Not Your Mother's Midlife : A Ten Step Guide to Fearless Aging

by Nancy Alspaugh; Marilyn Kentz

• ISBN13: 9780740735240
• ISBN10: 0740735241
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-02
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Summary

Aging ain't what it used to be. For one thing, people are staying younger longer. For another, countless baby boomers are rising up against the notion that with age comes worthlessness.In fact, Not Your Mother's Mid-Life: A Ten-Step Guide to Fearless Aging is more than a book; it's a movement. This gloriously gutsy volume challenges society's worn-out perceptions that women become less valuable as they age. Instead, authors Nancy Alspaugh and Marilyn Kentz celebrate the fact that today's women can be more powerful, more efficient, more capable, and even more desirable as they age.In Not Your Mother's Mid-Life, readers will find 10 practical recommendations to help women face middle age with confidence and a positive attitude. From chapters like Let Go of What's Not Working, Shore Up Spiritually, and Find a New Passion, Not Your Mother's Mid-Life contains personal growth exercises, humorous and poignant stories, and questions and visualizations to inspire new ways of thinking.Not Your Mother's Mid-Life takes the crisis out of mid-life, replacing it with passion, fearlessness, and unlimited possibilities.

Author Biography

An Emmy Award-winning television veteran, Nancy Alspaugh has produced both network and syndicated shows, among them the long-running NBC talk show Leeza. She also has created programming for celebrities including Cindy Crawford, Richard Simmons, Vicki Lawrence, and John Bradshaw.Marilyn Kentz is half of the comedy duo "The Mommies," which began as a stage show, then became an NBC sitcom and finally a Showtime Comedy Special. In 1996, Marilyn cohosted the ABC talk show Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends with the other "Mommy" (Caryl Kristensen). She is also the coauthor of The Mother Load and To Know Me Is to Love Me. Both authors live near Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Accept It	3	(20)
Take a Good Look at What to Expect	23	(45)
Let Go of What's Not Working	68	(36)
Shore Up Spiritually	104	(20)
Get a New Perspective	124	(23)
Find a New Passion	147	(17)
Don't Just Vent . . . Reinvent	164	(14)
Make New Goals	178	(14)
Get a Coach	192	(8)
Awaken to the Muse	200	(14)
Conclude with Us	214