Heather Hartwig, MSW, LICSW

I help women in their 40s who struggle to say “no” and feel like a failure when they don’t meet the expectations of others in their life.My clients struggle as you do. Despite it looking like they have it all together, being smart, and determined to make lasting changes, life is hard.

When they first come in, they feel exhausted, overstretched, and like they have lost trust in themself. They feel scared that life will always feel this way.

They worry that the people that matter to them will abandon them if they say no. Or that they will let others down by putting their own needs first, if they even know what their own needs are.

They feel like holding up a giant sign that says “I need help,” but they fear that would make them dramatic and they would be ashamed of voicing such a need.