Why Elle Macpherson's happier and healthier at 56 than 30
Elle Macpherson has told Red she's happier and healthier than ever in her 50s because she's caring for her body in the right way.
In an exclusive interview for our August issue, out today, the supermodel and entrepreneur shared her life lessons.
Macpherson lives with her sons, Flynn, 22, and Cy, 17, in Florida, where she swims and meditates most days.
She says, at 56, she feels her most unified – she has balanced her inner and outer beauty. She’s also accumulated a good deal of wisdom including no longer 'surviving on three hours sleep and coffee', like she did in her 30s and 40s, because she 'didn't feel great'.
'Genetics can only get you so far,' she explained. 'By the time you reach 50, you realise it’s all about caring for your body and your levels of vitality, so you can do the things you want to do.
'I’ve tried all sorts of workouts and diets, but now a lot of the things I did in my 30s and 40s no longer work for me. I used to think I was healthy because I could survive on three hours sleep and snack on coffee…..In people’s eyes, I suspect I still looked great, but I didn’t feel great. That was demoralising. I didn’t have a sense of vitality. I felt unlike myself, sort of…fragmented.'
Macpherson also said she's 'not concerned about ageing'.
'I don’t feel the pressure to look a certain way any more – I’m much more interested in my wellbeing,' she said. 'I believe real beauty is soul deep, not skin deep. It’s a way of being, a way of living.
'Without ageing, I could never have the gift of being a mother to two grown young men. It’s wonderful. Our relationship has evolved as they’ve grown. They’re very attuned on many levels and I learn a lot from them.'
You can read our interview with Elle Macpherson in full in the August issue of Red, out now.
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