LifeTwo received a nice mention in U-Turn Ahead's "Best Blogs and Websites for Midlifers." »more»

What happens when someone turns 40? Pop culture would have you believe that it's a magic age of sudden insight, existential questioning, or decisions to make major changes.

Those don't often happen in real life, and they don't happen in TV Land's "The Big 4-0" either. »more»

Jessica Hagy posts ideas on her site ... the kind you conceptual sketches you might put up on a whiteboard or jot on the classic back of the envelope. Her collection "A Career Path in Pictures," available as a free pdf at ChangeThis, has a couple that we wish we had written ... »more»

Dear Oprah,

How are you? I am fine. Well, actually, I'm not so fine considering I woke up with night sweats four times last night and my middle-aged eyes are so bad I can't read a blessed thing which is why I accidentally took the dog's medication instead of my thyroid pill. »more»

It was almost two years ago when we first learned of Sheila Key and Peggy Spencer's writing project about making the most of the second half of your life. Based on what we heard from them we were expecting a great gift book for the 12,500 people who are celebrating (or perhaps dreading) their 50th birthday every day. In fact it is a great gift book, but it is much, much more. »more»

If you're in midlife now, you probably remember Christmas 1971. But do you remember how different things were? Take a look at what was in the 1971 Sears Wish Book -- the dog-eared focus of many a child's Christmas list. »more»

"Because the mind of an over-50 is likely superior to that of a drink-addled undergrad, at first there was uncertainty about whether older users would find the Facebook-led social-networking phenomena attractive." -- Chris Stevens in the UK's Telegraph newspaper »more»

"Give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man," the Jesuits say. And the latest installment of the documentary series that opens with that quote and proves the ancient point will be shown on PBS October 9th. »more»

Sex in middle age was once treated like an embarrassing disease -- the less said about it, the better. No longer. »more»

Our two previous lists (here, and here) of midlife crisis movies have seventeen entries between them. Bruce Kirkland of the Edmonton Sun nominates six films in his "best mid-life crisis movies" story. Five of them are not on our list. Should we add them? »more»