My Midlife Crisis Reading List

In a month when I'm looking for inspiration, I thought I'd share some of the books that have helped put my midlife crisis in motion. I've read them all (except for the last three which are next  on my list)  and highly recommend them. Some are heavy, some are just plain fun - but I'm sure you'll find something on this list that will spark your interest.  If you click on the title, it will take you to the book's page over at Amazon.

Books on Women's Roles, Transitions, and Positive Change

• The Breaking Point: How the Female Midlife Crisis is Transforming Today's Women, Sue Shellenbarger
• A Woman's Worth, Marianne Williamson
• If Not Now, When: Reclaiming Ourselves at Midlife, Stephanie Marston
• Fruitful, Anne Roiphe
• The Right Questions: Ten Essential Questions to Guide You to an Extraordinary Life, Debbie Ford

Books on Reclaiming your Juicy, Sexy, Bad-Ass Self

• Shameless, Pamela Madsen (I interviewed her!)
• Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts: Using the Power of Pleasure to Have Your Way with the World, Regena Thomashauer

Books on Creativity and Performance

• The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron
• Creating a Life Worth Living, Carol Lloyd
• 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women, Gail McMeekin
• The Inner Game of Tennis, W. Timothy Gallwey (applies to the game of life, not just tennis!)

Books on Looking Great After 40

• 40 After 40, 40 Things Every Woman over 40 Needs to know About Getting Dressed, Brenda Reiten Kinsel
• How Not to Look Old, Charla Krupp
• Lit From Within, Victoria Moran

Next on My List

• Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes
• Passages, Predictable Crises of Adult Life, Gail Sheehey
• The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change, Christiane Northrup

If you have a book that has inspired you, I'd love to hear about it!