Books
Recommended reads for women navigating midlife and beyond.
The Artist’s Way
The classic 12-week program for recovering your creative self. Particularly powerful for women in midlife who have spent decades putting others first and are ready to reclaim — or discover for the first time — their creative lives.
The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest
National Geographic explorer Dan Buettner identifies the world’s longevity hotspots and distills the common factors: diet, movement, purpose, community, and stress reduction. A fascinating and actionable roadmap for thriving in the second half of life.
Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Practical legal and psychological guidance for divorcing someone with a high-conflict personality. Particularly relevant for women escaping difficult marriages in midlife, who need to protect their financial and emotional wellbeing.
Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives
The remarkable story of the Nun Study — a decades-long research project on 678 Catholic sisters — which revealed the factors that protect against Alzheimer’s and promote extraordinary longevity. Purpose, education, positive emotion, and community emerge as key.
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Research professor Brené Brown’s guide to courageous leadership — vulnerability, trust, difficult conversations, and clarity of values. Powerful for women at any stage of their careers or community involvement, including those taking on leadership roles in midlife.
Daring Greatly
Brené Brown’s landmark work on vulnerability — how the willingness to be seen, to take risks, and to embrace imperfection is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, and creativity. Transformative for women who have spent decades in shame-driven perfectionism.