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When Your Brain Feels Like Mashed Potatoes: A Permission Slip to Slow Down

Ever feel like your brain has just hit the brakes, leaving you with intense "brain fog" and "mental fatigue"? As a Mum in business, it's easy to normalise feeling so "mentally exhausted" and constantly tired, even before your day truly begins. We'll explore the roots of this "fatigue" and discuss how "decision fatigue" can be silently draining your energy, preventing you from focusing and moving forward in your business. Because you deserve to feel clear, powerful, and rested, not constantly battling mental exhaustion. This is your permission slip to slow the hell down without losing your power. If your brain has recently slammed on the brakes while your business is still trying to race ahead at full noise… you are not broken. You’re not failing. You’re not “less than.” You’re a woman navigating a physiological season that most business advice completely ignores. In Episode 84, we dismantle the guilt, the shame, and the “just push harder” conditioning that so many of us carry, especially in seasons like perimenopause, pregnancy, early motherhood, or just… life being a lot.   This isn’t laziness.It’s biology.It’s capacity shifting.And you get to lead differently here. What We Get Into: ✔ The truth about low-capacity seasons (and why you can’t out-hustle hormones) ✔ Why your capacity ≠ your capability ✔ How to protect your confidence when your brain feels like mashed potatoes ✔ The four energy states every woman entrepreneur cycles through ✔ How to schedule your work, leadership, and life around your physiology ✔ Why rest is not a luxury  it’s a leadership skill ✔ The simple mindset shift that stops your business from entering survival mode ✔ How lowering expectations (yes, really!) can actually boost performance across your whole business If you’re brilliant but running on fumes…If you’re second-guessing your output…If you’re grieving the version of yourself who used to “do more”…This episode will soothe your nervous system and sharpen your leadership all at once. Key Takeaway You cannot outwork biology, but you can lead yourself and your business with intention in first gear, fifth gear, and everything in between. Slowing down isn't a weakness.It’s wisdom hard-earned through years of juggling business, motherhood, partnership, home life, and everything else you've carried. Your Moxie Challenge This Week 🌿 Block rest on your calendar like it's your most important meeting 🧠 Identify your high-energy window and protect it fiercely ✨ Write down 3 things you’re exceptional at, even on your lowest days 💛 Ask your kids (or partner) what they appreciate about you and actually let it land And if your brain has hit the brakes lately? You’re still in the driver’s seat.You’re still leading.You’re still extraordinary.If this episode hit home… share it with a business girlfriend who’s brilliant but exhausted. She needs this reminder too. If perimenopause is messing with your business confidence right now then you will love Sarah's story of Losing her Mind    • Losing My Mind and Finding it Again   I promise if you are finding the mental and emotional drains of this life stage rough - you are far from alone. Stacey's story is another great watch about how to navigate parenthood, partnerships and business because sometimes we all feel like chucking in the towel and that we are the only ones.    • Paid Herself Nothing for Years, Now She's ...   Until next time… Get sleep. Take the break. Drink the tea in the garden. And stay Moxie. 💛 00:00 – When your brain hits the brakes (mashed potato season) 02:10 – This isn’t laziness… it’s biology (cycles, hormones, life seasons) 04:55 – You can’t outwork this (and pushing makes it worse) 08:20 – Capacity ≠ capability (stop using the wrong measuring stick) 11:20 – How to lead when your brain isn’t firing like it used to 14:35 – Write down what you’re still exceptional at (even on bad days) 16:05 – The 4 energy levels (high, maintenance, low, off) 19:00 – Reset expectations (with yourself, team, clients, family) 22:10 – Rest isn’t optional: sleep + real breaks (not scrolling) 26:40 – Final reminder: slowing down isn’t weakness, it’s wisdom