by Alan Heeks | Oct 15, 2014 | Homepage Posts, Mid-life Crisis
When I turned sixty in 2008, I set a clear intent of moving into elderhood, growing beyond my prevailing warrior-hero approach to life. Six years on, I can report good progress but further mysteries. For most of my adult life, I have been a happy workaholic: drawn to...
by Julie | Dec 16, 2013 | Mid-life Crisis
The male midlife crisis lasts between three and ten years, whereas women will only suffer the crisis for two and five years, the study found. Typical signs include looking up ex-partners on Facebook, taking vitamin pills and taking out a direct debit for a charity....
by MB50 Team | Oct 9, 2013 | Mid-life Crisis
Running to the Mountain: book by Jon Katz A midlife adventure many men could learn from This is a gem of a book: an autobiographical tale which is deep, touching, funning, and relevant for a lot of us. Our hero, Jon Katz, is a guy in suburban New Jersey, who at fifty...
by MB50 Team | Jul 22, 2013 | Mid-life Crisis
Major social insights from the world of barbeques I’m happy to say that even now, in my sixties, I am a BBQ virgin. Barbies have never appealed to me: they remind me of the joke, ‘Why do men do barbeques?’ : ‘Because they end up burning the meat better.’ However, my...
by MB50 Team | Nov 28, 2012 | Creative Ageing and Elderhood, Mid-life Crisis
OK, so you have had a feeling for some time that there are some unpleasant and unsorted things in your emotional and mental life, and maybe at 50+ it is time to recognise them and address the intray. So where to start? Whatever the issues you are trying to resolve,...
