112. Letting Age Matter Only When It Matters: Mimi Ison

LIBERTY ROAD with Nada Jones

Mimi Ison has never followed a traditional timeline. She started adult ballet at 40, took an unpaid internship at 42, and jumped into the boxing ring for training at 50. Who says there's one way to grow older? Certainly not Mimi—and now in her early sixties, she's one of the most profound, do-it-your-way pro-aging influencers out there.

Mimi started her online presence by accident, you could say. Overwhelmed by the loss of her mother and long hours as a creative director, she left work and started blogging about middle age. A couple of years into this, her Instagram account @heymiddleage took off. At 61, she's on a mission to change our feelings about aging by challenging limiting beliefs. You can find her crushing age stereotypes through dynamic physical activities like shuffle dancing, weight training, jump rope, step, boxing, and mobility training.

In this episode, Nada chats with Mimi about everything—our changing bodies and lives, what we're all capable of as we grow older, how we can invest in our future selves, and more. Mimi takes us back to her early days on social media and how she got into creating her viral videos on exercise. Plus, she offers a few inspiring tips to get us moving–even if it's just a little bit each day.

Check out Mimi’s website and the three books currently on her night stand: Burn Book by Kara Swisher, How to Be Old by Lyn Slater, and Grown Women Talk by Sharon Malone. Follow Mimi on Instagram: @heymiddleage

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