BANGS 'N' BOTOX: Women Who Wear Aging Well

🥳Diane calls 🪞BEAUTY AND THE AGING BEAST😈 her “Sweet Sixteen” episode because this show marks the 16th episode🎂 for her ✂️BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX💉 podcast. A year has passed, and she’s STILL finding plenty to talk about, laugh about, and think about that relate to aging. 📢 ✚ 🧐✚😅🟰 🎧🔥❓What IS beauty❓is a ponderable question you can lose an entire weekend over. And snap on that aging lens that adds fine and not-so-fine lines? Whew! You’ll enter a contemplative state like no other. 💯🧖🏻‍♀️🫧🧴💕BEAUTY AND THE AGING BEAST doubles down on the idea that beauty isn’t about your skin. It’s about your story. 📖 (PS that doesn’t mean you can’t exercise self-care in any way you see fit. Diane talks about that, specifically, in her featured “Storytime with Diane” piece 🐌Snail Gel.)😂🤣🤪😁Have no fear! Diane has attached the humor lens, providing plenty of funny sit-down standup takes on the topic of BEAUTY...which is a state of mental and physical being you'll NEVER age out of!❤️🧡💛💚💙💜✅To round out the multitude of highly engaging deliverables, Diane provides a thematic groove with the extremely loopable 🟢ᯤSpotify playlist she’s put together—YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL—and, yes, YOU are! ▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။|||| | 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕♪ ༘⋆🔗You’ll want to bookmark this linkᯓ➤ https://bit.ly/4fnihD4✂️BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX💉 WOMEN WHO WEAR AGING WELL is guaranteed to pump you up mentally and physically. 🏋🏼‍♀️🪄

▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။|||| |🎙️GETTING PHYSICAL talks about the fallacies, realities, and sometimes even the maladies that surround what the older crowd actually DOES to keep fit. And nope. Nope. It’s not JUST pickleball. (Although pickleball is righteously challenging, athletic, and a “no joke” physical pursuit.) 🤾‍♀️🥒🏓📢⚠️SPOILER ALERT🚨🔔Everything!!!🚴‍♀️🏊‍♀️👟⚽🏒🏃‍♀️🥍🏈🏓🤼🥎🛹⛷🎿⛸🏀🏹🏸🧘🏻‍♀️🩰✦·┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈·✦ ✦·┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈·✦ ✦·┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈·✦📻In this latest installment of 💄BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX✂️ WOMEN WHO WEAR AGING WELL 💉the theme is STRENGTH—inner AND outer. 💪 Diane talks about the fact that active seniors pursue oodles of activities, some of which have really served to humble her. 🫣Like Spinning...which is featured in Storytime with Diane. 🚲💫She addresses the assumptions around aging, which often lead to projected limitations. Not on her watch! 🤩We can try—and still do—whatever activities interest us.🔎💡In fact, Diane says elder fitness provides a plethora of gifts, sharing specifics about what those are. 🎁And speaking of sharing…⬇️Down yonder you’ll find the link to the Dance/workout-themed playlist she’s sharing with you🎶 that’ll have you searching for the repeat button on Spotify. 🔁 (PS It's on the "Now Playing" screen, right next to the skip button.👍) 🟢ᯤ Spotify 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gVxrjqzg 🎙️You're going to love - and relate to mightily - this show!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

🎙️This time around on BANGS 'N' BOTOX Diane challenges the notion that we need to, “Pick a lane!” 🛣️She urges us to choose ALL THE LANES—because who decided we only get ONE lane in life anyway?! 🏎️Careers, hobbies, reinventions, adventures… Diane is here to remind you that you can swerve gloriously across ALL of them. 🏁🛋️Get comfy for this empowerment-themed episode packed with goodies like:💃 Storytime featuring Diane's pole dancing adventure🎶 Songs you’ll be humming ⬇️[Link below]💡 THE SOMETHINGS recommendations❓Essential questions to inspire & ponder🧘‍♀️An energizing daily (original) mantra You're going to feel like a million bucks after you listen to this show!💵🔎Looking for more of Diane’s work? You’ll find her wherever fine social media channels exist—Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Medium—where she also appears under her alter egos of MS.WRITE and MS. WRITE NOW, cozily positioned under her ✂️BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX brand.💉🟢ᯤSpotify Female Empowerment songs ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ♫♬♪ https://bit.ly/4uoegVl

