About this episode

Sheri Radel Rosenberg joins David Stewart to discuss the pressures of midlife reinvention and the societal expectations surrounding aging.

Is it possible that "midlife reinvention" is another way of telling people over 50 that they are failing? In this episode, AGEIST culture writer Sheri Radel Rosenberg joins David Stewart for a clear-eyed conversation about the pressure to find a new identity and turn aging into a public performance. Together they examine the difference between evolution and escape, from Instagram’s endless offers of transformation to menopause marketing, gray hair, empty nests, aging style, and the agency tha...

People in this episode

Host: David Stewart

Guest: Sheri Radel Rosenberg

Topics covered

• midlife reinvention
• identity
• aging
• transformation
• menopause
• self-acceptance

Keywords

• midlife
• aging
• identity crisis
• transformation
• menopause
• self-improvement
• cultural pressure

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