Ep 150: Decision Fatigue in Your 40s & 50s: Why You're Mentally Exhausted and What to Do About It

About this episode

This episode explores decision fatigue in women in their 40s and 50s, discussing its causes and potential solutions.

Send us Fan Mail That moment when your partner asks what you want for dinner and it feels like an unreasonable question. The 17 browser tabs open for two weeks. The thing you reached for at 9pm that you told yourself you wouldn't. This isn't laziness or weakness. It's decision fatigue — and it's hitting women in their 40s and 50s especially hard. In this episode I break down what's actually happening in your brain, why this season of life makes it so much worse, and why the solution has nothi...

People in this episode

Host: Kortney Rivard

Topics covered

• decision fatigue
• mental exhaustion
• women in their 40s and 50s
• brain function
• self-care

Keywords

• decision fatigue
• mental exhaustion
• self improvement
• health
• fitness

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