25 Twisting the plot with Dr Cecilia Dintino and Hannah Murray Starobin

Meet Dr Cecilia Dintino and Hannah Murray Starobin, a psychologist and psychotherapist, who are the hosts of the very fabulous Twisting the Plot podcast.
?These two are all about changing the unhelpful narratives we may hold dear and creating new stories for ourselves as we go through midlife and beyond. Anything is possible! 
We talk about:
How they went from complaining about midlife to finding the glory in it
How not having any rules means you can make up your own story
How they met doing musical theatre
How you can rewrite your story at any stage of life
Applying fun, hope, imagination and creativity to our lives
How we have to fight the cultural messages to see this stage as more positive
The prevailing negative narrative about getting older
How there is always more to learn and be right to the end of life
The importance of remaining curious throughout life
How you can still grow even if you don’t have your health
Not being defined by being a mother, grandmother
Living fully until you don’t
The importance of questioning your own biases
How the midlife landscape is really changing
What Twisting the Plot means
Sharing stories about the different stages of midlife
You can invent your future – what you want to be may not even exist yet
Not going invisible to ourselves
Giving ourselves cultural permission to reinvent ourselves
Putting ourselves higher up the priority list
Coming together to create change
Not being prescriptive about being an older woman
Embracing our diversity as we age
Finding our tribe but not being confined by it
We don’t have to fight over resources and hierarchy
We are so much more powerful if we lift each other up rather than compete
The energy that comes from having a side hustle (when you think you don’t have time for it)
The Art of Possibility book
Learning that it’s OK to leave the box to solve the problem
The importance of staying curious
How we respond to things, and how we move forward are the invention that we have control over
You can’t change the story necessarily but you can change the associated feelings and how the story ends!
And lots more!
Find out more about Cecilia and Hannah and listen to their podcast on their website.
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