God, I Look Old!
God, I look old!
This is what my brain was focused on while watching the videos I made for BF Media Lounge last week.
For years, I was told that I looked young for my age. It was always the same everywhere I went, “You look so young!”
But then peri-menopause hits, and age catches up with you. My auntie had warned me this would happen, but I refused to believe that it would happen to ME.
I wouldn’t say that ‘looking young’ was my whole personality, but it was part of my identity - and losing that identity hurts.
When I wrote Reboot Your Story (based on 6 elements, Rewrite, Adapt, Heal, Positivity, Connect, and Empower), I knew that I needed to find a better narrative for myself in regard to beauty, and I also knew that I needed to address the narratives around beauty and women, which drive us to overvalue beauty standards and youth.
This is why I included an entire chapter on beauty and health — to help us reframe how we see ourselves, because I don’t want to march to the constant drumbeat of standards I never chose; I just want to be happy.
Reboot Your Story is available now on Amazon.
