7. Age

Two Girls Talking Shit

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Resources and References:The Untethered Soul - book

Time Stamps:0:37 - What’s the Tea? What Chrissy and Shirin have been up to (including painting for the first time as an adult and a FIRE)!

9:00 - What we are talking about today: AGE and aging!

10:23 - Aging and the stigma around it in the arts.

13:14 - The stress when each of us turned 30 and what we thought life would look like by then (and now).

20:40 - Why we think people are so up in peoples’ business about having kids and the “shoulds” of life!

22:11 - Releasing the expectations of others - and yourself - to figure out what you want for YOUR life!

27:40 - The comparison trap with age.

30:52 - Considering how we perpetuate ageism through discrediting older and younger folx.

33:22 - The pressure to change the way we dress as we age.

38:36 - Our concept/perception of adulthood vs. how we feel right now.

43:08 - Aging, energy and adventure (and the expectations surrounding them)

48:34 - The pressures of having children within a certain timeline.

54:15 - How we have gotten to a spot where we fully embrace our age!

1:00:00 - Asking for a Friend: How can I be kind to people who are constantly taking advantage of me at work? Because now, I’m petty...

“If, in your friend group, you don’t have someone who is 10 years older than you or 10 years younger than you, then you are doing something wrong.”- Shirin Eskandani

“Being in your 30s and beyond is really great!”- Chrissy King

#AgeTalk