A Woman’s Guide to Mindfully Navigating the Challenges,
Celebrating the Joys, and Finding Power in Midlife
Embrace the Middle is a wise, compassionate guide for women navigating the transitions of midlife. Drawing from her clinical and Zen expertise, personal journey, and original research with 619 midlife women worldwide, Dr. Shayna Kaufmann offers real stories, heartfelt insights, data, and mindful tools to help you meet this life stage with clarity, courage, and grace.
Why readers love this book:
- Real, raw stories that make you feel seen and less alone
- Turns the “midlife crisis” into a midlife awakening
- Rooted in research, mindfulness, and deep compassion
- Tools you can use at any moment to feel more empowered and aligned
- Not just a book—an invitation to become who you truly are
Recognition
Gold Book Award from the
Nonfiction Author's Association
#1 Amazon Bestseller
in multiple categories
Over 50 Five-Star Reviews
on Amazon
Featured in Leading Midlife
Publications (Modern Elder
Academy)
Endorsed by trailblazers in
Mindfulness, Midlife Academia,
and Women's Issues.
“Dr. Kaufmann writes beautifully, with a lovely, insightful, supportive, helpful, and warm tone. And about an under-discussed, important, and widely relevant topic. This is a useful, wonderful book!”
— Rick Hanson, PhD., New York Times bestselling author, psychologist, and senior fellow of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.
Embrace the Middle makes the News!
What our readers are saying
“Embrace the Middle” is more than a book - it's a movement rejecting the negative narratives so many women internalize about aging. Blending her expertise in deep meditation practice with insights informed by original research on over 600 women worldwide, Kaufmann encourages embracing the inevitable evolutions of midlife with grace and authenticity while unlocking your wisdom, power, and potential to truly blossom."
-Diana Chapman, Co-Founder, The Conscious Leadership Group
"Dr. Kaufmann does a masterful job capturing the essence of "The Middle" and uses her expertise, intuitive insights, and research to demonstrate how to embrace this vital phase of life. Her SOFTT tool gives you step-by-step guidance to disengage from your thoughts, in the moment, improving and expanding your perspective and outcomes. I will keep a copy of this book with me as a constant reminder of what is possible."
-Kelley Kurtzman, Former CSO, Verizon Executive
"At long last the stigma of midlife, and all that comes with it, stands a chance to be removed for generations to come. Dr. Shayna Kaufman's Embrace The Middle addresses this stage of life with the dignity, honor, and curiosity that it deserves. Her use of humor, original research, authenticity, and her own raw vulnerability not only engage the reader from the start, but place her in your heart as a trusted source and friend. Her SOFTT method is a practical and accessible tool, to use anytime and anywhere. Thank you, Shayna, for revealing this stage of life for all that it is and has the potential to be.”
-Kate Byrne, Co-Founder The Tulle Box, and Good Light Capital
"A book that every woman will want to share with her sisters and friends -- and that every loving man who wants to understand his wife as she gets older must read."
-Ken Druck, Ph.D., author of Courageous Aging: Your Best Years Ever Reimagined and How We Go On: Self- Compassion, Courage and Gratitude on the Path Forward
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