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It is nice that you like being an aunt , but if you lose your healthy child bearing years , you may regret it in th the future. Your lfe , live how you want. just a suggestion. not trying to be mean.
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@@GaneshPalraj1991every woman is more than aware of their childbearing abilities through time and it’s never necessary for a stranger to remind them. Just saying!
Not saying you do or that you should show everything about yourself/private life online but I appreciate how real you are and not tryna pretend to be something you aren’t. Respect
I didn't know you were thirty, I always thought you were early 20s! But as great and amazing as having a family is , not everyone can build a business from the ground up. You've achieved so much more than most people your age are even capable of imagining. Don't ever let that pressure get to you. Love your content!
I was 30 when I got pregnant. At 32 I ve been a mum of 2, done & dusted! Was I ready or pressured? I think I was more pressured than ready! Do I regret it? I am grateful for the chance to experience motherhood,but I wish I had taken my time to be sure that I wanted it as badly as I was pressured to do so! So, please, stay true to yourself and do what you want when you are prepared for it!!! Seeing several mums, who screams the shop down because their kids are not listening, it isn't looking like a happy motherhood or a childhood! You are a role model for many! I'm grateful to be able to know through your Chanel!!!❤ Love to you
I really liked that statement too, but I thing you can also get advice from people that live or have a part of your dream life, without having you’re hole dream live, because only you can really live you’re dream life in every part. I think it’s important to take advices from different people to complete the idea of you’re dream, without just copy another person. I’m sorry if my english is quite difficult to read, I’m from Germany and still practice.
From 30-40, the pressure is real for the get married and have kids expectation…I say live YOUR dream and make your own way! You’re so successful already and you aren’t even close to being finished! I love to have my freedom for exercise, for travel, for time with my loved ones…don’t let the world push you into anything you don’t feel passionate about already is my advice! Not that you need it! You are slaying! Keep it up! ❤❤❤
Well, for obvious reasons women aren’t pressured in their 20’s, but once we hit 30, we have about ten years or so (give or take) to be able to HAVE babies, unlike men, who have much more time to do so. It’s just an unspoken-and often spoken-expectation that many people put on women when we hit a certain time in our lives. People will even say, don’t you like kids??? Don’t you want the miracle of children in your life? Are you just selfish? But like Sophie says, “not my problem.” That’s all. Most women from this age range will confirm that.
By having the courage to share where you’re at, and that you’re happy with your life right now just as it is, you’re helping take some of that pressure off other women - because you’re showing that a fulfilled life can look different for different women, and it doesn’t necessarily have to involve motherhood. ❤ Thanks for being that voice
To each their own. As long as you're content with what you're doing in life, that's all that matters. Everything is not for everybody. Really enjoy watching your content. 💜
I also had a birthday two weeks ago, and now I am 30 years old as you are. I am living abroad doing what I love. I feel great when I look back and try to figure out every critical decision in my life, and I regret nothing. Everything has a time, and waiting for the right moment when you actually feel it is essential. Doing something just because other people do is not a guarantee of happiness. Because of you, I started taking care of what I was eating, which helped me get into my dream shape. Thank you! :)
I’m 28 and my goals are to be more like you physically. My physical best. You look like you’re in your early 20s not 30. Your career is important to you right now. There will always be opportunities to find love when you’re ready. I went to college and started my career and now I’m engaged getting ready to settle down. My next goal is taking care of my physical health. Unfortunately my career choice didn’t allow me time to stay fit lol. Way too much studying and 12 hour shifts. It’s still difficult with 12 hour shifts. I’m exhausted after and can’t drag myself to the gym. After my shifts for the week I need a two day recovery time. But I’m working on it. Your videos help me. Keep doing you lady! 😊
Also turned 30 last year and agree with the pressure you feel to do what everyone around you is doing. It's so hard not to make comparisons when all of your friends are getting married and having children, or buying houses! We lost two years of our 20's during covid so I'm trying to just enjoy being content doing the things we missed doing when we were stuck inside. Having the ability to sit and binge Netflix with no one distracting you is a plus too. ✌
Being married and having kids isn't for everyone. And also being in a romantic relationship can also be not for everyone as well. Societal norms can be a poison if that norm doesn't vibe with you. Go with your own flow. Not the one that people unconciously push on you but the one that's within. After a while, you'll be impervious to what others do as you'll be more focused on yourself and be at peace 👍
Don’t stress, 30 you are still a baby. I was career focused and convinced I would be the cool single auntie forever. Play with the kids then give them back 😅 well fast forward to 34 I met my now husband and now at 37 my daughter is 2 1/2 years old. Love my life now but also miss my single career days…just enjoy the chapter of life that you are in!
