Ali Daddo, being. with Lael Stone...
Ali Daddo, being. with Lael Stone | Taking up Space ♥︎

Humans, being. with Lael Stone by Lael Stone

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I grew up with Ali Daddo on my wall. And like so many of us, I looked at that image and thought - that's it. That's what it means to arrive. What I didn't know - what none of us knew - was that even being the ‘it’ girl comes with challenges.

This beautiful conversation really opens up about the pressures we feel as a woman, from the tween and teen years, into motherhood and menopause. We explore Ali's "standing in front of a 747 jet engine" image of society's pressure not to age, and what women actually find on the other side of all that noise.

We also get deep about long-term love - Esther Perel's three marriages to the same person, (what it takes to reinvent in the third one), and what "making art from a marriage" actually looks like in practice.

We explore:

  • The "currency" of appearance: what we inherit,  ... 
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Keywords
Self-acceptanceHealingInner criticPerimenopauseAuthenticityGriefBody imageAgeingLong Term Relationships
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