“Oh… They Think I’m Too Old.”
A Soul Momentum Reflection
Most women over 50 have felt it: that sudden sting of being read as “old.” But what if that moment isn’t a decline… but a signal, a shift, an invitation to reclaim your own narrative?
Why that moment stings — and why it can be a call for growth
When that “too old” thought pops up, it usually touches a tender intersection between what’s happening externally and what’s happening internally.
Let’s be honest:
Aging is real.
Our bodies change.
Our faces change.
Our energy changes.
We do have to come to terms with “it”…
but we don’t have to let culture cripple us because of it.
Here’s what that sting is bumping up against:
1. Identity
You haven’t personally declared yourself “old.”
Someone else inserts that label — often casually.
And the complicated truth is:
They’re not completely wrong about time passing…
They’re just wrong about what it means.
2. Body Image / Visibility
This needs more honest language:
Even if you’ve finally reached a point in life where you’re more comfortable in your own skin… aging introduces a new version of that relationship.
The grey hair.
The softer body.
The changing face.
The ways people look through you instead of at you.
It can feel like a familiar old battle wearing new armour.
3. Agency
This part is the turn — the reframing, the resolution.
Aging is often framed as something happening to you.
But that sting?
That little shock of recognition?
That’s your inner voice saying:
“Wake up.
Nothing is wrong with me.
But change is happening.
And I’d better get in front of this narrative.”
That is not insecurity.
That is awareness.
And awareness is the beginning of power.
So where do we go from here?
We start naming it.
Because the effects of ageism dissolve fastest when women tell the truth out loud — not from bitterness, but from clarity, humour, perspective, and yes… a little fire.
And if you’ve had one of those
“Oh… they think I’m too old”
moments lately?
Welcome to the club.
It doesn’t mean you’re fading.
It doesn’t mean you’re irrelevant.
It means you’re waking up to a part of life we all eventually meet — and you’re meeting it with honesty instead of fear.
And in that honesty is fuel.
Fuel for reinvention.
Fuel for momentum.
Fuel for the next chapter.
There is wisdom and skill in you that younger-you couldn’t have carried.
There is steadiness, humour, and lived experience that can’t be fast-tracked.
And the world needs all of it.
You are not too old.
You are right on time.
💛
Donna
Soul Momentum Coaching
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