Midlife Transformation - Aging Abundantly

We Have the Key

“So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key.” The Eagles, Already Gone (Quote taken from Aging Abundantly’s A Little Book of Hope) Sometimes it takes a major crisis in our lives to wake us up.…

Devotion is a Gift of Aging

When I see elderly couples together it warms my heart. Whether they are husband and wife, or friends walking arm in arm offering support and comfort to one another, I am lifted up. Aging doesn’t have to be a lonely, miserable venture. It can be a time of building trust…

It’s Easier to Be Happy When…

It’s easier to be happy when we get rid of the “shoulds” in our life and begin replacing them with “want tos”. Midlife is the perfect opportunity to shuck the things that are not working and get down to the business of enjoying life on our own terms. In my…

Women of Wisdom Quotes

Midlife brings with it the opportunity for growth and exploration of our inner worlds. It prepares us for our wisdom years, prodding and guiding us along our path to wisdom. It is not always an easy journey, as we have much to learn, but it is a powerfully important one,…

When A Dream Dies

There comes a time in each woman’s life when we look at our best efforts and see only the failure. We started with a dream or a mission or a purpose. We put ourselves behind it, believing without a doubt that we were on the right path. The path was…

Managing Menopause

Menopause arrived in my life when I wasn’t paying attention and it came in arcing swirls of confusing symptoms, that ebbed and flowed in an annoyingly unpredictable fashion. In my forties, I was blissfully unaware that the night sweats I was experiencing was actually peri-menopause. Furthermore, moodiness and irritability were…