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Title: Midlife Mojo: How to get through the midlife crisis and emerge as your true self
Author: Frankie Picasso
ISBN: 978-0-595-50885-3
Publisher: iUniverse
Probably the concept of midlife crisis emanates from the Swiss
psychologist Carl Jung who believed that the midlife integration of
thinking, sensation, feeling an intuition could perhaps lead to some
confusion about ones life to date and ones goals. Although, popular
western culture seems to devote considerable ink to the subject matter
than serious research, there still may be some theoretical constructs
that shore up the concept in a different light.
Frankie Picasso, author of Midlife Mojo: How to get through the
midlife crisis and emerge as your true self is a professional Certified
Life, Business and Master Coach Trainer. In the Prologue to her book
she states that probably some of us have questioned our life asking why
we are here, what is our purpose in life and is that all there is to
life. Although, asking such questions does not necessarily entail a
crisis it does give us an opportunity for re-evaluation or reinvention.
Most individuals do experience achievement and satisfaction in midlife,
however, there is a certain percentage of our population where the
passage may not be as smooth.
In all likelihood, these are folks who experience considerable
discontent with their lives and hunt for more. They may find their jobs
mind-numbing, they may feel a transformation in their bodies, they may
be quite comfortable in indecision, their values may radically change,
after enjoying many years of a life of happiness, they may ponder over
their mortality, they suddenly find themselves discontent, and the one
that is very often in plain sight is when they become adventurous and
toss out their spouses for some bimbo or jock and purchase an expensive
fancy car. These feelings at midlife can occur naturally, or they can
be a result of some external factors.
And here is where this excellent guidebook comes in handy with an
important authors caveat, the book will suit those who lean towards
concrete constructs, pragmatic problem solving, and strategic
planning. In other words, if you are only going to passively read the
text without keeping an open mind or participating in the many
exercises, then forget about purchasing it, you will be throwing away
good money. Each of the exercises will definitely work on their own,
but as Picasso states, together they become strong magic or mojo.
The book begins with a general overview and a series of questions as
to what do we already have that someone else might wish they had, what
would you change in your life to make yourself happy, eg. your job,
spouse, where you live, your friends, what is the one thing or one
person you spend the most time thinking about, and what is the one
thing you want more than anything in life. These questions serve as
recurring themes throughout the book as Picasso sinks her teeth into
finding solutions. Furthermore, she demonstrates how many of these
transformations or metamorphosis can be easily implemented.
Nonetheless, as she points out, doing nothing is just as much a choice
as doing something or living in default may be your choix de jour, but
it is not a choice that will bring you any joy or that you need to stay
with.
The remaining chapters of the book teach us how to implement
Picassos formula for success that she bases on the following
underlying principles: Think, Feel, Be, Act & Do. In other words:
Think about what it is you want to do. Feel the state. Be the emotion.
Act as if you are already successful and then Do it for real. Picasso
gives herself the name the unstoppable coach, and her many years of
experience at motivating others is highly visible throughout the book
as she hammers home that failure is not an option. Her liveliness,
exuberance and breadth of information does well in engaging her readers
and will certainly appeal to those who are looking for a way out of
their mundane and unsatisfactory life styles. Picassos writing is
simple, light, with a sense of humor and modesty. Refreshingly, it is
devoid of being cathartic-something not often seen in self-help books.
In addition, she displays remarkable insight in how to deal with the
harsh elements that are prevalent in midlife crisis that wrestle some
people to the ground.
Click Here To Read Norm's Interview With Frankie Picasso
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