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Lucas Mendez

When was the last time you put yourself first?

Middle-aged women are experts at disappearing into responsibility. Breakfast is ready before anyone else wakes up. Groceries are done after work, even when their back aches. They sit through PTA meetings, take calls from aging parents, and still manage to smile at family dinners. But the doctor’s appointment they keep postponing? The exercise class they always cancel? The quiet hour they dream about but never take? Those get pushed to the very bottom of the list. We praise women for being “selfless,” but selfless often means healthless. And when their bodies finally break down, everyone around them is shocked—except her. She knew the whispers. She just never had the permission to listen. Sometimes I wonder: what would change if women treated their health as urgently as they treat everyone else’s needs? #Health #WomensHealth

When was the last time you put yourself first?
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