Ep 62 Ageing on your own terms with Faith Agugu
Tue Feb 03 2026
One of the most challenging aspects of midlife transition for many women is coming to terms with your own mortality and ageing. The paradigm is indeed different for men, there is more acceptance of the ageing man with grey hair. But for women, aside from menopause, there is great fear in ageing and becoming irrelevant. This largely has been perpetuated by the cosmetics industry and popular culture. How many role models of women ageing on their own terms do we see in the media, social media or television and films?
In this podcast, I talk with Faith Agugu, psychotherapist and founder of Silver Sirens, an ageing positive community for women over 50+. We discuss why the traditional narrative around ageing for women is not only limiting but harmful to wisdoms self-esteem and well-being. When you embrace your second half of life with curiousity and confidence you are setting yourself up to live well.
In the podcast we discuss:
How the narrative we were told about ageing as a child greatly influences how we approach our own ageing process,
How popular culture and media impacts how we feel about our bodies and mental health as we age,
How fear drives increased stress in our lives in this transition and what is misunderstood about getting older,
How there is a different paradigm of ageing for women than there is for men,
How many women describe midlife as a time when old identities fall away—roles, ways of being, expectations. What we see as therapists of this transition emerge when women are supported through that transition well?
The common myths Faith would love to dispel about ageing,
How intergenerational wisdom around ageing can be passed down through family systems,
What Faith believes is the most compassionate first step you can take as you approach both midlife or elderhood.
You can find Faith through her therapy practice The Healing Process or her community group Silver Sirens
or on instagram or Facebook..
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One of the most challenging aspects of midlife transition for many women is coming to terms with your own mortality and ageing. The paradigm is indeed different for men, there is more acceptance of the ageing man with grey hair. But for women, aside from menopause, there is great fear in ageing and becoming irrelevant. This largely has been perpetuated by the cosmetics industry and popular culture. How many role models of women ageing on their own terms do we see in the media, social media or television and films? In this podcast, I talk with Faith Agugu, psychotherapist and founder of Silver Sirens, an ageing positive community for women over 50+. We discuss why the traditional narrative around ageing for women is not only limiting but harmful to wisdoms self-esteem and well-being. When you embrace your second half of life with curiousity and confidence you are setting yourself up to live well. In the podcast we discuss: How the narrative we were told about ageing as a child greatly influences how we approach our own ageing process, How popular culture and media impacts how we feel about our bodies and mental health as we age, How fear drives increased stress in our lives in this transition and what is misunderstood about getting older, How there is a different paradigm of ageing for women than there is for men, How many women describe midlife as a time when old identities fall away—roles, ways of being, expectations. What we see as therapists of this transition emerge when women are supported through that transition well? The common myths Faith would love to dispel about ageing, How intergenerational wisdom around ageing can be passed down through family systems, What Faith believes is the most compassionate first step you can take as you approach both midlife or elderhood. You can find Faith through her therapy practice The Healing Process or her community group Silver Sirens or on instagram or Facebook..