How I want to age is the question host Sandra Bettina keeps coming back to as she counts down to her 39th birthday, and it has nothing to do with looking young. In this solo episode of The Life She Built, Sandra unpacks why she stopped chasing her old #Forever26 mindset and started asking who she actually wants to become instead of how she wants to look. If you have ever felt pressure to reverse, fight or hide your age, this conversation reframes aging as something you build on purpose, decade by decade.

Sandra Bettina, host of The Life She Built, walks through the specific traits she hopes age gives her, from patience and curiosity to being easier to be around, and why she believes wrinkles are far less scary than becoming bitter. She talks honestly about sunscreen, retinol and self-care without letting any of it become her identity, and shares the legacy question she asks herself: what she hopes people will say about her at 70. This episode is an invitation to stop mourning the woman you used to be and start appreciating the woman you are becoming.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why Sandra stopped chasing her old #Forever26 identity and started asking who she wants to become instead of how she wants to look as she ages.
• How reframing aging around character instead of appearance changes the goals you set for your 40s, 50s and 60s, decade by decade.
• Why Sandra wants her body to give her freedom rather than a certain shape, and how that shifted her relationship with fitness and strength training.
• The specific traits Sandra hopes age gives her, including patience, curiosity, security and being easier to be around as she gets older.
• Why Sandra separates real self-care from chasing youth, and how she still wears sunscreen and uses retinol without making it her identity.
• The legacy question Sandra asks herself: what she hopes people say about her at 70, and why it has nothing to do with looking young.
• Why staying curious and interested is what actually keeps women feeling young, according to Sandra, more than any skincare routine.

We talk about:

00:00 Why turning 39 got Sandra thinking about aging

00:49 The woman she's building for her daughters to see

02:07 Letting go of the #Forever26 mindset

04:16 Who do you hope to become as you age

05:24 Sandra's honest take on sunscreen, retinol and self-care

06:27 Why she's fine with wrinkles and gray hair

07:43 Redefining fitness and strength beyond aesthetics

09:53 Why being easy to be around matters more with age

12:03 The legacy Sandra wants instead of looking young

15:11 What would people say about you at 70

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