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Women in Midlife Look for Happiness in New Ways of Expression |
| Section: LIFE / PATHWAYS |
| Author: Gabriella Boston |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2006 |
| Size: 1,158 Words, 7,229 Characters |
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Donald Trump, 59, and his third younger wife are expecting a baby; Michael Douglas, 61, married a movie star 25 years his junior; and Jay Leno, 55, has how many motorcycles?
If this is how a midlife crisis looks for at least some men, how does its female counterpart look?
It's a little more complicated than acquiring a sports car or a younger lover, though that certainly happens, too, says Sue Shellenbarger, author of "The Breaking Point: How Female Midlife Crisis Is Transforming Today's Women."
Shellenbarger is the creator of The Wall Street Journal's Work & Family column, which she has been writing since 1991. The column inspired her research and book on women in midlife.
"It's far deeper than th...
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... them through old age, Shellenbarger says.
Well, is Jansen Burke happy?
"I can't imagine doing anything else," she says and picks up one of her blue, silky, soft scarves that could double as a wall hanging. "I like the way it feels. You wrap it around you; it's calming and meditative. That was never part of my world before."
Fair enough.
Copyright © 2005 The Washington Times, LLC.
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