Sharing Midlife Stories

A conversation about the joys and challenges of MIDLIFE TRANSITIONS

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List of posts

  • 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…

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  • What is going on with our 20-somethings?

    Unexpectedly, I have a 20-something living at home. Not sure how to feel, or exactly what to do, about that. How about you? I’ve described this blog as a place for sharing and support. This is where the rubber meets the road. I’m struggling. I suspect I’m not alone. I’m trying to do right by…

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  • What does a 21st-century “Midlife Crisis” look like?

    The article I’ve copied below is from 2019, but its truths do not seem outdated — so I thought I would share. As Ms. Williams notes — citing a prominent expert — because we’ve made such a cliche of midlife: “The period between adolescence and old age has been so disregarded by researchers… that the…

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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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  • Do we Need Men? Or more precisely – Do women need to be married or live with someone to be happy?

    I’m sharing this TikTok video by Laura Byrnes that a dear friend shared with me. (In case the link scrolls to her other videos – its the one captioned “@replying to happy father and husband.”) It’s provocative. Not sure men will appreciate it much. But it’s gotten 800k views and 200k likes, so I think…

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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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  • Are you still in midlife… and what are you going to do about that?

    According to Wikipedia — “The exact range is disputed and can be considered of arbitrary nature, but the general consensus has placed middle age as the age range from around 40 until 60, with about 5 years of leeway on either side.” Psychology Today says — “Midlife or middle age is that transitional period of…

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  • NY Times — Modern Love — “I’ll Get by With a Little Help From my Herd”

    By Betsy Cornwall. I’m reposting Betsy’s column because —though it is a story of a younger woman — it is a message I hope to spread with this blog. That if we create a “herd,” (I prefer “tribe”), share our stories, our fears, our challenges, even online, even among strangers, we can support and embolden…

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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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