Media interview questions

1.

Research now suggests that the 'midlife crisis' is increasingly not a men's-only experience. But is women's experience of this phenomenon different from that typically found in men, and if so, how?

2.

How do today's midlife women differ from their mothers in terms of their experience of this life transition?

3.

How does a woman over fifty gain visibility in a culture that worships 'youth' to the point where older women are made to feel they literally 'fade' out of sight?

4.

With the experience of 9/11, our country experienced its own recognition of 'mortality,' underlining the normal midlife experience of our finite nature. In the face of this heightened awareness of the limits of our time and resources, how are women making sense of their second "adulthood"?

5.

Sometimes the midlife woman's quest for meaning has been dismissed as simply another facet of the Baby Boomer's burgeoning sense of 'entitlement' -yet another example of the 'me' generation wanting more. In what ways do the search for personal meaning and reconnection with one's passion at midlife deepen the mature adult's life task of 'generativity' or giving back to the world?

6.

In her recent book Breaking Point, Sue Schellenbarger takes a look at the archetypes or energy patterns that can underlie a woman's midlife experience. One of these is the 'Adventurer'-one who seeks the 'catharsis of bold adventure and travel at midlife. How is this different than becoming the 'heroine' of your own life adventure?