Midlife

Five Life Lessons I Learned at a Beach Boys Concert

Patricia Crisafulli | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Creativity, Inspiration, Writing, Midlife, The Beach Boys, Beach Boys Tour, Music, Fifty News, Rock and Roll, Fifty News

At mid-life, our favorite songs compile quite the anthology, from the music that played at our high school prom to the first dance at our wedding.

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'Why Should I Be Happy About Being A Grandmother?!'

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 05.21.2012

Today, for millions of women who are reaching that stage of life, is about more than just vanity. It raises other complicated feelings less common among women from previous generations. For better or for worse, grandmas are just not what they used to be.

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Can You "Grow Up" During Midlife? Here Are Five Ways

Douglas LaBier | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Growing Up, Aging Gracefully, Aging, Midlife Growth, Relationships, Mindfulness, Living With Meaning, Midlife, Meaningful Life, Meditation, Alzheimer's, Meaningful Work, Midlife Changes, Becoming-Fearless, Fifty News

Learning to embrace both the "positive" and "negative" experiences of midlife is the path to growing up into full adulthood. Here are five suggested steps.

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How To Attract The Right Mate After Divorce

Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Relationships, Dating-After-Divorce, Love and Relationships, Dating Advice, Midlife-Divorce, Dating-After-Fifty, Post 50, Relationship Advice, Dating After Divorce With Kids, Life After Divorce, Midlife Dating, Midlife, Dating, Online Dating, Dating Tips, Relationship Tips, Conscious Relationships, Divorce News

List all of the qualities you do desire in yourself and your partner. Enjoy this list of what you desire to have in your life. Read, picture, feel, enjoy, and embody these qualities.

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The Craziest Thing I Did After Divorce

Nancy Wurtzel | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Women, Marriage, Baby Boomers, Relationships, Divorce, Midlife, Revenge, Starting Over, Separation, Divorce News

Divorce brings up all sorts of emotions, and sometimes people find themselves acting a little crazy.

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Did Aging Play A Role In Therapist's Tragic Death?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Homosexuality, Aging, Midlife, Suicide, Gay Community, Baby Boomers, Bob Bergeron, Heather Locklear, Anti-Aging, Demi Moore, Aging Gracefully, Suicide Prevention, Fifty News

Therapist Bob Bergeron, who committed suicide in December, wrote about aging gracefully. But was he was another one of those people hitting 50, who truly felt an underlying dread of what comes next?

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The Secret to Aging Well -- Not Keeping It a Secret!

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 05.28.2012

One thing that continues to surprise me is how some people seem shocked when I admit my age.

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Why Midlife Rocks Your World

Kathy Caprino | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Transition, Women, Midlife Crisis, Kathy Caprino, Life Change, Midlife Career Change, Aging, Midlife, Women in 50s, Fifty News

Realizing that your life is potentially more than half over is a jarring experience, and brings with it a sense of urgency to live more authentically and more joyfully.

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Real Women Take Center Stage

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Merly Streep, Plastic Surgery, Aging, Aging Women, Real Housewives, Botox, Midlife, Adele, Annette Bening, Cosmetic Surgery, Glenn Close, The Oscars, Academy Awards, Vogue Cover, Janet McTeer, Viola Davis, Oscars, Women News

Could it be that Madison Ave and Hollywood are finally getting it right -- that audiences are eager to celebrate real-looking women, rather than plastic, youth-defying ones?

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E. Jean Carroll, Advice Guru, On Love, Dating And Hunting For Primitive Man

Debra Ollivier | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Love Post50, E. Jean Carroll, Tawkify, Dating-in-Midlife, Baby Boomers, E-Jean-Carroll, Elle Magazine Advice Columnist, Midlife, Fifty News

E. Jean Carroll is a love guru: She has the longest currently running advice column in the country (Elle Magazine, 20 years, six million readers). I recently spoke with Carroll about love, her new dating service and why she hunted for primitive man in New Guinea.

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"The Invention Of Middle Age": A Cultural History

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Aging, Patricia Cohen, Middle Age, Midlife, In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age, Midlife Crisis, In Our Prime, Patricia-Cohen-New-York-Times, Fifty News

Middle age is a cultural fiction -- a construct that emerged in the last 150 years through a confluence of factors, including industrialization, moder...

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Lessons Learned From Boiled Frogs

Alison Patton | Posted 03.06.2012

I recently heard the "boiling frog story" for the first time. It goes like this: a frog will jump out if placed in a pan of boiling water, but if submerged in cold water that is heated very slowly, the frog won't jump out and will actually allow itself to be cooked to death.

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Is Your Midlife Just "A Long Slide Home?"

