Best Mid-Life Management Books
Here you will get Best Mid-Life Management Books For you.This is an up-to-date list of recommended books.
1. The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life
Author: by John Strelecky
Aspen Light Publishing
English
136 pages
The six time bestseller of the year that has transformed the lives of millions around the world. Over 4 million copies sold. In a small cafe at a location so remote it stands in the middle of the middle of nowhere, John-a man in a hurry-is at a crossroads.
Intent only on refueling before moving along on his road trip, he finds sustenance of an entirely different kind. In addition to the specials of the day, the cafe menu lists three questions all diners are encouraged to consider: Why are you here?Do you fear death?Are you fulfilled?
With this food for thought and the guidance of three people he meets at the cafe, John embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Along the way he discovers a new way to look at life, himself, and just how much you can learn from a green sea turtle.
“The Alchemist for the 21st century” – RBA Libros “He (Strelecky) has put his finger on the pulse of the world.” – Gannett Media “A cosmic guidebook for living.” – Orlando Sentinel
2. Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out
Author: by Jim Burns Ph.D
0310353777
Zondervan (March 26, 2019)
English
Practical advice and hopeful encouragement for the tough yet rewarding transition to parenting grown kids. If you have an adult child, you know that parenting doesn’t stop when a child reaches the age of eighteen. In many ways, it gets more complicated.
Both your heart and your head are as involved as ever, whether your child lives under your roof or rarely stays in contact. In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, parenting expert Jim Burns helps you navigate one of the richest and most challenging seasons of parenting.
Speaking from his own personal and professional experience, Burns offers practical answers to questions such as these:Is it OK to give advice to my grown child? What’s the difference between enabling and helping? What boundaries should I have if my child moves back home?
What do I do when my child doesn’t seem to be maturing into adulthood? How do I relate to my grown child’s significant other? What does it mean to have healthy financial boundaries? How can I support my grown children when I don’t support their values?
3. The Designing Your Life Workbook: A Framework for Building a Life You Can Thrive In
Author: by Bill Burnett
Clarkson Potter
English
144 pages
The Interactive Companion to the #1 New York Times Bestselling BookDesign the most important project of all: your life. Based on the wildly popular Stanford course that started the life design movement, this notebook, which has a metallic spiral spine, frosted acetate cover, and elastic bellyband allows you to dig deeper into your curiosities, motivations, and skills; define your goals; and track your progress.
Work through innovative option-generating tools and exercises, including: A Health/Work/Play/Love Dashboard tool to reflect on your work/life balance Questions to help you articulate your Lifeview and Workview and define your life design Compass Good Time Journal pages to log your energy and engagement throughout the day Fold-out dotted paper for mind mapping to generate new ideas and getting unstuck Worksheets to help you ideate alternate Odyssey Plans for different versions of the future you Charts for tracking your Life Design Interviews Whether you’re a recent graduate, mid-career, or contemplating your encore life or retirementand whether it’s time to make that big move or you’re just interested in making your current situation a little bit betterThe Designing Your Life Workbook is your dynamic roadmap to building a joyful, fulfilling life that always holds the possibility of surprise.
4. The Best of Me
Author: by David Sedaris
Little, Brown and Company
English
400 pages
Genius It is miraculous to read these pieces You must read The Best of Me. Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book ReviewA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA CNN and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the MonthFor more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space, virtually creating his own genre.
A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. It opens our eyes to what is at absurd and moving about our daily existence. And it is almost impossible to read without laughing. Now, for the first time collected in one volume, the author brings us his funniest and most memorable work.
In these stories, Sedaris shops for rare taxidermy, hitchhikes with a lady quadriplegic, and spits a lozenge into a fellow traveler’s lap. He drowns a mouse in a bucket, struggles to say give it to me in five languages, and hand-feeds a carnivorous bird.
But if all you expect to find in Sedaris’s work is the deft and sharply observed comedy for which he became renowned, you may be surprised to discover that his words bring more warmth than mockery, more fellow-feeling than derision.
