A Voice of Her Own

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

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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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    A Voice of Her OwnBy Deva Davisson