I’m definitely finding that as I move from my 20’s to 30’s, to motherhood, my identity is changing. I don’t know about you, but I need to be careful about how I choose to feel about aging, my body and what is possible for me.
I can tell you that I’m not alone. Women often feel in conflict with feeling they deserve beauty and thinness as they get older and/or become mothers.
From a naturally thin perspective, nothing could get in your way faster then shutting your mind off to your own beauty and your own thin power no matter what age you are.
It takes courage getting older and choosing beauty and thinness. It takes a certain level of commitment and a certain level of believing you’re worth it when you may think you don’t matter, that you’re no longer young and vibrant, or as you manage to put everything and everyone else ahead of yourself.
While I can’t guarantee that you can look like you did when you were in your 20’s, I CAN encourage you to:
• Take care of your body in a way that honors your beauty no matter what age you currently are.
• Brush up on what it means to live naturally thin and the power of self-talk
• Learn how to put your beautiful self first while managing all the commitments you have going on.
It’s super exciting to see how, with just a few slight mental shifts you can begin to connect to your beauty at any age and at any time.
Here are four tips that will help you begin to minimize the mental “aging” chatter, and maximize your beauty results:
Secret #1 Take One Small Action
Instead of trying to pretend like you don’t care how you look (but really you do), begin taking on one small beauty action step by clearly illuminating the specific problem you don’t like and decide on one small way to improve it.
Secret #2 Write To Release
To help you connect with how you feel about your body, being a mom, the changes of responsibility, getting older, etc. share yourself in a journal. Explore these powerful questions and recognize what truly makes you awesome and beautiful.
Secret #3 Recognize Fabulous Aging Women (or Men)
I make it a habit to find all the beautiful 30 year old women who are aging beautifully and celebrate them. Do this in your 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and beyond. By connecting and seeing their beauty, you begin to more easily see yours. Also, find ways in which you are just like your beautiful counterparts. You’ll be surprised that once you start seeing how similar you are, you’ll be more connected to your own beauty versus seeing it outside of yourself.
Secret #4 Just Because Your You Are Getting Older, Doesn’t Mean You Have To Give Up On Your Body
Launching just a few positive thoughts about your age, doesn’t give you enough momentum to really become confident in your beautiful self. I recommend crafting a practice for celebrating your body by going to the gym, purchasing a new lip color, engaging in yoga based exercises, hiring a coach to keep you stay accountable to your goals, or hiring a image consultant, get your makeup done for free (Bobby Brown at Neiman Marcus is my favorite). Aim for not letting more than a day or two go by without taking care of yourself and saying kind things.
Connect to your beauty. Be an example to the generations that follow us. Let’s show them that nothing will stop us!
About our guest author: Marna Thall, CHT, weight loss coach and non-diet expert, publishes a weekly ezine to help you think and live thin from within. If you’re ready to slim down through a soulful journey, get your complimentary emotional eating assessment at www.ThinWithin.com.
