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

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.

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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.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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