#98 My Body My Story 45 Over 45 - Meran

In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about Meran, what age she would like to go back to and what advice she would give herself at that age! We also talk about the main causes of body image issues, how they come up and how she overcomes them. And we discuss what aging means to her and to her body. 10 Facts About Meran (at the time of the project) 60 years old.Meran was born and grew up in Sydney Australia. She lived in Sydney most of her life apart from having spent about 10 years up on the Sunshine Coast near Noosa.Meran has done some work in publishing and in television. And somehow, even though she had no training for it, she was working in graphic design at her last job.Meran also studied anthropology, which she absolutely loves.Meran has one son who's now 33 years old.Meran had a leg lengthening surgery at the age of 10. Then after that, they discovered that their original diagnosis was completely wrong. Now Meran’s feet are three sizes different, which is very expensive because she has to buy two pairs of shoes.Meran except life challenges and believes that it is a great way to keep yourself feeling alive and growing.When her son was small, she decided to go and get her motorbike licenceFor her 50th birthday Meran got her first tattooMeran also did a parachute jump. It was a terrifying and wonderful experience at the same time.----more---- INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT (auto-generated) Hi, you're listening to the My Body, My Story podcast. I feel like it's actually broken down a big blockage. Because I actually feel like now I could might be able to enjoy taking pictures of myself. This is the 45 over 45 chapter where we celebrate Rule Breakers and role models, the women who inspire us to live life our way and to show their sensuality beauty, soul, and true essence. Here we talk about what it's like to be 45 Plus, adjusting to the changes that come with time, and we listened to the stories about participants. If you have an interesting story, we'd love for you to participate. You can email us at [e-mail] That's Aleksandra spelled with a K S. Or visit our website aleksandrawalker.com Hello, everyone, and welcome to the My Body My Story project and today with us Meran and I'll be asking her a few questions and let's start. Hi, Meran and welcome to the studio. Welcome to the project and tell us 10 five facts about yourself. Okay, well, I'm 60 years old. I grew up in Australia. I was born in Sydney. And I've lived in Sydney most of my life apart from having spending about 10 years up on the Sunshine Coast near Noosa. We're do you like better, which place do like more Sydney or possibly Sydney Sunshine Coast got a bit. The problem was I was in a relationship that wasn't very good. So that makes a place any place emotional…. But in the past, I've done quite a lot of different things. Most of them were somewhat media related. I've done some work in publishing and in television. And somehow, even though I had no training for it, I wound up working in graphic design in my last job. That's interesting. I sort of went from publishing, working on a small magazine where I did a bit of everything. And I've sort of had training in editorial work, but then I worked in a children's book publishing company. And somehow, I was meant to be a production assistant. But I wound up doing all this graphic stuff where I was designing. They did a lot of licenced products, like things for the ABC, the wiggles and play school. And they did all sorts. They used to sell their stuff through the post office actually. And so they had not just books, but they had things like activity books and little children's recipe books, stamp sets. So I ended up having to designing all these random things like designing boxes of dinosaur stickers and stuff to prepare the layout and do all the box design everything which none of which I had any training for. But probably you have a talent for that.. creative talent It is probably not my best talent. But that was what I was doing. And then I have then I wound up working on local magazine where I did a lot of everything, but it was mostly graphic design, too. And then I went back to university for a while and studied anthropology, which I absolutely love. Anthropology. Interesting. Yes, yes. I actually think wish I'd discovered it much earlier in my life. But then unfortunately, somehow I ended up moving up to Queensland with my now ex husband. And I intended to go back and finish up some of these studies. But everything just got too complicated. And I didn't sometimes men can be on our way of developing ourselves. It was not I don't think it was a relationship that we had did a lot for my life in many ways. took more than it gave. Anyhow, so I Being back in Sydney after living up the Sunshine Coast for oh, I also along the way I had. I've got one son who's now 33 years old. On the way. Yeah, from a short first marriage. ...