I'd Like To Thank MySELF

Cynthia Garcia
  • 5.0 (3)
  • FASHION & BEAUTY

We thank everyone else for our success... friends, team, mentors. But when’s the last time you thanked the only person who actually dragged you through hell and back? YourSELF. This show is my love letter to the version of you who doesn’t get enough credit. The you who kept going when it would’ve been easier to quit. I’m pulling back the curtain on what it actually looks like to be 48, building a skincare company, navigating perimenopause, raising a teenager, and refusing to become invisible. The stuff nobody talks about after 40. And how I’m rewriting all of it. Sometimes it’s just me. Sometimes it’s founders, creatives, and icons who’ve rewritten everything too. Always, it’s the raw truth. Nothing filtered. Nothing softened. Nothing for show. Just the truth... and a drink. Every episode ends the same way: we raise a glass and say the thing most people are too humble to admit: I’d like to thank mySELF.

  1. 5D AGO

    I'm 48 And Aging Gracefully Is BS

    I'm 48 and I'm done aging gracefully. I think the whole concept is just a nice way of telling women to disappear, and I'm done pretending we're aging well by being told to fade. The most honest conversation about anti-aging and what it means to stay hot AF after 40. At seven years old, on a two-lane road in Appalachia, I watched a group of women laugh at a stranger in red lipstick because she didn't know she was supposed to “age gracefully." I'm 48 now, and I've spent 40 years wondering why nobody on that dirt road said something. Why nobody is the spokesperson for women who refuse to fade. So I'm doing it now. This episode is for the woman in the back who's been clapping politely for a decade while everyone around her disappeared quietly. Want Your Free Personalized Hot AF Plan? Take the quiz! Join The Vanity Club. Where women over 40 come to look hot AF. No apologies. No judgment: Shop Rewritten Beauty. The serum I built when I turned 40 and refused to disappear. In this episode: Why "aging gracefully" is just a nice way to tell women to disappearThe dirt road in Appalachia where I learned the rule at seven (and why I'm still on her side)Why most meanness is just fear in nicer clothesWhat refusing actually costs me… the friends, the time, the Olympic-sport routineThe "for her age" comment in a coffee shop that I should have corrected (and didn't)The years I dressed down on purpose… and why that wasn't grace, it was hidingWhy wrinkles aren't badges. They're salt on a wound.The bigger, louder, more audacious life I'm refusing to age gracefully FOR FOLLOW CYNTHIA GARCIAInstagram: @iamcynthiagarciaTikTok: @iamcynthiagarciaFacebook: @iamcynthiagarciaWebsite: www.cynthiagarcia.comSubstack:  Hot AF Over 40 REWRITTEN BEAUTYInstagram: @wearerewrittenFacebook: @wearerewrittenWebsite: www.rewrittenbeauty.com INSTITUTE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL NUTRITIONInstagram: @transformationalnutritionFacebook: @transformationalnutritionWebsite: www.transformationalnutrition.com

    25 min

  2. APR 28

    10 More Exact Things I Do To Stay Hot AF At 48

    I spent $1.3 million to stay hot AF at 48 so you don't have to. If you're skipping the first thing on this list, you're letting cortisol eat your face. The full breakdown of all 10 is below. Join the movement of women who refuse to age gracefully: 👉 https://www.cynthiagarcia.com/vanityclub At 48, I've realized the things that "piss people off" are usually the ones that actually work. These are the 10 habits I swear by to stay hot AF, from tactical skincare layering to the "medieval" treatment your dermatologist might be gatekeeping. What we're talking about today: Why I bring my own sheets to hotels (and why my husband has stopped asking)The $200 mistake you're making in your 10-second skincare layering routineThe one ingredient I won't skip (the copper peptide that tells your skin to act 30 again)Why I choose "medieval medicine" over the safe stuff (PRF over PRP)The cortisol face fix that lives in your sleep stack, not on top of your faceHow to own vanity as the engine for your self-worth (and the budget)Why your hair is giving you away faster than your faceThe story you're telling yourself that's aging you more than any productFor the women who were told to age gracefully and chose "absolutely the f**k not" instead. Want Your Free Personalized Hot AF Plan? Take the quiz! Join The Vanity Club. Where women over 40 come to look hot AF. No apologies. No judgment: Shop Rewritten Beauty. The serum I built when I turned 40 and refused to disappear. FOLLOW CYNTHIA GARCIAInstagram: @iamcynthiagarciaTikTok: @iamcynthiagarciaFacebook: @iamcynthiagarciaWebsite: www.cynthiagarcia.comSubstack:  Hot AF Over 40 REWRITTEN BEAUTYInstagram: @wearerewrittenFacebook: @wearerewrittenWebsite: www.rewrittenbeauty.com INSTITUTE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL NUTRITIONInstagram: @transformationalnutritionFacebook: @transformationalnutritionWebsite: www.transformationalnutrition.com

