Taking Up Space: Midlife Confidence for Women 50+

Episode 40: Taking Up Space: Midlife Confidence for Women 50+
Season 3 Premiere - Solo episode with Dvora Citron, RN, MS, NBC-HWC

Season 3 of Sexy in Your 60s is called Taking Up Space, and this opening episode defines exactly what that means and what it does not. Dvora starts in her father's petite women's clothing store in Los Angeles, where she spent her childhood watching women in dressing rooms, and traces a line from there to why so many women 50 and older quietly stop trying things on. This is not a pep talk. It is an argument about confidence, identity, and what the research actually says about staying engaged with your own life.

In this episode, we talk about:

- What taking up space actually means, and why it has nothing to do with being louder or demanding more
- Where midlife guilt really comes from, and why it is not laziness or a failure of discipline
- The roles that expire in midlife, and the confirmation that disappears with them
- Why "imposter syndrome" is the wrong phrase for a woman who is genuinely new at something
- What the research on social connection and purpose says about longevity
- Dvora's own reckoning after two back surgeries and two hip replacements
- Why her mother plays golf in her eighties without finishing the course

About Dvora Citron:

Dvora Citron is a Registered Nurse with more than forty years in the field, a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, a Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, and the founder of slant2plants. She helps women 50 and older become the CEO of their own healthy aging, with the clarity, structure, and support to make it last.

Research referenced in this episode:

Holt-Lunstad J, Smith TB, Layton JB. Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review. PLoS Medicine, 2010;7(7):e1000316.

Boyle PA, Barnes LL, Buchman AS, Bennett DA. Purpose in Life Is Associated With Mortality Among Community-Dwelling Older Persons. Psychosomatic Medicine, 2009;71(5):574-579.

Start where you actually are:

The 5-Minute Reality Check for Women 50+ is a live workshop Dvora runs once a month, about an hour, built around a five-minute self-assessment. You leave knowing where you actually stand, without anyone asking you to fix a thing.

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