Midlife Crisis at 30

Midlife Crisis at 30
Author: Lia Macko
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2004-03-18
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781579548674

A guide for professional women struggling with burnout analyzes the social and psychological factors that affect a woman's career and relationships, and offers strategies for achieving a healthy personal and professional balance.

Why We Can't Sleep

Why We Can't Sleep
Author: Ada Calhoun
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2020-01-07
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0802147860

The acclaimed author explores the hidden crises of Gen X women in this “engaging hybrid of first-person confession, reportage [and] pop culture analysis” (The New Republic). Ada Calhoun was married with children and a good career—and yet she was miserable. She thought she had no right to complain until she realized how many other Generation X women felt the same way. What could be behind this troubling trend? To find out, Calhoun delved into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages, and divorce data. At every turn, she saw that Gen X women were facing new problems as they entered middle age—problems that were being largely overlooked. Calhoun spoke with women across America who were part of the generation raised to “have it all.” She found that most were exhausted, terrified about money, under-employed, and overwhelmed. And instead of being heard, they were being told to lean in, take “me-time,” or make a chore chart to get their lives and homes in order. In Why We Can’t Sleep, Calhoun opens up the cultural and political contexts of Gen X’s predicament. She offers practical advice on how to ourselves out of the abyss—and keep the next generation of women from falling in. The result is reassuring, empowering, and essential reading for all middle-aged women, and anyone who hopes to understand them.

Women in Work in Mid-Life

Women in Work in Mid-Life
Author: Belinda Steffan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2024-09-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1040132014

Drawing on a unique dataset of real women and their experiences of engaging in paid and unpaid work, Women in Work in Mid-Life explores the specific challenges that women in the UK workforce face, including women’s health, pay inequality, gender bias, and the struggle to balance work and family life. From pay inequality and gender bias to the struggle to balance work and family life, the experience of women in the UK workforce is complex and multifaceted. We live in an economic climate where the population and workforce is ageing, and the over 50s are encouraged by governments to engage more fully in paid work. However, the path to achieve this is unclear. Through interviews with women in work, as well as an examination of policies and initiatives that can help support women’s career development and encourage workplace retention, it points to a future for this demographic in employment. Women in Work in Mid-Life is an invaluable resource for professionals and policy makers seeking to promote gender equality and create a more inclusive workplace culture in the UK, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in psychology and the social sciences.

Midlife

Midlife
Author: Kieran Setiya
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2017-09-22
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1400888476

Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive. You will learn why missing out might be a good thing, how options are overrated, and when you should be glad you made a mistake. You will be introduced to philosophical consolations for mortality. And you will learn what it would mean to live in the present, how it could solve your midlife crisis, and why meditation helps. Ranging from Aristotle, Schopenhauer, and John Stuart Mill to Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as drawing on Setiya’s own experience, Midlife combines imaginative ideas, surprising insights, and practical advice. Writing with wisdom and wit, Setiya makes a wry but passionate case for philosophy as a guide to life.

Midlife

Midlife
Author: Elinor Carucci
Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2019-10-08
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 158093529X

From acclaimed photographer Elinor Carucci, a vivid chronicle of one woman's passage through aging, family, illness, and intimacy. It is a period in life that is universal, at some point, to everyone, yet in our day-to-day and cultural dialogue, nearly invisible. Midlife is a moving and empathetic portrait of an artist at the point in her life when inexorable change is more apparent than ever. Elinor Carucci, whose work has been collected in the previous acclaimed volumes Closer (2002, 2009) and Mother (2013), continues her immersive and close-up examination of her own life in this volume, portraying this moment in vibrant detail. As one of the most autobiographically rigorous photographers of her generation, Carucci recruits and revisits the same members of her family that we have seen since her work gained prominence two decades ago. Even as we observe telling details--graying hair, the pressures and joys of marriage, episodes of pronounced illness, the evolution of her aging parents' roles as grandparents, her children's increasing independence--we are invited to reflect on the experiences that we all share contending with the challenges of life, love, and change.