5. Calypso
Author: by David Sedaris
B0796QV121
May 29, 2018
English
David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you’ve ever laughed your way through David Sedaris’s cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you’re getting with Calypso.You’d be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most.
And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it’s impossible to take a vacation from yourself. With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality.
Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny-it’s a book that can make you laugh ’til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris’s powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled.
But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future. This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke.
6. The Gratitude Journal for Women: A Beautiful Keepsake Journal for Women to Choose Gratitude | Simple Daily Layout to Cultivate Positivity, Gratitude and Happiness | Premium Linen Cloth Cover
Author: by Paper Peony Press
English
128 pages
1952842050
The Gratitude Journal | by Paper Peony Press The Gratitude Journal for Women is a 52 week guide to help you focus on being grateful and returning kindness! Perspective is everything, right? There will always be someone who has more than you and there will always be someone who has less than you.
The key to living life to the fullest is being content with what you have right now. And that starts with gratitude. This beautiful, yet simple, gratitude journal contains weekly spreads with space to write down 3 things you are thankful for each day of the week, as well as journaling space to document how you can pay it forward.
If you take 5 minutes each day to focus on three things you are thankful for it can completely shift your perspective. Once you are in a routine of practicing gratitude and finding joy in ALL THE THINGS, you will want to spread that joy and pay it forward to others!
Beautiful quote pages are woven into the journal as well as a page in the back that is filled with ideas on how to pay it forward! Giving thanks and returning kindness will truly change your life. We can’t wait for you to document the journey within the pages of this journal.
7. Did I Say That Out Loud?: Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them
Author: by Kristin Van Ogtrop
B08F512W34
April 13, 2021
English
Enjoy this hilarious and deeply insightful take on the indignities of middle age and how to weather them with gracefrom the former editor-in-chief of Real Simple. “A pure pleasure to read.” (Cathi Hanauer, author of Gone) Do you hate the term middle age?
So does Kristin van Ogtrop, who is still trying to come up with a less annoying way to describe those years when you find yourself both satisfied and outraged, confident and confused, full of appreciation but occasional disdain for the world around you.
Like an intimate chat with your best friend, this mostly funny, sometimes sad, always affirming volume from longtime magazine journalist van Ogtrop is a celebration of that period of life when mild humiliations are significantly outweighed by a self-actualized triumph of the spirit.Finally!
Featuring stories from her own life, as well as anecdotes from her unwitting friends and family, van Ogtrop encourages you to laugh at the small irritations of midlife: neglectful children, stealth insomnia, forks that try to kill you, t.V.
8. Self Care Workbook for Black Women : 52 Week Guided Check-in Journal, Planner & Activity Book for Well-being: 12 Months of Self Care for Black Women Who Do Too Much
Author: by Stress Less Press
B08RRMS9CT
English
159 pages
Are you a Black woman struggling with self confidence, self compassion or self love? Are you experiencing mental health issues such as anxiety, depression or low mood? Or you may just be a Black woman that does too much! As Black women, our ability to look after others and make it look easy, means we’re often described as the strong black woman.
By nature, Black women are resilient and powerful. A fraught history of oppression has left us no choice. These qualities are necessary; but if you’re having difficulty asking for help, or you find yourself hiding your struggles from others, it’s time to take your cape off.
Each chapter begins with a self assessment form to help you identify where in your life you need to prioritize self care. You’ll then guided activities covering the main pillars of self care: Mental Self Care: activities including grounding exercises, breathing exercises, cleaning plannerPhysical Self Care: activities including sleep tracker, exercise planner, food diary, personal care checklist, body scan activitySpiritual Self Care: activities including life balance activity, affirmationsEmotional Self Care: activities including challenging negative thinking, boundary settings, trigger trackingLooking to the Future: activities continue on your self care journey including a 52 week self care planner and journal, extra templates, emergency self care toolkit Over 150 pages of guided activities, planners and templates to build emotional resilience and put YOU at the centre of your world for once.
9. The Wisdom of Menopause (4th Edition): Creating Physical and Emotional Health During the Change
Author: by Christiane Northrup M.D.
