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Do Mental Skills Peak in Midlife? What a 2025 Study Found
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A 2025 study combined published age trends in thinking and personality and found overall functioning peaked at 55 to 60, depending on how traits were weighted. Read more…
Pickleball After 40: The Fitness Prep That Matters
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Pickleball is social and accessible – it’s also injury-prone for 40+ players. Here’s the prep work that keeps you on the court long-term. Read more…
Two Hours Outside Each Week: The Evidence
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One 2019 England survey found people reporting 120 or more minutes a week in nature were more likely to report good health and wellbeing; the data are observational. Here’s what the research shows and how to get there. Read more…
Midlife Career Reboot: 11 Fast-Training Paths
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Career reinvention at 40 or 50 doesn’t require a four-year degree. Here are eleven paths with training times from a few weeks to about a year. Read more…
We Were Latchkey Kids and We Turned Out (Mostly) Fine
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Gen X was left alone with a house key and a TV Guide and somehow became the most self-sufficient generation alive. You’re welcome. Read more…
Perimenopause Is Not Just Hot Flashes
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Perimenopause is a hormone-fluctuation transition staged by cycle-length changes, not just hot flashes, and its cognitive symptoms are easy to mistake for stress or burnout. Read more…
