30/11/2025
I heard something on a podcast recently about radical responsibility…and it struck a chord
Here’s why:
when we’re told things like:
“Everything gets worse with age”
“You’re fighting a losing battle”
“It’s all downhill from here”
We start to believe there’s nothing we can do.
That deterioration is inevitable.
That it’s just “your age”, so why bother?
It’s the same reason I’m cautious about sending women straight for imaging or scans when I don’t believe it will likely change our management.
Because once you’re given a label, it’s very easy to hand over all your power with it.
Radical responsibility doesn’t mean nothing bad ever happens, or that our systems don’t naturally decline with age.
And it’s also not victim blaming.
It means asking yourself a different question:
“What CAN I control?”
For me, it’s things like:
👉What time I get myself to bed
👉How I wind down
👉 What I eat most of the time (not perfectly)
👉 How, and how often, I move my body
👉 Who I seek support from
👉 Who I surround myself with
👉 The expectations I set
👉 How quickly I get back on track when life inevitably derails me
These are the things that actually shape how I feel in my body.
Not my age.
Not a scan result.
Not someone else’s belief about what my body “should” be doing after 40.
Your body isn’t on a downhill trajectory, it’s responding to the inputs it’s given.
And the beautiful part?
You have far more influence over those inputs than you realise. 💛
