I just joined today and had to send out a post right away! I am so relieved that there is a community on the internet to help support "midlife crisis." I found this site while "googling" those two words and joined right away, no questions asked.

I wanted to share a very good article that I found called: What is a Midlife Crisis? by Cathy Meyer »more»

Randy Pausch passed away yesterday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47. Pausch was the terminally ill computer science professor whose poignant farewell lecture at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University became a viral video phenomenon and then a best-selling book (see link below). He symbolized living life to the fullest. »more»

"The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work" is Jon Gordon's fictional story about how to turn complaints into "solutions, innovations, and success." Though not based on an actual company, it was inspired by the successes one organization had eliminating rampant complaining. »more»

One of my favorite authors, Richard Leider, is coming out with a new book, Something to Live For:  Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life, and I wanted to give everyone a heads up.  As a coach, I've been influenced a lot by Richard's thinking on purposeful living, and his books are featured prominently in the "recommended reading" section of my blog, Project Creative Vision. Needless to say, I'm eagerly anticipating the new book as well.

At a recent conference call about the book launch, Richard talked about how this book is taking his ideas about life purpose to a whole new, more spiritual level.  »more»

Yesterday I had a long conversation with an individual conducting research on the job prospects for "mature" workers, which is code for people over 50. We covered a lot of territory and I thought that a few of the key points were worthy of a post on LifeTwo. »more»

One of my lifelong interests has been the relationship between work and a vocation, or a calling. The idea of a calling has traditionally been understood in purely religious terms, as in somebody being called to serve a higher power or a higher purpose.

But we are all called to do something in our lives. To the extent that we are spiritual beings, we are called to accomplish something that goes beyond the needs and requirements of our ego and personality. And in that sense, while the way in which we express our calling does not at all have to be religious, there is no denying that following one's calling is part and parcel of our spiritual evolution. »more»

Life is too short to spend in an unsatisfying job. However by middle age, career transitions are risky and expensive. The last thing you want to do is to go through a gut wrenching experience moving into a new career only to find that it wasn't what you expected. But how do you know what a new career will be like before you actually do it? »more»

Other women who've been working since they were twenty will now have retirement income. Not me. I stayed home. I got the joy of watching every step of my children's infancy and childhood. Now I'm stuck with just me.

As I make my way out into the sunshine, I sure would love to hear what other people have to say about being "just a homemaker" and what happens next.

We all regret things in our life to varying degrees so it is not surprising that psychologists have decided to take a deeper look at what we regret and why. Canadian blog BoomerWatch took on the topic of regret in the baby boomer generation citing the work of psychologists Neal Roese and Amy Summerville. »more»

No one wants to be unhappy so there is little debate in the benefits of moving from an unhappy state to a happier one. But is this true if you are already basically happy (say you are moderately happy or content)? In other words, if you consider yourself already happy should you continue to consume self-help books, DVDs and seminars in hopes of moving up another wrung on the happiness ladder? Are there any downsides to being even more happy? On the surface these seem like silly and rhetorical questions but »more»

Next month "We Are the New Radicals" will be published. It's a new book by Julia Moulden that chronicles the trend of baby boomers that reinvent and recommit themselves to improve the world. The book combines stories of people who've done it with "how to" tips for others who want to join in and drive change. »more»

Traditional economic theory tells us that the larger the reward for a particular action the greater your motivation. In other words you judge the value of the monetary rewards of your workplace based 100% on the absolute size of what you get. But observations have shown that the relative amount of one's reward is as important if not more important than the absolute amount. »more»

No one likes long commutes. The answer for some lucky employees has been working out a telecommuting arrangement with their employer. However there has been lingering questions how well these really work. »more»

Most of us like to think that a mutually agreed upon divorce or simple job lay off is not shameful. But something in our culture and deep within our own psyche begs to differ. I found my own divorce to feel quite shameful. What I say now is that any divorce, no matter how mutally desired, traumatizes the people involved and feels like a failure on some level. »more»

Marci Alboher is a columnist, blogger, and author of "One Person Multiple Careers." Alboher has a new take on using multiple career roles to improve everything from meaning of life to work-life balance. She advocates the adoption of "slash" careers (as she herself is a columnist/blogger/author) to "integrate and fully express the multiple passions, talents, and interests that a single career often cannot accommodate--leading to a greater sense of fullfillment." »more»