Remember those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books? The ones where you’d read several pages, then you got to decide: turn to page 42 if you open the mysterious door, or turn to page 67 if you take a sharp left and run as fast as you can. I enjoyed those books, not because of how well written they were or the exciting plot — half of them didn’t have one — but because I loved the feeling I had making my own choice. There was no single way, but many versions of an ending, and I got to choose. I think friendships should work the same way. Where we get…
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Multi-faceted: Nine Ways to Shine
Endings and New Beginnings Have you experienced a major life change in recent years? If you’re over fifty, chances are your life has shifted in several significant ways. Many overwhelming endings and life changes happen in midlife and later years. Marriages end or begin, children leave home (or return), parents’ age and often require care, careers end or new ones begin, friendships evolve, and so much more. Every ending is different, yet they all have one thing in common: they are all followed by new beginnings. Whether we consciously decide what’s next and look forward, or we resist the ending and look backward, the choice is ours. We cannot always…
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Rediscover Nine Energies to Create Your Best Second Half of Life
Endings……… and New Beginnings Have you experienced a major life change in the past few years? If you’re over fifty, like most of us, your life has shifted in some major way. Many overwhelming endings and life changes happen in midlife. Marriages end or begin, children leave home (or return), parents age, careers end or new ones begin, we move to a new community, friendships change and more. Every ending is different, yet they all have one thing in common. They are all followed by new beginnings. Whether we consciously decide what’s next and look forward, or we resist this ending and look backwards, it’s our choice. We cannot always…