Bantam
English
880 pages
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Bible of middle-aged womanhood …A masterwork. The Atlantic Newly revised and updated for this fourth edition, this groundbreaking book has inspired more than a million women with a dramatically new vision of midlifeand will continue to do so for generations to come.
As Dr. Christiane Northrup explains, the change is not simply a collection of physical symptoms to be fixed, but a mind-body revolution that brings the greatest opportunity for growth since adolescence. The choices a woman makes nowfrom the quality of her relationships to the quality of her diethave the power to secure vibrant health and well-being for the rest of her life.
In this fourth edition, Dr. Northrup draws on the current research and medical advances in women’s health, including: Up-to-date information on hormone testing and hormone therapy, with new options and new research A whole new take on losing weight and training your mind to release extra pounds New insights on the relationship between thyroid, Hashimoto’s Disease, and Epstein Bar Syndrome New, less invasive and more effective fibroid treatments Which supplements are better than botox for keeping skin looking youthful How taking the supplement Pueraria mirifica can optimize many aspects of midlife health and wellness Why older women don’t need the HPV vaccineWith this trusted resource, Dr. Christiane Northrup shows that women can make menopause a time of personal empowermentemerging wiser, healthier, and stronger in both mind and body than ever before.
10. Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife
Author: by Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Riverhead Books
English
464 pages
Barbara Bradley Hagerty is a wise and engaging guide through the possibilitiesof middle age.Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and DriveA dynamic and inspiring exploration of the new science that is redrawing the future for people in their forties, fifties, and sixties for the betterand for good.
There’s no such thing as an inevitable midlife crisis, Barbara Bradley Hagerty writes in this provocative, hopeful book. It’s a myth, an illusion. New scientific research explodes the fable that midlife is a time when things start to go downhill for everybody.
In fact, midlife can be a great new adventure, when you can embrace fresh possibilities, purposes, and pleasures. In Life Reimagined, Hagerty explains that midlife is about renewal: It’s the time to renegotiate your purpose, refocus your relationships, and transform the way you think about the world and yourself.
Drawing from emerging information in neurology, psychology, biology, genetics, and sociologyas well as her own story of midlife transformationHagerty redraws the map for people in midlife and plots a new course forward in understanding our health, our relationships, even our futures.
11. Halftime: Moving from Success to Significance
Author: by Bob P. Buford
0310344441
Zondervan
English
Your midlife doesn’t have to be a crisis. In fact, the second half of your life can be better than the first. Bob Buford’s bestseller shows you how. What do you want to do with the rest of your life?
In Halftime, Buford provides the encouragement and insight to propel your life on a new course to true significance-and the best years of your life. Buford focuses on this important time of transition to the second half of your life, leading you to …
Take stock of your successes and accomplishments thus farRedefine significance and what it means to youIdentify your personal goalsDevelop a mission for serving God in the second half of your lifeAnd moreThis updated and expanded 20th Anniversary edition also includes new questions for reflection or discussion at the end of each chapter, brand new “halftime” stories of men and women enjoying a second half of significance, specific halftime assignments to guide readers into their second-half mission, and more.
12. Emotional Self Care for Black Women: A Journey of Self Help: Self Care Activities for Black Women to Heal their Emotional Selves
Author: by Stress Less Press
B08SGWD584
English
90 pages
Are you a Black woman ready to start on a journey of self care? Are you experiencing mental health issues such as anxiety, depression or have you noticed a pattern of negative thinking? At the heart of self care is self awareness; a skill used to reflect on your thoughts, feelings and emotions – whether it be noticing how certain people or environments trigger an undesirable emotion within you, or whether you have unhelpful thoughts about yourself that you’d like to unlearn.
This book will give you the tools to help you on your journey of self discovery and growth. Black women especially need to prioritize emotional self care as we so often find ourselves playing the role of caregiver or emotional support for others.
As Black women, our ability to look after others and make it look easy, means we’re often described as the strong black woman. By nature, Black women are resilient and powerful. A fraught history of oppression has left us no choice.
