This week we\u2019re looking at how to approach mid-life without going through the clich\xe9d mid-life crisis!
Now, I am 56 this year, so I\u2019ve been negotiating mid-life stuff for a while now. I actually appreciate this mid-life phase, and if you\u2019re one of the many people who approach it with horror,\xa0 I want to help you re-frame it, so you can appreciate this phase of life too.\xa0
Mid-life is only painful if you resist it and try to be what you are not. Each phase of life has its focus. In our earlier decades we\u2019re building our lives, we\u2019ve got the (misplaced) confidence of youth, and we\u2019re busy creating the problems that we\u2019ll have to resolve in later life!
And honestly, would you really want to go back to the mess you were in your twenties and thirties? I know I wouldn\u2019t! It took me years to sort myself out from all the bad habits I indulged in then. I didn\u2019t really start growing up till my late 30s. And guess what that is... mid-life!
David Bowie said, "Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been." I prefer to say, you become the person you were always \u201cmeant to be\u201d. \xa0
Mid-life though is the time to free yourself. It\u2019s the time to sort yourself out and achieve a higher level of well-being than you\u2019ve ever had in your life. This is the compensation for a few wrinkles and a bit of flab!\xa0
By the time we reach middle age, there\u2019s a lot of water under the bridge, allowing us to look back and analyse all the pointers we\u2019ve received across the years about our purpose in life and really allow those to unfold, in the light of the wisdom of our more advanced years.
Join me as we discuss how to by-pass the mid-life crisis and use this time to get down to the more meaningful business of life, where we cultivate a deeper understanding of what we are here on this planet to do.\xa0
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