demands of others and to behave differently according to our own needs and aspirations. Professionals who have successfully reached this staging post tend to become counselor types to colleagues, ready to take on responsibiThis stage in our life tends to be a highly productive but quite turbulent time for resolving the key issues which matter to us, like immortality vs. mortality, or nurturing vs. aggression. It is a time to re-examine realities while coping with the ongoing struggle to define and accept one’s true self. Even at this stage, there is still questioning of the dream, whether or not it was achieved, but with an increasingly mature sense of what is really important. There is a final recognition and acknowledgment of one’s own negative and positive impact on relationships, perhaps with the intention of re-routing one’s journey for deeper, more authentic connections.

There is also an active disengagement from group norms and/or cultural pressures in order to re-evaluate and restructure personal priorities. It is as if, without the need to impress anymore, this period gives a license to ignore the demands of others and to behave differently according to our own needs and aspirations. Professionals who have successfully reached this staging post tend to become counselor types to colleagues, ready to take on responsibil

while coping with the ongoing struggle to define and accept one’s true self. Even at this stage, there is still questioning of the dream, whether or not it was achieved, but with an increasingly mature sense of what is really important. There is a final recognition and acknowledgment of one’s own negative and positive impact on relationships, perhaps with the intention of re-routing one’s journey for deeper, more authentic connections.

There is also an active disengagement from group norms and/or cultural pressures in order to re-evaluate and restructure personal priorities. It is as if, without the need to impress anymore, this period gives a license to ignore the demands of others and to behave differently according to our own needs and aspirations. Professionals who have successfully reached this staging post tend to become counselor types to colleagues, ready to take on responsibi

portant. There is a final recognition and acknowledgment of one’s own negative and positive impact on relationships, perhaps with the intention of re-routing one’s journey for deeper, more authentic connections.

There is also an active disengagement from group norms and/or cultural pressures in order to re-evaluate and restructure personal priorities. It is as if, without the need to impress anymore, this period gives a license to ignore the demands of others and to behave differently according to our own needs and aspirations. Professionals who have successfully reached this staging post tend to become counselor types to colleagues, ready to take on responsibi

also an active disengagement from group norms and/or cultural pressures in order to re-evaluate and restructure personal priorities. It is as if, without the need to impress anymore, this period gives a license to ignore the demands of others and to behave differently according to our own needs and aspirations. Professionals who have successfully reached this staging post tend to become counselor types to colleagues, ready to take on responsibidemands of others and to behave differently according to our own needs and aspirations. Professionals who have successfully reached this staging post tend to become counselor types to colleagues, ready to take on responsibility for developing others in their organization, which in turn benefits their own growth. Counselors at this stage often chair committees or take on leadership roles in professional associations.

A consistent pattern of early adult life is a struggle to achieve a measure of success followed by a mid-life appraisal of one’s values and personal philosophy. This staging post is a time when the individual sets an agenda for the second half of his/her life – a transition which involves intense introspection. There are no gray areas in this part of your life. You are now either proud of who you are and what you have accomplished, or you are deeply frustrated and full of regret. Hence the high number of gloomy people around at this age! Many people find that what they thought was going to make them happy isn’t really doing the job. They might have enjoyed university and the first few years o