Female Midlife Crisis Explained in Shellenbarger's "Breaking Point"

A few weeks ago this post showed up on LifeTwo's discussion board:

Hello Life Two,

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.

A little while later this was posted:

I have been reading Midlife Crisis at 30 as well as The Breaking Point by Sue Shellenbarger. Combined they are are great start to obtaining insight on this journey. Honestly I'm not so much into the former as it includes a lot of famous people talking about their experiences with success which doesn't appeal to me. The Breaking Point, on the other hand, has been more helpful, providing me stories of real women and their life transformations as well as an understanding of why they embarked on new paths in their lives.

Based on her recommendation, we realized we should again recommend Shellenbarger's book.

For those of you who are not familiar with Shellenbarger, she has a "Work & Family" column in the Wall Street Journal. A few years ago she wrote about her midlife crisis in the column and received a tremendous response. That led to the book "The Breaking Point." Shellenbarger writes that the road to personal growth can be "bumpy" but midlife is also a time of "joy, sexuality, and self-discovery are bubbling within, more powerfully and compellingly than ever".

It is insightful reading that should be helpful to women experiencing life transformations.