Midlife Awakening

Name: Midlife Awakening
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
ISBN: 9798318601583

By Marianne Williamson

Publisher Description

In this New York Times bestseller, a popular spiritual teacher and thought leader shows you that menopause isn’t an ending—it’s an opportunity for a powerful new beginning.

A revised edition of The Age of Miracles with new content from the author

There are times in life when one phase ends and another begins. In Midlife Awakening, our post-menopausal years are described as a "second puberty"—a time when an era of our selfhood gives way to something new.

This new chapter need not indicate decline. It can, in fact, be a time of spiritual awakening. While physical age and societal prejudices can form an emotional undertow for all of us, best-selling author Marianne Williamson guides toward the psychological power to counter that.

Blending soulful insight with practical wisdom, Williamson explores the emotional, spiritual, and psychological shifts that occur in midlife. Rooted in timeless truths, her insightful guidance will help you:

Let go of what is no longer yours, so you can receive the gifts that are only yours now.
Navigate the changing dynamics of age, so you can find your grounding in those things that do not change.
Learn to forgive the past and embrace new opportunities for the future.
Discover the growing momentum towards redefining midlife in the modern era.

For those in their 40s, 50s, and beyond, this is a compassionate and uplifting companion through the ""new midlife"—a stage filled with unrecognized potential and untapped vitality. Whether you're feeling invisible, lost, or simply ready to reconnect with yourself at a time of change, this book will help you find strength in your softness, clarity in your chaos, and the courage to step fully into the woman you were always meant to be.

In the words of Emily Dickinson, "We turn not older with years but newer every day."

Your youth may be behind you, but your greatest power is only beginning to emerge.

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Midlife Awakening Reviews

5.0

Dave Davis

Created about 2 months ago

“No matter what you think of Marianne Williamson, she always is on point with whatever she is saying. She has a gift for giving us all the messages we need to hear and especially how they tie to "A Course In Miracles". She is one of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time, whether you believe in God or not. This book was given to me as an Advanced Listening Copy for an honest review. I put it off and it was archived since January, but it popped up on my NetGalley player in the app and it felt like the right time to listen to it. And it was. I am in Midlife. 61 and looking for a new job after taking a voluntary retirement from where I was working. Change always seems to happen at the right time for me. I still need to put food on the table, but I seem to be finding my spiritual side again. I used to be this "new-agey" guy in the 90s. I've always had a strong belief in Source, God or whatever you would like to call it. I've always felt that we are all connected in some way, even to people who do not believe this. Why am I telling you this? I had felt like I've lost my way for the past 25 years. Mired in corporate culture. Chasing the side-hustles. Not being me. The me I miss. THIS book just pulled a lot of the ME equation back to the forefront. How do I show up? What do I want to do? How can I serve again? How do I serve humankind? How do I show up as LOVE, which we all are? As I type this, I'm feeling all the feels from this book. Each section she says a prayer that really helps let the information get wedged into your psyche and has me wanting to say these prayers every day. Intentions and wishes fulfilled even before we say them. I remember reading "A Return to Love" years ago and then reading "A Course in Miracles" (ACIM) afterwards, but putting it down because I wasn't ready for it. I've read from a lot of it's teachers. Wayne Dyer and Alan Cohen to name a few. But Marianne has a way of bring the messages of ACIM to the "practical" forefront for us to easily assimilate and absorb into our being which awakens our souls. I recommend this book to whomever needs it. If you are in your 30s and 40s, definitely see if it resonates. If you are in your 50s and 60s, definitely check it out if you are feeling lost or have felt like you need a message about the time we are living through at the moment; the "what do we do?" Even if you are in your later years after 70, this book rings true for everyone. I love her representation of what a friend told her, "The Hippies had it right!" and she replies, "THANK YOU!" but there is definitely more to it then that. It's all about LOVE. Marianne brings us a great reminder that LOVE is what it's all about and how you go about it, is the soul searching that only you and your higher power, God, Source, Buddha, Jesus and Allah can do together to hear what it is you need to do to bring LOVE into this world to heal it. Thank you to #HayHouse for letting me listen to this book through #NetGalley. Thank you to #MarianneWilliamson for putting this work out into the world. You have just changed my life in the matter of 5 hours listening to this book. I appreciate you and feel the need to write a lengthy review. You have awakened a renewed hope in what I can do. #MidlifeAwakeningBook #MidlifeAwakening”

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About Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson has been a leader of spiritually progressive circles for more than four decades. She is the author of 16 books, four of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. She is one of America’s most well-known public voices, having been a popular guest on television programs such as Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, and Bill Maher. In 1989, she founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. To date, Project Angel Food has served over 11 million meals. She has also worked throughout her career on poverty, anti-hunger, and racial reconciliation issues. In 2004, she co-founded The Peace Alliance.

www.marianne.com