Everything your body has been through is information. Not a setback. The Story We Tell Ourselves There's a version of this most women over 40 know well. You used to move more. Sleep better. Feel steadier. Things that came without much thought now take convincing. And somewhere in the gap between then and now, a quiet story starts running in the background. That you've lost ground. That you're behind. That picking up again means going back to square one. It doesn't. You are no