Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life by James Hollis

Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life by James Hollis

Reassurance, inpiration, and guidance for adults in midlife and beyond

What does it really mean to be a grown up in today's world? We assume that once we get the right job, marry the right person, have children, and buy a home, all is settled and well. But adulthood presents varying levels of growth, and it's rarely the respite of stability we expected. Turbulent emotional shifts can take place anywhere between the age of thirty-five and seventy when we question the choices we've made, realize our limitations, and feel stuck-commonly known as the "midlife crisis." Jungian psycho-analyst James Hollis believes it is only in the second half of life that we can truly come to know who we are and thus create a life that has meaning.

In Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life, Hollis explores the ways we can grow and evolve to fully become ourselves when the traditional roles of adulthood aren't quite working for us, revealing a new way of uncovering and embracing our authentic selves. Offering wisdom to anyone facing a career that no longer seems fulfilling, a long-term relationship that has shifted, or family transitions that raise issues of aging and mortality, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life provides a reassuring message and a crucial bridge across this critical passage of development and personal growth.

James Hollis, Ph.D., is a prominent faculty member of the Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco and the author of more than a dozen publications. He teaches at the Jung Center of Houston and is a distinguished faculty member of the Saybrook Graduate School. He holds a private analytic practice in Houston, Texas, with his wife, Jill, and is a graduate of the Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. www.JamesHollis.net is the author's website.

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ISBN 13	9781592402076
ISBN 10	1592402070
Title	Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
Author	James Hollis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Gotham Books
Year published	2006-03-16
Number of pages	288
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