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10 Questions to Ask Yourself in Midlife

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Questions to Ask Yourself in Midlife

Midlife is an important time for reflection.  In this period of life, more-so than most, its really important that we have a sense of where we are and where we are going.  Working your way through these 10 questions will start you thinking.  They may also be just the thing you need to start contemplating […]

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When Experience AND Time are On Our Side

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  There’s a saying I like (source unknown) that goes:  “You start life with a bag full of luck and a bag empty of experience.   The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.” I’m not so sure that our luck really gets used up as we go […]

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Midlife Generativity or Midlife Stagnation?

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    In 1959, a German-born psychologist with a repetitive sounding name, Erik Erikson, developed an eight-stage theory of development through life.  According to Erik(son), people  address specific challenges at each life stage.  Five of the stages in this theory take place during childhood, while the other three occur in adulthood. The 3 adult stages in Erikson’s […]

Filed Under: Becoming Unstuck, Career Guidance, Success in Midlife Tagged With: Happiness, Kindness, Midlife

How to Change Career Direction Without Running off the Road

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  Making decisions is not easy.   There are so many choices available to us in today’s world that even small decisions like what to have for dinner can be difficult.  It’s no surprise, then, that big decisions about our lives can be paralysing. At some point in our adult lives most of us will find […]

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Success and Happiness in Midlife

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I’m in my late 40’s. Not young, not old …. middle aged. I’m not sure exactly how it happened but my young adulthood is in the rear view mirror and here I am, right smack bang in the middle of life. My midlife period has brought with it a few challenges, such as: My body isn’t […]

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