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MIDLIFE CRISIS
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ENTERTAINMENT
Will Smith Opens Up About The 'Midlife Crisis' Moment That Broke Him
By
Carly Ledbetter
"2012 I secretly call the year of the mutiny," the actor said.
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OWN
The New Midlife Crisis
By Ada Calhoun, Oprah.com
Why (and How) It's Hitting Gen X Women
PARENTS
There's More to Life Than Laundry: Finding Your Spark in Middle Age
By
Holli Fawcett Clayton
, Contributor
Former attorney, freelance writer, and creator of Courageous &...
In the throes of motherhood and marriage, I’d left my passions behind.
IMPACT
Gen-X Midlife Crisis
By
Pioneers for Change
, Contributor
A worldwide network of talented individuals and global citizen...
Our annual, international Fellowship is open to anyone aged 28 - 108 years old. We gather change-makers -- a business person
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POST 50
11 Ways To Know If You've Become A Middle-Aged Cliche
By
Ann Brenoff
Red Corvettes are just low-hanging fruit. Do you have an orange Dutch Oven?
POST 50
The 4 Benefits Of Married Sex You Didn't See Coming
By
Shannon Bradley-Colleary
, Contributor
Author of "She Dated the Asshats, But Married the Good Guy: Ho...
I meet my friend Geraldine at a hip, local eatery in the heart of Abbot Kinney in Venice Beach. Over our poached kale and egg salads with a side of chickpeas I notice my firecracker friend is uncharacteristically glum.
POST 50
3 Middlescent Stories And A Secret
By
Barbara Waxman
, Contributor
Gerontologist, Leadership Coach, Speaker, and Author focused o...
As a coach and gerontologist, I'm constantly exposed to stories from the modern workplace. Again and again, my clients tell me about the culture of ageism.
POST 50
How To Be A Born-Again Sex Goddess After The Hot Mess Of Menopause
By
Pamela Madsen
, Contributor
Sexuality and RelationshipInternationally Known Sex Educator f...
At the age of 50, I'm done talking about my father and I understand my relationship with my mother. I don't need a therapist to talk about any of it anymore. I'm over it. There is something about midlife -- and it's not a musical comedy.
POST 50
How To Meet Your Erotic Self By Taking A Pleasure Pilgrimage
By
Pamela Madsen
, Contributor
Sexuality and RelationshipInternationally Known Sex Educator f...
A pilgrimage is a rite of passage. There are few rites of passage for us to meet our erotic selves. For us to learn about our body and its connection to our pleasure and our soul. You have to make a choice in your life when you consider making a pilgrimage.
POST 50
The True Meaning Of Midlife
By
Sharon Greenthal
, Contributor
Parenting Young Adults Expert, About.com. Writer, Emptyhousefu...
For the past five years as a writer, editor and conference organizer I have been talking about, thinking about, and having disagreements about what 'midlife' is.
Do you have info to share with HuffPost reporters?
Here’s how.
POST 50
Where To From Here? A Life After 50
By
Brigid Fitzgerald
, Contributor
Health and Food Awareness Educator. Eating well has become an ...
I'm free.... and terrified.
WOMEN
Farewell, Hair Color -- Hello, Tattoo!
By
K.C. Wilder
, Contributor
Writer, runner, mermaid, Bowie fanatic
But one of the benefits of aging is realizing how useless things like fear and vanity are. In the past, I'd worried about
POST 50
6 Essential Steps To Redefine Your Life After 50
By
Brigid Fitzgerald
, Contributor
Health and Food Awareness Educator. Eating well has become an ...
So life isn’t panning out the way you hoped...
Bevis Musson
POST 50
15 Hilarious Tweets Any Middle-Aged Person Can Totally Relate To
By
Yagana Shah
Midlifers say the darndest things.
WELLNESS
The Benefits of Hiring a Life Coach
By
Jen Smith
, Contributor
Life Coach and Writer. Get your FREE “Beyond People-Pleasing” ...
Life coaching can be challenging and hard work, though also rewarding and fun. You will be looking at yourself honestly and
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POST 50
How To Know For Sure You're Having A Midlife Crisis
By
Ann Brenoff
Skip the red Corvette.
GOOD NEWS
If a Dandelion Had a Ted Talk: Mastering Creative Integrity & Your Critics
By
Kat Cowley
, Contributor
Author
And perhaps the most touching message the dandelion offers us is how it anonymously gives away its very life. Slowly, but
BOOKS
Don't Call it a Midlife Crisis: An Interview with Barbara Bradley Hagerty
By
Phil Simon
, Contributor
Author, keynote speaker, professor
The problem was, when researchers began to study the phenomenon in the 1990s, they couldn't find evidence of common or inevitable
POST 50
4 Ways To Start Living Midlife With Purpose
By
Rebecca Perkins
, Contributor
Coach and Author, Reinventing Midlife
Midlife is the time to show up. It's time to stop messing about. It's time to honor ourselves and our abilities. Life is too short, and we all know people who've been taken from this life way too soon. We owe it to them to live our life to the very fullest.
NEW YORK
Pensacola Is Manhattan
By
Eddie Parsons
, Contributor
Fashion Marketing
I was born in Pensacola, Florida but lived all over the country most of my life and always considered the Navy beach town home. The Panhandle is a curious place because although it is paradise most of the year; there is a winter and direct flights from any place other than Atlanta are hard to come by.
POST 50
Rethink the Midlife Crisis
By
Hippo Reads
, Contributor
Real World Issues, Academic Insights
Why is our society so dismissive and negative about big changes that happen in midlife? And what if midlife reinvention, as I prefer to call it, isn't a crisis at all but an opportunity for self-discovery as we transition from one phase of life to another?
POST 50
How I Found My Midlife Mojo
By
Kimberly Montgomery
, Contributor
Blogger, Art Licensing Agent, Illustrator, avid kayaker and hi...
Not too many years ago I was a washed-up empty nester, a sad, depressed ex-soccer mom with no clue about what to do next. The bloom had fallen off my stem in a dull and squishy mess, and I watched from my lonely window as new school children of new moms kicked my old bloom into the gutter.
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