ABOUT FINDING MEANING IN THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE

What does it really mean to be a grown up in today’s world? We assume that once we “get it together” with the right job, marry the right person, have children, and buy a home, all is settled and well. But adulthood presents varying levels of growth, and is rarely the respite of stability we expected. Turbulent emotional shifts can take place anywhere between the age of thirty-five and seventy when we question the choices we’ve made, realize our limitations, and feel stuck— commonly known as the “midlife crisis.” Jungian psycho-analyst James Hollis believes it is only in the second half of life that we can truly come to know who we are and thus create a life that has meaning … (Read more here…https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/294336/finding-meaning-in-the-second-half-of-life-by-james-hollis/9781592402076/)