Aging, Anxiety, and Self-Acceptance: Why Getting Older Is a Gift

老龄化、焦虑与自我接纳:为何变老是一种馈赠

Radio Headspace

2025-10-03

7 分钟
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Aging can stir anxiety in a culture obsessed with youth, but it also offers perspective, emotional growth, and freedom. In this episode, Rosie shares personal stories and research on aging, exploring how self-acceptance deepens with time and why getting older is not loss, but liberation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Hi friends, it's Rosie.

  • Welcome to Radio Headspace.

  • The other day, my cousin sent me an old photo of us.

  • It was back in our early 20s at some party in East LA.

  • I'm wearing way too much eyeliner, holding a solo cup like it was a Birkin bag.

  • And I was giving the camera the serious side-eye smirk that could only come from a combination of tequila and youthful delusion.

  • And she goes, girl, we were so young.

  • You look so different.

  • Now, if you know anything about my family, you know there's always that cousin.

  • The one who doesn't quite mean to be shady,

  • but always somehow manages to point out every flaw you didn't ask to be reminded of?

  • The one who says things like, you're brave for wearing that,

  • or, remember when your hair was so long?

  • Yeah, that one.

  • Now to her credit, we've had conversations.

  • I've lovingly called her out before.

  • We're definitely in a better place now.

  • But I still had to pause for a second before replying

  • because that hit me and the ego just a little bit.

  • And then I laughed because yeah, aging is weird.