You hold everything together.
But Beautiful, who is holding you?
A movement for the woman everyone depends on.
Somebody asked how you were doing this week. You said good, busy, you know how it is.
And you meant it kindly, because the real answer would have taken forty five minutes and she had somewhere to be.
You are the one they call. The one who remembers. The one who notices it is broken before anyone else does and quietly fixes it so nobody has to worry. You are so good at it that it has been a long time since anyone thought to ask whether you were alright.
That is not your personality and it is not a season. It is a pattern. It has a name. And it comes off.
I did not learn this from a book.
For years, I thought being strong was the goal. Being dependable. Being available. Being the one everyone could count on.
Until I realized I was carrying things God never asked me to carry.
That realization became The Glue Woman™ Movement.
My work began with soap. I built a natural skincare company to heal my own family’s skin. It taught me one thing I have never stopped teaching women since. What shows on the surface is almost never where the problem lives.
Certified Life Coach, plus a decade of advanced training
Founder of Amour Women™, The Amour Method™ and the Lioness Circle™
Are you The Glue Woman?
The Glue Woman is not the problem. The Glue Woman is the gift. What she has learned to carry is the problem.
She holds it together at work, at home, in her family, in her friendships and in her church. She is the reason it all still functions. And she is tired in a way that sleep does not touch, because rest was never the thing she was missing.
This is the book that started the movement. It will not ask you to become somebody else. It will show you the version of you that had to, and how to set her down.
See the BookThe Glue Woman™ Assessment
You do not have to figure out where to start on your own. The Assessment names the pattern you carry and where you are on the way out of it, and sends your results straight to you.
Begin the AssessmentThen this.
Once you know what you are carrying, The Amour Method™ is how you put it down. Every door below is built on it. Start free. Go as deep as you are ready to go.
A free workbook to start. Four short workbooks for the four things that actually have you tired. The book. The 30-Day Guided Reset. The Circles. Private coaching when you are ready for a room instead of a page.
One page. One hallway. A door for whatever season you are standing in, and nothing you have to decide today.
See What Is YoursWomen who put it down.
“I was splitting myself in two and had to choose a half. The biggest thing that changed was my priorities. I had to trust that everything wouldn’t fall apart if I focused on healing myself.”
“I was carrying too much, overextending on commitments that didn’t truly align with who I am. I began to slow down and be intentional, and I walked out with a clear roadmap.”
FOX 2 Detroit · CBS News Detroit · The Woman’s Journal
If one of these titles is about you.
The Tired That Sleep Can’t Fix
There is a kind of tired that sleep cannot fix. If you are the woman everyone depends on, you already know the tired I mean.
Read thisThe Strong Friend Nobody Checks On
Everybody has a strong friend. Almost nobody asks the strong friend how she is really doing.
Read thisCaring Is Not Carrying
There is a difference between loving people and believing their outcomes are your responsibility. That one line changed my life.
Read thisBefore you start.
What is a Glue Woman?
She is the woman everyone depends on. She holds it together at work, at home, in her family and in her church, and she is usually the most capable person in every room she walks into. The Glue Woman is not a weakness or a personality flaw. It is a gift. The burden she has learned to carry alongside it is the problem, and that part comes off.
How do I know if this is burnout or if I am just tired?
Tired is fixed by sleep. Burnout in high-capacity women is not, which is why a good night’s rest and a vacation never seem to hold. If you wake up already behind, if rest makes you feel guilty, or if you cannot name one thing you did last year that was only yours, that is not exhaustion. It is a pattern, and it has a name. The Glue Woman™ Assessment will name yours in a few minutes.
Where do I start if I have never done this kind of work before?
Start with the Assessment, because it tells you which door is yours instead of asking you to guess. Everything after that meets you where you are, from a free workbook through boundaries, expectations and burnout recovery, up to thirty days with me and private coaching. You can see all of it on Invest in Yourself, and if you have already read the book, Your Next Step picks up where it left off.
Do I have to be in Michigan?
No. The workbooks, the book and the Assessment are for women anywhere. The Amour Women Work Community is in Metro Detroit, and Canetha speaks and leads trainings for organizations across the country and internationally. If you are looking for a speaker for a women’s leadership event, conference or retreat, the details are on the speaking page.
Take this with you instead.
A short free workbook for the woman who cannot name why she is so tired. No cost, and it lands in your inbox in a minute.
You were never too much.
You were simply the only one in the room who never had a limit. That is not a flaw to fix. It is a gift that was never given anywhere to rest.
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