Shedding my Skin

Turning 60 has been playing on my mind quite a lot – truth be told – even though most people are polite enough to assure me that I do not look sixty – the mirror tells me otherwise….

I remember clearly turning 40 - living a life on the beach in Zanzibar and then being gifted a baby daughter at the age of 42 and settling in Ermelo. (yes I know…..) Looking at photos of then I was a real babe but in my mind I was in a torture chamber of unhappiness….all due to unresolved things of my past.

Reminiscing the past two decades, a pattern has emerged in my mind.

My fourties played out a specific theme of taking responsibility for who I am and the choices I made. The fifties became all about life attitude choices and getting comfortable in my own skin. The 60 will be about living my best life! While still having the physical strength to realize some of my/our long standing life dreams – there is no time like the present!!

Looking in the mirror has been a challenge over the past few years as the wrinkles became more prominent and the general skin started looking old and gravity taking its toll…... Although we need to find a balance of the obsessiveness of our physical appearance, we also need to think of our health and physical strength when getting older.

How we view ourselves and the awareness of our self-talk is vitally important to the possibility of living in the present. Without inner peace – the outer world will be a threat and a certain repeated stumbling block to finding the joy of the privilege of being alive.

Today I am grateful to look ahead at this new decade and appreciate my health and enthusiasm for life. Shedding the 50s’ and embracing the 60s’ to enjoy being alive as I look at the sun rising on another day.

Living authentically and without fear of judgement is my personal recipe to happiness.

Life coaching is a practical outcome talk therapy.

Neuro-Linguistics (NLP), Modern Applied Psychology and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

For more information contact: Karin Engman @ Mind Wellness 082 7246985

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Published Author: “A Path of Choices”