Stress, Midlife, and “Why Are You Breathing Like That?”

Stress hits different in midlife.Between marriage, parenting older kids, work, aging parents, hormones, overstimulation, and the never-ending mental load, it can feel like your brain never fully shuts off.In this episode, Maryanna and Jay talk honestly about stress in midlife — how it shows up differently for each of them, how it affects marriage and family life, and what they’re learning to recognize, release, and stop carrying into the next season.It’s an honest, funny, and relatable conversation about the mental load of midlife we are anxious to leave behind.