F#ck Middle Age = one for the ages
You know you’ve got crowd support when an audience member hands you a fan onstage during a hot flash. Which is what happened at F#ck Middle Age, The Midst’s first in-person event on October 19, 2024, in Chicago. The hot flasher,
‘It was time to bring forth my desire to be in a relationship with a woman’
In this excerpt of “Midlife Emergence,” bestselling author, coach, and psychotherapist Jen Berlingo writes about dropping people-pleasing, finding her truth, and her “allergy to stagnation.”
Fashion over 40: 4 tips to find clothes you love
For a generation who grew up going to the mall, can we learn to love shopping again? A stylist and personal shopper gives her tips for a midlife glow up.
Sometimes life throws you a curveball: How to tackle a big life swerve
Moving back in with my parents wasn’t something I ever thought I’d do but it changed us as a couple – in a good way.
Why are women with ADHD slipping through the cracks?
A woman shares her story of getting a diagnosis for ADHD in midlife and the treatment that works well for her.
5 of the best books about aging and the midlife experience
My book shelves are overflowing, and I’ve felt an urgent need to make room for new books, ones that better reflect where I am right now in midlife. Would you believe that I still own 10 books about baby sleep? (My
Think you’re a late bloomer? Think again. It’s time to dream big.
Dear Dixie says, “Dream big. … Ruminating about the past doesn’t do you or anyone else any good.”
Curious about conscious uncoupling? “Nesting” co-parenting is on the rise for good reason
Beth Behrendt, author of Nesting After Divorce: Co-Parenting in the Family Home, shares first-hand experience of why nesting isn’t just for celebrities and billionaires.
Harness your negotiation superpower to get what you really want
The author of "For the Forces of Good: The Superpower of Everyday Negotiation" delivers 3 tips to kickstart the power of everyday negotiation
Overwhelmed or exhausted? Try gentle productivity
Here’s how to adopt a "pressure off" approach to life, with insights from Juliet Landau-Pope, author of "Being More Productive"
