The ‘Grandma’ and ‘Grandpa’ images from the last century are gone for good. In their place, we’re discovering that we ‘Boomers can become vibrant, ‘sexy sexagenarians,’ taking the intimacy and passion we experience in our relationships to levels we might never have expected. The recipe for relationship success during (and after) midlife is surprisingly simple.
Read More..>>In most cultures like ours, the show of emotion can be taken by others as well as ourselves as a sign of weakness or being out of control. For many reasons, emotions are suspect, and therefore uncomfortable. Rather than identify them, face them and express them openly, we find it easier to medicate them whenever possible.
Read More..>>I’m going to get philosophical here, and I think this point is vitally important: even though we can now identify a biochemical basis for the midlife transition, we must be extremely careful not to fall into a reductionist mode of thinking. We’ll do ourselves real damage if we think we can go off and find a ‘cure’ for male menopause, like hormone replacement therapy.
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