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The Crisis of Meaning that Arises Mid-Life (aka - Mid-Life Crisis)
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do issues of meaning and purpose become important at mid-life?
Mid life is a time when many of the goals of the first half of life have either been achieved or abandoned. You’ve slain the dragon, married the girl or boy of your dreams and no longer have to worry about making ends meet financially. The upside is that you are a success. The downside is that each time a goal is either achieved or abandoned, that goal is no longer there to give your life direction and purpose.
Is it obvious to the person in a mid-life crisis that the problem is a loss of direction and meaning?
No. People strive for goals in the hope and expectation that reaching those goals is going to make them happy. When they start to feel lost and depressed at mid life, it does not occur to them that their unhappiness might be associated with the very success that was supposed to make them happy. Casting about for some other explanation they decide that they must be unhappy because there is a problem with their career or their relationship.
How do your clients find you? Are they looking for mid-life counselling?
Most of our client come across us in their search for career counselling or relationship counselling. Reading this web site is often their first clue that solving the problem might involve something beyond changing their job or changing their relationship.
What is your approach to mid-life career issues?
MId-life crisis is a crisis of meaning. The issue of what gives meaning includes but is not restricted to what you do for a living. We help you discover what you want from your life (your passion) and what your life wants from you (your calling). This involves looking at your whole life and not just at your work. Even when work is part of the problem, a career change may not be indicated. If we can help you find passion and calling on your present career track, so much the better. You don't want to give up your established career only to find out that your career wasn't the problem. And if a career change is called for, then we help you determine both what work would be more satisfying for you and how to go about finding work of that nature.
What is your approach to mid-life relationship issues?
In our relationship counselling, we start from the assumption that people are drawn to each other because there is something they need to learn from each other, and that if they move on to someone else then, likely as not, they will be attracted to a similar person and sooner or later reconstellate the same issues. In other words, while there are situations where ending a relationship is appropriate, we generally encourage people to address and resolve their issues rather than bringing their relationship to an end.
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