The Livelong Podcast
Aging can be something you embrace. In this week’s podcast, Erin sits down with Sanae Ishida, author of Shibui: The Japanese Art of Finding Beauty in Aging, to explore how the Japanese philosophy of Shibui reframes aging as a source of beauty, wisdom, and joy.
Drawing on nature, Japanese culture, and her own experience as a Japanese American woman navigating Western “anti-aging” norms, she unpacks finding purpose and wisdom in aging, menopause, imperfection, and mortality, and she offers a perspective that I think you will find very refreshing.
You’ll come away with:
The meaning of shibui and why beauty can improve with age
Letting go of comparison and embracing your own pace (obaitori)
Aging is gain, not loss: wisdom, confidence, and self-knowledge
Why confronting mortality can deepen purpose and joy
How imperfection creates beauty
Why embracing aging can deepen confidence, connection, and purpose
Sure, I’m getting wrinkles—but look, I laughed and smiled so much. This is what it’s showing. I have lived life, and that’s a wonderful thing.
In this episode, we invite you to see how aging can become a source for beauty, depth, and honor.
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