I turned 40 on the 30th of Jan. You inspire me to push and take everything I do to the next level. I will always be forever grateful for that for it has changed my life so thank you ❤
I was in my mid 30s when I had my first child. (My youngest came the year after 🤭. I wanted 2 before I turned 40). I turned 50 last year and my daughters are in their teens now and for the last couple of years I feel that I have more time taking care of myself. I've been working out on gyms since my early 20s. More family focus and less workout during the years when the kids were little. Nowadays my oldest daughter sometimes joins me at the gym. I want to point out that we waited to have kids until we felt ready for it. Other's opinions on the matter are not worth listening to. It's your business, not theirs. And some people choose not to have children. That's ok too!! If you feel happy with your life right now, that's exactly how it should be! ♥️
Hi Sophie, yes I'm a man and I totally do different workouts but I enjoy listening to your experience and attitude which gives me kind of support during my exercises. I like you always have a plan and focus, nobody should try to convince you to do it different, please not you are doing so well.
Funny enough, I’m 33 and a mom of four 😅 I love how my life has gone but (1) think pressuring anyone to live a certain way or at a certain pace is unhelpful and lame and (2) find your content SO helpful as I try to be the best and healthiest me for myself and my kiddos. So keep doing you! You inspire so many. 🩷
I am at this age where I don’t watch lifestyle blogs anymore (im 25😅) but you are the only one who I still watch, your videos are so calming and relaxing and your voice sounds like asmr so i like listening to your videos after workout or before bedtime🫶🏽
I am in my mid thirties, married and I have a child and guess what I am not always happy. Doing what everybody is apparently supposed to do is not a guarantee for endless happiness. Doing what you love, whatever that is, that's what will make you happy.
I didn’t have my first kid until I was 35. Don’t let others put pressure on you. When you start feeling like you need to “settle down” your life becomes work/mundane. Go with the flow and do what makes you happy firs for as long as you can. Kids/family take all of that freedom you have now. In a good way but with more stress.
@@coconuthead0417 What is your problem??? You must have some ego to believe that everyone has to feel and be the same as you or they’re “wrong.” YOU are the problem she’s talking about. High risk, life dreams, or none of it at all, it’s all our own choice. Sounds like you may regret your choices to be so defensive about something that has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with you… You have no right or basis to say what is good or bad advice for anyone here, and I would absolutely despise being your child.
One- I thought you were 23 so you’re killing it lol. Two- I’m 30 and I feel the pressure hard, but then I remember how far I’ve come. Life isn’t meant to be a check list so keep doing what you love ❤
Wat je zegt is heel herkenbaar. Ik wordt dit jaar ook 30 en voel ook veel druk! Ik ben zo blij dat er iemand is die van dezelfde leeftijd is als mij en zo geniet van fitness als ik. Je video's zijn altijd geweldig en echt een inspiratie! ❤
I have never left a comment on any RUclips video, but i just have to say your channel is literally the best thing ever. You have so much amazing knowledge which as a newly qualified PT i am so grateful to learn from. You have a lovely calming nature about you and there's a real authenticity about you too where i really feel i can trust what you say. I have followed your instagram for years but have never come across your channel... I am so glad i did, and am literally obsessed now haha! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, life and advice with us, such an inspiration :)
Love this! Just to give some advance when you use rice paper for spring rolls, you don’t need to soak it in the water . Just dip it in lukewarm water for a few seconds and make sure its fully covered and take it out and it will soften on its on. As you put your ingredients in it. I’m viet so we make spring rolls very often!! 🤍🤍
Don’t listen to people who make you feel pressured. Life unfolds at different times for everyone! You are crushing it and YOU know what YOU want out of your life. I am proud of you for pushing for your dreams
I feel you completely about the pressure. I’m turning 26 in April. My little sister is pregnant with a surprise baby and her and her man whom have been dating for 6 months or so are planning to sign a marriage contract. Whereas my man and I have been together for 2.5 years and we live together. My dad has mentioned and ask multiple times why we won’t tie the knot or plan to have kids until our 30s. He keeps saying the older you get the higher the risk of the kids having problems. I told him I’ve wanted a solid financial foundation not just for myself but for my partner since I was very young. I would like to be in a good mindset to have a family and be as present with them as I can because I felt my parents were distant with us kids until they got in a better financial place. I’m currently back in school for nursing. I’ve seen my parents have kids and get married young and now my sister is going through it. My man’s parents and older brother went through the same thing. I am very happy for both of our families as long as they’re happy. Jacob and I just want to have some time to work on our career, focus on each other and our current family and friends and have fun together. My Aunt is in her early 40s, divorced her husband for cheating after being together for a decade and she doesn’t have a set career right now and she is having the time of her life while taking care of my grandmother. She’d complain to me when she was dating and having fun because my parents and her sisters were judging her. Anywho, I give you props lady. You do you as with everyone else reading these comments. Life doesn’t always go as planned so it’s good to live life the way YOUD love.
I'm in my 30s. All my friends are married or have kids or are trying to have kids. All I care about is making money (I'm a lawyer) and going to the gym. I love your workouts. I'm so happy to have found you.
