The next time you look in the mirror and notice a scar, a stretch mark, loose skin, a new fine line or beautiful silver hair, think of it as a badge of honor. Recall the challenge associated with these visible signs of your life experience. And finally, thank your body for giving you those memories.
2. Give Yourself Love
Thanks to our culture’s negative messages about aging, many women feel they need to cover up or disguise their natural beauty to create an illusion of youth.
But those messages are only true as long as we believe in them.
So instead, spend some time admiring what makes you, you.
Consider your smile lines or brow lines and how they were formed. Admire the striking, shiny glints in your silver hair. You are beautiful and worthy of love just as you are, at every age.
Learning to love your body is a radical act of self-care.
3. Be Inspired and Inspiring
No matter your age, there is someone your age to admire.
For example, our founder, Cindy Joseph, became a silver-haired model at age 49, then she co-founded BOOM! at 61. She also inspired hundreds of thousands of women to start loving their lives at every age.
Surrounding yourself with like-minded, pro-age women like this is a fantastic way to start embracing what your body has done, and will do, at every stage of life.
Right now, think of three women in your life that are an inspiration to you at this age. Or if you can’t think of any, you can find dozens of inspiring women here on our blog.
Consider what inspires you about those women you selected and how you can invite that spirit into your own life (if you haven’t already).