Not Your Mother's Midlife: A Ten-Step Guide to Fearless Aging [Hardcover]

Nancy Alspaugh (Author), Marilyn Kentz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 2003

Aging ain't what it used to be. For one thing, people are staying younger longer. For another, countless baby boomers are rising up against the notion that with age comes worthlessness.In fact, Not Your Mother's Mid-Life: A Ten-Step Guide to Fearless Aging is more than a book; it's a movement. This gloriously gutsy volume challenges society's worn-out perceptions that women become less valuable as they age. Instead, authors Nancy Alspaugh and Marilyn Kentz celebrate the fact that today's women can be more powerful, more efficient, more capable, and even more desirable as they age.In Not Your Mother's Mid-Life, readers will find 10 practical recommendations to help women face middle age with confidence and a positive attitude. From chapters like Let Go of What's Not Working, Shore Up Spiritually, and Find a New Passion, Not Your Mother's Mid-Life contains personal growth exercises, humorous and poignant stories, and questions and visualizations to inspire new ways of thinking.Not Your Mother's Mid-Life takes the crisis out of mid-life, replacing it with passion, fearlessness, and unlimited possibilities.

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About the Author

An Emmy Award-winning television veteran, Nancy Alspaugh has produced both network and syndicated shows, among them the long-running NBC talk show Leeza. She also has created programming for celebrities including Cindy Crawford, Richard Simmons, Vicki Lawrence, and John Bradshaw.Marilyn Kentz is half of the comedy duo "The Mommies," which began as a stage show, then became an NBC sitcom and finally a Showtime Comedy Special. In 1996, Marilyn cohosted the ABC talk show Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends with the other "Mommy" (Caryl Kristensen). She is also the coauthor of The Mother Load and To Know Me Is to Love Me. Both authors live near Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (April 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740735241
• ISBN-13: 978-0740735240
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,558,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strengthen yourself with this book, May 1, 2003

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This review is from: Not Your Mother's Midlife: A Ten-Step Guide to Fearless Aging (Hardcover)

As a divorced woman in my fifties, I have struggled with disappointment and hopelessness. This book is inspirational and makes you look beyond the old model of how women should live. It helped me to accept life's wrinkles and see things differently. I also recommend Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self to help you make the most of any situation with minimum effort.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! A perfect book for us!!!!, November 13, 2003

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This review is from: Not Your Mother's Midlife: A Ten-Step Guide to Fearless Aging (Hardcover)

I am 46 years old and searching for a way to make the second half of my life even better than the first. I have things I haven't done yet, ideas to nurture into reality, and relationships to develop! But all these negative tapes in my head developed over the first half of my life, are holding me back from the second. The beauty of this book is it gives us actual stories,exercises and a CD of visualisations to help me reprogram the old stuff and create the life I want! How perfect. The Guide To Fearless Aging is making me so excited about the possibilities again. I haven't felt this great in a long time.I have joined a group that uses the ideas in this book as a springboard into a joyous and productive midlife. I have never had such support. You have to read this book.Thank you Nancy and Marilyn. Finally!!!!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CELEBRATING THE JOURNEY!, November 14, 2003

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Minda Burr (Santa Monica, Ca. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Not Your Mother's Midlife: A Ten-Step Guide to Fearless Aging (Hardcover)

I LOVED this book! I am a 55 year old female who has always been commited to my life getter BETTER as I mature. There is not always a lot of support for that in our youth obsessed society. This is the BEST book that I have ever read that celebrates and honors the aging process. It has great stories and exercises and does it in such an entertaining and inspiring way. I feel rejuvenated and more excited about the second half of my life than I have in awhile and more grateful for the journey I have taken thus far. It also kicked in my creative juices about what I can do to make my life increasingly more FUN and fulfilled in every area of my life. My girlfriends have also thanked me over and over for sharing it with them. THANK YOU Marilyn & Nancy!