⋆.˚✮🎧✮˚.⋆ In this laugh-out-loud episode of BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX, Diane dives into her Storytime segment later in the show📖🏰—“Coming in by a Whisker”—when she talks about whiskers belonging on cats, not on her chin, thank you very much. 🐈✨ 𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓂𝓮 ✨to what Diane calls THE NEVER-PAUSE—that magical phase of life when menopause symptoms don’t just visit…they move in, unpack, and refuse to leave. 🚚🧳🏡Hot flashes? 🔥Of course. Surprise facial hair? 🪒Naturally. A sneeze that doubles as a high-stakes “Please, don’t let me embarrass myself” gamble? 🎰 Absolutely. 💯 Add in heart palpitations that feel like cardio (without the benefit of actual exercise), 🏋🏽💪🏼🏃🏻‍♀️❓and a body chemistry plot twist that keeps deodorant working overtime—and you’ve got a full-blown hormonal variety show. 📺🎙️But Diane doesn’t just survive it—she narrates it. With razor-sharp humor and zero shame, she turns the chaos into comedy, proving that if menopause won’t pause, neither will the punchlines. 😂🥊This episode is a hilarious, painfully relatable reminder that sometimes the only thing to do is laugh…preferably before you sneeze. 🤧♫⋆｡♪₊˚♬ﾟ.AND she’s put together a smokin’ hot Menopause-Themed playlist you didn’t know you needed…until NOW. ❤️‍🔥❓📢Ready to feel seen, heard, and slightly less alone in the hormonal jungle? 🎙️Tune in, laugh hard, and then grab her📙companion book BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX for even more unapologetic, side-splitting truths about life after the “pause” that never actually pauses.

✅This episode falls squarely into the “write—and talk about—what you know” category. 🪶📜 🦉How so❓ Our BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX Hostess with the Mostest has a hip injury that unfathomable optimism, bold make-up, 💄and strong denial can't heal, so she’s going to need a replacement part. 🆕In the blink of an eye Diane says she’s gone from answering the question, “What’s your major in college” to “Who’s your orthopedic surgeon?” 👀🙃Humor being Diane’s coping mechanism of choice means she’s managed to find the funny in this aging body part experience.  🤣😂🤣🙋‍♀️You know how you keep hitting a bottle of lotion after turning it upside down to get all the lotion out of the bottle out? 🧴Yeah, so the equivalent of that is what she’s been doing with her hip joint for about 4 years. Not having a hip issue? Just swap out “hip” and insert the name of the body part that works—or isn’t working—for you. 🦶 🦵💪🎙️In this episode’s amusing thematic anecdote, “I’ve got to get out of this joint,” Diane riffs on her stages of structural failure acceptance plus she tells us the ways she knew it was time to consult someone other than WebMD. ⚕️ 👩‍🍳Mixed in with this funny, relatable, and honest episode about aging’s effects is an actual musical mix. 📼⋆.˚🎧Who doesn’t LOVE a fun playlist? And a THEMED playlist? Pure joy! ✨ 🎶Debuting a new segment Diane calls, “Songs You’ll Be Humming," means she’s put together a runs-the-gamut-of-musical-styles ▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။|||| | hip-themed playlist that’ll get you moving & grooving! 💃

No grandchildren? 👧 👶No problem! 📻This episode of BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX based on the book by the same name is still for YOU because the theme is UNCONDITIONAL LOVE💗& the joy it brings. 🤩 Though grandchildren and love would be plenty of fodder for one session, Diane overachieves right on into even more territory. 🗺️Also on tap is everything from emoji no-no’s, 🍆 to celebrating love, 🤗 to fielding annoying woman-specific questions. 🏰 Storytime with Diane rolls out “Mimi is a Potato Head,” 🥔 which provides the detes about choosing the exact wrong gifts, and how sometimes your best just isn’t good enough. 🎁But you keep trying because try you must when your grandtwinkies’ happiness is your primary goal. 🥅(And for Diane, it most assuredly is. ✔️)📢You’ll hear just the right amount of quote goodness, 🧂sprinkled lightly with inspiration in the form of positive messages and, of course, there’s always the funny throughout. 😂🤣🤪😁 👉Don’t miss BANGS‘N’ BOTOX: Women Who Wear Aging Well—a Swiss Army knife of a show that has a little something-something for everyone. 👏 👏👏

