Ageing is something we should all be grateful for and yet, so many worry about ageing and strive to hold it at bay.

Now most of us would love to age well, by that I mean have good mental and physical health, still look good and have great relationships and lifestyles. This can be achieved if you are conscious of how you live.

Ageing well as a woman encompasses embracing the physical, emotional, and mental changes that come with each stage of life. It involves prioritizing health, cultivating self-awareness, and fostering resilience to navigate the challenges that may arise.

Women can achieve a fulfilling and vibrant life by focusing on holistic wellness, building strong support networks, and nurturing a positive mindset.

This journey encourages women to redefine their narratives around ageing, empowering them to embrace their experiences and wisdom while fostering a sense of confidence and purpose.

We age every day imperceptibly but it’s happening all of the time. There are certain times when we will seem to escalate in the ageing process.

Women tend to experience the most significant physical changes as they age during their forties and fifties, which is often marked by the onset of menopause.

During this period, hormonal fluctuations can lead to a range of changes, including increased wrinkles, weight gain, sleeping patterns can be affected, and diet and exercise can all go awry. Women can also experience an increase in joint pain and stiffness, all making them feel older than their years.

Would you consider yourself to be someone who has a positive attitude?

Do you look at life as a glass half full or glass half empty person.

The atttiude you have in your life will determine everything from the success you have to the quality of your realtionships.

A positive attitude is essential as it significantly influences how you perceive and respond to life's challenges.

It fosters resilience, enabling you to navigate difficulties with a sense of hope and determination.

A positive mindset can improve mental well-being, reduce stress levels, and enhance your relationships, creating a supportive environment for you to grow.

Additionally, maintaining positivity opens doors to new opportunities, encourages proactive behaviour, and enhances overall life satisfaction.

By cultivating a positive attitude, you empower yourself to take control of your experiences and pursue your goals with confidence.

Are you feeling highly emotional or emotionally unstable at this moment in time?

Are you wondering why you are feeling this way and looking for helpful ways to soothe your feelings?

Many women will feel emotionally unstable at different times in their lives. Emotional instability can stem from various factors.

Factors such as stress, fluctuating hormones, and life traumas. Then there are issues such as starting a new job or career, the end of a relationship, moving home and bereavement that can bring up feelings of emotional instability.

If you lack the support of friends or family, lack confidence and have a poor self-care routine, you can also find feelings of emotional instability can be exacerbated.

When you understand what your underlying causes are then you will be able to address the emotional challenges you are facing and it will bring stability to your life.

True happiness comes from within and is not reliant on external factors such as material possessions or other people.

To be truly happy, it is important to cultivate self-love, practice gratitude, live in the present moment, and pursue activities and relationships that bring you joy and fulfilment.

Additionally, setting and achieving meaningful goals, taking care of your physical and mental well-being, and maintaining positive relationships are key components of experiencing lasting happiness in life.

Everyone can suffer from negative thinking from time to time. Life is always going to throw up circumstances that can make you think in a negative and unhelpful way. These times hopefully are fleeting.

What though if you are someone who constantly suffers from negative thinking? If you are stuck in a cycle of one negative thought after another? How can you turn off the negative chatter in your head and replace it with more positive proactive thoughts? How can you think happy positive thoughts……today?

What does the term ageing well mean to you? Is it looking good, feeling great, having plenty of energy or still being driven and focused into your twilight years?

Society often drives home the message that ageing well is all about looking young. They feed the belief that ageing well is a purely aesthetic quality, having wrinkle-free skin and looking like you are in your 20s.

The fact is, ageing well is more, much more than this. It is a whole holistic package. It is of course how you look to some extent but also how you feel, behave and what you believe.

Someone can be 25 going on 85 if they have the wrong mental attitude, no matter how young they look. Whereas, someone in their 80s can have the mental attitude of a 30-year-old and can still come across as young and vibrant.

The concept of well-being is a complex combination of factors which isn’t just about physical health. If someone were to ask you how you are, you would undoubtedly answer them whilst thinking about your physical body. You would probably not go into a detailed discussion about your emotional well-being as this would seem almost a taboo subject.

Well-being though is a complete mix of physical and emotional facets within us and one so often affects the other that to separate the two areas is difficult.

As a coach, when discussing well-being with my clients, I would spend time and look at their emotional, physical, mental and social well-being when devising a wellness programme for them.

Anyone who has suffered or is suffering from disturbed sleeping patterns associated with menopause will understand straight away the issues this symptom can bring.

You are lying there at night, staring at the ceiling counting down the hours until you have to get up or tossing and turning pleading with yourself to go to sleep aware of how tired and irritable you will be the next day if you don’t get some sleep.

Learning how to control your emotions can positively impact every area of your life and your physical and mental well-being—not succumbing to the dramas in life that can tilt you off your axis and remaining calm and steady in everyday situations. Your emotions have an impact on everything in your life, they shape the way you conduct your days, how you interact with other people and how you view everything going on around you. They can affect your relationships with not only other people but also with yourself. Therefore, being able to understand and control your emotions is important. While it sounds easy in theory, many women have real issues when it comes to controlling their emotions and not letting them overwhelm their lives.

Menopause can be a challenging time of life for some women. There are many symptoms that can begin to rear around their mid-forties that can cause problems day to day. Changes to your hormone levels can play an important role in your mental health as well as physical health.

Fortunately, we are now living in a time when discussing menopause is no longer taboo and there is much more help and advice available to women than at any other time and yet many women still find that they are at a loss when it comes to recognising and dealing with the symptoms of menopause.