By now, you have picked up on one of the central themes in how to navigate your mlc is to engage with your experiences, feelings and emotions directly.

That can be pretty hard to do, so one of the first skills I teach new clients is an exercise on how to stay solidly grounded. It's easy and very useful. You can read it below. »more»

LifeTwo's Wesley had a chance to sit down with Nina Boski, the force behind a company called LifeBites and we are posting here under Nina's profile. »more»

So says Michael Kimmel, of the State University of New York at Stony Brook (he's also the author of Manhood in America: A Cultural Odyssey). »more»

Is midlife crisis a worldwide problem?

Probably not, although little work has been done in this area. »more»

Over 90% of Americans can provide a definition of "midlife crisis." What do they mean?

Common beliefs about midlife crisis include: »more»

The midlife crisis is firmly fixed in popular belief as something that happens between the ages of forty and fifty.

But research shows that more than half of (self) reported midlife crises occur before 40 or after 50. »more»

The psychologist who coined the term "midlife crisis" in 1965 thought that people went through a period of turmoil when they became aware of their inevitable death. In 1976, Gail Sheehy's mega-bestseller Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life told readers that by their forties, they would face a major upheaval when they became aware that "time can run out on us." »more»

Self-reported midlife crisis does not change much with income.

Our analysis of 1998's MIDUS (Midlife Development in the United States) study shows that people who say they've had a midlife crisis don't have higher or lower incomes than the general population. »more»

You're a type-A list maker. You're going to die. So how should you figure out what to do with the next thirty-plus years of your life?

1) make a list.
2) Or buy a book with the list ready-made -- if you can choose which one! »more»

Divorce used to be something that happened to people well before they turned 40. No longer. The most-divorced group in the U.S. population is well into middle age.

Does that mean we'll see more midlife crises ... and the sometimes embarassing behavior that goes with it? »more»