Danica Patrick Opens Up About Staying Confident in Her Body at Age 40: ‘Happiness is Beautiful’

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Loving herself first and foremost! Amid a busy schedule and a changing romantic status, Danica Patrick has learned it’s crucial to be confident.“I think that’s always an ongoing thing, but age definitely gives you a lot of perspective,” the former NASCAR racer, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, May 25, while promoting her partnership with Good Foods. “I think that just having a little bit more perspective and being rational is something that can kinda ease your mind but staying body confident is just a lot about knowing yourself and the more you know yourself and know who you are and what you want and what makes you happy.

Happiness is beautiful.”Patrick, who celebrated her milestone birthday earlier this year, further opened up about her self-confidence now that she has reached a new decade in her life.“I think that turning one day older from 39 to 40, I think when you shift decades, I think it makes a difference on that one day,” the Wisconsin native told Us on Wednesday. “I don’t know if the in-betweens really do [matter], but I definitely had that perspective.

I was like, ‘Oh man, OK.’ Like, there’s so many great things in my life, but then I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’m single and I’m 40. I’m not sure what that says about me.’ I had this moment, but then I also was able to observe the fact that I took an amazing vacation with like 10 of my best girlfriends and we had a blast.”The Pretty Intense author announced her split from Carter Comstock in March after one year of dating, since learning to follow her heart and trust her intuition about finding a partner.“I think that’s something that increasingly over time, I’m doing a better job of,” Patrick explained on Wednesday. “So just trust that intuition, look … if