“Really none of us know how many moments in this life we have”. These are the wise words of Sally Hewitt and this is just one of the multitudes of thought-provoking statements in episode 3.
Sally Hewitt’s story is overflowing with impact, so much so you can’t help but experience an inner shift. You will be changed. Simply encountering her story sets off a beacon of gratitude of the deepest kind.
From the moment she begins speaking she brings a poignant presence. If it were a movie, the voices of everyone in the room would be silenced and the camera would point straight to Sally. Your full attention can’t help but be fixed on her resounding choice to live a life of gratitude.
Sally will break your heart yet fill you with hope and it’s through her grief-stricken heart which grappled with loss that Ageing Gratefully was born.
In a world where women are exalted for youthful looks and discarded for ageing, Sally chose to take a stand against ageism which perpetually tells us happiness is found in youth. Ageing Gratefully is the rebuttal to society’s ideals of happiness as Sally says, ‘Life itself is a gift…. and we are not entitled to life, we’re not entitled to anything within our life and that’s why my tagline is to ‘count your blessings not your years’.
Sally’s tips for managing self-limiting beliefs during grief:
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Taking action is really important- As Sally was healing from grief she started with things she knew she could successfully do which gave her confidence.
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Be of service- Give of yourself even if it’s something really small like a smile.
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Starting Small- It’s about believing you can do this so begin with the smallest things.
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Reflection- As you heal, look back and pick something out of the experience you can be grateful for.
Sally’s spent over 30 years in the skincare industry so naturally has an interest in the ageing process. She is also a certified Life Coach and Speaker and runs workshops to empower women to become intentional during and throughout their midyears of life. Sally is also currently writing a book with the title, ‘Ageing Gratefully’.
Connect with Sally
Website https://ageinggratefully.com.au
Email [email protected]
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ageingwithgratitude
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ageinggratefully
IN SALLY’S WORDS
On grief and revelations through grief
No-one tells you how painful grief is. Grief is a physical pain….. it’s all encompassing.
My really deep healing from my pain began when I began to focus on what I was grateful for…. It was a natural progression because to stay in the pain was so painful … I got to this point where I couldn’t bear to be in this place any longer.
We’re alive and we’re aging or we’re not here at all.
The way our culture is towards physical experience and getting older, it’s all negative connotations and yet life is to be lived fully and an older age is the blessing of a longer life.
On the subject of Ageing Gratefully
If I can encourage people to be grateful for the age that they are, they’re going to be grateful for their life and we only get this one irreplaceable, precious life.
If we can shift this perception of ageing we are all going to age much happier, much more fulfilled. We can be grateful for the little things then.
And all the things that our culture wants us to view as negative in ageing we can shift it. It’s a mindset and once we actually shift that mindset it can bed down and it becomes a way of life…..We become glass half full people.
If we learn to deeply appreciate everything that has brought us to where we are, we learn to appreciate ourselves more because everything that we have experienced makes up who we are right now. And then that actually allows us to be grateful for the age we are.
Life itself is a gift…. and we are not entitled to life, we’re not entitled to anything within our life and that’s why my tagline is to ‘count your blessings not your years’.
Everything that we experience is a blessing. We may not feel that it is at the time that we’re experiencing it but there will be a time down the track that you’re able to look back and see that it was, that it’s helped to shape you…. who you are.
As we age we bring wisdom with us and if we spend too much of our energy on wanting to be younger…. we miss out on the wisdom we have to offer.
Excerpt from the upcoming book Ageing Gratefully
When you realise you are not entitled to anything, everything you receive becomes a gift, including ageing.
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