Download or read book Midlife Transformation in Literature and Film written by Steven F. Walker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Steven F. Walker considers the midlife transition from a Jungian and Eriksonian perspective, by providing vivid and powerful literary and cinematic examples that illustrate the psychological theories in a clear and entertaining way. For C.G. Jung, midlife is a time for personal transformation, when the values of youth are replaced by a different set of values, and when the need to succeed in the world gives place to the desire to participate more in the culture of one’s age and to further its development in all kinds of different ways. Erik Erikson saw "generativity," an expanded concern for others beyond one's immediate circle of family and friends, as the hallmark of this stage of life. Both psychologists saw it as a time for growth and renewal. Literary texts such Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, or Sophocles' Oedipus the King, and films such as Fellini's 8 1⁄2 and Campion's The Piano, have the capacity to represent, sometimes more vividly and with greater dramatic concentration than actual life histories or case studies, the archetypal nature of the drama and in-depth transformation associated with the midlife transition. Midlife Transformation in Literature and Film focuses on the specific male and female archetypal paradigms and presents them within the general context of midlife transformation. For men, the theme of death of the young hero presides over the crisis and the transformative ordeal, whereas for women the theme of tragic abandonment acts as the prelude to further growth and independence. This book is essential reading for anyone studying Jung, Erikson, or the midlife transition. It will interest those who have already been through a midlife transition, those who are in the midst of one, as well as those who are yet to experience this challenging period.
Download or read book Midlife Metamorphosis written by Jim Rogers and published by Eloquent Books. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time in life when most of us expected to be married, with our kids almost ready to leave the house, and finally having the time to mend our fences and enjoy one another, many of us have instead found ourselves suddenly divorced and asking the question, 'Now what?' The disorienting world of singledom in midlife is not just difficult, it can be incredibly frightening as well. Midlife Metamorphosis provides a unique look at the process of moving forward with your heart from the viewpoint of a man who, after two failed marriages, began to dig deep for his own set of answers. Based on a ten-year introspective journey, it breaks down the process into small, well-understood and well-communicated steps while easily conveying these to the reader through many personal examples. It also explores many aspects of the midlife heart experience that few have previously thought to examine. Written in a conversational style, Midlife Metamorphosis leads the reader to a greater understanding of what has brought them to the bewildering maze of being suddenly single in midlife. With this approach, the reader is shown a way to find a greater, more meaningful love that will help lead them out of the confusion of midlife singledom and into fulfilling, romantically coupled love once more... and for some, truly for the first time. Jim Rogers found his mission, and true purpose in life, to be that of gaining a greater understanding of the deepest dynamics of heartfelt, healthy, and loving relationships. As his second marriage was imploding, he found himself asking many questions and, for the first time in his life, finally getting real answers. After a multi-year period of searching, studying, dating and applying all that had been learned in the laboratory of his life, Jim found himself with a unique set of knowledge that many claimed needed to be shared with all who found themselves in a similar predicament. Jim currently resides in Southern California. He can be found on the Internet at www.midlifeheart.com.
Download or read book Transformation written by Murray Stein and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Transformation: Emergence of the Self, noted analyst and author Murray Stein explains what this process is and what it means for an individual to experience it. Transformation usually occurs at midlife but is much more complicated than what we colloquially call a midlife crisis. Consciously working through this life stage can lead people to become who they have always potentially been. Indeed, Stein suggests, transformation is the essential human task.
Download or read book Following the Clues to My Self written by Linda Radoff and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-07-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Radoff takes us on her remarkable journey from her early challenges and setbacks to her remarkable transformation to academic, professional and personal accomplishments. Radoff's only published book Following the Clues to My Self is a wonderful guide to spiritual completeness.
