09/02/2026
Nobody told me I was allowed to be upside down at this age.
So I checked. Turns out I am.
That's me in the photo, feet to the ceiling in a CrossFit gym, puffer jacket and all, because it was freezing and I was not going to wait for perfect conditions to play.
Here's what I've seen with hundreds of women after 40. Somewhere along the way we got handed a script. You slow down. You settle. You get careful with your body instead of curious about it. And we read that script so many times we thought it was biology.
It's not biology. It's propaganda.
Your body is listening to everything you ask of her. Ask her to be small and careful, and she learns small and careful. Ask her to play, to lift, to try the silly thing against the wall, and she goes, oh, we're doing this now? And she rises to meet you. Cell by cell, that is how vitality actually gets built. From a body that finally feels safe enough to say yes.
That headstand is me remembering I get a vote in how this season goes.
So tell me, what's one thing you've done lately that surprised you? Big or tiny, I want it in the comments. I'll go first, mine's pinned below.