In 2022 I combined lessons from the heart with some –cough cough – goals. But I don’t like the word goals, so this year has been a quest, a journey, a mission: that for which I am destined. So how was the year? Tarot Cards for November and December I did a tarot spread for…
Aging
Menopause and Loss
Some time ago, I likened the transition from having a period every month to not having a period as a process of moving an ocean from here to there via teaspoon. Inevidably, you lose some water. I haven’t actually hit the officialy menopause mark, but I’ve been working my way there for fifteen years. Yes,…
Feeling My Age
I’m not too sure when it started, but recently I’ve been feeling my age. Grey Hair My hair started to truly “go grey” ten or eleven years ago in my forties. There had been strands of grey all along, but I really started to notice the changes then. I started coloring my hair. Sometimes the color…
Midlife Crisis or Midlife Revolution?
Coined in 1965 by Elliott Jacques, the ‘midlife crisis’ is a term that implies that getting older is a disease. It suggests that life is completely over when you hit midlife, and that -with just one crisis- you’re ‘over it’ and better. I see the phrase ‘midlife crisis’ as just one more way that Western…
In Praise Of the Multi-Faceted Self and a Life Well Lived
Conventional wisdom suggests that to be successful in life, you find a career that you really like, and that you work at that career until you retire. After many years of self sacrifice -and focusing on your family and career- you get to “retire.” And then finally, in retirement, you get to do some of…
Midlife Is The New Black Dress
When you hit midlife, you’ve reached the equivalent of life’s little black dress. You’re confident and comfortable in your own skin – no matter what you wear. Without a doubt, midlife is the new black dress. The blog world is full of women in midlife and beyond. The blogs often explore how they got to…