“With each passage of human growth we must shed a protective structure . We are left exposed and vulnerable - but also yeasty and embryonic again, capable of stretching in ways we hadn't known before.” WayHumansLeftGrowthKnownCapableStructureVulnerableVulnerabilityPassagesExposedShedProtectiveStretching Book:Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life Source: Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
“The work of adult life is not easy. As in childhood, each step presents not only new tasks of development but requires a letting go of the techniques that worked before. With each passage some magic must be given up, some cherished illusion of safety and comfortably familiar sense of self must be cast off, to allow for the greater expansion of our distinctiveness.” SelfLife IsGivenEasyStepsGreaterMagicChildhoodDevelopmentLetting GoIllusionAdultsTasksSafetyCastsTechniqueFamiliarPassagesExpansionGiven UpSense Of SelfLife Is Not Easy Book:Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life Source: Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
“We must be willing to change chairs if we want to grow. There is no permanent compatibility between a chair and a person. And there is no one right chair. What is right at one stage may be restricting at another or too soft. During the passage from one stage to another, we will be between two chairs. Wobbling no doubt, but developing.” IfsWantMayPersonsTwoGrowsGrowing UpDoubtStageWillingDevelopingPermanentNo DoubtChairsPassagesCompatibilityWilling To Change Book:Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life Source: Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
“In my memoir, I admit that I've been as fearful of success as of failure. In fact, when 'Passages' was published, I so dreaded bad reviews that I ran away to Italy with a girlfriend and our children to hide out.” ChildrenFactsOur ChildrenMemoirRanGirlfriendReviewsPassagesFearfulBad Reviews Author:Gail Sheehy
“If menopause is the silent passage, 'male menopause' is the unspeakable passage. It is fraught with secrecy, shame, and denial. It is much more fundamental than the ending of the fertile period of a woman's life, because it strikes at the core of what it is to be a man.” IfsMenPeriodsShameFundamentalsSilentMalesStrikesCoreDenialPassagesSecrecyBe A ManFertileUnspeakableMenopause Author:Gail Sheehy
