Midlife Maze

A Map to Recovery and Rediscovery after Loss

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Have you found yourself wilting in midlife, and wondering what you might do to flourish in your remaining years? Have you lost your way in the midlife maze due to a significant loss? Did you lose your job or desired career advancement? Did you separate or divorce? Did your last child leave home? Did your family experience a virtual storm of bankruptcy or lose your life savings in a financial meltdown? Did you or someone in your family experience the loss of good health? Or did you weather the death of a family member, partner, or friend? Your loss story is personal. Your path through winding passages during midlife is unique. Perhaps the most important encouragement for your grieving process is to know this simple fact: grieving is a natural healing response to loss rather than a pathological experience.

Midlife can be a time of reflection, rebellion, or reconnecting to old or new interests and activities. It can also be a time when losses start to happen or begin to pile up – divorce, death of a loved one, loss of a job or home, the moving out and on of grown children—and learning how to move forward can be a challenge. Here, a seasoned psychologist looks at the geography of loss in midlife, the way it can affect us, and what we can do to get back on track or redirect ourselves when necessary. Through first hand stories and practical exercises, the author leads readers through the midlife maze to a place of recovery, purpose, and peace.

Table of Contents

Introduction --Midlife: The Afternoon of Life
Part I: “There’s a Hole in the Bucket….”
M -- Maneuvering MidlifeA -- Acclimating to Loss P -- Pursuing a Personality beyond Loss
Part II: “…With What Shall I Fix it?”

C – Celebrating NeedsR – Rearranging Personality RolesE – Embracing EnergyA – Achieving New Discipline HabitsT – Tapping intoCreativity I – Inviting Belonging Connections V- Validating Ability I – Involving an Inner Self
Part III: Before “Kicking the Bucket,” Grab Your Bucket List and Enjoy!

T – Tickling Your Fancy Y— Yearning for Joy
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Product details

Published 16 Feb 2017
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9781442272705
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations 1 Graph
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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