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“Listening to other women's stories this year has given me confirmation, finally, that our expectations have been absurd. So many women I spoke with--objectively successful women--felt ashamed of their perceived failures. What if we're not failures? What if what we've done is good? At any rate, maybe it's good enough.”

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Book:Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis
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