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  The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts)

  by James Hollis

  Author James Hollis’s eloquent reading provides the listener with an accessible and yet profound understanding of a universal condition—or what is commonly referred to as the Mid-life crisis. The book shows how we may travel this Middle Passage consciously, thereby rendering our lives more meaningful and the second half of life immeasurably richer.
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  A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

  by Joan Anderson

  Now available in paperback, the entrancing story of how one woman's journey of self-discovery gave her the courage to persevere in re-creating her life. Life is a work in progress, as ever-changing as a sandy shoreline along the beach. During the years Joan Anderson was a loving wife and supportive mother, she had slowly and unconsciously replaced her own dreams with the needs of her family. With her sons grown,... (more)
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  Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up

  by James Hollis

  What does it really mean to be a grown up in today’s world? We assume that once we "get it together" with the right job, marry the right person, have children, and buy a home, all is settled and well. But adulthood presents varying levels of growth, and is rarely the respite of stability we expected. Turbulent emotional shifts can take place anywhere between the age of thirty-five and seventy when we... (more)
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  The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Mid-Life And Beyond

  by Pamela D. Blair

  Blair shares more than 150 short essays covering a wide range of topics relating specifically to women and aging. Encouraging women to re-envision their lives for the road ahead, Blair explores our own attitudes and cultural myths about aging, and helps us work through our own self-limiting beliefs. She even includes a special section examining love and relationships, along with tips on managing finances and... (more)
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  Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife

  by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin

  Why can't you remember where you put your keys? Or the title of the movie you saw last week? Or the name of your favorite restaurant? Acclaimed journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin takes readers on a lively journey to explain what happens to memory and attention in middle age. Along the way, she turns up fresh scientific findings, explores the dark regions of the human brain, and hears the intimate confessions of... (more)
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  The Wishing Year: An Experiment in Desire

  by Noelle Oxenhandler

  One New Year’s Day, Noelle Oxenhandler took stock of her life and found that she was alone after a long marriage, seemingly doomed to perpetual house rental and separated from the spiritual community that once had sustained her. With little left to lose, she launched a year’s experiment in desire, forcing herself to take the plunge and try the path of Putting It Out There. It wasn’t easy. A skeptic at heart, and a... (more)
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  Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi: A Novel

  by Geoff Dyer

  A wildly original novel of erotic fulfillment and spiritual yearning. Every two years the international art world descends on Venice for the opening of the Biennale. Among them is Jeff Atman–a jaded and dissolute journalist–whose dedication to the cause of Bellini-fuelled partygoing is only intermittently disturbed by the obligation to file a story. When he meets the spellbinding Laura, he is rejuvenated,... (more)
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  Porn for Women of a Certain Age

  by Gretchen LeMaistre

  "Just how long do you plan on defying the laws of gravity?" Responding to overwhelming demand the Cambridge Women's Pornography Cooperative has researched deeply into the desires of women of a certain age. The result: forty steamy scenarios show hunky yet distinguished men catering to every whim. These handsome hotties insist she take an early retirement delight in the silver in her hair and best of all take... (more)
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  The Slippery Year

  by Melanie Gideon

  “We are all so curious. Hungry for the truth. If only we could ask the questions we really want to ask of each other and get the real answers. Like how many times a month do you have sex? What prescription drugs are you on? Are you happy? Really happy? Happy enough?” For anybody who has ever wondered privately Is this all there is , Melanie Gideon’s poignant, hilarious, exuberant meditation, The Slippery Year,... (more)
• What Matters MostJames Hollis

  

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  What Matters Most

  by James Hollis

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  Awakening at Midlife : A Guide to Reviving Your Spirits, Recreating Your Life and Returning to Your Truest Self

  by Kathleen A. Brehony

  A guide to reviving your spirits during midlife offers special sections on recovering childhood dreams, enriching creative expression, learning to appreciate our physical selves, heightening consciousness, and much more. Reprint. K. "
• Be an outrageous older woman : a RASPRuth Harriet Jacobs

  

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  Be an outrageous older woman : a RASP

  by Ruth Harriet Jacobs

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  HOT And Bothered By It!

  by Phyllis Johnson

  Do you suffer from Oreoporosis? Is there an instant Mess-age at your house when you go away? Is a period just punctuation found in your romance novels while you fan yourself? If you can relate to any of these circumstances, you may be going through a midlife chrysalis. If you find yourself with a group of women playing such games as the "Millionaire Purse Game," wearing red and purple together and eating... (more)
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  Creating Magic in Midlife: 101 Questions and Answers to Reinvent Your Work, Relationships and Life!

  by LCSW Karla Freeman

  In Creating Magic in Midlife, Freeman, self-help expert and licensed clinical social worker poses and aswers 101 of the most vital questions for this generation. Addressing key areas like love, work, money, and health, Baby Boomers are shown how midlife offers a rich opportunity to actualize dreams and find joy. Questions like: How can I put work, money and passion together? Why is looking at energy a good... (more)
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  Looking Forward to the Rest of Your Life?: Embracing Midlife and Beyond

  by Lorry Lutz

  Women who face an empty nest, retirement, or life without their husband often feel they are no longer needed. Author Lorry Lutz reminds readers that they still have purpose and value no matter what their stage of life. She helps women in midlife plan ahead for their later years and mobilizes senior women to share their unique gifts, showing that life can be rewarding at any age. Looking Forward to the Rest of Your... (more)
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  The Human Odyssey: Navigating the Twelve Stages of Life

  by Thomas Armstrong

  Many excellent volumes have been devoted to some of the key chapters in our lives, from classics on early childhood and the teen years to bestsellers that identify pivotal phases in adulthood. But renowned educator, parenting expert, veteran workshop leader, and successful author Thomas Armstrong, PhD covers the entire journey. With Dr. Armstrong, we can travel through the first stirrings of life in the womb to... (more)
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  Boom: Marketing to the Ultimate Power Consumer-the Baby Boomer Woman

  by Mary Brown

  Foreword by Paco Underhill With Baby Boomer women spending well over a trillion dollars a year on goods and services, the days of women 40+ being ignored by marketers are numbered. Overthrowing stereotypes of aging, the groundswell of awareness is no less than a marketing revolution. BOOM is a comprehensive guide to identifying, reaching and influencing Baby Boomer women. The book features... (more)
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  The Second Half of Life: Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom

  by Angeles Arrien

  This collection of teachings, reflections, and stories from around the world open us to the challenge and deeper mysteries of the "great crossing" at midlife. Working with the images, poetry, metaphors, and other forms of symbolic language from diversified cultures, Angeles Arrien introduces us to the Eight Gates if Initiation. Readers are taken step-by-step through each gate to learn more about: How to... (more)
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  Ripe: The Truth About Growing Older and the Beauty of Getting On with Your Life

  by Janet Champ

  A fearless verbal and visual tour of menopause that’s equal parts Vagina Monologues and Bridget Jones's Diary, this book candidly explores a subject that is still largely taboo, confronting head-on the fact that women "of a certain age" feel discarded and undervalued merely because they have entered the next normal stages of life — peri-menopause, menopause, and all that lies beyond. The authors don’t whine,... (more)
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  It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age

  by Barbara Sher

  Shattering the myth that turns midlife (or any age) into a crisis, this provocative guide is packed with sage advice. Watch for career counselor Barbara Sher's upcoming PBS special.