The shifts associated with being in your 40s and 50s – gray hairs, career doldrums, a longing for something more – seem as inevitable as aging itself. It wasn’t always this way.
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Kylie Mirmohamadi’s immersive post-marriage novel follows a woman’s midlife reawakening in the wake of her dominating artist husband’s death.
A middle-aged mother goes on a scandalous road trip in two darkly funny new novels. Their paths diverge dramatically. Only one woman goes home.
Age is no longer the only definition of midlife. An expert in aging explains why.
What was once imagined as a time of exploration and reinvention has become marked by financial and emotional strain.
There’s good evidence to suggest a midlife crisis exists, though it’s hard to define what the midlife is. And perhaps crises that occur during midlife might equally have occurred before or after.
As a teenager I remember asking my parents if it was possible to have a mid-life crisis before you left high school. This was followed by hearty chuckles. Nonetheless, it forces one to ask the question…
Hard Evidence is a series of articles that looks at some of the trickiest public policy questions we face. Academic experts delve into available research evidence to provide informed analysis you won’t…
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Warwick
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Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
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Assistant Professor of Aging Studies, University of South Florida
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Senior Researcher, National Centre for Social Research
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Associate Professor in Creative Writing, Griffith University
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Creative Writing, School of Humanities, Adelaide University
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Lecturer, Université de Lille