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The Art of Midlife: Courage and Creative Living for Women » Read Now
by Linda N. Edelstein. 215 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The Art of Midlife illuminates the journey for women who want to create intentional, spirited lives. The book is based on Dr. Edelstein's extensive clinical practice and on interviews with "ordinary," healthy, and active women between the ages of 38-60 years old. She begins with descriptions of the...
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The Art of Midlife illuminates the journey for women who want to create intentional, spirited lives. The book is based on Dr. Edelstein's extensive clinical practice and on interviews with "ordinary," healthy, and active women between the ages of 38-60 years old. She begins with descriptions of the dynamics of midlife, the unique opportunities to reevaluate life, and the need to mourn one's losses. The book continues with real voices, including her own, that recount the reconnection to one's self that is essential. The author faces the difficult issues of staying connected to others while reclaiming one's life and the problems that may occur. The final section of the book recounts the actions and success of women who sought a more authentic second half of life.
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Women at Midlife, in Social Work » Read Now
by Sharon Mcquaide. 11 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Jaques (who coined the term "midlife crisis"), Erikson, Vaillant, and Levinson - all...about men. Their writings suggest that midlife satisfaction is related to having a...
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Facing the Fifties: From Denial to Reflection » Read Now
by Peter A. O'Connor. 210 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Understanding the experiences of being fiftysomething.
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Implications of Personal Values in Women's Midlife Development, in Counseling and Values » Read Now
by Lynn Calhoun Howell. 11 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...England, J., Finch, J. (1991). Rural women: A thematic perspective on midlife. Canadian Journal of Counselling, 25, 594-602. Erikson, E. H. (1968). Identity youth and...
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The Essential Other: A Developmental Psychology of the Self (Chap. 11 "Midlife") » Read Now
by Robert M. Galatzer-Levy, Bertram J. Cohler. 470 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Midlife Crisis Less Common Than Many Believe, in Human Ecology » Read Now
by Susan S. Lang. 1 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...Midlife crisis less common than many believe...Americans over age 35 think they have had a midlife crisis, more than half of these were no more...likely as men to believe...
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The Third Age: Six Principles of Growth and Renewal After Forty » Read Now
by William A. Sadler. 235 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Medical and technological breakthroughs have given most of us the equivalent of a thirty-year life bonus. As a result, we face a new period in the middle of our lives, what Europeans call the third age, which challenges us to change the way we live and transform the way we age. But rediscovering a...
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Medical and technological breakthroughs have given most of us the equivalent of a thirty-year life bonus. As a result, we face a new period in the middle of our lives, what Europeans call the third age, which challenges us to change the way we live and transform the way we age. But rediscovering a youthful spirit and staying truly involved in life demands an attitudinal shift, a resistance to outdated stereotypes, and an effort to balance the seemingly paradoxical pulls on our time and energy. Practically instructive and powerfully inspiring, The Third Age expertly guides us toward and through the second half of our lives.
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The Third Career: Revisiting the Home vs. Work Choice in Middle Age » Read Now
by Milica Zarkovic Bookman. 222 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

Bookman takes a detailed look at the goals and motivations of high-income middle-aged women who want to enter the labor force after having spent most of their adult lives tending their homes, raising children, and volunteering in the community. It examines the supply of their labor, their...
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Bookman takes a detailed look at the goals and motivations of high-income middle-aged women who want to enter the labor force after having spent most of their adult lives tending their homes, raising children, and volunteering in the community. It examines the supply of their labor, their incentives, their motivations, and the fears they face as they evaluate their future options. Bookman also discusses the demand for their skills by reviewing the opportunities available to them in the labor market and by detailing what they can realistically aspire to and what obstacles they are likely to encounter. By describing the changes in the workplace that are likely to affect middle-aged women, the book offers a compelling labor market study with regard to this unique group of workers.
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Mid-Life Issues and the Workplace of the 90s: A Guide for Human Resource Specialists » Read Now
by Shirley A. Waskel. 182 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

The median age of workers in the U.S. will reach 36 by the year 2000. The number of workers between the ages of 35 and 47 will increase by 38%, while those aged 48 to 53 will grow by a staggering 67%. As a result, human resources managers will have to deal increasingly with the unique employee...
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The median age of workers in the U.S. will reach 36 by the year 2000. The number of workers between the ages of 35 and 47 will increase by 38%, while those aged 48 to 53 will grow by a staggering 67%. As a result, human resources managers will have to deal increasingly with the unique employee issues and personal mid-life stresses which affect work performance. Waskel discusses this "middle-aging" of the work force, and its impact on workplace productivity. Not only does Waskel's book explain the symptomology of mid-life and its effects, but also suggests programs and counseling groups, to which employees can be referred.
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Revisioning Aging: Empowerment of Older Women » Read Now
by Jenny Onyx, Rosemary Leonard, Rosslyn Reed. 259 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...among whom there are very few female heart or brain surgeons. Almost...older women as the cause of a crisis in welfare provision. As Rosslyn...oppression -- such as male/...
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Handbook on Women and Aging » Read Now
by Jean M. Coyle. 484 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

Statistics show that women live longer than men, and that they constitute a substantial majority of the North American population over age 50. But lack of empirical data on aging women has helped to perpetuate numerous myths and stereotypes. This reference provides a comprehensive overview of...
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Statistics show that women live longer than men, and that they constitute a substantial majority of the North American population over age 50. But lack of empirical data on aging women has helped to perpetuate numerous myths and stereotypes. This reference provides a comprehensive overview of current research on women and aging. Chapters are written by expert contributors and are grouped in sections devoted to historical and theoretical views, economic concerns, health and lifestyle issues, demographic information, and relationships. Chapters reflect research on women from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, the particular needs of the rural elderly, the problem of sexism and ageism, and the impact of significant life events, such as retirement and widowhood. Chapters cite current research, and the volume closes with a selected bibliography of major studies.
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The Changing Lives of American Women » Read Now
by Steven D. McLaughlin. 252 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library