"Midlife Crisis at 30"

After receiving a user-contribution from "Wonder Woman"...

I'm a 34 year old woman (or is it over-grown college girl?) in the depths of a what I now know to be a midlife crisis. Over the past 2 years, I divorced my husband because "I wasn't in love with him," changed jobs 3 times, went back to college briefly, moved to a new city and divorced my mother whom I believe to be the root cause of all of this chaos in the first place. I've read most of the information on this site, however it really is aimed at a different generation than me, so I am having difficulty relating. Can anyone point me to helpful 30-something resources, besides the book, "Midlife Crisis at 30?" Any info is greatly appreciated.

...we've gone on a quest to find more information on the topic. But first we thought it was worth sharing more information on the book that Wonder Woman mentions, "Midlife Crisis at 30." To do so we turn to friend and expert Nicolette Beard who had already written about this very book.

Just as girls reach puberty earlier than do boys, apparently women face a midlife crisis earlier than their male counterparts. I remember turning 35 and feeling as though my life was finished. I thought I hadn't accomplished enough (though I'd owned my own business,) or attained financial independence (though I'd been supporting myself comfortably for the previous seven years.) Fortunately, I re-invented myself based on choices important to me. With that experience behind me I can now view my husband's ups and downs with the understanding that midlife gyrations are part of a larger process of re-evaluating and re-energizing one's life.

A new book, Midlife Crisis at 30, written by two media professionals, label the components of 30-something angst. It sounds very much like the male midlife crisis.

Nicolette notes that "A crisis is only a crisis if we react and don't respond to changing life circumstances."

Here is what one Amazon reviewer said about the book:

Informative and insightful, this book looks at the culture of life choices of the women of Generations X and Y and concludes that a number of life stressors are now coinciding for women at age 30.