When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage.
Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-30s. Those who hang on, eventually the mentor drops the disciple, and that's no fun.
Very few women manage to have it all; certainly not all at once.
I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them.
It seems like, to me, somewhere between 30 and 35 is a really, really good time to turn your eggs into babies.