve stress? Why after 15 minutes of scrolling do you still feel tense, nervous or on edge?

The “break” you just too...

So, the vacation is over. You are returning to work tomorrowand that relaxed, happy feeling you had a few days ago has been replaced by a quiet, creeping dread. Your out-of-office message is still up, but the reality of your overflowing inbox, the mountain of laundry, and getting back to the grind is setting in hard. That feeling is the post-holiday Sunday blues, and it’s like a massive emotional hangover. If you've got a pit...

The start of the new year tends to bring pressure, doesn’tit? We are pressured to achieve more, to do more or to be more. Because of this, we make lists of goals to accomplish the feat. “I am going to lose weight.”“This year, I am going to get that promotion.” “This is the year; we clean and purge the house.” “I am going to be fluent in Spanish by the end of the year!”

Before the...

Are you already dreaming of enjoying holiday cheer, butdreading the reality of staring at the ceiling all night unable to sleep restfully? For women over 40, those 3 a.m. hot flashes are no joke, especially when you have a full day of family festivities ahead. They don’t stop just because of special occasions. If the thought of restless nights and zombie-likedays is already giving you anxiety, I have some information that you...

Do you feel like the holidays are going to break you? Somany of us run on fumes during this time of year. This sometimes leaves us feeling resentful because of all the demands. Everyone in your family requires something from you, including your spouse, your children and your agingparents.

If you are like me, you may try to hide in the bathroom justto get a few moments of peace. Sometimes family will invade that space as well.

If you ...

Your holiday burnout is a trap.

You’re making lists, double checking them, and still havethat nagging feeling that you're failing at a time of the year that is supposed to be full of magic. If the whole festive season feels less festive and more frantic, you’re not alone.

You’re caught in a trap that is made of expectations,obligations, and that quiet, crushing pressure to be happy all the time. It’s a trap t...

You know the feeling. That familiar heat starts rising inyour chest as a relative makes “that” comment again. The holiday dinner you spent hours cooking is suddenly on the verge of being wrecked by the same old argument, and you feel totally powerless to stop it. That holiday rage startsbubbling up, and you're terrified it's going to spoil everything.

For years, you've probably been told that your anger is theproblem&mda...

This holiday season, while others are posting about joy andgratitude, you might find yourself feeling angry, afraid, or just plain sad. Honestly? It makes sense because so much is going on in the world.

Perhaps things are hitting close to home. Family drama setsyou off. You feel anxiety about money or trying to live up to everyone's expectations. Maybe you will miss someone who won't be at the dinner table this year.

Whatever it is...