Area 51: An Episode About the Mysterious Second Half of Life

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Oh, wait… it’s just my birthday.

Aging is so mysterious, isn’t it?

In this special birthday episode I discuss:

• Why aging has more in common with Area 51 than you’d think (okay, this might be a stretch but it’s my birthday, so just go with it)
• The way our psyche attaches to a certain conception of self at a particular age
• The wisdom of each decade
• The peace and acceptance of aging
• The Area 51 metaphor: Aging is mysterious, dangerous, weaponized, full of unidentified objects, secretive, and erased
• The differing generational experiences of aging
• The surprising life-changing discoveries of mid-life
• Speaking of surprising - the sexual satisfaction of people in the second half of life
• The use of sexuality as a power and as a manipulation
• The challenge of figuring out an ‘appropriate’ way to be in the world as an aging woman
• The effect of media and images on our self-perception and mental health
• The limiting roles of women past childbearing age and some alternate possibilities
• The liberation of stepping outside the mating game
• The line between self-acceptance and complacency
• The deep complexities of what it means to foster self-validation versus external validation
• Approaching the complexity of aging and self-image with curiosity
• Recognizing the limits and blessings of mortality
• What is meant for you is coming to you and what is not, you can let go
• The takeaway: Mirror work to practice self-love
  

Links mentioned in this episode:

Brene Brown on the Tim Ferriss Show

Marisa Peer

David Schnarch - Passionate Marriage 

Sharon Blackie - Hagitude (not referenced in episode but a wonderful resource)

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