Guys, seriously, how do you cope with a midlife crisis? We know a stereotype of a man in a midlife crisis. He leaves his family, finds a partner half his age, and buys a sports car. Sure, it is cliché, but there are reasons behind this behavior. He is unhappy, confused, afraid of losing his position, missing the youth, and worrying about aging. What are…
Men and women are created equal – but not necessarily in the face of a midlife crisis. Both men and women experience a midlife transition. Many worries and challenges are the same:· Health.· Mortality.· Abandoned dreams. However, there are also differences and I have a theory of their source. This is my summary of the midlife transition changes:– Men try to stay young and enforce their status.– Women…
Limiting beliefs pretend they are good for you. Limiting beliefs made you believe:· They protect you against failure.· They give you a sense of certainty and stability.· They shield you from potential emotional pain.· They serve as an excuse not to undertake effort. Most limiting beliefs were formed in childhood:→ You believed when someone important to you said you were not good enough.→ You knew not saying or doing…
I’ve fallen into the trap of social media: it was LinkedIn that beat me. I understood all the dangers of social media. I even wrote a blog post on young adults’ life challenges and social media was one of the topics. There are 3 main problems among the young social media users: I happily avoided all of them when I was scrolling through Instagram. Then…
I know the benefits of meditation (I tried it a few times), but it’s just not for me (yet). I do believe showing care for my mind is important, so I looked into another method – mindfulness. Mindfulness invites you to: The best part about mindfulness? It can be practiced anywhere, anytime, and even just for a few minutes. Here are my favorite activities for…
“If you think you are too old for something, remember that you will never be as young as you are today.” – This is what I heard from my daughter many years ago when I was debating if I am not too old to buy a motorcycle. I bought it and it was one of the best decisions in my life. Society loves telling us…
When I survived my 50th birthday I thought I was immune to a midlife crisis. I was wrong. Intuition suggests that at 50 you have lived through 50% of life. But the 50th birthday is not the only turning point that may trigger evaluation of your past, present, and future! There are many more moments when you realize your life has changed: Sure they love you….
I do not like the term “Midlife Crisis”. For me, it is a “Midlife Rite of Passage”. A crisis is something dreadful that we must overcome to go back to the old normal. Midlife transitioning is different: It’s your rite of passage, as in many tribes, social groups, and civilizations before: But you also know that many traveled this route before and they reappeared on…
I’m not a male in a midlife crisis, but I bought a sports car. And I think it is perfectly OK. (I mean both – buying a car, as well as not being a male 😊 ). I dreamt of having a sports car for ages. Two-sitter, big engine, convertible. But it was not suitable for a family, and I couldn’t afford a second car…
A 28-year-old woman asked me if she may have a midlife crisis. Or if she has to wait till 40 to be coached on it. What she was going through was a quarter-life crisis; it is less known but similar to a midlife crisis in many aspects. Because an existential crisis is not age-related, it happens when you are transitioning between different stages of life. In…