I am turning 32 in a couple of weeks. And, the people pressure for me to start having kids and getting married is insane because im single lets start there 😂 but they don't know that. But, im a graceful person generally in life, so i don't get bothered by what people want or don't want for me. I just listen and keep focusing on my career also. Although i do want that life some day, but yoh, it is not here yet, so it is an opportunity to stay focused more on my IT career while keeping fit and staying mentally healthy ❤
I relate to this so much. I’m turning 29 in a few months and it feels like even though friends and family are well-intentioned, they have very strong opinions on where I should be in my life.
Welcome back!! This series sounds like it’s going to be so fun and helpful, and your editing is constantly improving girl! Love your videos as always Sophie, missed seeing you and these longer videos and your vlogs. You are a big inspiration to me and many other women, so proud of you! Thank you and keep going💕🫶🏻
I love your vids ❤ I’m turning 25 this year and my focus is on my physical and mental health, travel more and most importantly becoming financially stable. Having a husband or a partner is nice and I look forward to the day I find my person but for now I need to work on myself 💕
I’m 30 too and I have an almost 3 month old daughter and I do all of her care myself, she’s ferocious! But I manage to get my hour a day work out in & plan my meals ahead. I was your shape prior to being pregnant, I’ve dropped almost all my pregnancy weight (I gained 30lbs!) and I’m feeling good.
I so appreciate you sharing your entire warmup. I see now that I wasn't warming up entirely. I think society has basic expectations of members to follow a basic life path and although choosing another path could be welcomed, society has another expectation to not directly ask if someone is planning to follow the beaten path lol. I'm single and turned 30 in December and I'm moving closer to nieces and nephews this year so I can be a better aunt! Hahaha. I'm so thrilled and fullfilled with my role. Though in my circles, I've always been very vocal about not wanting kids so I don't notice any pressure personally
You’re leaving a great impact for a big part of society and many young girls, so basically you are already like a mom, some of us never had! 😅Don’t let yourself get stressed by anything or anyone, as we can tell you are thriving in what you do, why interrupt it to make anyone else happy (if even) ❤ greetings from Germany
So happy to see you again vloging! I was soooo waiting for this 🔥🙌🏽 I follow you since you begining and it was so weird cause i really miss you! Please don’t wait another 6months to post a real vlog again 🥰💋
I am 31 and a mom since 29. I love it but i am really living another life now. Currently working on going to the gym for 1 hour a few days a week, when its possible. I completely now, that this is not for everyone. Maybe half of my girlfriends don't want to have children at all and that is completely ok and the right desicion for them because no one has to live your life but you ❤
Missed you on here!! Great video! You’re right about feeling pressured in life, I’m 35 no kids and some people are like why don’t you have kids and etc and it’s like maybe we are happy without kids and enjoying our life lol…I’m also an Aunt🥰🥰🥰🫶
same!!! and I know it’s probably the biggest blessing in life but I know it’s also the biggest commitment and I already have mom guilt when it comes to my dog. idk!!
The really edited, yes, but I understand what you mean. Remember, it's all a carefully crafted production, edited to perfection in order to convey a lifestyle that isn't attainable. You can develop the behaviors, however.
Love love love your vlogs, just watching your wonderful personality and grate advice. And your editing is astounding, and your sound effects and moody lighting in the kitchen gives me ASMR
I can completely relate to outside pressure. At 27, there seems to be a timer on my head of what I should be doing in my life by when but I have other goals and focuses as of right now✨
As a fellow fitness and jiujitsu girlie I would absoluuuteely love it if you talked about how you mix the two in your workout split and how you manage your food intake when training jiujitsu!!
I love your vlogs, I am from Russia and I’ve just turned 36 😝 And I love doing my work, I’ve always under pressure about that stuff “ you have to find your husband and have a child”, but I do agree with your thoughts. Never listen people who don’t live your dream life
Positive energy and comfort + the importance of maintaining a wonderful body. Very good luck ❤.+Thank you for the Arabic translation. You have Arab followers ✨.
Can totally relate, thanks for sharing. ❤ Turning 30 soon. Love your videos and workout channel! I do your workouts every day! And lol about plateau-ing-same. 😂
I just found you last week and started the day before yesterday. I was just eating when you went live. I hurried with the food and then got in at about 12 minutes 💪
turning 30 in a few months and yes, have the same friends around which I love as well as their little families but the outside pressure is there, even more from family 😅 one can’t escape this
Congrats on 30 and becoming an ambassador! Didn’t realize we were the same age 🙌 Something I’d love to see from Women’s Best is a seamless maternity legging (not to feed into the topic you were mentioning at the beginning 😅), or a legging that’s squat-proof but had good stretch on the waist. Thanks, girl!
I hope to see more of these videos! 🥰💖💖💖 I started to workout recently and you're so inspiring. Also been following you on instagram. By the way, marriage and children are choices you make when you feel ready and when you feel like it's time to do it; I think that the most important thing in the world is staying faithful to ourselves and feeling good with ourselves, and when you meet someone whom you start a relationship with and who is aligned with your idea of future, these two things come spontaneously. Be happy with yourself, focus on your job and on whatever makes you feel alive. ❤
A silly trainer told me to put my elbows at the same level of my ears. Now I know why I never felt ok in that position when doing the shoulders press. Sophia, thanks, that wasuseful.
