Factor(Part 1)“It crept up on me, this slow deadening of my feelings. At first it felt like maturity. I wouldn’t tear up any more at movies, emotional stories, happy family milestones... I wouldn’t cry when I felt sad. I was in control! Wasn’t that evidence of...
FACTOR MODEL: Part 2Picking up where we left off (see Permission to Feel post for part 1) In the previous post, I introduced the first three steps in the FACTOR model; a process intended to support women in the midlife transition stage of adult development. The model...
"Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the afternoon of life. Worse still, we take this step with the false presupposition that our truths and our ideals will serve us as going forward. But we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life’s...