Download or read book Middle Grounds Essays on Midlife Mothering written by Kathy Mantas and published by Demeter Press. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although motherhood writings are rich and emerging, the available literature on midlife motherhood and mothering is incomplete and often presented from a narrow perspective. Middle Grounds: Essays on Midlife Mothering fills this gap, widening the lens on a sociological phenomenon that is expanding in the twenty first century. It brings together scholarly and creative essays from diverse disciplines and cultural perspectives to reflect a more contemporary viewpoint — that motherhood and mothering is not limited by the stages of life or chronological age. It echoes distinct voices speaking about experiences that represent a global reality for midlife mothering practices. In essence, this collection demonstrates that everything can transpire in the middle period of a woman’s life. Thus, in midlife, we encounter a broad range of mothering experiences and practices, and ways of rep- resenting and expressing them
Download or read book Transformations written by Murray Stein and published by Chiron Publications. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformation is a word used often in discussions of psychological and spiritual development. The works in this collection are directed at an assessment of this developmental process on a personal, individual level as well as on a cultural level. These works extend from consideration of transformation in the lives of great figures like Rilke, Rembrandt, Picasso, Jung, and Dante to cultural topics like the changing God image in modern times. With the world in flux, transformation is a topic of relevance on many levels of human existence.
Download or read book Listening to Midlife written by Mark Gerzon and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1996-03-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on interviews with a wide variety of men and women and research on the literature of adult development, Mark Gerzon answers the question, "Is it possible that human beings experience a profound metamorphosis in midlife?" with a resounding "yes."
Download or read book Adult Development written by Calvin A. Colarusso and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is about the normal development of adulthood, as weIl as its vieissitudes and the contributions of such development to psycho pathology. The authors are psychoanalysts of great dinieal skill and perceptiveness, but while their focus is consistently a psychodynamie one, their conceptualizations about adult developmental processes are applicable to virtually all kinds of therapy. It is extraordinary how little attention has been paid to the effects of adult developmental experience on mental development. Obviously mental structures are not statie after the profound experiences of child hood and adolescence, nor are they merely a template upon whieh adult experiences are processed. The authors dearly demonstrate that current adult experience always adds to, and interacts with, existing mental structure, whieh is itself the result of all preceding develop ment. After a first section in whieh they examine life cyde ideas on de velopment from antiquity to the present, they present their own work as it relates to adult experience and adult development. Their hypoth eses about the psychodynamie theory of adult development are partie ularly creative and an enormous contribution to the psychiatrie litera ture and the dinical understanding of patients. Consistent with their views that development in adulthood is an ongoing and dynamic process, they elaborate their ideas that childhood development is fo cused primarily on the formation of psychie structure while adult de velopment is concerned with the continued evolution of existing struc ture and its use.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Menopause written by Deb Baker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-10-12 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide, for women in their late thirties to late fifties, is meant to demystify the menopause condition, symptoms, remedies, side effects, and emotional impact. The information about rememdies includes both traditional and alternative treatments. The author stresses the benefits of good nutrition and fitness.
Download or read book Narrating Midlife written by Christine Elizabeth Kiesinger and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrating Midlife: Crisis, Transition, and Transformation is rooted in a discussion about why it is important to address the midlife years in ways that challenge and interrogate the myths that surround this phase of life. Although readers are free to construct their own meaning after reading each narrative, they are encouraged to attend to the ways in which each narrative reveals how the author grapples with their particular issues communicatively. More important, readers are invited to see the power of narrative re-framing as authors seek to understand, interpret and “live” midlife change(s) in ways that are empowering and life affirming. In this book, contributors spin compelling and meaningful narratives about change at midlife. The empty nest, the surprise discovery of cancer, re-defining one's life at midlife and re-imagining long term commitment after divorce are just some of the topics explored in this book. Auto-ethnographically crafted, the narratives presented throughout the book aim to show how managing and living through change at midlife is very much a communicative endeavor.
Download or read book Women s Bodies Women s Wisdom written by Christiane Northrup and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING GUIDE TO PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS FOR WOMEN OF ALL AGES-FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED Emphasizing the body's innate wisdom and ability to heal, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom covers the entire range of women's health-from the first menstrual period through menopause. It includes updated information on pregnancy, labor, and birth, sexuality, nutrition, hormone replacement therapy, treating fibroids, avoiding hysterectomy, and maintaining breast and menstrual health. Fully revised and updated to include the very latest treatment innovations and research data, and reflecting today's woman's proactive involvement in her own health care, this important new edition will help women everywhere enjoy vibrant health with far fewer medical interventions. Filled with dramatic case histories, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom is contemporary medicine at its best, combining new technologies with natural remedies and the miraculous healing powers within the body itself.
