#113: Grace + Your Body: Aging with grace

Aging with grace: What does it look like to be kind and compassionate to our physical bodies when they are not what they used to be? In our culture that values youth and abhors wrinkles, what do we do? In this episode, we'll walk through What we see in the mirror and feel in our bones  What our emotions are telling us as we age How to age with grace And how to age with grace in front of our kids Key Quotes "Aging with grace means reminding ourselves of what God says is true and practicing the act of compassion in real-time." - Jill E. McCormick "We are far more accustomed to critiquing, criticizing, and labeling ourselves than we are reciting God's words back to us."  - Jill E. McCormick "Jesus was not called a Man of Sorrows and the God of all comfort because He only deals with happy people who never show discontentment." - Jill E. McCormick "Thankfulness is not a denial of reality or a white-washing of pain. It is the step that comes after addressing our grief, and it is a practice that reminds us of our dependence on God and His sovereign goodness toward us." - Jill E. McCormick "Agency is the third way – the grace-way – that's the opposite of apathy and overexertion." - Jill E. McCormick "How we think of our bodies is a heart issue, and one need of the human heart is the need to be beautiful." - Jill E. McCormick "We can love and care and cultivate our beauty while not being obsessed with it." - Jill E. McCormick  Mentioned in the Podcast The FCC requires that I tell you that I'm an Amazon Affiliate, which means I earn a bit of commission on each sale. But don't worry there's no added cost to you! 20 resources so you can give your body grace Holderness Family: My 20s vs. My 40s Part 2 #112: Grace + Your Body: Acting with compassion when your body is overloaded with Rebekah Fedrowitz #108: Processing grief when you'd rather avoid it with Katie Rössler Hillary L. McBride's Mothers, Daughters and Body Image Jess Connolly's Breaking Free from Body Shame KJ Ramsey's ​​The Lord is My Courage Here's how to connect with Jill Website  GraceInRealLifePodcast.com  Instagram  Facebook group  Facebook page Subscribe to Jill's weekly "the good + the grace" email