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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.
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?”
Welcome Second Spring
Instinctively, I found myself looking for examples of women ages 50+ who were cutting new paths.
Invisibility in Midlife
One out of three women report feelings of invisibility in midlife. This is not surprising. Midlife women are rarely featured in media or advertising, a missed opportunity since the same number also report greater financial freedom.
Midlife Woman: Is This a Mood Swing or Midlife Crisis?
For a midlife woman, mood swings can feel like midlife crisis. But what if strong emotions were instead a doorway to discover what’s missing?
Building and Re-building a Life
I delight when I see different disciplines intersecting along the same subject. The writers I’ve highlighted in this post reach for authentic well-being and happiness in work and life.
The Risk of Dreams
To live authentically, to pursue truly one’s heart’s desire is the bravest act of all.
Finding Joy
Joy shapes us in ways we can’t anticipate. It points us in directions we may not have considered. Joy brings us striking ideas and startling inner direction.
Overcoming Inertia
We are by nature averse to changing our current state. Inertia comes with living on this earth.