February 11, 2025

EP 54: How to Celebrate Valentine’s Day When You’re Over 40

13 minutes

You are the love story you’ve been waiting for. So how do you start showing up for yourself the way you deserve?

Valentine’s Day brings a lot of talk about romance, but what about the relationship you have with yourself? Corinne Morahan shares why self-love isn’t a cliché; it’s the foundation for everything else. She opens up about her own journey, from embracing Valentine’s Day to keeping the spark alive in her marriage, but the real shift happened when she realized something unexpected: the most important love story she’ll ever have is the one with herself.

Turning 40 brought her a new level of confidence, not because time magically delivers it, but because she chose to stop waiting, start accepting, and take action. She challenges listeners to ask a hard but necessary question: If something in your life isn’t working, are you willing to change it or are you ready to let it go? She also breaks down the mental load so many women carry and makes a strong case for asking for what you need, instead of hoping someone will figure it out.

This episode is both a reality check and an invitation to start treating yourself better, set higher standards, and create the love story you actually want to live.

Quotes

“What I discovered turning 40 is that I became my own best love story. And that is what I want for you.” (03:33 | Corinne Morahan)

“Accept the things about yourself that you won’t change because there is no point in having something about yourself or your life that you don’t like and beating yourself up about it, and having that negative inner monologue and then not doing anything about it. You have the choice. You can do something about it or you can not do something about it. But if you’re not gonna do anything about it, then accept it and stop complaining about it and stop making it a negative thing.” (05:09 | Corinne Morahan)

“Asking for what you want and need is a very mature way to communicate, and it doesn’t make it any less special.” (08:33 | Corinne Morahan)

“The better I treat myself, the better I take care of myself, the higher standards I have for how everyone around me is going to be treated.” (11:02 | Corinne Morahan)

“Think about this: How can you become your greatest love story? How can you fall in love with yourself? How can you treat yourself more kindly? How can you think better thoughts? How can you take better care of yourself? It really does start with you. You’re the one. Go do it.” (11:11 | Corinne Morahan)

Links

Here's Episode 14 - Dating your Spouse - for your enjoyment! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-organized-for-good-with-corinne-morahan-maximize/id1732115335?i=1000655509919

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