About this episode

Charlotte discusses aging gratefully and overcoming joy stealers with guests Heather Creekmore and Doris Swift.

Listen in as Charlotte welcomes guests Heather Creekmore and Doris Swift. Heather and Doris are authors, speakers, podcast hosts and more. And they are aging gratefully with us! Heather wrote Aging Gratefully , Compared to Who? and The Comparison Free Life. Doris wrote Surrender the Joy Stealers . All books are available on Amazon. Friends, these books are so helpful, and we need them. In this podcast episode, we talk about struggles many women face but rarely speak about openly: body image, midlife, how to age gratefully and what comes to steal our joy as we juggle so much in our encore years. Heather shares a bit about her own journey, one that many of us women have struggled with - years of dieting, disordered eating, and the belief that changing our body would finally bring happiness. Marriage and motherhood don’t resolve these struggles. For Heather, a message about modern-day idolatry led to a powerful awakening in her heart. Charlotte and Doris have their own body image journeys and share from the heart as well. Cultural messages fuel our obsession with appearance, how comparison robs us of our joy, and why true freedom comes from understanding our God-given identity—not…

People in this episode

Host: Charlotte Guest

Guests: Heather Creekmore, Doris Swift

Topics covered

• aging gratefully
• body image
• midlife struggles
• joy stealers
• self-acceptance
• identity

Keywords

• aging
• body image
• joy
• self improvement
• midlife
• identity
• comparison

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Aging Gratefully, Compared to Who?, The Comparison Free Life, Surrender the Joy Stealers

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