Mimi here. I’m an amateur 61 year old, and an aging person in training. 

Do you relate?

After all, we’re experiencing our age for the very first time, and no one is handing out guides to explain the what, how and why of middle age.

In my 50s I was sure that getting old was not for me. 😂 

The evidence was clear:

Why did my body hurt all the time for no reason?

Why was everything dry from my eyes, to my hair, to my vagina?

As someone who was consistently as sharp as a sushi knife at work, when did I become a dull, random butter knife that you throw into the overstuffed miscellaneous drawer in the kitchen?

And most of all, why was everyone hating on older peeps so much?

And most of all, why was everyone hating on older peeps so much?🤦🏻‍♀️

I started reading, listening and searching for help with my midlife situation, and the messaging I discovered was either unrealistic:

“50 is the new 30!”

“Age is just a number!”

Or made me feel as defective as a Scrabble set with missing tiles:

“How to let your hair go gray without losing your mind.”

“Anti-aging, defy aging, reverse aging, be ageless, fear aging, don’t age, aging is crap, you need to be fixed…”

You get the idea, and BTW if you’re not aging, you’re no longer with us. 

Hey Middle Age became a place to ponder comfy and uncomfy midlife stuff, and along the way I added the mission to upend ageist beliefs which harm everyone. After all, you’re either old or future old. 

I come from a positive, pro-aging perspective because let’s be real, there’s no lack of messaging that aging is gloomy and pessimistic, but in my experience growing older has been expansive. With time, I embraced the belief that age is age, not a limitation. 

I’m a chatty introvert, world-class procrastinator working to release lifelong perfectionism, and a fitness junkie. Come join me on Instagram where I might motivate you to shuffle dance, box, pick up a kettlebell, or jump rope. 

Science based is my jam, but I’m open to itty-bitty sprinkles of woo woo. 💫💫💫

We control choices, but not life, but that’s what it means to be human, and I want that to be enough. 

I’m so glad you’re here. 🤗

Cue music. Let’s dance.