midlife - Aging Abundantly

It’s Easier to Be Happy When…

It’s easier to be happy when we get rid of the “shoulds” in our life and begin replacing them with “want tos”. Midlife is the perfect opportunity to shuck the things that are not working and get down to the business of enjoying life on our own terms. In my…

Women of Wisdom Quotes

Midlife brings with it the opportunity for growth and exploration of our inner worlds. It prepares us for our wisdom years, prodding and guiding us along our path to wisdom. It is not always an easy journey, as we have much to learn, but it is a powerfully important one,…

When A Dream Dies

There comes a time in each woman’s life when we look at our best efforts and see only the failure. We started with a dream or a mission or a purpose. We put ourselves behind it, believing without a doubt that we were on the right path. The path was…

Managing Menopause

Menopause arrived in my life when I wasn’t paying attention and it came in arcing swirls of confusing symptoms, that ebbed and flowed in an annoyingly unpredictable fashion. In my forties, I was blissfully unaware that the night sweats I was experiencing was actually peri-menopause. Furthermore, moodiness and irritability were…

Learn to Listen to Your Heart

One of the most important things we can do to create change in our lives, at midlife and beyond, is to learn to listen to our hearts. I paid lip service to this idea for years. I thought I was listening to myself, but I came to realize that I…

Rediscovering Your Gifts

We each carry within us a treasure. Living deep inside, it is a quiet place where we can go to find our untarnished heart and a soul that is still pure. We once knew this place, our place where there is peace and understanding, wisdom and strength, though it may…