The archetype of Queen is the first phase of wisdom years in the second half of life.
Author Archives: Lisa
Join the Circle
Join a small group of women who meet online weekly for five weeks, 90 minutes a session—to share, reflect, and dream into the second half of life.
Midlife Comes with a Pause
Midlife comes with a pause, a menopause of recalibration and initiation into what the Chinese call a woman’s second spring.
Still dreaming those big dreams?
Women’s careers, especially for those who’ve raised children, often bloom again in midlife. The dreams resurface, even haunt, when there is more time and space for them.
Midlife Reckoning
Research shows that women’s lowest level of reported happiness is at age 47. For those in perimenopause, the reckoning is often accompanied by changes in sleep and other physical and emotional symptoms.
Midlife Watch List: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The Bengsons, Leanne Morgan & Oprah
Since midlife women are underrepresented in culture, I keep an eye out for programs that speak to us.
How much rest do you need?
What is the right amount of work and rest? How can I be more conscientious about bringing both into the everyday?
What is your nature?
What is your nature? I like questions that come at me sideways, the ones that ask me something in a slightly different way. I’m sure this comes from a lifetime of taking tests, surveys, and personality profiles designed to stratify and organize me. In those situations, I might think too hard before answering, as ifContinue reading “What is your nature?”
Menopause in the News
Research has emerged about benefits of hormone replacement therapy for women’s brain, heart, and bone health–a reversal of 20 years of medical advice.
Midlife Watch List: Corsage
Corsage tells a story about what it feels like for a woman to become an age that society no longer appreciates, and it’s timeless.