I love what you said! "Follow the advice of someone who's living your dream life" that says it all! Really! Why would we do what someone with different goals from us is pressing us to do?!?!?! Why? Why? Why? 😆
Beautiful Sophie 💕I’ve been watching you for a long while and appreciate your honesty. I’m mid 30’s and attempted to do career at the same time as building a family - worked for a bit, but bandwidth is finite and priorities shift with life experiences! I’m now on baby #4 and mostly at home with them. I’m watching all my career-focused friends begin to dip their toes in settling down & building a family. Some have a really easy time with it (specifically referring to making babies later in life) but MANY are struggling with infertility and it’s heartbreaking. I wish there was a way to share with younger women in a way that comes across loving that…. Our reproductive system has an end time. What do you think? You’re a smart gal!
I also turned 30 this year and my perspective has also been to focus on my health and finish my studies to apply for my masters. i don't see myself having kids and really prefer to focus on myself and my goals. you're so inspiring, i didn't know we had the same age, i feel like a lot of the fitness people i follow are all in their early 20's and it just doesn't resonate with me as much. thank you for this new series i love it
Don’t believe others trying to pressure you into things, they don’t live your life - you do. We live for ourselves and not others. Everyone’s dreams and desires are different and there’s no such thing as yours not being acceptable because they don’t fit into the expectations other generations or peers have of you. The people we lose during this process are the ones that are probably not meant to be with us anyway. Trust yourself ❤
I’m obsessed with your burgundy beauty blender and I cannot find it for the life of me, all of your makeup is so pretty and aesthetic please tell us where everything is from
Ik vond deze video echt heel fijn, puur, en gevarieerd om naar te kijken. Ik vind de kleine tips die je geeft echt heel fijn in de gym en leuk dat je je recepten deelt. Keep on going 🫶🏻💕
Making that pasta bake for my 3-year-old tonight 🥰 Looks great with burrata. I might grab some sausage but if I can’t find lean ones I’ll just make turkey patties and crumble them in
Same here! 35 with no kids yet.. I hate it when people around me put that pressure on me. Feels like I am doing something wrong or I am an outcast never considering shit that you may have gone through. Pursuing things like financial independence, better life quality and job satisfaction should not be forgotten because they take time and occupy a significant part of the adult life. The challenge comes when the biological clock starts ticking 😂
I would love to have lady nails like yours! What type do you like? I worry about the toxicity getting into my bloodstream from regular salon glues and nail paints. 💅
I feel this 100%. 29, passionate about my career, kids and marriage seems so far away (if ever) at this stage and I struggle with relating to all my friends having babies even though I do love babies, it’s just not my reality at this stage
I've learned that when people made snarky/jokey comments about how I was still traveling, not settling down, not having kids, etc. It was because they weren't happy with their life. If you're happy with where you are and what you're doing, you're not focusing on how others are living.
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Love your videos!! I have been doing this before bed and was curious if you stretch before bed??
It is nice that you like being an aunt , but if you lose your healthy child bearing years , you may regret it in th the future.
Your lfe , live how you want.
just a suggestion. not trying to be mean.
I just got your app ❤❤❤❤❤currently on the free trial but im definitely
Continuing after that its so isolating doing my health and wellness
Journey when not too many of my friends or family are into it so now that i get
To tap into this new community i feel like i have a built in set of cheerleaders to help uplift and inspire me ❤🙏you are truly amazing how you sharing yourself
With us here makes such a difference!! Bless u❤
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@@GaneshPalraj1991every woman is more than aware of their childbearing abilities through time and it’s never necessary for a stranger to remind them. Just saying!
Not saying you do or that you should show everything about yourself/private life online but I appreciate how real you are and not tryna pretend to be something you aren’t. Respect
I didn't know you were thirty, I always thought you were early 20s! But as great and amazing as having a family is , not everyone can build a business from the ground up. You've achieved so much more than most people your age are even capable of imagining. Don't ever let that pressure get to you. Love your content!
I was 30 when I got pregnant. At 32 I ve been a mum of 2, done & dusted! Was I ready or pressured? I think I was more pressured than ready! Do I regret it? I am grateful for the chance to experience motherhood,but I wish I had taken my time to be sure that I wanted it as badly as I was pressured to do so! So, please, stay true to yourself and do what you want when you are prepared for it!!! Seeing several mums, who screams the shop down because their kids are not listening, it isn't looking like a happy motherhood or a childhood!
You are a role model for many! I'm grateful to be able to know through your Chanel!!!❤ Love to you
“Don’t take advice from someone that isn’t living your dream life”
I needed that! Thank you so much 🤍
I really liked that statement too, but I thing you can also get advice from people that live or have a part of your dream life, without having you’re hole dream live, because only you can really live you’re dream life in every part. I think it’s important to take advices from different people to complete the idea of you’re dream, without just copy another person. I’m sorry if my english is quite difficult to read, I’m from Germany and still practice.
