Registered psychotherapist and author Elke Scholz joins Agnes for a conversation about something many women experience but don't always know how to name: feeling exhausted, overwhelmed or simply not quite like themselves.

Why can we finally reach a stage of life with fewer responsibilities—and still wonder where our energy went?

Elke explores the relationship between burnout, stress and anxiety, and why finding the root of what is draining us matters more than simply pushing ourselves to keep going.

In this conversation:

• Why burnout and anxiety can overlap
• How stress can show up physically as well as emotionally
• Why decades of being the good mother, daughter, partner, employee or caregiver can eventually take their toll
• What happens when the roles that once defined us begin to disappear
• How resentment can contribute to exhaustion
• Why noticing what raises—or lowers—our energy can help us reconnect with ourselves
• The importance of listening to the body rather than living entirely in our heads
• Why connection, nature, movement and simple pleasures matter
• What to do when you genuinely don't know what interests you anymore
• Elke's simple question: “What will make me happy today?”
• Why slowing down can help us hear our own inner wisdom
• And, in a delightful change of direction, what happened when Elke bought a travel trailer and headed across North America for Arizona

This isn't about forcing yourself to bounce back or filling retirement with more things to accomplish. It's about becoming curious about what drains you, what restores you—and learning to trust yourself again.

Learn more about Elke and find all her links at The Boomer Woman's Podcast

Note: This conversation is for general information and personal reflection and is not a substitute for individualized medical or mental-health advice.