These qualities are necessary; but if you’re having difficulty asking for help, or you find yourself hiding your struggles from others, it’s time to take your cape off. This activity book will help you develop the tools to manage your emotional well-being in the long term.
13. 50 Things to Do When You Turn 50, Third Edition – 50 Achievers on How to Make the Most of Your 50th Milestone Birthday (Milestone Series)
Author: by Ronnie Sellers
Sellers Publishing,
English
304 pages
If you are among the more than 50 million North Americans who will turn 50 during the next 10 years, 50 Things To Do When You Turn 50 is the book that will help you approach the experience with optimism rather than dread. Now in its third edition, our perennial bestseller is packed with wisdom and wit from artists, pundits, and experts who contributed essays on a wide variety of subjects.
The book comprises a veritable instruction manual for how to turn 50: everything from how to readjust your stock portfolio to how to readjust your underwear (to allow for more breathing room … Wearing comfortable clothing is a privilege that you have more than earned by now).
The underlying message is this: Relax. Now that you re 50, you don’t have to prove yourself anymore, so take care, get your house in order, and these will be the best years of your life.
14. Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Author: by Rich Roll
0307952207
Harmony
English
Finding Ultra is an incredible but true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations everOn the night before he was to turn forty, Rich Roll experienced a chilling glimpse of his future. Nearly fifty pounds overweight and unable to climb the stairs without stopping, he could see where his current sedentary life was taking himand he woke up.
Plunging into a new routine that prioritized a plant-based lifestyle and daily training, Rich morphedin a matter of mere monthsfrom out of shape, mid-life couch potato to endurance machine. Finding Ultra recounts Rich’s remarkable journey to the starting line of the elite Ultraman competition, which pits the world’s fittest humans in a 320-mile ordeal of swimming, biking, and running.
And following that test, Rich conquered an even greater one: the EPIC5five Ironman-distance triathlons, each on a different Hawaiian island, all completed in less than a week. In the years since Finding Ultra was published, Rich has become one of the world’s most recognized advocates of plant-based living.
15. It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond (Artist's Way)
Author: by Julia Cameron
English
304 pages
0399174214
The book you hold in your hands is the distillate of a quarter century’s teaching. It is my attempt to answer, What next?’ for students who are embarking on their second act.’ Julia Cameron Julia Cameron has inspired millions with her bestseller on creativity, The Artist’s Way.
In It’s Never Too Late To Begin Again, she turns her eye to a segment of the population that, ironically, while they have more time to be creative, are often reluctant or intimidated by the creative process. Cameron shows readers that retirement can, in fact, be the most rich, fulfilling, and creative time of their lives.
When someone retires, the newfound freedom can be quite exciting, but also daunting. The life that someone had has changed, and the life to come is yet to be defined. In this book, Cameron shows readers how cultivating their creative selves can help them navigate this new terrain.
She tells the inspiring stories of retirees who discovered new artistic pursuits and passions that more than filled their daysthey nurtured their souls. This twelve-week course aimed at definingand creatingthe life you want to have as you redefine and re-create yourself, this book includes simple tools that will guide and inspire you to make the most of this time in your life: – Memoir writing offers an opportunity to reflect on and honor past experience.
16. Strength Training for Seniors: Increase your Balance, Stability, and Stamina to Rewind the Aging Process
Author: by Paige Waehner
English
160 pages
151075895X
Building and retaining physical strength is integral to living a fuller, longer life. Lifting weights can reduce the symptoms of everything from osteoarthritis and back pain to depression and diabetes. In Strength Training for Seniors, certified personal trainer Paige Waehner provides a detailed twelve-week strength program to help you safely and gradually build power, balance, and resistance with simple, easy-to-follow exercises.
Strength Training for Seniors outlines the physical and mental benefits that arise from instituting a strength training program, and includes instructions for numerous different exercises that will: Improve balance and decrease fear of fallingIncrease self-esteem and independenceRelieve pain throughout your bodyAnd so much more!
Not only will your body be stronger for the future after following the guidelines in Strength Training for Seniors, but you’ll also build your confidence to do more in life.