    27 min

  3. APR 21

    The Real Reason I Have More Pretty Privilege at 48 Than 28

    I have more pretty privilege at 48 than I ever had at 28. And the world has opinions about that. Want Your Free Personalized Hot AF Plan? Take the quiz! Join The Vanity Club. Where women over 40 come to look hot AF. No apologies. No judgment: Shop Rewritten Beauty. The serum I built when I turned 40 and refused to disappear. I learned about pretty privilege at twelve years old, dumpster diving for eyeshadow in Appalachia. For 30 years the experiment ran beautifully. Then I turned 40 and the whole game changed.  This episode is about what pretty privilege actually looks like after 40... the cost, the judgment, the body that switched teams, and why I'm not apologizing for any of it. In this episode: The dumpster experiment I ran at twelve that proved pretty privilege was realWhy at 28 it's "she looks great" but at 48 it's a congressional hearingPretty privilege at 25 is a lottery ticket. At 48 it's a business plan.The social cost that every woman over 40 notices but nobody talks aboutMy hormones held a corporate merger I did not approve (and collagen quiet quit)My response to Betty in the comments who thinks I forgot to mention my plastic surgeryWhy "age gracefully" is just a polite way of telling women to disappearThe one line my twelve-year-old self needed to hear (and why I'm saying it now at 48)FOLLOW CYNTHIA GARCIAInstagram: @iamcynthiagarciaTikTok: @iamcynthiagarciaFacebook: @iamcynthiagarciaWebsite: www.cynthiagarcia.comSubstack:  Hot AF Over 40 REWRITTEN BEAUTYInstagram: @wearerewrittenFacebook: @wearerewrittenWebsite: www.rewrittenbeauty.com INSTITUTE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL NUTRITIONInstagram: @transformationalnutritionFacebook: @transformationalnutritionWebsite: www.transformationalnutrition.com #idliketothankmyself #hotafter40 #beautyover40 #skincareover40 #womenover40 #stayinghot #antiaging #skincareroutine #vanity #cynthiagarcia #rewrittenbeauty #perimenopause #hormones #beautyafter40 #hotaf

    29 min

  4. APR 14

    The Work I've Had Done To Stay Hot AF At 48 And The One I Regret

    I'm 48. I've had work done. Today I'm telling you every single thing, including the one I wish I'd never walked through the door for. Want Your Free Personalized Hot AF Plan? Take the quiz! Join The Vanity Club. Where women over 40 come to look hot AF. No apologies. No judgment: Shop Rewritten Beauty. The serum I built when I turned 40 and refused to disappear. People ask me all the time what work I've had done. In my last video, 23,000 of you watched in two days. So I'm giving you the full receipts. Every procedure, what it cost, what it did, whether I'd do it again, and the one that I regret. I broke it into three tiers: The Game Changers, The Secret Weapons, and The Cautionary Tales. We're saving the regret for last because honestly... I need the champagne to talk about it. If you're a woman over 40 who has spent money (or thought about spending money) on looking and feeling good, and you want the real, unfiltered truth from someone who's done it all... this is the episode. In this episode: The one treatment that did more for my face than anything else I've ever tried (and what it actually costs)Why I've had my boobs done three times and what I learned each timeThe secret weapons nobody talks about that honestly made more difference than the expensive stuffThe $34,000 lesson I learned before I ever saw the doctor's faceThe one procedure I regret and have never talked about publicly until nowWhy I haven't had a facelift yet and when I plan toWhat I'd tell my 40-year-old self about every needle, laser, and knifeFOLLOW CYNTHIA GARCIAInstagram: @iamcynthiagarciaTikTok: @iamcynthiagarciaFacebook: @iamcynthiagarciaWebsite: www.cynthiagarcia.comSubstack:  Hot AF Over 40 REWRITTEN BEAUTYInstagram: @wearerewrittenFacebook: @wearerewrittenWebsite: www.rewrittenbeauty.com INSTITUTE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL NUTRITIONInstagram: @transformationalnutritionFacebook: @transformationalnutritionWebsite: www.transformationalnutrition.com #idliketothankmyself #hotafter40 #beautyover40 #skincareover40 #womenover40 #stayinghot #antiaging #skincareroutine #vanity #cynthiagarcia #rewrittenbeauty #perimenopause #hormones #beautyafter40 #hotaf

