2.
The 6 Markers of Midlife — hot flashes, rage, brain fog, sleeplessness, disengagement, grief — which one is speaking to you most loudly right now?
A.
Fire — hot flashes or a fire-y intensity that feels like something is being burned away.
B.
Rage — a rising intolerance and impatience; a sacred no that is getting harder and harder to swallow.
C.
Fog — a forgetting, a shedding, a mind that is making room for something new.
D.
Sleeplessness — lying awake in the dark, the 3am hours when the soul insists on being heard.
E.
Disengagement — quiet withdrawal from a life that no longer fits.
F.
Grief — emotional waves and sadness that takes me over without warning.