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…
When does middle age begin? Most of us find that middle adulthood sneaks up on us and that we really don’t recognize it at first. In fact, few of us readily admit that we are in midlife or “middle aged.” Our culture favors the young and the strong. And we rarely see getting older as…
How do you know if you’re having a midlife crisis? And is that even “a thing” anymore? I’ve been writing in this middle adulthood space for a while and I’ve found that most women shy away from naming this middle adulthood phase as either midlife or crisis. We don’t want to admit that we’re in…