Women & middlehood
Subtitle: halfway up the mountain
By: Jane Treat & Nancy Geha, Ed. D.
Contributors: Geha, Nancy, author
Publisher: Balboa Press; BalboaPress
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781452577135; 9781452577159; 9781452577142
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Middle-aged women; Physiological aspects
Other titles: Women and middlehood
Description: Middlehood women, from 40-65, are in a rich and challenging time of life, full of contradictory feelings brought on by their growing strengths and the waning of familiar ways of life. It can often feel like a mountain climb, full of glorious vistas, sudden storms, and winding trails.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Middlehood; title: Women and mountains I; title: The equation for transformation: making transitions; title: Whose body is this?; title: Truth and beauty: the courage to be authentic; title: Women and mountains II; title: The ones we love: spouses, partners, children, dating, widowed, divorced, empty nest; title: The ones we love: parents, siblings, grandchildren, relatives, friends; title: The passing of parents and other good-byes; title: Work: ready to retire or just getting started?; title: Accumulated wisdom; title: Women and mountains III; title: Life as a mountain: take a step and breathe.