Download or read book The Joy of Retirement written by David C. Borchard and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2008-05-07 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows elderly workers how to reinvent themselves and achieve the kind of fulfillment and meaning in their lives they have always dreamed of. Life after work no longer conjures up images of couples wandering the malls, playing golf, and taking endless Caribbean cruises. As baby boomers reach their 50s and 60s, they are redefining what it means to retire. Many of them are still choosing to work or create a whole new life entirely. What they crave is vitality, joy, and meaning in their lives. In The Joy of Retirement, readers can start crafting their future and discovering their passions with advice on topics such as: finding new interests that make the most of their unique talents planning their lifestyle at 50+ assessing what transitions they are ready and willing to make defining priorities and goals establishing their criteria for success mastering the seven steps to maintaining vitality Revealing and hopeful, The Joy of Retirement will reshape how people look at the next phase of their lives.
Download or read book Women s Bodies Women s Wisdom written by Christiane Northrup, M.D. and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 1185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling guide to physical and emotional wellness for women of all ages—fully revised and updated for 2020 “A masterpiece for every woman who has an interest in her body, her mind, and her soul.”—Caroline Myss, Ph.D., author of Anatomy of the Spirit “I recommend Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom to all women and also to all men who want to understand and nourish the women in their lives.”—Deepak Chopra, M.D., author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind Emphasizing the body’s innate wisdom and ability to heal, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom covers the entire range of women’s health—from the first menstrual period through menopause. It includes updated information on pregnancy, labor, and birth, sexuality, nutrition, hormone replacement therapy, treating fibroids, avoiding hysterectomy, and maintaining breast and menstrual health. Fully revised and updated to include the very latest treatment innovations and research data, and reflecting today’s woman’s proactive involvement in her own health care, this important new edition will help women everywhere enjoy vibrant health with far fewer medical interventions. Filled with dramatic case histories, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom is contemporary medicine at its best, combining new technologies with natural remedies and the miraculous healing powers within the body itself.
Download or read book Advances in Global Leadership written by William H. Mobley and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes chapters on various concepts and processes associated with leading across cultures and other boundaries.
Download or read book Healthy Longevity Techniques written by Joseph P. Hou and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book Healthy Longevity Techniques, East-West Anti-aging Strategies provides extensive practical advices on preserving health and longevity. It is a book for people of all ages. It is Joseph P. Hous most important and far-reaching book yet. The goal of this book is to help readers live to 100 or to your Tian Nian.
Download or read book Emily Dickinson written by Steven Herrmann and published by Fisher King Press. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the 19th century poets, Emily Dickinson is by far the most scientifically minded. Science is the voice that summoned Dickinson at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary and gave her unique distinction as a poetess of botanical and entomological and astronomical classifications. Like no other 19th century poet she forms an integration between science and spirituality. She studied at Holyoke at the exact historical moment of the first Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention in 1848. This, therefore, is a feminist book. It speaks up for the Divine Feminine. On the front cover purple-white rosemary blossoms are exploding with color. Emily Dickinson’s garden was a place where butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds drank up the radiance of flowers. Rosemary in particular was one of her favorite healing herbs. C.G. Jung mentions the antitoxin of rosemary flowers as a synonym for the Self, the total personality. When Steven Herrmann refers to Emily Dickinson as a Medicine Woman, he is speaking of an archetype of healing within all humans. Her poems are enduring imprints of the Medicine Woman archetype. It is by access to the Medicine Woman archetype that she’s able to espouse a democracy of equality that the world needs right now. She advises women to cherish “Power” and take heed from the Serpent. We need a Medicine Woman to balance things out. In a democratic sense, she’s a fierce and uncompromising spokeswoman for Liberty. She is a dispenser of a new American myth for our times.
Download or read book Changing Lanes written by Jane Jelenko and published by Radom Press. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two former 'suits' take to the road in search of meaningful second acts and find inspiration in the stories of other baby boomers who changed lanes and renewed their lives. This book presents a compass to help readers navigate their own midlife journeys, posing questions and charting road maps to guide their way.
