The kids are back in school. The glitter has finally been vacuumed from every corner of the house. The Christmas tree is boxed up, the stockings are stored, and even the gravy boat—yes, the gravy boat—has found its rightful place after loitering on your counter since Thanksgiving. For the first time in months, there’s nothing urgent on your to-do list. No chaos to manage.
And now, here you are. Standing in the middle of Target with an empty cart, sipping your lukewarm Starbucks in your best “homeless guy chic” (beanie, oversized sweats, old-man jacket—you know the one). The store buzzes around you like it’s moving in fast-forward, and yet… you feel like you’ve hit pause.
This, right here, is a feeling moms know all too well: the post-holiday now what?
The Post-Holiday Hangover
You’ve spent months sprinting from one obligation to the next—teacher gifts, holiday programs, wrapping gifts at midnight, keeping track of whose elf moved (or didn’t). Every ounce of your energy was spent making magic for everyone else.
Now, the magic’s over. And instead of relief, you’re hit with something unexpected: aimlessness. Maybe it’s exhaustion. Maybe it’s a kind of restlessness that makes you reorganize already-organized closets or scroll Instagram until your thumb hurts. Maybe it’s that nagging voice in your head saying, “Shouldn’t you be doing something right now?”
It’s strange, isn’t it? To have time. To have space. To have silence.
What Are You Really Looking For?
Here’s the thing: this quiet moment is more than a lull. It’s a mirror. It’s asking you a question you probably haven’t had time to answer:
Who am I when I’m not in crisis mode?
It’s tempting to fill this void with noise. To busy yourself with something,anything. To scroll, to clean, to shop. (We see you, Target dollar spot.) But deep down, you know that’s not the answer. You’re not looking for another project or distraction.
You’re looking for you.
Rediscovering the You Beneath It All
Somewhere along the way—between bedtime routines, school drop-offs, and endless to-do lists—you lost touch with yourself. The version of you who isn’t “just mom.” The version of you who used to dream, create, laugh, and feel alive in a way that didn’t revolve around everyone else’s needs.
And let’s be real: finding her again isn’t as simple as a self-care day or a cute new planner. (Although, yes, those things are great.) It takes time. It takes honesty. And it takes a willingness to step into the discomfort of asking the big questions:
• What do I actually want?
• What parts of my life feel true to me?
• What’s holding me back from living fully as myself?
A Different Kind of Target Run
Katie and Mary at The Pursuit Counseling have a knack for helping women who feel stuck in this exact season of life. They’ve sat with countless moms who’ve felt this same ache—this pull to figure out who they are beyond the labels of “mom,” “wife,” “caretaker.”
Living Well with The Pursuit Counseling isn’t about fixing you. You’re not broken. Instead, we gently guide you through the process of untangling the mental clutter and reconnecting with the version of you that’s been waiting beneath it all.
As Katie puts it, “So many women come to us thinking they’ve lost themselves. But really, they’re just buried under all the expectations. Once we peel that back, we find someone who’s still vibrant, still capable of joy, still whole.”
Mary often asks, “What would happen if you stopped trying to be everything to everyone and started showing up as yourself?”
That’s the kind of journey they take you on—not to reinvent who you are, but to rediscover what’s been there all along.
It’s Time to Choose You
The house is clean. The decorations are packed up. The kids are at school, unless its fake snow day in Georgia…
Now it’s time to decide: do you keep wandering the aisles of life aimlessly, or do you pause and ask yourself the hard (but necessary) questions?
This is your chance to choose you. To stop numbing the exhaustion, stop cleaning for the sake of cleaning, and start building a life that feels full and true and yours.
And no, you don’t have to do it alone.
We got you, like seriously. It’s not about giving you another to-do list—it’s about helping you clear the clutter in your mind and heart so you can finally breathe. It’s about stepping into the kind of life where you don’t just survive—you thrive.
So, take a deep breath. Put down the Target cart. And think about what it would feel like to finally find yourself again.
When you’re ready, we will be waiting. Because your life—and the real you—are worth it.
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