Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill
Changing Conversations Around Age, Potential, and Possibility for Women in MIDLIFE
It’s time to go back to factory settings 😉 Dear TATAs, It’s time to say goodbye. You were my “confidence” booster at age 19. I hated being flat & you swooped in as the fix. It wouldn’t be until 33 years later that I would realize how bad of a decision this was for me. Although you’ll be shown off and worn proudly, you will need 6 more surgeries, you will be super expensive, and you have many complications…
If you follow me on social media or heard some of the episodes leading up to this one, you know that I am currently in the thick of navigating yet ANOTHER breast implant rupture. Except for this time, I am getting an EXPLANT. Yep, after over $100k over the years, many many surgeries, and a lot of complications, I have decided I am OVER the decision I made at 19.
Dr. Amie and I decided to take our voice note conversation about breast implants from a private text convo to LIVE to you. We are talking about TWELVE boob jobs on the episode! YES 12! The decisions, the mistakes, the beliefs and even the regrets (from me)
I found Laura on Instagram and fell in love with the way she is living and walking the walk I am constantly sharing about. She is in her 50s and is doing ALL of the things as if age is NOT a factor (because it’s not!) Everyone always says “just wait until you turn 50!” right? But what the heck happens at 50?! Laura set out to document the process as she approached the age. And while there ARE some things that DO change at 50, it’s not doomsday like we believed it would be.
I had Amy on today to talk about A LOT of chronic pain and illness that come up for A LOT of midlife women, where we think we don’t have control and have to just “accept it”. But thanks to people like Amy (who was “finally” diagnosed with Crohn’s disease after a whole assortment of health symptoms…and was prescribed 16 different medications/day), we can actually make IN HOME healing and wellness centers where we can start to heal ourselves! Oftentimes (especially in midlife) we can experience a series of things going wrong…and we just chalk it up to an overall decline thinking “what’s wrong with me???” BUT we have to remember that when just ONE thing is out of whack in your body, a number of other things can spiral quickly after. Addressing that ONE thing could solve the rest! This is what we mean when we talk about addressing the “root cause” of something.
