Hi friend,

I want to chat about aging gracefully today, a subject I have been pondering on quite deeply as I’m not entering my mid 30’s and watching myself change quite rapidly before my very eyes. It can feel a bit shocking…but it’s natural and just part of life. So here are some tips on how to balance aging gracefully with self-care.

How To Balance Ageing Gracefully With Self Care 

Everyone ages, it’s a fact of life. Luckily, this is not something that condemns us but serves as a real privilege. It’s wonderful to get older and wiser and to settle into who we are. Reminding us of that, even if we’re gaining a couple of extra wrinkles or gray hairs, can be important.

However, it’s also true that people can respond to aging with a certain extreme perspective. For instance,  we’ve often seen celebrities take on artificial cosmetic surgery, to the point where they might not resemble who they once were.

However, there’s no shame in altering your appearance if it makes you happy and is healthy to do so, as a “natural or nothing” line of thinking is not necessarily more ethical. After all, most of us would happily take an operation or medical intervention for health reasons.

For this reason, learning to balance aging gracefully with self-care and improvement is a worthwhile pursuit to consider, especially as it relates to you, and your priorities. In this post, we’ll discuss some suggestions to help you with the best outcome:

Healthy Self-Care Triumphs All

Healthy self-care triumphs everything, and can help you look younger for longer, but also allows you to settle into your age with dignity. Even cosmetic treatments are starting to line up with this, such as how using GalaFLEX Mesh can help you stay youthful while the material is absorbed into your body naturally over time. As such, you’ll have found a worthwhile balance between direct treatment and even improvement, without being invasive. Options like this are becoming more commonplace now that the demand is there.

Keep Your Beauty Regimen Simple

As you get older, you tend to become more adept at self-care and knowing what your body needs. As such, it can be good to use higher-quality but lesser amounts of beauty and caring products. One or two moisturizers for different purposes, sunblock for those days on the beach, cruelty-free makeup and perhaps other simple treatments like green tea face masks can make a massive difference regarding how you look and how comfortable you are in yourself. Simplicity keeps things sustainable and helps you avoid feeling as though you’re not doing enough. Over time, you will benefit from that.

Be Proactive, Not Reactive

It’s important to be proactive in how you manage your aging, that is opting for the kind of self-care you wish to take part in, as opposed to feeling that you need to make changes artificially because of an insecurity. So for instance, you might decide to focus on barre lessons to remain more flexible and keep your strength over time, as opposed to trying the latest fad diet because your vacation is coming up. A sustainable approach that fits into your schedule and helps you avoid running to the next “fix” will keep your perspective healthy, and your options more open.

With this advice, you’re sure to balance aging gracefully with self-care and improvement, because, after all, they don’t have to be separate pursuits.

I hope these tips have helped you, be sure to let me know, I love hearing from you! Also, go subscribe before you go so you never miss out on new posts, updates, and more!

Much Love, Jess XO