Category: Midlife Transitions
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“Identity Theft”: 5 Ways For Professional Women to Deal With Loss of Self-Identity in Retirement
Brenda is part of a tribe of women who were the first to enter the professional world in large numbers, and are the first to encounter the hazards surrounding retirement. Defining themselves largely through their careers, they have challenged traditional models at every stage of their lives, and are now being challenged by their own negative stereotypes about retirement.
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Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
After talking with more than 100 women from all across the country, about 50% expressed concern that they were becoming marginalized because of their advancing years. The other 50% had no such concerns. In fact, I had to define more clearly and concisely what I meant by “invisible” in order for them to answer the question. It just wasn’t on their radar.
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A Search for Significance
I wanted to get a better handle on what ignites a fire in the belly of a high-achieving, soul-driven midlife woman, and I wasn’t disappointed. Everyone I talked with was wonderfully open, unreservedly frank, and touchingly vulnerable. While these women may have taken any number of divergent paths as a result of choice or circumstance, there are a number of places where these various paths intersect, and when standing on that sacred ground, their voices sound particularly unified.
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Midlife Woman, Come Home to Yourself
Carry your dream like a flame in a vessel Shoulders back Head held high One high-heeled step at a time Forward Always forward
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Midlife Woman, You Can’t Own Someone Else’s Journey
New year. New resolutions you committed to that you may or may not be keeping, that may have gone by the wayside by Valentine’s Day, followed by the inevitable guilt and brow-beating your Inner Critic gives you for not sticking to “the plan.”
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How to Start Your Personal [R]evolution in 17 Bold Steps
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That was the year as a midlife woman that I felt the undeniable call of my soul’s desire. That I felt the undeniable need to live with Intention, which meant casting aside so many things I’d been tolerating that were keeping me from becoming the woman I wanted to be. If you find yourself feeling this same sense of urgency, get ready to start your own [R]evolution™ by jettisoning these 17 things from your life. How many of them are you currently tolerating?
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Finding Personal Meaning Is An Inside Job: 5 Essential Competencies Women Need To Tackle To Successfully Launch A ReCareer
For women, the second half of life brings with it many career choices and questions. For some women, continuing in a current career doesn’t fulfill personal, spiritual or financial needs as it once did. For others, re-entering the workforce has become a necessity due to the changes in the economy. In either case, a ReCareer may be the answer. What is a ReCareer?
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The Free Fall: When Letting Go is the Right Thing to Do
Are there times in your life when you feel the overwhelm so heavy it’s like you’ve got anchors attached to your high heel shoes? You know you need to do something, anything, to break free of the fog, but you feel paralyzed by doubt, fear, guilt, even anger.
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Separate Stories
The point of this post isn’t about passing judgment on whether a woman who has kids should work outside the home or not. Or remain in an unfulfilling marriage. It’s about a woman living one life and opening up to the reality of what that life is not – and what it could be.
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Life: What Happens When You’re Busy Making Other Plans
“Paging Evelyn,” I heard over the loudspeaker. “Paging Evelyn: your life is calling.” I don’t mean I literally received this message over a loudspeaker. It was more like one of those messages the universe likes to send us now and then when we’re busy making other plans.