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Midlife Crisis at 30 Just as girls reach puberty earlier than do boys, apparently women face a midlife crisis earlier than their male counterparts. I remember turning 35 and feeling as though my life was finished. I thought I hadn't accomplished enough (though I'd owned my own business,) or attained... Read more →

Midlife Crisis — What is it? ... a controversial condition or syndrome which some doctors and psychologists thinks affects many men in their 30s, 40s and 50s. Some believe it has mainly psychological causes while others argue that it's related to hormonal changes. Other health professionals argue that there's no... Read more →

What is a crisis, mid-life or otherwise? When we are in the process of changing, growing or transforming ourselves we set up an avenue for confrontation between our old self and our, as yet undetermined, new self. This friction is what causes pain: physical, emotional and mental. When we resist... Read more →

Midlife Crisis Relationship Advice

Following is my response to a reader who wrote me asking for advice on why his sex life has stagnated now that he's in a new marriage. Here's what I said: Charlie, Not knowing your age, I can offer a couple of suggestions depending on a few details. Did you... Read more →

Why I Identify With Midlife Men

I experienced my own mid-life crisis at 33 and for the next 15 years transitioned from entrepreneur to college student to helpmate and homemaker to entrepreneur to unemployed to employed to unemployed to commissioned sales to employed to unemployed to NOW. Quite a circuitous route. Yes a plan helps, but... Read more →