In this episode of The Things We Know, Kari and Lisa unpack a phrase they've both been saying more often lately — "I'm too old for that" — and ask what it actually means. Drawing on Ashton Applewhite's TED Talk on ageism, they explore how much of what women experience as "getting older" is learned cultural conditioning rather than anything inevitable. Then they get specific: naming what they're genuinely done with, and refusing the idea that desire, ambition, reinvention, and visibility have an expiration date.
In this episode, Kari and Lisa talk about:
Why ageism — not aging itself — is what makes getting older hard
How women are taught to edit themselves before life actually requires it
What they're done with: people pleasing, performing, overriding their gut, staying in relationships out of habit
Why reinvention, risk, and wanting more aren't just for younger people
What gets clearer, easier, and more honest as you get older
The difference between what you've outgrown and what you've been told to give up
Featured resource: Ashton Applewhite, Let's End Ageism (TED Talk) https://www.ted.com/talks/ashton_applewhite_let_s_end_ageism
