Let’s discuss something important, something we all know and experience, something about real life and its truth.
It’s about ageing.
Not the way society talks about it. Not the usual age by years lived or by looks. Not the routine of using one cream or the other, one serum or the other, one supplement or the other, as anti-ageing ingredients.
I mean ageing more deeply, the way both your soul and your body feel it.
And here are my findings.
Anti-ageing routines are real. But in this context, it has almost nothing to do with skincare. The real youth serum, the real anti-ageing cream is being who you actually are.
You want to look younger?
Start telling the truth.
You want that natural glow?
Let go of the guilt and the people-pleasing.
The moment you stop abandoning yourself, your whole body calms down. Your cortisol drops. Your face relaxes. Your energy gets clearer. Your cells literally wake up.
Being honest with yourself is basically collagen for your whole system. It’s the only natural anti-ageing ingredient.
And yes, there’s actual science here. Chronic stress isn’t about workload or lack of money. It’s the stress of living a life that doesn’t match who you really are. That split, the gap between your real self and the version you perform, puts your body into survival mode. Cortisol spikes. Inflammation goes up. Your brain gets foggy. Everything tightens.
But when you come home to yourself. When you stop pretending, your whole system exhales. Your biology levels out. Your energy reorganises in a way that feels like, “Oh… there I am.”
Balanced diet, good exercise, long walks and other healthy living habits are good but not without living in alignment, in authenticity and in joy.
Authenticity is the actual anti-ageing routine.
Joy is the real facelift.
Alignment is the glow-up.
The youngest, most alive version of you isn’t the one without wrinkles, it’s the one who isn’t pretending anymore. The glow you want comes from your soul. The radiance you’re chasing comes from remembering who you were before the world told you to be smaller.
When your soul finally gets to speak, you light up. And honestly, that’s the most beautiful look to wear.
✍️ Amara Ann Unachukwu
