Archive for the ‘Science’ Category

When You Wake Up

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

If you’re at midlife, or if you’re facing seemingly-catastrophic loss, if you’re feeling lost, purposeless, directionless and completely bereft of any semblance of spirituality, rejoice! Your spiritual awakening is here!

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Living at Statistical Ground Zero

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Whether or not you’re ready for it, midlife also marks your shift from the sidelines to mid-field in the game of life. If you were very fortunate in your early years, you may have been spared from having to deal with what I’m choosing to call the “ten terrible transitions.”

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The Heartbreak of Midlife Addiction

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Nobody sets out to ruin his or her life; that outcome only results from a steady stream of small, seemingly insignificant poor choices that eventually lead to a bad end. We call this an error cascade: when a series of small, almost unnoticeable missteps conclude in catastrophic results. For the person entering the midlife transition, it most often begins with the mistaken belief that he or she is ‘going downhill’ and that somehow the process is reversible.

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