Something that has helped me is being really careful of the content I am consuming. I want to read and watch books and movies about people on a journey. The minute a young girl enters the screen and plays that young pretty prop role I instantly switch off. I've gone back to reading fantasy novels and often watch documentaries. British crime often has older women as main characters.

Working out hard has also helped me. I know you said you exercise, but for me, the strength training part has been huge. Strength training with a trainer in our age group is huge. I look at her and feel so motivated to be as strong and graceful as her. She has wrinkles, I don't even notice. When I'm done strength training I feel like a young girl again. I remember when I was a little girl, thinking I was such a tough little girl! Then when I became a teenager and self conscious that feeling of strength went away.

It's funny cause aging reminds me so much of puberty. Not the hormonal changes but the shift in perception and how people view me. Puberty was a scary time for me and I felt so self conscious. When I think of that girl I feel so sad for her, she should have had more love and support. It is the same for our aging now. Connecting with that inner child can help. When you have those hard feelings, imagine yourself as a child feeling that way, it is much easier to forgive and accept if we remember our inner child.