21/08/2026
You can be doing all the “right” things for your health and still feel exhausted.
Because a healthy habit isn’t automatically a helpful habit for you, right now.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with an early workout, intermittent fasting, hitting 10k steps or choosing a lower-carb meal.
But if you’re already under-fuelled, under-recovered, sleeping badly and carrying a huge mental and physical load, adding more demands isn’t necessarily going to make you feel better.
Sometimes the most supportive thing you can do is surprisingly unexciting.
Eat enough.
Have the carbs.
Take the rest day.
Get the extra hour of sleep.
Make dinner easier.
Stop trying to optimise every part of your health.
This is something I see a lot in high-performing women: the same drive that makes them incredibly capable at work and at home can creep into how they approach their health too.
Another target. Another metric. Another thing to get right.
But your body isn’t another project to perform well at.
The goal isn’t to collect as many “healthy” habits as possible.
It’s to build a way of eating, moving and living that gives you the energy and capacity for the life you actually want to live.
Sometimes doing less really is the healthier choice.
Save this for the next time you feel like you should be doing more ❤️