For the past 5 years as a writer, editor and conference organizer I have been talking about, thinking about, and having heated debates about what exactly "midlife" is. When I Google "midlife," the predominant word that comes up in conjunction with it is not transition or change or improvement or happiness - it is, of course, crisis. From what I have seen, and what I have … [Read more...]
Reinvention for Real People
Reinvention: choice or necessity? More magazine was the mother of all reinvention magazines. Every month, it seems, there was another story about a woman who quit her high-paying job as a corporate attorney/brain surgeon/college professor to follow her passion and make dreamcatchers/bake gluten-free cupcakes/start a philanthropic foundation. With shiny, happy faces, … [Read more...]