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,…
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…
Burnout is incredibly common during midlife transition. In fact, there may be a great deal of disillusionment and fatigue connected to living in work and other social roles and in meeting their expectations.
Dealing with shame is one of the most demanding aspects of psychological work, and, in midlife transition, we can often face this struggle most acutely. Often in midlife transition, when people begin to seriously look back at their lives and review them, the experience of…
A good Jungian case studies has great respect for the psychological processes that make up the midlife transition in most people. This is because, for many, much of the course of life and of the value they assign to it will be determined during the…