Category: Navigating Midlife
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Sharing my Midlife Story
As I hope I’ve made clear — I’m no expert here; I’m just hoping to create a place that we can share stories, and build a community of support during our midlife journeys. I might as well start with my own —-LOL. Would love to hear if it resonates — or not. Please share your…
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How do Those of us in Midlife Feel About Our New World of Social Branding?
Happy Monday. At the risk of seeming hypocritical LOL, I am sharing something about the dangers of social media — via social media! However, my goal is not personal branding, but remains: Can we build a community online – a genuine community to share and discuss the issues that move — or trouble — us?…
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Is The Fabelmans actually a Midlife story?
First, go see Steven Spielberg’s new movie. It’s a beautiful movie. Spoiler alert — scenes are discussed below LOL The movie is about so many things. Clearly it is a coming of age story: A story about youth, its cruelties, including antisemitism; coming to understand one’s family, one’s parents as real and complicated adults; nascent…
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Conversation with Midlife Mentor Helene Stelian
I hope you will check out this conversation my sister — Paula Brand — and I had with the wonderful midlife mentor Helene Stelian. Paula and I both published books the same day! They seem so different: Paula’s book is a fantastic guide to help women through midlife career transition; mine a two-book romance novel…
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A Letter to My 40-Something Self
When I was promoting my new book series: A Midlife Romance, I was asked to write — as a guest blog post— a letter to myself at a different age. I choose to write to the self I was about 10 years ago. Ten years goes by fast, and with each new decade the horizon…
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Let’s share our stories
Welcome! I’m glad you are here, and chances are, if you’ve found this page, you’ve been through some things! Week by week I will share some of my own thoughts, experiences, hopes and joy related to midlife. I’m not here as any kind of expert. We don’t always need experts. We have our own stories…
Sharing Midlife Stories 