    33 min

  5. APR 7

    10 Exact Things I Do To Stay Hot AF At 48

    I'm 48, I've spent $1.3 million over almost two decades figuring out what actually works, and today I'm giving you my top 10. Get your personalized Hot AF plan: take the quiz at https://www.cynthiagarcia.com/quiz After almost two decades and more money than I probably should admit, I've figured out what actually works to stay hot AF after 40. And it's not just skincare. Some of it has nothing to do with your face. Today I'm giving you all 10, from the obvious ones to the ones that are going to surprise you. In this episode, you'll discover: The skincare mistake women over 40 make that no serum can fixWhy the "enjoy becoming invisible" text I got at 40 made me build a companyThe real reason I work out every day (and it's not my health)What surviving 100% of your worst days does to how you carry yourselfThe one thing that overrides every product and workout on this list (hint: it's an operating system, not an app)Why cutting the dead weight from your life is a beauty productThe science connecting your home environment to your collagenThe number that separates women who look good from women who own every roomThis one's for every woman who's ever been called vain, high maintenance, or too much... and took it as a compliment. FOLLOW CYNTHIA GARCIAInstagram: @iamcynthiagarciaTikTok: @iamcynthiagarciaFacebook: @iamcynthiagarciaWebsite: www.cynthiagarcia.comSubstack:  Hot AF Over 40 REWRITTEN BEAUTYInstagram: @wearerewrittenFacebook: @wearerewrittenWebsite: www.rewrittenbeauty.com INSTITUTE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL NUTRITIONInstagram: @transformationalnutritionFacebook: @transformationalnutritionWebsite: www.transformationalnutrition.com #idliketothankmyself #hotafter40 #beautyover40 #skincareover40 #womenover40 #stayinghot #antiaging #skincareroutine #vanity #cynthiagarcia #rewrittenbeauty #perimenopause #hormones #beautyafter40 #hotaf

    25 min

  6. MAR 31

    I Didn't Fight This Hard Just To Fade At 48

    I Was Told to “Enjoy Being Invisible” on My 40th Birthday On my 40th birthday, a woman I knew texted me three words that changed the course of my life: enjoy being invisible. Want to know what it actually costs to refuse that narrative? Grab The Actual Cost of Staying Hot as F**k After 40 -- my free guide with every dollar, every hour, every trade-off: https://www.cynthiagarcia.com/guide I grew up bathing in a creek in Appalachia with no running water. I dumpster-dived for makeup because I didn't know what skincare was, I just thought the cream made me prettier. I was teased mercilessly, bullied constantly, and told myself on my 8th birthday that I wasn't special and didn't deserve anything.  I spent my twenties self-destructing and my thirties finally becoming the woman I'd spent my entire life fighting to be. And then at 40, women started telling me it was all downhill from here.  So I built a skincare company called Rewritten. And I sat down with a glass of champagne to tell you about it. In this episode: The birthday text that said "enjoy being invisible" and the response that broke something in meWhat happened on my 8th birthday that I carried for 40 yearsThe real reason I dumpster-dived for makeup as a kid in AppalachiaWhy I had a full midlife crisis at 30 in a boujee Palm Springs spaThe MIT study that proves women over 50 build better businesses (and why nobody told us)What happened when I spent $10,000 on my face and saw a new line the next morningThe moment I realized I'm fighting a battle I'll always lose... and why I'm never stoppingWhat my daughter Rain is learning by watching me choose this every dayThis one's for you if you've ever blown out birthday candles and felt your stomach drop instead of making a wish. If you've ever wondered whether your best years are behind you. And if you've ever put on your bad bitch heels and decided... not today. FOLLOW CYNTHIA GARCIAInstagram: @iamcynthiagarciaTikTok: @iamcynthiagarciaFacebook: @iamcynthiagarciaWebsite: www.cynthiagarcia.comSubstack:  Hot AF Over 40 REWRITTEN BEAUTYInstagram: @wearerewrittenFacebook: @wearerewrittenWebsite: www.rewrittenbeauty.com INSTITUTE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL NUTRITIONInstagram: @transformationalnutritionFacebook: @transformationalnutritionWebsite: www.transformationalnutrition.com #skincareover40 #perimenopause #antiaging #skincarefounder #womenover40 #hotaf #rewrittenbeauty #selfmade #idliketothankmyself #lookinggodat48

