But
at midlife with more changes than ever before, even than in adolescence when parents fear teenage girls, our mistakes are amplified.
But when I divorced
at midlife with stuff (a house, a car, a dog and, most important, young kids) it was much more complicated.
Not exact matches
And, of course, women have been told that we can't do casual sex well for so long that we've internalized that message and generally accept it as true, although
at a certain age — aka
midlife — a lot of us feel more confident and comfortable
with casual sex.
It wasn't until I got divorced
at midlife, a mother of two, that I asked my mother if she was happy
with marriage and motherhood; it was a mixed response.
But when I divorced the second time —
at age 48,
with two young children — the internet was beginning to shove the
midlife post-divorce reinvention thing in my face.
But, that was decades ago, and some stuff has happened since then — a divorce, years as a more - confident young single woman, a second marriage, another divorce, being single
with kids in my late 40s, having a few committed relationships
at midlife and finding myself single again
at an age that feels, well probably is, old.
But, of course it is, evidenced by anyone who gets a divorce
at midlife and starts over
with someone new.
Furthermore, individuals who had not married by
midlife were not
at higher mortality risk compared
with consistently married individuals.»
Now that I'm
at midlife, however, and helping to get two kids through college, hoping to retire one day, and dealing
with the never - ending costs of living (my broken clavicle cost me a lot of money, despite my health insurance, and my car appears to have an electrical problem, no doubt a pricey problem, that I need to deal
with ASAP), I think about money a wee bit more.
A long - term follow - up study of 3050 twins from the Finnish Twin Cohort has shown that
midlife, moderately vigorous physical activity is associated
with better cognition
at old age.
«Having more
midlife FLEs, particularly relating to divorce / separation or a family death, was associated
with advanced predicted brain aging,» said Sean Hatton, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar
at UC San Diego School of Medicine and the study's first author.
Actually, the rate
with which the metabolism slows down is pretty minimal and the weight gain which usually happens in
midlife is not due to having a slower metabolism
at all.
Maybe your doctor just doesn't have the time Keep in mind, however, that there may be financial reasons why your doctor won't discuss your sex drive
with you, says Alan M. Altman, MD, an assistant clinical professor
at Harvard Medical School and a specialist in menopausal issues and
midlife sexuality.
Lead study author, Dr. Cecelia Samieri commented, «We found that greater quality of diet
at midlife was strongly associated
with increased odds of good health and well - being among individuals surviving to older ages.
Most women
at midlife do best
with this exercise regime during hormone chaos.
Going into
midlife with a sedentary lifestyle causes the heart to stiffen, shrink, and become less efficient
at pumping blood and oxygenating the body.
The study is among the first of its kind to examine the outcomes associated
with combinations of behaviors in
midlife, rather than specific health measures (such as body mass index) that reflect those behaviors, says S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D., a professor of public health
at the Center on Aging
at the University of Illinois
at Chicago.
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