💘Just in time for that lover-ly celebration known as Valentine’s Day, ⁠Diane⁠ has an episode on tap for you ABOUT love. 💖🌹🍫Mostly. As is her way, she also talks about grabbing hold of your personal power and enjoying the freedom that is being unique and fabulous YOU. ✗♡✗♡ Diane encourages everyone to revisit their own love story 🏰—or stories, as the case may be. Sharing her personal "meet cute" love story called, ⁠We Met at a Bar…an American Love Story⁠, Diane sets the stage for a 1980’s-era romance fueled by Aqua Net-supported BIG hair, multiple-stories-high shoulder pads, and an openness to what can be even if she thought it never was to be. 🔮She offers up a few hot tips on what REAL happy couples should—and do—talk about to establish and hold onto their connection. ❤️‍🔥🥰Not only is it currently the Season of Love, but at this recording it’s also the 25th Winter Olympics season, so she finishes off with several Gold Medal program viewing tips. 🏂📻Tune into this BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX episode that promises to make you laugh out loud at least once, chuckle at least twice, and smile three or more times. 😂

🐾This episode has really gone to the dogs!🐶Are you a BIG-TIME dog lover, like our funny AND “pour out a cup of auditory kindness” BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX author and podcast host?❤️🚀The New Year launches with Diane’s tail wagging big-time as she celebrates the fun that is being the new Mama of her fur baby—Teddy. 🧸Peanuts cartoonist, Charles Schulz, really knew what he was talking about when he famously wrote, “Happiness is a warm puppy,” unconditional love being a HUGE gift, along with providing humorous writing fodder. 🎁😂Diane artfully weaves together her hilarious stories about puppy adoption—including her story time piece🏰, AND THEY CALL IT PUPPY LOVE—with her inspiring messages about self-care that includes small joyous moments. ✨

🌟 🌟 🌟 ‘Tis the Season for foofy drinks! 🌟🌟 🌟At the time of recording this episode it’s December which means the show is holiday inspired. 🦌🦌🦌🎅🏻 If there’s one thing you can say about our BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX “Hostess with the mostest,” she LOVES a good theme! 💚❤️ 💚❤️ 💚🪭 🙇‍♀️ This time around, Diane fangirls over caffeinated beverages, specifically coffee drinks infused with all manner of peppermint, pumpkin, gingerbread, caramel, and egg nog yumminess.🍵🍬 🍫[🤫Psssttt...she also provides seasonally-inspired bonus content, rolling out, "Oh, Christmas tree of controversy."🎁]🚫🍞🍶🍨Being lactose-intolerant, gluten-intolerant, and fun food-intolerant, she plans her holiday espresso-based treat schedule meticulously because there’s no way she’s willing to permanently eschew these offerings. This means Diane builds ample room into her active senior schedule for subsequent down time due to nausea, hives, and gastrointestinal mutinies. 😵‍💫🎧Along with what’s become a staple of the show—THE SOMETHINGS—when Diane shares her recommendations related to what she’s watching, doing, and reading—she introduces a new segment called the “TO DON’TS.” 👏📖😅💡 👩‍🍳While hilarity, storytelling, inspiration, and connection are baked into this podcast, Diane adds that extra seasonal savory ingredient: CARE. She reminds us all that, inamongst the holiday hubbub, we need at least a modicum of “ME” time—which includes downtime—for that all-important self-care. 💆🏻‍♀️😴🧘🏻‍♀️

😂 This show is both motivational AND funny when the BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX “Super Host” talks about superpowers and how EVERYONE possesses an exceptional skill or natural talent where they excel uniquely. 🤹‍♀️🪄 Superpowers—senior and otherwise—can be a mixture of the serious AND the humorous. 🐹Maybe you’re a gerbil whisperer, an accurate weather predictor because your achy, trick knee “talks” to you when a certain weather front is coming in, ⛈️ or maybe you have a photographic memory. 🖼️👩‍🍳🎧Well-positioned in the podcast mix are the BEST recommendations—called THE SOMETHINGS—along with one TO-DON'T. Guaranteed you'll share these with your friends as soon as you hear them. ☎️ (Please do come back and finish listening to the show, though.😜)📜 While Diane provides a chuckle-inducing list of quirky superpowers, the funniest example surfaces during “Storytime with Diane,” when we learn about Diane’s odd superpower that isn’t so much super as it is just plain hilarious. 👏(Hint: A water bottle & yoga mat figure prominently. 🧘‍♀️➕💦🟰🫣)🍀 Luckily, it’s within real-life discomfort that a comedian finds comedy gold, and this story—and the episode—delivers the mother lode of yucks and truths. 💯

