358. The Emotion No One Talks About That’s Draining Your Joy

House of Joy- Christian Life Coaching

Dr. Edie Wadsworth

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Christianity, Mental Health

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🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This episode was born out of a weekend that cracked my heart wide open. My siblings and I surprised my mama for her 80th birthday in Key West, and watching her soak in love and connection made me reflect on something I see all the time in midlife women — and something I’ve had to work through myself. There’s one emotion that quietly drains our joy, steals our energy, and keeps us living in a low-grade heaviness… and most women don’t even realize it’s there because it doesn’t always show up as anger. It shows up as irritability. Emotional flatness. Apathy. That “I don’t even know what I want anymore” feeling. It can even look like being capable and responsible… but secretly exhausted and resentful underneath it all. Today we’re talking about resentment — why it creeps in, how it keeps your body in survival mode, and how it silently poisons the person holding it (even when we think it’s about someone else). We’ll also talk about what I learned from my mom: emotional freedom is possible, and joy is often much closer than you think. And if you’re craving real support learning how to process emotions, expand your capacity, and build emotional wealth — I’m doing something I don’t normally do: we’re opening Life Mentoring School for 3 days. Even if you join for one month, come get the tools. Come learn how to feel lighter. Resentment isn’t who you are. It’s who you became to survive. And you’re safe now to soften. Join Life Mentoring School (open for 3 days): ediewadsworthcoaching.com/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.5	Hello and welcome back to the podcast where you are invited for lighthearted conversations
0:35.6	about things that matter as you seek to live your
0:38.2	most meaningful, beautiful, and joyful life. I'm your host, Dr. Edie Wadsworth, and I hope you
0:43.6	enjoy your stay here at the House of Joy. Well, hello everybody. Happy, oh, second, I was going to say
0:50.3	first day of February, second day of February. I kind of was sad to see my
0:56.4	amazing January leave us. I hope you had an amazing January. We got a bunch of snow this weekend. And I
1:05.3	started out my weekend. It was kind of like whiplash. I started out my weekend in Key West,
1:10.1	you guys. So my siblings and I surprised myash. I started out my weekend in Key West, you guys.
1:14.4	So my siblings and I surprised my mama.
1:18.6	I'll tell you all about that for her birthday, for her 80th birthday, and went to Key West.
1:20.4	So I'll have a little bit to tell you about that.
1:23.8	But I'm really excited about this episode today.
1:26.9	We are going to talk about the emotion no one talks about that's draining your joy so i'll
1:30.2	tell you what that emotion is in a minute but before i get there i would love i would love your
1:34.9	guesses maybe you can come tell us on instagram what you thought i was going to talk about i especially
1:39.7	think this emotion is really common in midlife and this came up for me for a bunch of reasons, which I will tell you about.
1:46.0	So my siblings and I surprised my dear mama with a little surprise birthday party
1:55.0	that we took to her to QS.
1:58.0	So her and Papa G spend their winners in Key West. They usually leave around the end of
2:04.8	October and then they'll come home for Christmas and then they'll go back and they'll be there
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