One of the things you may discover in midlife is that you’ve spent a lot of time becoming someone you think you should be, rather than becoming your essential self. This journey isn’t unique to you or even unique to our time. Indeed, it’s part of a normal developmental cycle of redefining ourselves and finding…
You can only control what you can control — and sometimes it doesn’t feel like very much at all. We can’t control pandemics, riots, or elections. We have no power over how other people behave nor of a myriad of changes that impact us. But when change strikes fast and hard, have you ever found…
I recently reconnected with a friend I knew best when I was ages 8-13, and this experience reminds me that reconnecting with childhood friends in midlife can have unexpected benefits. While not everyone had an altogether happy childhood, most everyone recalls at least one childhood friend with fond memories. Some of us are lucky and…