Ep. 89: Rage, Predatory Men, and How Beauty Standards Condition Women to Surrender Their Power
Podcast: Age Like a Badass Mother: Healthy Aging, Plant-Based Nutrition & LongevityPublished On: Tue Feb 24 2026
Description: Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back.By the time Lauren Bernick was six years old, two different women had already told her she was "fat as a house." They weren't seeing her; they were projecting their own inherited fear and shame, expecting her to swallow it and pass it on. That's how the cycle works.In this mini episode, Lauren traces that conditioning to its roots: beauty standards largely set by men with a vested interest in keeping women chasing an impossible ideal: the body of a teenage girl. The media and beauty industry flood us with images of youth while aging women are rendered invisible. Men get to grow old in public. Women are told to fight it, fix it, hide it.Lauren's message is a rallying cry. Stop getting distracted by the noise telling you to look younger. Take your rage and use it! Protect the young women coming up behind you from predatory men and impossible standards, to demand that images of real, aging women are seen and celebrated, and to show up for each other the way bonobo monkeys do: fiercely, collectively, without leaving anyone behind.We are perfectly imperfect. It's time to act like it.Websites, Cookbook, Classes, and Merchhttps://wellelephant.com/ecookbook/https://www.agelikeabadassmother.com/https://wellelephant.com/ACE Plant-based Eating Course https://discover.wellelephant.com/ace-plant-based-eating-course-reg/Shop Merch https://age-like-a-badass-mother-shop.fourthwall.com/Follow us and reach out at:Email: lauren@agelikeabadassmother.comFacebook: @WellElephantInstagram: @agelikeabadassmother https://www.youtube.com/@agelikeabadassmother
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