The Middle Passage: A Threshold to Second Adulthood
Description
Midlife is when many people have a profound psychological awakening that James Hollis calls the Middle Passage.
Around age 40- 50, we move from first adulthood, defined by external roles, achievements, and societal templates into second adulthood, where the soul demands authentic self-expression.
I think that because we don't have rituals or support for this transition, it often shows up as restlessness.
In this episode I look at the middle passage through the lens of the stages of grief, reframing midlife struggles as a necessary grieving process and an invitation to shed false identities. What feels like dissatisfaction or breakdown is actually the true self knocking behind the persona we built in order to fit in.
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