It seems you don't have a care in the world - about yourself. In fact, you don't give a damn about yourself. Your life has fallen into a deep crevasse and you are unable to hoist yourself out. What was it that sent you off into the sunset of stagnation? Could it have been the kids leaving home, menopause, bolshy teenagers, divorce? Perhaps you have been suffering from a bout of mild depression or maybe you've just been working too damn hard? We women have so much piled upon us that it's hardly surprising some of us slowly slide away from stress, upset and advancing years into a muddy puddle of decline. Isn't it easier to surrender one's being to oblivion than constantly to fight against a future you have no control over? Well, actually NO, it isn't. Goddammit, girl. We cannot let this happen to you. We will not allow you to let yourself go to the point where you believe your life, as you knew it, is over for good.
We can tell how you feel on the inside by the way you dress. Your façade is a direct reflection of your neglected interior. It may come as a surprise, however, that the low opinion you have of yourself is not shared by those around you. You are your own worst enemy. It's you that is responsible for this dereliction, and surrounding circumstances are only contributors to your lack of self-esteem.
The thing is, what is going to lift you out of this rut? The most obvious catalyst for change is the basic desire to do so. But do you have the courage to change? Ask yourself: do you want to try a new life? Do you want to like yourself again and feel that you are worth your weight in gold? This may seem an impossible task from where you stand today.
Some people would say that a course of anti-depressants or time on the psychotherapist's couch is the only answer. Both these routes have been tried and tested and are known to work extremely well. While we can't prescribe drugs and are not qualified to take you on a psychological journey back to your childhood, we are able to offer some good, practical, woman-to-woman advice that we know works.
Think back to the last time you felt good about yourself physically. What was different then? Okay, your body may have given in to gravity and the wrinkles on your face may have been around the world a couple of times, but it's not like you went to bed a teenager and woke up an OAP. Age has crept up slowly and tapped you on the shoulder. If you hadn't decided that there was no point in making an effort, you would still be the fabulous you. Nothing has altered your personality. Your character has taken years to build - much longer than the time it has taken for you to become the person you feel you are now. That fun-loving woman is still in you. We just have to rediscover her.
Please trust us when we say that clothes and grooming can dramatically change the way you feel.