@@JonySeverinyou hit the nail
From 30-40, the pressure is real for the get married and have kids expectation…I say live YOUR dream and make your own way! You’re so successful already and you aren’t even close to being finished! I love to have my freedom for exercise, for travel, for time with my loved ones…don’t let the world push you into anything you don’t feel passionate about already is my advice! Not that you need it! You are slaying! Keep it up! ❤❤❤
Women gives the worst advice of this sort.
@@djshadowpainIt's excellent advice, actually.
@@djshadowpainbut they are the ones who can mostly actually relate ? Don’t get your point …
Well, for obvious reasons women aren’t pressured in their 20’s, but once we hit 30, we have about ten years or so (give or take) to be able to HAVE babies, unlike men, who have much more time to do so. It’s just an unspoken-and often spoken-expectation that many people put on women when we hit a certain time in our lives. People will even say, don’t you like kids??? Don’t you want the miracle of children in your life? Are you just selfish? But like Sophie says, “not my problem.” That’s all. Most women from this age range will confirm that.
@@jenniferpersinger4020 Also, women can and do have babies past 40.
By having the courage to share where you’re at, and that you’re happy with your life right now just as it is, you’re helping take some of that pressure off other women - because you’re showing that a fulfilled life can look different for different women, and it doesn’t necessarily have to involve motherhood. ❤ Thanks for being that voice
To each their own. As long as you're content with what you're doing in life, that's all that matters. Everything is not for everybody. Really enjoy watching your content. 💜
I also had a birthday two weeks ago, and now I am 30 years old as you are. I am living abroad doing what I love. I feel great when I look back and try to figure out every critical decision in my life, and I regret nothing. Everything has a time, and waiting for the right moment when you actually feel it is essential. Doing something just because other people do is not a guarantee of happiness. Because of you, I started taking care of what I was eating, which helped me get into my dream shape. Thank you! :)
How to live abroad?
omg this video is next level! it's really noticeable that you're putting even more effort into the quality and aesthetics and it is awesome
aw thank u🥺😭 love that you noticed it, it took forever to film haha
I’m 28 and my goals are to be more like you physically. My physical best.
You look like you’re in your early 20s not 30.
Your career is important to you right now. There will always be opportunities to find love when you’re ready. I went to college and started my career and now I’m engaged getting ready to settle down.
My next goal is taking care of my physical health.
Unfortunately my career choice didn’t allow me time to stay fit lol. Way too much studying and 12 hour shifts. It’s still difficult with 12 hour shifts. I’m exhausted after and can’t drag myself to the gym. After my shifts for the week I need a two day recovery time.
But I’m working on it. Your videos help me. Keep doing you lady! 😊
Also turned 30 last year and agree with the pressure you feel to do what everyone around you is doing. It's so hard not to make comparisons when all of your friends are getting married and having children, or buying houses! We lost two years of our 20's during covid so I'm trying to just enjoy being content doing the things we missed doing when we were stuck inside. Having the ability to sit and binge Netflix with no one distracting you is a plus too. ✌
Being married and having kids isn't for everyone. And also being in a romantic relationship can also be not for everyone as well. Societal norms can be a poison if that norm doesn't vibe with you. Go with your own flow. Not the one that people unconciously push on you but the one that's within. After a while, you'll be impervious to what others do as you'll be more focused on yourself and be at peace 👍
Don’t stress, 30 you are still a baby. I was career focused and convinced I would be the cool single auntie forever. Play with the kids then give them back 😅 well fast forward to 34 I met my now husband and now at 37 my daughter is 2 1/2 years old. Love my life now but also miss my single career days…just enjoy the chapter of life that you are in!
Wise words! The only problem I see is the pressure of time for women. Every year goes by and the clock is ticking.
I turned 40 on the 30th of Jan. You inspire me to push and take everything I do to the next level. I will always be forever grateful for that for it has changed my life so thank you ❤
I was in my mid 30s when I had my first child. (My youngest came the year after 🤭. I wanted 2 before I turned 40). I turned 50 last year and my daughters are in their teens now and for the last couple of years I feel that I have more time taking care of myself. I've been working out on gyms since my early 20s. More family focus and less workout during the years when the kids were little. Nowadays my oldest daughter sometimes joins me at the gym.
I want to point out that we waited to have kids until we felt ready for it. Other's opinions on the matter are not worth listening to. It's your business, not theirs. And some people choose not to have children. That's ok too!!
If you feel happy with your life right now, that's exactly how it should be! ♥️
Hi Sophie, yes I'm a man and I totally do different workouts but I enjoy listening to your experience and attitude which gives me kind of support during my exercises. I like you always have a plan and focus, nobody should try to convince you to do it different, please not you are doing so well.
