Wednesday, August 29, 2012

QUALITY MIDLIFE FRIENDSHIPS

WELCOME TO MIDLIFE MEMOS
THE SWAMP GODDESS® GUIDE TO MENOPAUSAL MAYHEM AND AGING ANGST
BLOG #62 by Wendy Kyman, Ph.D.
QUALITY MIDLIFE FRIENDSHIPS

Have you completed your lists of qualities you want and need in
midlife friendships?
Reminder: They are useful.

As you review your lists, take note of friendship needs and wants you did not
require or desire previous to the double milestone of menopausal mayhem and aging angst.

It is reasonable for our lists to be somewhat fluid during the double milestone.
Not that women are moody or anything but, isn't it interesting -  as our bodies change
and emotions fluctuate, our needs and wants evolve.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Most of us are experiencing shifts in many relationships.
This is a by-product of the double milestone.

UNHOMEWORK
- In what ways have your friendship needs shifted since the
arrival of the double milestone?
- In what ways have your friendship wants shifted since the
arrival of the double milestone?
- List the steps you have taken to fill these new needs and wants.
(Nothing to put on your list? Don't worry. Most of us have not yet gotten started.
We are working our way up to it - uh huh.)

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especially The Birth of Swamp Goddess. I bet you will relate.



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