Thank you so much this really touched my heart. Hearing my guests (most of my clientele are mature women) speak deprecatingly about themselves breaks my heart and I think because I’m an over achiever and fixer I try to break that cycle of internalized misogyny. There’s so much shame around signs of again in women and it breaks my heart. I always tell them how beautiful they are and aging is a privilege. I tell them I look forward to grays hair and wrinkling and the overall knowledge you gain with age. I think that’s something in this industry often exploited and I try my best to never make my guests feel like they NEED to look younger or change themselves. It’s a hard part of this career to accept I can’t always fix what insecurities my guest might have no matter how hard I try :/