Mid Life Crisis

Turning 40: Ways Every Woman Can Live In 4-D

Lisa Hickman | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Star Wars, Anna Quindlen, Birthdays, Glamour Magazine, Ephesians, Mid-Life Crisis, Forty, Religion News

When the number forty appears in the Bible, the reader knows a change is about to take place. In Scripture, the number forty marks a moment of transition, transformation and transcendence.

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It's None of Your Business: How to Keep Friends and Your Privacy

Mark Matousek | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Friendship, Promiscuity, Privacy, Happiness, Friends, Sex, Dating, Mindfulness, Friendship Advice, Healthy Living Spirit, Mid-Life Crisis, Gossip, Fifty News

How is it possible for an ordinary, controlling individual to care intensely about his friends without trying to change them? How can we give our treasured advice without feeling attached to its implementation?

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Are You A MAMIL?

www.high50.com | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Cyclists, Nimby, Mamil, Acronyms, Middle Age, Humor, DINKY, Mid-Life, Middle-Aged, Bicycling, Lombard, Cycling, Lycra-Suit, Mid-Life Crisis, Fifty News

If anyone were looking for evidence that in the 21st century we are just as snobbish as ever we have been, then you only have to look at the acronyms ...

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An Older Generation Falls Prey To Anorexia

www.empowher.com | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Calorie Restriction, Women, Middle Age, Anorexic, Anorexia, Extreme-Weight-Loss, Anorexia Nervosa, Health Post50, Eating Disorders, Mid-Life Crisis, Fifty News

Because most people associate eating disorders with adolescent girls, it may surprise them to learn that there are quite a few middle-aged people suff...

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The Key To Avoiding A Midlfe Crisis?

www.dailymail.co.uk | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Women, Friends, Avoiding Midlife Crisis, Best Friends, Midlife, Sanity, Midlife Crisis, Middle-Aged Women, Mid-Life Crisis, Fifty News

Most women treasure the time they spend with their closest girlfriends. And according to new research, it is exactly this that makes women in mid-l...

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Transitions: Why is it So Tough to Get Through Them?

Angella Nazarian | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Endings, Tags: Transition, Personal Growth, Renewal., Women's Growth, Identity, William Bridges, Neutral Zone, New Beginnings, Angella Nazarian, Mid-Life Crisis, Women News

How can it be that I can still feel so close to that person I was then and yet have a child that is literally the age of the girls that I see before me?

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How Are You

Ginna Christensen | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Soulful Living, Finding Your Purpose, David Whyte, Mid-Life Crisis, Impact News

The poet David Whyte once said, "The soul would rather fail at its life than succeed at somebody else's. Below is an image of a woman unsure of ho...

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Why Some People Go Crazy When Their Children Get Married

May Benatar, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Adult Development, Marriage, Marrying Off Children, Mother of the Bride, Adult Children, Mid-Life Crisis, Parents News

This is a moment in which we may feel enormous loss, depression, deflation. We are challenged on so many fronts, but a significant one involves having to face something of which we may not have been aware: the secret plan we never knew we had for these later chapters in our life.

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Men of a Certain Age Combines Insight With Comedy

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Relationship Drama, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Scott Bakula, Tnt, Feminism, Mid-Life Crisis, Andre Braugher, Humanism, Mike Royce, Drama, Ray Romano, Men of a Certain Age, Entertainment News, Jean-Paul Sartre, Comedy, Peabody Award, Entertainment News

From the first episode, I was hooked. Not only did I get psychological moments of revelatory truth in a weekly show, I also got belly laughs that made my sides hurt.

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An American Woman Expat's View on Strauss-Kahn

Vivian Norris | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Italy Berlusconi, Clinton, World Bank, France, Sexual Harassment, Womne, Narcissism, Spitzer, Imf, Strauss Kahn, Expat, Roseanne Barr, Christine Lagarde, Feminism, Mid-Life Crisis, World News

A real man can control himself and a real woman knows her own power does not come from being seductive. But until adults start acting like adults and the Machiavellian nonsense behind the scenes stops, we are going to keep heading in the wrong direction.

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Barack Obama's Midlife Crisis, or 50 Ain't What It Used to Be

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Libya, 2012 Presidential Election, Federal Budget Deficit, 2012 Election, Budget, Economy, President Barack Obama, Mid Life Crisis, Barack Obama, Mid-Life Crisis, Afghanistan War, Aging, Healthy Living News

As Obama navigates the 2012 election, more wars than we'd like to admit, the still-faltering economy and a host of other issues, I sure as hell don't want the him focused on his graying hair or the bags under his eyes.

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WATCH: Can There Be Midlife Without The Crisis?

