Posts Tagged ‘acceptance’

Every Change is a Little Death

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Although both adolescence and midlife involve a transformation that requires us to leave something behind, the losses involved in adolescence is masked with the opportunities to come, while the losses that come with midlife are heightened by our perception of the perceived decline that we will have to face.

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Avoiding the ‘Drop’ One Day at a Time

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

These three — acceptance, trust, and engagement — are the attitudes that separate the mature man or woman from the adult. Disillusioned? Yes, but would you want to live in an illusion and longer than necessary?

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When Will I Ever Learn?

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

When will you ever learn? When will you no longer have to cope with fears and frustrations, mistakes and errors and the feelings of guilt that come with them?

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No Little Pill Will Fix It

Monday, November 24th, 2008

The midlife transition presents a couple with what may be the greatest challenge of their lives together: to respond to the complex issues generated by the midlife transition by becoming more self-aware and by learning to deepen their levels of communication.

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I Can’t Get No . . . Satisfaction

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

In my estimation, there exists only four ways of dealing with the midlife transition situation, and, of the four, the only one that actually alleviates the situation is an attitude of active and committed acceptance. That, in effect, is the road that women, by nature and by culture, normally take.

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