Last week, the Oprah show shared the stories of 7 women who were on TLC’s 10 Years Younger show, and 2 women who transformed themselves on their own.
You can see the before and after pictures here.
A very strong recurring theme with these women is that they put themselves on the backburner in their 30’s and 40’s in order to keep up with children, jobs and life. Sound familiar?
In terms of the transformations themselves, it is interesting how little it takes in some cases. A new hairstyle and makeup makes a world of difference but the key, I think, is to let someone else show you the potential they see in you.
How often do we apply the same old makeup in the same old way?
When you watch TLC’s What Not to Wear, how many times does the person being transformed resist having her hair changed? And then look like a million bucks when Nick is done?
Sometimes we need an outsider to give us permission to pay more attention to ourself. Sometimes the problem is that we’ve let our expectations of ourselves become so low, we need someone to show us how good we can actually look.
As Oprah says, we need to DREAM BIG!