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Midlife Today, Aging Regrets, Video, Aging, Mid-Life Crisis Myth, Midlife Regrets, Today Show Midlife Crisis, Today Show Midlife, Midlife Crisis Myth, Midlife Crisis, Mid-Life Crisis, Healthy Living News

Middle-aged man abruptly buys a red sportscar, becomes a gym rat and leaves his wife for his receptionist, all in a frenzied attempt to reverse the cl...

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The Midlife Crisis Is A Myth

LiveScience | Robin Nixon | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Midlife Crisis, Midlife Crisis Myth, Mid-Life Crisis Myth, Myth Midlife Crisis, Mid Life Crisis Myth, Midlife Crises, Mid Life Crisis, Mid-Life Crisis, Healthy Living News

By Robin Nixon LiveScience We all nod, acknowledging the inevitable midlife crisis. One made Monica Lewinsky famous, another won an Academy Award for...

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Hot Flashes: Dirty Jasmine

Mimi Schmir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barney's, Cheating, Retail Therapy, Affairs, Mid Life Crisis, Fiction, Divorce News

There's a fine line between love and vomit, in my experience.

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Aging And Happiness: A Lesson From Abraham And Sarah

Lillian Daniel | Posted 05.25.2011

Real happiness lies in our ability to take ourselves, and our own big plans, a little less seriously. So spiritual maturity and laughter go hand in hand.

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The Religious Wisdom That Comes From Middle Age

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mid Life Crisis Women, Middle Age Christian, Christian Wisdom, Mid Life Crisis, Middle Age Wisdom, Mid Life Christian, Middle Age Faith, Religion News

By Cathleen Falsani Religion News Service (RNS) I recently crossed that dreaded threshold into middle age, and it got me thinking about what, if any,...

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Queen for a Lifetime

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Midlife, Mid Life Tips, Mid Life Advice, Aging Crisis, Midlife Crisis, Mid Life Crisis, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

I'd only met the Queen once before. Most of our relationship has taken place via email and telephone.

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5 Reasons To Be Pessimistic About Middle Age

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Middle Age, Mid Age, The Balanced Life, Middle Age Crisis, Coping With Middle Age, Mid Life Crisis, Healthy Living News

As promised, here are five reasons to be pessimistic about middle age.

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5 Reasons to Be Optimistic About Middle Age

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Aging, Middle Age, Middle Aged Recession, Middle Age Boomers, Mid-Life-Dating, Mid Life Crisis, Mid-Life-Crisis-Women, Healthy Living News

While not everything looks rosy when we approach middle age, there are at least a few trends out there that do bode well for those of us hovering at the mid-point of our lives.

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It's Not a Mid-Life Crisis

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Values, Mid-Life Crisis, End of Life, Healthy Living News

If we truly examine middle age introspection, we find that most folks are really dealing not with a "mid-life" crisis, but an "end-of-life" crisis; an appreciation of our own mortality.

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Do You Desire Cougar Town?

David Wygant | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dating Advice, Trophy Wife, David Wygant, Falling in Love, Advice, Mid-Life Crisis, Older Men With Younger Women, Cougar Town, Courtney Cox, Marrying for Money, Attracting Women, Older Women With Younger Men, Sex, Cougar, Tips, Attract Women, Love, Jack Nicholson, Healthy Living News

I was checking out the show Cougar Town the other day. As I was watching it I was thinking to myself, "Women who date younger men are so much cooler than men who date younger women."

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Three Things To Do When You Don't Know What To Do

Paula Forman and Jeff Johnson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Baby Boomers, Mid-Life Crisis, Reinvent, Reinvention, Change, Daily Life, Lifestyle, Routine, Inner Life, Self-Confidence, Self-Improvement, Self-Help, Self-Realization, Healthy Living News

The idea is to open yourself to experiences you have avoided in the past. You will see different things and meet different people and have different things to say.

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My Reinvention Tour

Martha McCully | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Venice California, California, Moving, New York City, Mid-Life Crisis, Healthy Living News

After 26 years, I've pulled loose from the glue trap of New York City to start fresh in Venice, California. I'm trying to change my life.

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Larry Mellon's Inspiring Mid-Life Crisis

Diana Odasso | Posted 05.25.2011

As I reflect on my holiday experience last year and in light of this year's economic and moral climate, I marvel on the ability of a few to change the lives of many.

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When Is It Settling?

Jeannie Ralston | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sell Out, Acceptance, Marriage, Relationships, Henpecked, Husband, Feminism, Settling, Happiness, Marriage Councelling, Feminist, Mid-Life Crisis, Healthy Living News

Many times in my 16-year marriage, I've wondered where the line is between settling and accepting.

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