Midlife Women Rock: A Menopause Story for a New Generation

Midlife Women Rock: A Menopause Story for a New Generation
Author: Breeda Birmingham
Publisher: Orla Kelly Publishing
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2021-10-15
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781914225673

Midlife Women Rock takes a bold and courageous look at menopause and breaking the taboo and shame around this important phase of life which affects half the population. Breeda's passion and mission shine through in every page, empowering and supporting women to embrace this transition and use it as a time to take back control and enjoy the freedom and wisdom of this second stage of life. - Nicki Williams, - Happy Hormones for Life Provocative and compelling, Well- researched, Bold and courageous. Midlife Women Rock provides a map and compass for all along with tackling taboo shame and silence. The unique informal style, stories, conversations & interviews enclosed all help separate the myths about menopause from the facts and make it a very relatable read. The menopause story is changing and the world needs more people like Breeda stepping fully into their power and sharing the message of the transformative experience that menopause can be. Breeda speaks for all of us, through her own experience, with compassion, understanding and above all courage helping to change our 'normal' and make all our lives freer. Midlife Women Rock emerges from three years of researching the puzzle that is menopause, a highly significant phase of life that has silenced and shamed women for decades.

Comeback Careers

Comeback Careers
Author: Mika Brzezinski
Publisher: Legacy Lit
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2020-01-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1602865892

STRONG, WISER, BETTER An Essential Guide for Reentering, Reinventing, or Rebooting Your Career at Any Age So many women hit their 40s or 50s and realize: it's time for a career change. Maybe you're yearning to try something new, or you're sensing that layoffs are coming and you need a backup plan. Perhaps you paused, or downsized your career to raise children, and you're ready to rejoin the workforce. How do you reboot, relaunch, return to, or reinvent a career at age 40? Or 50? Or 60? And how can you create a career and life that will provide you with purpose and financial security for years to come? In Comeback Careers, New York Times bestselling author and co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe Mika Brzezinski and her sister-in-law Ginny Brzezinski have teamed up toshow you that career reinvention is possibleat any age. You have the skills, experience,and maturity; it's time to own them. For thisbook, Mika and Ginny interviewed dozens ofcareer-changers working in a variety of fields,from finance to academics to the arts. Theyshare successful relaunchers' secrets to overcomingobstacles, both internal and external, andtheir step-by-step processes and candid advice.They also reveal key strategies from top jobcoaches, résumé-writers, and LinkedIn experts,tailored to the special challenges of mid-careerjobseekers. It's time to rewrite the narrative. You are stronger, wiser, and better at the midpoint, and Comeback Careers is a roadmap to your career reinvention and fulfillment.

Invisible to Invaluable

Invisible to Invaluable
Author: Jane Evans
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021-05-27
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0349428581

Our generation is something the world has never seen before. Women born between 1950 and 1975 were pioneers in all areas of work and society, yet we have become almost completely invisible except to our families and friends, right at the time the world needs our wisdom, empathy and experience the most. OUR TIME IS NOW! INVISIBLE TO INVALUABLE is a celebration of what midlife women do, who we are and what we are capable of. It's a rallying cry for us to change the world for the better. With personal stories, exciting research and insights from a cast of inspirational women, Jane Evans and Carol Russell's manifesto blows open the ageism that's sidelined midlife women at work and in society, and sets out an empowering vision for a world where we can unlock our full potential. In a collection of chapters that range from the powerful to the playful and from the distant past to a brighter future, Jane and Carol show how there is no longer just 'young' and 'old' - there is a whole new middle that can be the best time of our lives. Even if we feel like we've hit rock bottom, or have disappeared entirely, there is a way back. This book will remind you how far we've come, show you what we're made of, and demonstrate how we can create a better future for all of us.

Women in Midlife Crisis

Women in Midlife Crisis
Author: Jim Conway
Publisher: Living Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-10
Genre: Married women
ISBN: 9780842383837

A carefully researched, compassionate volume of encouragement and direction for women coping with midlife. This book is equally helpful for counselors and families.

Women Still at Work

Women Still at Work
Author: Elizabeth F. Fideler
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2012-06-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1442215526

From Betty White to Toni Morrison, we’re surrounded by examples of women working well past the traditional retirement age. In fact, the fastest growing segment of the workforce is women age sixty-five and older. Women Still at Work tells the everyday stories of hard-working women and the reasons they’re still on the job, with a focus on women in the professional workforce. The book is filled with profiles of real women, working in settings from academia to drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, from business to the arts, talking about the many reasons why they still work and the impact work has on their lives. Women Still at Work draws on national survey data and in-depth interviews, showing not only the big picture of older women advancing their careers despite tough economic conditions, but also providing the personal insights of everyday working women from all parts of the country. Their stories showcase some of the key themes women choose to stay at work—including job satisfaction, diminishing retirement savings, the need to support children or parents longer in life, exercising the hard-won right to work, and more. Women Still at Work shows employment to be a positive and rewarding part of life for many women well beyond the expected retirement age.