Douglas LaBier | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Baby Boomers, Depression, Love and Relationships, Personal Growth, Midlife, Midlife Crisis Men, Midlife Career Change, Midlife Crisis, Midlife Crisis Women, Fifty News

Many of 78 million baby boomers, now in the thick of midlife, are vulnerable to feeling demoralized about their lives. For some it's the classic "midlife crisis." But for many, it's more of a chronic, low-grade fever.

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Filler Up! The Lowdown On Facial Fillers

www.flourishover50.com | Dr. Katherine Farady | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Restylane Injections, Skin, Sculptra, Juvederm, Plastic Surgery, Midlife, Injectable-Fillers, Radiesse, Wrinkles, Restylane, Facial-Fillers, Collagen Injections, Cosmetic Surgery, Fifty News

In my practice, I have many patients who come in for cosmetic consultation because they would like to look younger or less tired. They have heard abo...

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8 Ways We Improve With Age

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Long-Term-Marriage, Midlife Crisis, Empty Nest, Siblings, Midlife, Reinvention, Aging, Healhty Aging, Beauty, Aging Appearance, Confidence, Ageless Beauty, Extended Family, Fifty News

When it comes to turning 50, "The Midlife Crisis" is as inaccurate -- and tiresome -- a cliché as "Reinvent Yourself" has become.

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The Spiritual Similarities Between Steve Jobs And George Harrison

Douglas LaBier | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Success, Steve Jobs, Common Good, Midlife, George Harrison, Adulthood, Spirituality, Steve Jobs Lessons, Healthy Living Mind, Self-Growth, Consciousness, Happiness, Steve Jobs Death, Materialism, Healthy Living News

Both Jobs and Harrison embody different yet similar ways in which all of us can grow and develop towards becoming more fully human. You know when you're on that path -- your inner-self recognizes it.

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My Son, the Anti-Bully Bodyguard

Robin Gorman Newman | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Raising Children, Motherhood, Robin Gorman Newman, Bulling, Rescue Heroes, Family, Midlife, Parents News

Whether standing up to bullies or enforcing what feels right, I know my son comes from a good place. I'm grateful he has strong, positive values. These aren't easy to instill.

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Male Menopause Is a Family Affair

Jed Diamond | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Suicidal-Thoughts, Mood Swings, Midlife, Menopause, Suicide, Hormonal Changes, Health Post50, Male Menopause, Midlife-Crises, Hormones, Fifty News

My father tried to commit suicide the year he turned 40. I was 5 years old. I grew up wondering what happened to my father. Finding my father's journals gave me my first clue.

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When Is The Right Time To Date Again?

D. A. Wolf | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Midlife Change, Post-Divorce Dating, D. A. Wolf, Online Dating, Relationships, Dating Over 40, Anti-Aging, Dating Over 50, Midlife, Single Parenting, Empty Nest, Women-at-50, Divorce News

Taking a chance and getting back out there may sound like a good idea, but time and timing play pivotal roles.

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Beauty Is Not Pain

Holly Palance | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Platform Heels, The Tao of High Heels, Stilettos, Midlife, Holly Palance, High Heels, Pumps, Fifty News

I take care of myself and look ok for my age; I do Pilates or walk everyday. I color my hair, still wear it long, do botox twice a year and never leave the house without a belt. But whatever else I do, or buy or conjure will not erase the fact that I am a woman of a certain age. And there is value in that mantle. We have earned the title.

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Finding A Musical Muse At Midlife

Second Act | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Reinvention, Rock Critic, Joan Anderman, Midlife, Annie Lennox, The Boston Globe, Rickie Lee Jones, Richard Thompson, Fifty News

Joan Anderman once had what a lot of other rock-obsessed baby boomers would consider a dream job. As a popular music and culture writer for The Boston...

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Is The 'Midlife Crisis' Just A Myth?

Scientific American | Jesse Bering | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Midlife Crisis, Midlife Crisis Myth, Baby Boomers, Middle Age, Boomers, Midlife, Fifty News

If you ask a person when "middle age" begins, the answer, not surprisingly, depends on the age of that respondent. American college-aged students ...

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‘Money & Happiness’: Paying For College While Saving For Retirement

Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Single Mom, Minimize Monthly Payments, Video, Money & Happiness, Paying for College, Retirement, Midlife, Laura Rowley, Middle-Aged, Parenting, Student Loan Debt, Student Loans, Fifty News

This week's webisode of "Money & Happiness" with Laura Rowley focuses on a big challenge for parents: how to pay for college and save for retirement s...

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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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FACE IT: Can We Age Out On Motivation?

Michele Willens | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Tina Brown, Setting Goals, Ambition, Endurance, Midlife, Jane Fonda, Hillary Clinton, Motivation, Elia Kazan, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Fifty News

Does our ambition necessarily wane with the years? Do our professional and creative drives go the way of our sexual? Regardless of age, ambition is clearly something most women consider carefully.

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