Funny enough, I’m 33 and a mom of four 😅 I love how my life has gone but (1) think pressuring anyone to live a certain way or at a certain pace is unhelpful and lame and (2) find your content SO helpful as I try to be the best and healthiest me for myself and my kiddos. So keep doing you! You inspire so many. 🩷
I am at this age where I don’t watch lifestyle blogs anymore (im 25😅) but you are the only one who I still watch, your videos are so calming and relaxing and your voice sounds like asmr so i like listening to your videos after workout or before bedtime🫶🏽
I’ve fallen in love with your videos. The aesthetic. The voice. The routines. The EVERYTHING.
I am in my mid thirties, married and I have a child and guess what I am not always happy. Doing what everybody is apparently supposed to do is not a guarantee for endless happiness. Doing what you love, whatever that is, that's what will make you happy.
I didn’t have my first kid until I was 35. Don’t let others put pressure on you. When you start feeling like you need to “settle down” your life becomes work/mundane. Go with the flow and do what makes you happy firs for as long as you can. Kids/family take all of that freedom you have now. In a good way but with more stress.
@@coconuthead0417 What is your problem??? You must have some ego to believe that everyone has to feel and be the same as you or they’re “wrong.” YOU are the problem she’s talking about. High risk, life dreams, or none of it at all, it’s all our own choice. Sounds like you may regret your choices to be so defensive about something that has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with you… You have no right or basis to say what is good or bad advice for anyone here, and I would absolutely despise being your child.
One- I thought you were 23 so you’re killing it lol. Two- I’m 30 and I feel the pressure hard, but then I remember how far I’ve come. Life isn’t meant to be a check list so keep doing what you love ❤
Wat je zegt is heel herkenbaar. Ik wordt dit jaar ook 30 en voel ook veel druk! Ik ben zo blij dat er iemand is die van dezelfde leeftijd is als mij en zo geniet van fitness als ik. Je video's zijn altijd geweldig en echt een inspiratie! ❤
Welcome Back Thanks Sophie For This Awesome Video!
I have never left a comment on any RUclips video, but i just have to say your channel is literally the best thing ever. You have so much amazing knowledge which as a newly qualified PT i am so grateful to learn from. You have a lovely calming nature about you and there's a real authenticity about you too where i really feel i can trust what you say. I have followed your instagram for years but have never come across your channel... I am so glad i did, and am literally obsessed now haha! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, life and advice with us, such an inspiration :)
Love this! Just to give some advance when you use rice paper for spring rolls, you don’t need to soak it in the water . Just dip it in lukewarm water for a few seconds and make sure its fully covered and take it out and it will soften on its on. As you put your ingredients in it. I’m viet so we make spring rolls very often!! 🤍🤍
Don’t listen to people who make you feel pressured. Life unfolds at different times for everyone! You are crushing it and YOU know what YOU want out of your life. I am proud of you for pushing for your dreams
I feel this
I feel you completely about the pressure. I’m turning 26 in April. My little sister is pregnant with a surprise baby and her and her man whom have been dating for 6 months or so are planning to sign a marriage contract. Whereas my man and I have been together for 2.5 years and we live together. My dad has mentioned and ask multiple times why we won’t tie the knot or plan to have kids until our 30s. He keeps saying the older you get the higher the risk of the kids having problems. I told him I’ve wanted a solid financial foundation not just for myself but for my partner since I was very young. I would like to be in a good mindset to have a family and be as present with them as I can because I felt my parents were distant with us kids until they got in a better financial place. I’m currently back in school for nursing. I’ve seen my parents have kids and get married young and now my sister is going through it. My man’s parents and older brother went through the same thing. I am very happy for both of our families as long as they’re happy. Jacob and I just want to have some time to work on our career, focus on each other and our current family and friends and have fun together.
My Aunt is in her early 40s, divorced her husband for cheating after being together for a decade and she doesn’t have a set career right now and she is having the time of her life while taking care of my grandmother. She’d complain to me when she was dating and having fun because my parents and her sisters were judging her.
Anywho, I give you props lady. You do you as with everyone else reading these comments. Life doesn’t always go as planned so it’s good to live life the way YOUD love.
I appreciate how raw and real you are!!!
I'm in my 30s. All my friends are married or have kids or are trying to have kids. All I care about is making money (I'm a lawyer) and going to the gym. I love your workouts. I'm so happy to have found you.
Your whole demeanor is so calming and videos are so real and helpful. Love your content!
I am turning 32 in a couple of weeks. And, the people pressure for me to start having kids and getting married is insane because im single lets start there 😂 but they don't know that.
But, im a graceful person generally in life, so i don't get bothered by what people want or don't want for me. I just listen and keep focusing on my career also.
Although i do want that life some day, but yoh, it is not here yet, so it is an opportunity to stay focused more on my IT career while keeping fit and staying mentally healthy ❤
I relate to this so much. I’m turning 29 in a few months and it feels like even though friends and family are well-intentioned, they have very strong opinions on where I should be in my life.
I literally audibly gasped when you said you were 30 because you look like you are 21-23 😭😭 I’m also happy to see you posting again!
