What If This Summer Wasn’t Just About Everyone Else?
You’re making summer work for everyone else. But what if you made space for yourself, too?
It’s that time of year again.
You’ve likely got the family calendar up, the holiday bookings in motion, the WhatsApp groups alive with BBQs and beach plans — and a low-level hum of pressure vibrating through your body.
You're trying to make it all work: childcare, work, travel, expectations.
You want this summer to feel joyful, easy, like something from a slow-living Instagram post. But if you're being honest? You're already tired. And it hasn’t even started yet.
There’s that familiar moment of wondering:
Where do I fit into this season I’m planning for everyone else?
When do I get to rest, reset, feel taken care of — not just needed?
Is it wrong to want summer to give something back to me, too?
When summer feels heavy (and not just because of the heat)
We don’t talk enough about how intense summer can be — especially for women who are the organisers, the emotional holders, the ones creating the so-called magic.
Behind the joy and brightness, there’s often:
The mental load of planning and juggling
The invisible work of keeping others happy
The loss of rhythm and routine that leaves you untethered
The pressure to make it memorable — without falling apart
Even the things we’re supposed to enjoy can become another to-do: the family holiday that’s more logistics than rest, the BBQs that drain more than connect, the daily question of how do I keep everyone occupied and happy today?
No wonder you’re staying up later and later, just for a slice of quiet.
No wonder the mornings feel harder.
No wonder you’re beginning to feel like summer is happening around you — not with you in it.
Why naming it matters
Here’s the thing we’ve found: feeling flat, resentful or emotionally absent during summer doesn’t make you ungrateful. It makes you honest.
Because beneath all the busyness, what you might really be craving is:
A moment that’s just yours
A sense of clarity about how you feel and what you need
A space that doesn’t require you to be “on”
The relief of being seen, supported, and reminded you matter too
This isn’t about doing less for others. It’s about doing something for yourself.
Because you’re a person in this season too — not just the person keeping it all going.
Three small ways to shift the shape of your summer
You don’t need to overhaul everything. You don’t need a solo yoga retreat (unless you want one!). You just need one small shift in your direction.
Here are three starting points:
1. Give yourself a headline
If your summer had a title, what would it be? Not the one about planning and packing — but the one for you. Maybe it’s “the summer I slowed down,” or “the summer I felt more present.” Naming it changes how you show up for it.
2. Create a “me list”
Not a bucket list, not another set of expectations — just a list of 5 things that make you feel more you. Tea alone in the garden. Finishing that book. A swim without company. Circle one and plan it in this week.
3. Plan one thing you don’t have to plan
Let someone else hold the structure for a change. Choose a podcast series, a gentle course, or even just a stack of journaling prompts that arrive without you doing the thinking. Let it feel easy. Let it be enough.
And this is where we can help
We created the Summer Wellcation for women like you — the ones holding it all, hoping for more, and not knowing where to find a moment that feels like theirs again.
It’s a 4-week do-anywhere experience that starts August 4.
Here’s what you’ll receive:
Daily “postcard” lessons — quick, beautiful reflections that help you ground, pause and feel
Self-coaching prompts, journaling, creative invitations and micro-adventures
4 weekly facilitated meet-ups with a small, like-minded group (gentle, supportive)
Delivered via course platform or app so you can engage wherever summer takes you
Whether you read your prompts in the park, journal in the car while waiting for summer camp to end, or just read quietly with your tea — this is your moment in the day.
Let this be the summer you don’t forget yourself.
You're already making sure everyone else has what they need.
Let this be the part of summer that gives something back to you.
We start August 4, but you can sign up now — and know you’ve got something in place just for you when you need it most.
Explore the Summer Wellcation and reserve your spot.
Early Bird Pricing: $89 until 1 July (then $129)
Because you deserve more than survival this summer.
