This article was published on October 14th as a guest blog on the Modern Elder Academy’s Wisdom Well. “I just talked to the neurologist,” my brother, a doctor, said in a crackly voice. “She’s got Alzheimer’s.” His words hit me like a truck, even though I…
Final Survey Results: Covid Inspires Midlife Existential Query
Before last March, most of us were not very concerned with questions in the realm of Who am I? What’s my purpose? What’s my life all about? After all, when you work, care for dependents, shop, cook, volunteer, work out, clean the house, walk the…
Survey Data Part 2: The Sandwich Generation Concerns are Real
Survey Data: Part 2 Survey Says: The Sandwich Generation Concerns are Real! Last week, I wrote about some factors that were NOT rated highest on our radar of concerns – namely, growing waistlines (i.e. physical appearance) and hot flashes (menopausal issues). Though inconsistent with pop…
Survey 1 Data, Part 1
Part 1: Survey Says: We’re NOT So Vain! Midlife…. ahhhhh… such a rich, multifaceted time. Peaks of ease and depths of challenges. I’m personally and professionally fascinated with the gamut of the female midlife experience. My curiosity propelled me to launch a survey this past…