My Biggest Piece Of Advice For Women Heading Into Their 40's

Whether you are in the state of mind to believe it or not, it is entirely possible to fall in love with yourself, and your life in your 40's and beyond. 

Turning 40 does not mean the end.

Turning 40 does not mean nothing changes.

Turning 40 can be the single most important milestone in your entire life, if you let it. 

Here is my advice

Give yourself grace. Get quiet and really listen to your body and heart. This will be the hardest, but most important gift you can give yourself. Slow down. Go inside for answers vs looking for external fixes. This is a full season - kids, careers, parents, partners, it’s easy to ignore your own heart. Now more than ever your body needs you, it’s changing. You don’t have to fear or loathe the changes, it's actually quite possible to fall in love with them.

For me, my 40’s have brought the biggest awakening so far (I’m sure there’s more to come). I finally did something for myself and left a career I didn’t love and created a new one. This is because I stopped and listened to the whispers of my soul. 

During this decade, I finally stopped all the quick fixes and started to educate myself about health and what WHOLEistic living really looked like for me. Because I slowed down enough to see that some of my choices weren’t making me feel the way I wanted to feel.

In my 40's I stepped into my power, my confidence and my uniqueness because I stopped looking outside and started looking inside.

I created time flexibility for myself and my family (which I didn’t think would be possible) because I listened to the nudges in my heart vs what outside influences thought I should do.

I learned to love myself just as I am. All of me - cellulite, wrinkles, grey hairs, introverted, a wee bit bossy, and sometimes resentful, envious self because I learned how and continue to do the work on my self-compassion, healing and forgiveness.

You can transition into your 40’s and beyond by making decisions and doing the work that will create a more grounded, balanced and happy life full of gifts that will be passed on for generations… which honestly ends up being a gift to everyone around you!

You get to create your legacy.