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School of Self-Image

378: Loving Your Age

School of Self-Image

Tonya Leigh

Self-improvement, Fashion & Beauty, Education, Arts

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Unlocking the Lessons of Aging: Embracing Your Journey with Gratitude

Embracing your age with joy, purpose, and gratitude at every stage of life is a powerful mindset shift that can lead to a more fulfilling and enriching experience. In the podcast episode, Tonya Leigh discusses the importance of loving your age, regardless of where you are in life. She emphasizes the need to appreciate the present moment and find beauty in every stage of life.

One key point highlighted is the significance of reframing aging from being seen as a burden to being viewed as a blessing. Aging is not a disease but a privilege, offering opportunities for growth, learning, and new experiences. By shifting our perspective on aging, we can approach each stage of life with a sense of gratitude and excitement for what it has to offer.

Join  Tonya as she dives into breaking free from societal aging expectations and embracing your unique identity at every age, so  you can cultivate a sense of empowerment and self-expression.

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Episode Details:

00:39 Loving Your Age

08:27 Reframing aging as a blessing.

12:26 Intergenerational friendships.

15:18 Creating age loving environments.

19:10 Dressing for desired energy.

25:38 Choosing Positive Aging Narratives.

27:25 Embracing new experiences.

31:37 Overcoming people pleasing and approval.

Quotes:

"You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old."

"I'm not going to waste time wishing I was 20 again, because I'll never be 20 again."

"Aging is not a disease. It is a privilege, a privilege truly of a lifetime."

"Push against what you've been told older folks can supposedly do or can't do. I mean, who decided that?"

"I love what Iris Eiffel says. She's like, style has no age. It's an attitude, not age."

"I want to chase less and enjoy more."

"I used to think happiness was a fairy tale, forever just out of reach."

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Let me ask you a question. Do you love your age? Like really love it. Do you appreciate it? Are you enjoying the age that you are?

0:09.0

Because if not today's episode is for you.

0:13.4

And we're going to kick this one off with a George Burns quote

0:16.4

where he says, you can't help getting older,

0:18.7

but you don't have to get old.

0:20.8

So let's dive in to loving your age.

0:25.0

Welcome to the School of Self Image, where personal development meets style.

0:34.2

Here's your hostess master life coach, Tanya Lee.

0:39.4

Hello, gorgeous friends.

0:41.5

Today we are talking about loving your age. I am so excited about this

0:47.1

episode and let me tell you why. I often hear from women that their age is an issue.

0:55.6

And I've heard both sides of the spectrum.

0:58.3

So I've heard younger women tell me that because of their age, they can't do the things that they want to do.

1:06.0

They're not experienced enough.

1:07.5

They don't have enough on their resume.

1:10.0

And then I've had a lot of women telling me because of their age as an older woman that it is an obstacle.

1:19.0

It's holding them back.

1:21.0

And I want to challenge both ends of the spectrum.

1:25.0

My main goal for this episode is for you to begin to love your age.

1:31.0

This is something that we have been talking about within the School of

1:34.8

Self Image membership for the entire month and I just had a woman reach out to me and tell me that

1:40.4

for the first time in about 10 years she is truly embracing her age and she

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