    28 min

  7. MAR 24

    5 Years of 'Your Hormones Are Fine’

    Five years of perimenopause symptoms and three doctors telling me my hormones were "in range" while my body was falling apart. This is the story I've never told -- and the night a friend handed me two things that changed everything. Want the full breakdown of what's actually working after 40? Grab The Uncomfortable Cost of Staying Hot as F**k After 40 here: https://www.cynthiagarcia.com/guide I had every reason to know something was wrong. I'm a Certified Clinical Nutritionist. I founded an accredited school that trains health professionals. And I still sat in a doctor's office and let him tell me my hormones were fine. For five years. The weight gain, the night sweats, the brain fog, the rage -- I thought I was losing my mind.  Then one night, sobbing on a lake in Austin, a friend looked at me and said, "I've got you." This is that story. In this episode, you'll discover: The two things a friend handed me at midnight that made me sleep better than I had in yearsWhy "your hormones are in range" is the most dangerous sentence a woman over 40 can hearThe night sweats, the brain fog, the rage -- what perimenopause actually looks like vs. what the brochure saysThe skincare products that were secretly interfering with my hormones while I was paying doctors to figure out what was wrongWhy one estrogen patch and one progesterone tablet changed everything in a single nightWhy I almost committed a small, tasteful crime every time my husband exhaledThe two voices every woman has -- and which one is lying to youWhat it really costs to be told "you're fine" for 5 years (it's not money)If you're a woman over 40 who has sat in a doctor's office, been told everything is "normal," walked out still feeling like something is off, and wondered if you're losing your mind -- this episode is for you. You're not crazy. You're not dramatic. And you're not alone. FOLLOW CYNTHIA GARCIAInstagram: @iamcynthiagarciaTikTok: @iamcynthiagarciaFacebook: @iamcynthiagarciaWebsite: www.cynthiagarcia.comSubstack:  Hot AF Over 40 REWRITTEN BEAUTYInstagram: @wearerewrittenFacebook: @wearerewrittenWebsite: www.rewrittenbeauty.com INSTITUTE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL NUTRITIONInstagram: @transformationalnutritionFacebook: @transformationalnutritionWebsite: www.transformationalnutrition.com #skincareover40 #perimenopause #antiaging #skincarefounder #womenover40 #hotaf #rewrittenbeauty #selfmade #idliketothankmyself #lookinggodat48

    20 min

  8. MAR 17

    40 Is Not the New 20. It's Better.

    40 is not the new 20. And I finally stopped wanting it to be. Want to know what I'm actually spending on to stay hot after 40? Grab The Actual Cost of Staying Hot as F**k After 40 here: https://www.cynthiagarcia.com/guide A friend told me I was aging backwards at lunch and I took the compliment (obviously). But then something came out of my mouth I hadn't planned, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since.  This episode is about what "you look 20" actually means when you're 48, why we've been handed the wrong language for what's happening to women over 40, and why the real power isn't in defying age... it's in rewriting what age means entirely. In this episode, you'll discover: The thing I said at lunch that I didn't plan, and why I haven't stopped thinking about itWhat I was actually like at 20 (confident, broke, and washing my face with whatever was on sale)The hidden lie inside the best compliment women over 40 receiveWhy "$1.3 million on my face" was never about looking youngerThe quiet revolution happening right now with women who refuse to disappearWhat "the new permission slip" means and why it changes everythingThe one thing I want my daughter to never have to unlearnIf you're a woman over 40 who has heard "you look amazing for your age" and felt both flattered and slightly insulted at the same time... this one's for you. FOLLOW CYNTHIA GARCIAInstagram: @iamcynthiagarciaTikTok: @iamcynthiagarciaFacebook: @iamcynthiagarciaWebsite: www.cynthiagarcia.comSubstack:  Hot AF Over 40 REWRITTEN BEAUTYInstagram: @wearerewrittenFacebook: @wearerewrittenWebsite: www.rewrittenbeauty.com INSTITUTE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL NUTRITIONInstagram: @transformationalnutritionFacebook: @transformationalnutritionWebsite: www.transformationalnutrition.com #skincareover40 #perimenopause #antiaging #skincarefounder #womenover40 #hotaf #rewrittenbeauty #selfmade #idliketothankmyself #lookinggodat48

    14 min
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We thank everyone else for our success... friends, team, mentors. But when’s the last time you thanked the only person who actually dragged you through hell and back? YourSELF. This show is my love letter to the version of you who doesn’t get enough credit. The you who kept going when it would’ve been easier to quit. I’m pulling back the curtain on what it actually looks like to be 48, building a skincare company, navigating perimenopause, raising a teenager, and refusing to become invisible. The stuff nobody talks about after 40. And how I’m rewriting all of it. Sometimes it’s just me. Sometimes it’s founders, creatives, and icons who’ve rewritten everything too. Always, it’s the raw truth. Nothing filtered. Nothing softened. Nothing for show. Just the truth... and a drink. Every episode ends the same way: we raise a glass and say the thing most people are too humble to admit: I’d like to thank mySELF.

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    Cynthia Garcia
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  • Episodes
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    Explicit
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