Midlife Reimagined

Anxiety

How Not to Be Psychologically Destroyed by Your Newsfeed

Ann Douglas on January 9, 2025

There's a difference between being informed and being overwhelmed. It's okay to take a break from the news.

There's a difference between being informed and being overwhelmed. It's okay to take a break from the news.

Midlife

Feeling Overwhelmed? It’s a Midlife Thing

Ann Douglas on December 16, 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by all the competing demands on your time? It's not just you. As I learned from my conversations with 118 midlife women, it's a common midlife experience.

Feeling overwhelmed by all the competing demands on your time? It's not just you. As I learned from my conversations with 118 midlife women, it's a common midlife experience.

Ethics and Morality

Finding Moral Courage

Ann Douglas on November 25, 2024

Given the right circumstances, we can all be that morally courageous person who steps up to do the right thing.

Given the right circumstances, we can all be that morally courageous person who steps up to do the right thing.

Midlife

Midlife Money Worries

Ann Douglas on October 30, 2024

I interviewed 118 midlife women about their biggest worries. We ended up talking a lot about money.

I interviewed 118 midlife women about their biggest worries. We ended up talking a lot about money.

Family Dynamics

Why Sibling Relationships Matter at Midlife

Ann Douglas on September 27, 2024

Adult siblings have a lot to offer one another in midlife and beyond.

Adult siblings have a lot to offer one another in midlife and beyond.

Deception

The Weight of a Guilty Secret

Ann Douglas on August 28, 2024

We pay a price for having a guilty secret—feeling “internally conflicted, socially isolated, and fatigued,” according to one group of researchers.

We pay a price for having a guilty secret—feeling “internally conflicted, socially isolated, and fatigued,” according to one group of researchers.

Midlife

My Midlife Superpower

Ann Douglas on July 29, 2024

Personal Perspective: How learning about self-compassion changed everything for me.

Personal Perspective: How learning about self-compassion changed everything for me.

Aging

Managing Health-Related Worries

Ann Douglas on June 13, 2024

Why so many midlife women worry about declining health—and what to do about it.

Why so many midlife women worry about declining health—and what to do about it.

Loneliness

How to Feel Less Lonely

Ann Douglas on May 28, 2024

Find yourself struggling with feelings of loneliness from time to time? These four strategies can help.

Find yourself struggling with feelings of loneliness from time to time? These four strategies can help.

Creativity

How Creative Couples Support and Encourage One Another

Ann Douglas on April 29, 2024

Having a supportive partner can encourage you to take creative risks and look for opportunities to continue to learn and grow.

Having a supportive partner can encourage you to take creative risks and look for opportunities to continue to learn and grow.

Sleep

Generation Exhausted: The Midlife Sleep Crisis

Ann Douglas on March 19, 2024

Getting a good night’s sleep is becoming the stuff of which midlife dreams are made.

Getting a good night’s sleep is becoming the stuff of which midlife dreams are made.

Midlife

The Secrets of Self-Transcendent People

Ann Douglas on February 28, 2024

Looking beyond yourself can give your life a sense of meaning and purpose.

Looking beyond yourself can give your life a sense of meaning and purpose.

Midlife

A Letter to the Discouraged in Midlife

Ann Douglas on January 16, 2024

These are hard times to be a caring, thinking person, let alone a caring, thinking person in midlife.

These are hard times to be a caring, thinking person, let alone a caring, thinking person in midlife.

Grief

The Right Things to Say to Someone Who's Grieving

Ann Douglas on December 12, 2023

What the online grief community taught me about showing up for someone who is grieving.

What the online grief community taught me about showing up for someone who is grieving.

Midlife

In Praise of the Midlife Narrator

Ann Douglas on November 27, 2023

Midlife women are rejecting life-limiting narratives and telling themselves new and better stories about their lives.

Midlife women are rejecting life-limiting narratives and telling themselves new and better stories about their lives.

Midlife

The 7 Biggest Myths About Midlife

Ann Douglas on October 27, 2023

Buying into common myths and misconceptions about midlife only makes those years harder. We can tell ourselves new and better stories.

Buying into common myths and misconceptions about midlife only makes those years harder. We can tell ourselves new and better stories.

Motivation

The Science of Milestone Birthdays

Ann Douglas on September 11, 2023

Celebrating a milestone birthday? It’s the perfect opportunity to take advantage of the "fresh-start effect."

Celebrating a milestone birthday? It’s the perfect opportunity to take advantage of the "fresh-start effect."

Parenting

Finding Your Way in an Empty (or Emptier) Nest

Ann Douglas on August 14, 2023

There’s no right or wrong way to feel as you weather this milestone transition in your life as a parent. Your feelings may surprise you.

There’s no right or wrong way to feel as you weather this milestone transition in your life as a parent. Your feelings may surprise you.

Midlife

Why You Find Yourself Rethinking Everything at Midlife

Ann Douglas on July 26, 2023

Pausing to take stock of how much you’ve learned and grown as a human can be tremendously life-affirming.

Pausing to take stock of how much you’ve learned and grown as a human can be tremendously life-affirming.

Midlife

Midlife Reality Check: It’s Not All Downhill From Here

Ann Douglas on June 6, 2023

How narratives of decline sell women in midlife short.

How narratives of decline sell women in midlife short.