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Unapologetic Edge: Perimenopause, Motherhood & Burnout

Unapologetic Edge: Perimenopause, Motherhood & Burnout

Written by: Philippa Scott
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Unapologetic Edge: Perimenopause, Motherhood & Burnout is a podcast for women in midlife who are carrying a lot, and starting to feel the cost.

This is for professional women and mothers navigating perimenopause while still holding responsibility at work, at home, and in relationships. Women who are competent, thoughtful, and deeply invested in doing things well, yet finding that the strategies that once worked no longer do.

Each episode explores what happens when capacity changes. When burnout creeps in despite insight, therapy, or success. When motherhood in midlife asks for a different kind of presence. When the body starts telling truths that can’t be overridden by willpower or intellect.

Through honest reflection and clinically informed conversations, this podcast looks beneath symptoms to the patterns shaping energy, reactivity, identity, and care. It offers language for experiences many women are having quietly, and a steadier way of understanding what’s actually happening.

This isn’t about fixing yourself or pushing through another phase. It’s about understanding the shift you’re in, and learning how to meet it with clarity, self-respect, and support that actually fits.

If you’re navigating perimenopause, motherhood, and burnout at the same time, you’re in the right place.

Philippa Scott 2025 Hygiene & Healthy Living Self-Help Success
Episodes
  • Why Perimenopause, Motherhood & Burnout Belong in the Same Conversation

    Why Perimenopause, Motherhood & Burnout Belong in the Same Conversation
    Dec 31 2025

    Perimenopause, motherhood, and burnout aren’t separate struggles. They’re converging realities for many high-performing women in midlife. In this opening episode of Unapologetic Edge, Philippa explains what’s actually happening when capacity changes, coping stops working, and self-blame creeps in.

    In this episode, we explore:

    • Why perimenopause, motherhood, and burnout amplify each other
    • How midlife changes stress tolerance, emotional capacity, and recovery
    • Why does insight and “coping better” stop working at this stage of life
    • The hidden cost of pushing through exhaustion and emotional labour
    • Why nothing has gone wrong, even if everything feels harder

    This episode sets the foundation for the entire podcast. It’s an orientation, not a fix. A place to exhale and finally make sense of what you’re experiencing.

    Who this episode is for

    • Professional women navigating perimenopause
    • Mothers in midlife feeling stretched, reactive, or depleted
    • Women experiencing burnout despite insight, success, or therapy
    • Anyone sensing that their old ways of functioning no longer fit

    Key themes

    Perimenopause, Midlife motherhood, Burnout, Capacity and stress tolerance, Emotional labour, Identity shifts, High-performing women

    What’s next

    In Episode 2, we’ll look at the difference between activated emotions and triggers, and why confusing the two keeps many women exhausted and self-doubting.

    About the host

    Philippa is the founder of Unapologetic Edge. She works with high-performing women navigating perimenopause, motherhood, burnout, and repeating emotional patterns. Her work focuses on helping women understand what’s happening beneath the surface and why willpower and insight alone aren’t enough in this phase of life.

    www.unapologeticedge.com
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