People try to give help to those they love who are struggling with midlife issues; but some kinds of help for midlife issues are really, really, stomach-churningly BAD. Here are 4 of the WORST things to say to someone working their way through midlife transition.
We tend to quickly assume that loneliness and isolation are issues of importance for the elderly; however, the evidence strongly suggests that other age groups experience it as well. The fact of loneliness is very prominent in individuals' lives, and takes on a certain unique…
To have compassion for oneself during midlife transition can sometimes feel like a tall order. Often, midlife transition can be a time when the inner critic shifts into high gear, and it can be all too easy to find oneself deeply caught up in self-reproach,…
Many people on the midlife journey can relate to that "escape button" feeling. Help for midlife issues often consists of enabling individuals to find ways to deal with just that state of mind.
As we journey through the second half of life the questions around what is fundamentally meaningful in life become more and more important, as do questions around truthfulness and authenticity. Nowhere are these concerns more powerfully alive for us than in the context of the…
Teen years and midlife years initially look so different. But there are two things that they have in common: 1) the individual is often undergoing tremendous life changes during these two periods; and, 2) individuals often have to find a whole new way to move…
Often, we see people around us become more and more entrenched in set opinions and ways of doing things as they age. We often readily spot this lack of open-ness in others. But is it a danger that we need to be aware of in…
In midlife, often the values and activities that have been meaningful for us to that point, start to die or change. Could good or life-giving things ultimately come from this transformation?
Midlife transition for the professional may not appear in a form that fits the stereotypical image of the "mid-life crisis." There may be no red sports cars, no decision to go climb Everest, nor any lost weekends in Vegas (although sometimes these things do occur).…
Individuals today experience a great deal of demand on their strength, time and resources, and the late midlife transition period is often a time when the stress level is particularly great. What is it to live? For many of us, even in later adulthood, this…