Welcome back!! This series sounds like it’s going to be so fun and helpful, and your editing is constantly improving girl! Love your videos as always Sophie, missed seeing you and these longer videos and your vlogs. You are a big inspiration to me and many other women, so proud of you! Thank you and keep going💕🫶🏻
I wasn't ready for the 4 day pizza😂 you do you!!!! That pressure from whoever else doesn't mean shit. You're killing it, keep going for yourself !
Me neither 🤭🤭
I love your vids ❤ I’m turning 25 this year and my focus is on my physical and mental health, travel more and most importantly becoming financially stable. Having a husband or a partner is nice and I look forward to the day I find my person but for now I need to work on myself 💕
I’m 30 too and I have an almost 3 month old daughter and I do all of her care myself, she’s ferocious! But I manage to get my hour a day work out in & plan my meals ahead. I was your shape prior to being pregnant, I’ve dropped almost all my pregnancy weight (I gained 30lbs!) and I’m feeling good.
I so appreciate you sharing your entire warmup. I see now that I wasn't warming up entirely. I think society has basic expectations of members to follow a basic life path and although choosing another path could be welcomed, society has another expectation to not directly ask if someone is planning to follow the beaten path lol. I'm single and turned 30 in December and I'm moving closer to nieces and nephews this year so I can be a better aunt! Hahaha. I'm so thrilled and fullfilled with my role. Though in my circles, I've always been very vocal about not wanting kids so I don't notice any pressure personally
So esthetically pleasing! Great job!
aesthetically??
You’re leaving a great impact for a big part of society and many young girls, so basically you are already like a mom, some of us never had! 😅Don’t let yourself get stressed by anything or anyone, as we can tell you are thriving in what you do, why interrupt it to make anyone else happy (if even) ❤ greetings from Germany
I love being an Aunt too. As I watch this I’m with my youngest nephew hanging out actually.
You are an inspiration
Alfalfa sprouts!! Happy Belated ❤🎉
So happy to see you again vloging! I was soooo waiting for this 🔥🙌🏽 I follow you since you begining and it was so weird cause i really miss you! Please don’t wait another 6months to post a real vlog again 🥰💋
Had the shittest day but seeing this video go up has genuinely made my day. Your videos are the best 🫶🏼
I am 31 and a mom since 29. I love it but i am really living another life now. Currently working on going to the gym for 1 hour a few days a week, when its possible. I completely now, that this is not for everyone. Maybe half of my girlfriends don't want to have children at all and that is completely ok and the right desicion for them because no one has to live your life but you ❤
Missed you on RUclips!! Loved this and can't wait to see your next ❤
Love all of your helpful tips while training!
I love that you explain the workouts and give useful tips!
The quality of this video is seriously impressive 😍
i dont know why, but u feel like a big sister
Missed you on here!! Great video! You’re right about feeling pressured in life, I’m 35 no kids and some people are like why don’t you have kids and etc and it’s like maybe we are happy without kids and enjoying our life lol…I’m also an Aunt🥰🥰🥰🫶
same!!! and I know it’s probably the biggest blessing in life but I know it’s also the biggest commitment and I already have mom guilt when it comes to my dog. idk!!
She's one of the few that show you the real💯
The really edited, yes, but I understand what you mean. Remember, it's all a carefully crafted production, edited to perfection in order to convey a lifestyle that isn't attainable. You can develop the behaviors, however.
Love watching your videos. It’s so calming ❤
Love love love your vlogs, just watching your wonderful personality and grate advice. And your editing is astounding, and your sound effects and moody lighting in the kitchen gives me ASMR
I’ve missed your vlogs so much 🥹
This was well worth the wait! We missed your long videos, welcome back!
I can completely relate to outside pressure. At 27, there seems to be a timer on my head of what I should be doing in my life by when but I have other goals and focuses as of right now✨
Don't worry my dear, I'm 31 and we're on the same page, living my dreams (not others') ❤ thank you for your amazing content.
As a fellow fitness and jiujitsu girlie I would absoluuuteely love it if you talked about how you mix the two in your workout split and how you manage your food intake when training jiujitsu!!
love this! thanks for posting..its super inspirational
I love your vlogs, I am from Russia and I’ve just turned 36 😝 And I love doing my work, I’ve always under pressure about that stuff “ you have to find your husband and have a child”, but I do agree with your thoughts. Never listen people who don’t live your dream life
omg i love your voice, your background such a vibe
OMG i love your voice and the way you talk. I just found your Account and love it so much - Thank you ! :-)
I missed your videos! I always learning something with them♥️
Your back is total goals!! Love these vlogs
You are an inspiration! Best of luck to you. Have been missing your lifestyle vlogs.
Looking forward to stepping back into the gym after having my baby in January.
I normally never comment but that editing! Wow 😍
Positive energy and comfort + the importance of maintaining a wonderful body. Very good luck ❤.+Thank you for the Arabic translation. You have Arab followers ✨.
