All posts tagged: aging gracefully

I Desperately Tried To Keep Up With ‘Ageless’ Women Until I Found Out What The Anti-Aging Industry Hides

I Desperately Tried To Keep Up With ‘Ageless’ Women Until I Found Out What The Anti-Aging Industry Hides

Published by Jenni Sidey

The first time I got Botox, I wasn’t even 40 years old. I had lines on top of my lip that I hated, and my dermatologist suggested I try a little Botox. These were my first real wrinkles — or at least the first ones that bothered me — and the first sign that serious aging had begun.  I wanted to get ahead of it. After all, celebrities and influencers somehow managed to look young well into their fifties and sixties. How harmful could it be? Turns out, I hate Botox. I felt like a fraud and hated feeling like my face wasn’t moving normally.  One time, I got a little too much and couldn’t drink out of a straw without dribbling. Dribbling while drinking absolutely did not fit into my ideas of what it meant to be “youthful”.  (According to Statista, today’s millennials begin using anti-aging products at an average age of 26, compared to 55-year-olds who didn’t start until age 47.) As I’ve aged, I’ve grown more wrinkles, more lumpy flesh, more rippled skin, more folds and rolls, and uneven skin …

A Positive Outlook About Aging Is Just As Powerful As Having Good Genes

A Positive Outlook About Aging Is Just As Powerful As Having Good Genes

Published by Jenni Sidey

We’re all secretly looking for the fountain of youth, and while waters that can turn back the hands of time might be fictional, the ability to age backwards actually isn’t. A new study from Yale found that people who approach getting older with a positive outlook end up aging backwards. Aging is one of those things that most people think about, but not everyone is actually fully prepared for. We’re constantly being told that while taking care of our body and mind plays the biggest role in aging, so does having good genetics. Those things are undoubtedly important, but researchers found that a simple mindset shift could have more anti-aging benefits than genetics. If you want to age backwards, approaching the process with a positive outlook is just as powerful as having good genes. A study from Yale, published in the journal Geriatrics, found that aging isn’t as simple as some people aging faster or slower than others due to lifestyle and genetic factors. In fact, they found that major markers of aging can actually …

Experts Say The Happiest People After 70 Aren’t The Ones Who Chased Purpose — They Focused On These 3 Things Instead

Experts Say The Happiest People After 70 Aren’t The Ones Who Chased Purpose — They Focused On These 3 Things Instead

Published by Jenni Sidey

Living a meaningful life begins and ends with the individual, but the way someone lives tends to ripple outward. Some people spend their lives chasing money or status, others focus on spiritual growth, and many land somewhere in between, just trying to get through without causing too much damage to themselves or the people around them. There are endless ways to define meaning, but certain life lessons tend to show up again and again in people who feel genuinely satisfied by the time they reach old age. Instead of chasing purpose, if you focus on a few things after 70, chances are you’re living a more meaningful life than most people ever will — one rooted in self-knowledge and intention rather than comparison or outside approval. Experts say the happiest people after 70 aren’t the ones who chased purpose — they focused on these things instead: 1. The happiest people after 70 have learned to live their own lives You can’t live someone else’s life, as life coach Susan Allan knows so well. It is …

People Don’t Warn You That These 5 Things You Took For Granted In Your 50s And 60s Will Eventually Fade

People Don’t Warn You That These 5 Things You Took For Granted In Your 50s And 60s Will Eventually Fade

Published by Jenni Sidey

Yes, my 70th year is going well, mostly because I continue to learn and try new things. But I still experience some serious losses. Below is a short list of losses that do not hurt just as much as those above, and are easier to accept and manage, especially with a good bit of humor, because nobody really prepares you that these things you took for granted in your 50s and 60s will eventually fade. People don’t warn you that these 5 things you took for granted in your 50s and 60s will eventually fade: 1. Having a trim waistline The battle against the ever-expanding middle is real, and it’s brutal. Why, oh why, is it so easy to gain weight and so difficult to shed it? As the years pile up, this gets worse and worse. After walking nearly every day for 40 years, I have included yoga, mindful movement, aqua cardio, and a bit of strength training to my routine. I was looking forward to handling prediabetes, as well as getting fitter, stronger, …