Ep. 24 - When Did My Body Start Making Decisions Without Me?

At some point in midlife, your body starts doing things you definitely did not approve. Suddenly you need physical therapy even though you didn’t actually injure yourself. You own approximately 95 pairs of reading glasses. Heels have been replaced by sneakers. Random hairs are showing up in places nobody invited them. And apparently sneezing is now a full-body event. But underneath all the WTF moments, there’s something else happening. Our bodies are changing. And maybe part of what makes that so hard isn’t vanity at all. Maybe we’re grieving the familiarity of the bodies we’ve known for decades. In this episode, we’re talking about: - Why my first trip to physical therapy sent me into a minor midlife identity crisis - The moment I realized I had officially entered my sneaker era - Reading glasses, facial hair, long boobs, and all the things nobody adequately prepared us for - Why changing hormones, joints, skin, eyesight, and energy can feel like living in someone else’s body - The grief and sadness that can come with a body that doesn’t feel as familiar anymore - What changed for me when I stopped looking at these things as evidence that my body was betraying me - Learning to ask, “What is my body trying to tell me?” instead of fighting every change Maybe our bodies aren’t betraying us. Maybe they’re saying, *Girl, we’ve been doing this for 50-something years. We’re going to need to do a few things differently now.* And maybe taking care of the body we have now, instead of constantly comparing it to the one we used to have, is part of figuring out this whole midlife thing. If you listen and find yourself saying, “SAME, girl, same,” send this episode to a friend who needs to know she isn’t the only one.