The Gift of Middle Age

About the Book

As we approach our middle age all of us, to at least one degree or another, can expect to experience a tumultuous period of transition. We can no longer deny that we are increasingly showing signs of age or that we have fewer years ahead of us than behind. How do we survive this time of our life with grace, joy and lots of laughter? Despite the many challenges we face in our middle years and the multitude of inescapable emotional and physical changes, our midlife has the potential to be some of the best years of our life.

About the Author

Donna Elliott worked in social services until she decided to change direction in order to stay at home while her children were young. She returned to studying music and taught piano and music theory from her home until diagnosed with Lupus at age 47. Interested in how past experiences and events impact our future behaviour, Donna studied Psychology at Carelton University in Ottawa, Ontario and completed graduate course work in Womens Studies at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C. She now lives in Markham, Ontario with her husband Robert. With her three sons now almost grown, she has time again for more studying and writing. Given her unexpected, and sometimes tumultuous experience transitioning into midlife, it was important to Donna for her to share her story. By sharing her experience, and by sharing what researchers today are saying about this new revolutionary stage of adult development, she hopes readers will gain a better understanding of what they, and others around them, may be dealing with during their own middle years.