😜Diane isn’t afraid to tackle—more like poke fun at—the tough(?) issues of our day. That means, this time around, she addresses the hot button topic🚨that is Elderwear, to wit: how elders should—and do—dress.💯Our intrepid host aims to amuse, inspire, and empower you as she tells you the amusing story about getting stuck in her sports bra—yes, you read that right—and she offers up plenty of laughs even when she delivers truth bombs.💥📢This show riffs off the question yodeled out by pop culture journalists to famous people when they sashay down some sort of red-carpeted or gold-doubloon-encrusted walkway at a posh event. 💎ᴠɪᴘ🎟️ 👗 In that scenario they want to know what designer the celebrity is wearing.🏛️In the baby boomer and baby boomer-adjacent female fashionista version, when we don’t live up to the societal standards set for how we should be outfitted, the very moral fiber of society begins to fray, leaving us hanging by a thread. 🧵(Or so it would seem, given the sheer number of “helpful hints” provided by younger family members, women’s magazines, and fashion “experts.”)📺This episode answers the 🔥burning🔥 question on all our minds. How SHOULD non-influencer, non-famous, non-asked-about-what-we’re-wearing active seniors dress? Muumuu? Tube top? Something in between? 😅Tune in for answers, quips, and even more questions.🎙️

👫 ➕ 💖 🟰🪄 The topic this time around is what Diane calls “Active Senior Relationships.” While this subject is suitable for the 50+ crowd, truth be told, this is a relatable discussion for anyone who is rocking a (committed) relationship. 🔏 Secrets to a happy long-term relationship may not be offered up, but  there are plenty of quippy “warm” tips and amusing asides. ♨️ (Spoiler Alert: Grooming figures in...and lists…so many lists.) 🪒 🚿📝Having an Authentic Relationship🆚a Facebook Relationship is one of the keys to happiness. 🗝️ What that REALLY looks like—and how you measure the aforementioned happy—is hilarious as told by the 42-years-and-counting married host. It’s all wrapped up with a fun—and funny—Story Time segment. 🏰

💇‍♀️Episode 5 of BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX offers up HAIR-lariouspuns as Diane talks about her devotion to her hair and where that lands her on the superficiality meter with equal parts candor and humor.🎯😂 🏎️She amusingly describes her hair highlights as racing stripes letting us in on—sort of—the special secret sauce crafted by her hair magician that creates her anything-but-natural hue. 🪄 🪞When faced with the mirror Diane says she’s able to ignore most of the work aging has performed on her face—fine lines, not-so-fine lines, cavernous pores, unsightly spots that can’t remotely be classified as beauty marks—because she JUST focuses on her manufactured mane. 👩‍🍳🏰In the story-time segment, Diane entertains us with “The Summer of My Discon-tint” which speaks to the perils of home hair dying coupled with the further perils of trying to teach teenagers when THEY witness first-hand the perils of home hair dying. 😮

🛰️Today’s episode of ✂️BANGS 'N' BOTOX: Women Who Wear Aging Well 💉orbits around a pretty heady theme, namely, THE FEMALE BODY, and how the perception of it is impacted by unrealistic narratives, ideals, cultural expectations, AND AGING. ♀️ Whoooaaa…that requires a double snap, right there! 🫰🫰Multiple relatable stories like the ultra-funny "Held Prisoner By My Sports Bra"💦illustrate the challenges and sometimes humorous outcomes that arise when podcast host Diane Dean-Epps has been forced to navigate these unrealistic norms. ⛵Diane says she has a good body; a great body; the best body. Listen in to find out how she can even make that claim. ☑️

💡The second episode of BANGS 'N' BOTOX is all about using storytelling and humor as coping mechanisms.😂 I can only lie prone on my comfy-cozy bed yodeling out, "Why me?" for so long before even the dogs get up and leave. 🛏️For me, I end up with way better results when I channel my angst, sadness, grief, and life event detritus into something I create or something I process in the moment with humor. 🌞In this way, I alchemize my challenging emotions into emotional gold.🪙

This is the inaugural episode for my humorous podcast about aging: BANGS 'N' BOTOX. (I call it my podcast pancake, and when you give this a listen, you'll hear why.) In this segment I cover the format of the show which includes storytelling, sit-down standup comedy bits, and motivational snippets. This time around I shared a story - and rant - about when I was talking to a much-older-than-me boss who told me I wasn’t a “spring chicken.” Now, I need you to know we weren’t talking about spring, chickens, nor anything to do with fowl or seasons of any kind. We were talking about my career, which I dared to think wasn’t over in my 50’s. I also talk about permission...as in YOU DON'T NEED PERMISSION to create your own opportunity.What do YOU really, really want to do in your life? What opportunity(ies) can YOU make FOR YOURSELF? Don't wait...if not now, when?Website ContactBANGS 'N' BOTOX (Humor Book on Amazon)InstagramFacebook