No More Pretending: This July, Midlife a different kind of Freedom
- Maaike Del Villar
- Jul 1
- 2 min read
For a long time, I pretended everything was fine.
I smiled, I served, I pushed through—but inside, I felt tired, foggy, and disconnected from the woman I used to be.
I didn’t know it was menopause. I just thought I was failing somehow.
My energy was gone. My mind was cloudy. My body didn’t feel like mine. And my joy? It had quietly slipped away while I was busy taking care of everyone else.
But here’s the truth:
I didn’t need to be fixed. I needed to be found.
And so began the most powerful journey of my life—Not back to who I used to be, But forward to the woman I was always meant to become.

A Different Kind of Freedom
This month, as women in midlife we celebrate freedom in all its forms, I want to offer you a different kind of liberation.
Not the kind wrapped in red, white, and blue. But the kind that sets your soul free.
🌿 Freedom to stop pretending.
🌿 Freedom to feel good again.
🌿 Freedom to express yourself—even if you’re still figuring out what that means.
🌿 Freedom to say yes to your desires, and no to what drains you.
🌿 Freedom to break patterns that have run in your family for generations.
🌿 Freedom to become the woman your heart has been whispering about.
I made the choice to stop living in survival mode. To stop numbing, hiding, over-performing, and over-giving. To stop stuffing my truth down so that others could feel comfortable.
I chose to stop waiting for permission… and started giving it to myself.
And you can, too.
Midlife Is Not a Crisis—It’s a Calling
Menopause was not the end of me. It was the awakening.
An invitation in Midlife to come back to my body. To honor my emotions. To explore new dreams. To finally put me on the list—at the very top.
This season of life is not about fading. It’s about rising. It’s about flying free.
We’re not meant to shrink, suppress, or apologize for our truth. We’re meant to embody it.
So Let Me Ask You…
Where in your life are you still pretending? Where are you holding back your voice, your joy, your wild, beautiful desires?
Where are you settling for “fine,” when you were made for so much more?
This July, I invite you to make the most important declaration of independence you'll ever make:
The freedom to be fully, unapologetically you.
No more guilt. No more hiding. No more waiting.
This is your moment to say, “I choose me.” And from that place, everything else becomes possible.
You Don’t Have to Walk Alone
If you’re ready to explore who you really are beneath the exhaustion, If you're craving energy, connection, purpose, and peace, I want you to know—there is a way through.
You don’t have to keep trying to figure it out by yourself.
This is the work I now do. I guide women like you—through the fog, through the fear, through the fatigue—and into a life that finally fits.
A life that feels like freedom.
Let’s begin your journey.
If your heart is saying, “Yes. This is for me.”
Because it is.
And I’ll be here, cheering you on every step of the way.
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