Can totally relate, thanks for sharing. ❤ Turning 30 soon. Love your videos and workout channel! I do your workouts every day! And lol about plateau-ing-same. 😂
hahaha I should have called this series 30s and thriving
@GAINSBYBRAINS hahaha YES! 😂👍
I just found you last week and started the day before yesterday. I was just eating when you went live. I hurried with the food and then got in at about 12 minutes 💪
Thank you Sophie 🤍
I love this vibe so much!!
turning 30 in a few months and yes, have the same friends around which I love as well as their little families but the outside pressure is there, even more from family 😅 one can’t escape this
Welcome Welcome Back Sophie!! and I really really missed your vlogs so so much you are my truly truly inspiration🥹🩷🥹🩷
Congrats on 30 and becoming an ambassador! Didn’t realize we were the same age 🙌
Something I’d love to see from Women’s Best is a seamless maternity legging (not to feed into the topic you were mentioning at the beginning 😅), or a legging that’s squat-proof but had good stretch on the waist.
Thanks, girl!
I hope to see more of these videos! 🥰💖💖💖 I started to workout recently and you're so inspiring. Also been following you on instagram.
By the way, marriage and children are choices you make when you feel ready and when you feel like it's time to do it; I think that the most important thing in the world is staying faithful to ourselves and feeling good with ourselves, and when you meet someone whom you start a relationship with and who is aligned with your idea of future, these two things come spontaneously.
Be happy with yourself, focus on your job and on whatever makes you feel alive. ❤
Your video style is so enjoyable 😊
A silly trainer told me to put my elbows at the same level of my ears. Now I know why I never felt ok in that position when doing the shoulders press. Sophia, thanks, that wasuseful.
I love what you said! "Follow the advice of someone who's living your dream life" that says it all! Really! Why would we do what someone with different goals from us is pressing us to do?!?!?! Why? Why? Why? 😆
Hey Sophie ❤
Do you still drop the free weekly guides, or did that end? 👀🙊
Beautiful Sophie 💕I’ve been watching you for a long while and appreciate your honesty. I’m mid 30’s and attempted to do career at the same time as building a family - worked for a bit, but bandwidth is finite and priorities shift with life experiences! I’m now on baby #4 and mostly at home with them.
I’m watching all my career-focused friends begin to dip their toes in settling down & building a family. Some have a really easy time with it (specifically referring to making babies later in life) but MANY are struggling with infertility and it’s heartbreaking. I wish there was a way to share with younger women in a way that comes across loving that…. Our reproductive system has an end time. What do you think? You’re a smart gal!
yayyy I missed you!!! love these movie aesthetics
Thanks for this amazing gym guide. Do have any suggestions for a free gym workout app?
I also turned 30 this year and my perspective has also been to focus on my health and finish my studies to apply for my masters. i don't see myself having kids and really prefer to focus on myself and my goals. you're so inspiring, i didn't know we had the same age, i feel like a lot of the fitness people i follow are all in their early 20's and it just doesn't resonate with me as much. thank you for this new series i love it
Don’t believe others trying to pressure you into things, they don’t live your life - you do. We live for ourselves and not others. Everyone’s dreams and desires are different and there’s no such thing as yours not being acceptable because they don’t fit into the expectations other generations or peers have of you. The people we lose during this process are the ones that are probably not meant to be with us anyway. Trust yourself ❤
Also what brand of sweatpants do you wear? They look sooo comfy! ❤
I’m obsessed with your burgundy beauty blender and I cannot find it for the life of me, all of your makeup is so pretty and aesthetic please tell us where everything is from
Ik vond deze video echt heel fijn, puur, en gevarieerd om naar te kijken. Ik vind de kleine tips die je geeft echt heel fijn in de gym en leuk dat je je recepten deelt. Keep on going 🫶🏻💕
Making that pasta bake for my 3-year-old tonight 🥰 Looks great with burrata. I might grab some sausage but if I can’t find lean ones I’ll just make turkey patties and crumble them in
glowing and thriving at 30 YOU GO GAL
I love every single video
Same here! 35 with no kids yet.. I hate it when people around me put that pressure on me. Feels like I am doing something wrong or I am an outcast never considering shit that you may have gone through. Pursuing things like financial independence, better life quality and job satisfaction should not be forgotten because they take time and occupy a significant part of the adult life. The challenge comes when the biological clock starts ticking 😂
I would love to have lady nails like yours! What type do you like? I worry about the toxicity getting into my bloodstream from regular salon glues and nail paints. 💅
I feel this 100%. 29, passionate about my career, kids and marriage seems so far away (if ever) at this stage and I struggle with relating to all my friends having babies even though I do love babies, it’s just not my reality at this stage
What you said in the first 44 seconds of this video is so relatable for me right now 😂
Love this vlog so much omggg
I've learned that when people made snarky/jokey comments about how I was still traveling, not settling down, not having kids, etc. It was because they weren't happy with their life. If you're happy with where you are and what you're doing, you're not focusing on how others are living.