Ever feel like you’re going through a midlife crisis?

Five years ago, I discovered Modern Elder Academy through its co-founder Chip Conley, whose book Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age challenges everything we’ve been told about getting older. His revolutionary idea struck me immediately: what if midlife isn’t a crisis at all, but a chrysalis… a cocoon where we transform into who we’re truly meant to become?

Years ago when I was perimenopausal, I wrote Moving Through Menopause which became a New York Times best-selling book. In the book, I talk about how I had terrible bouts of insomnia. I’d always slept well and woke up refreshed. A cloud hung over me. I’d toss and turn for hours each night and wake in the morning feeling cheated of a good night’s sleep. A leaden heaviness filled my body. Anxiety consumed me. I’d kick off the sheets; I’d pull them back up, shivering. Sleep deprivation turned me into a raw nerve by day. I’d see the world through layers of gauze. I’d shut the bathroom door and sob.

Was I going crazy?

As someone who’s spent her life promoting the benefits of a healthy  lifestyle, I assumed I already knew a lot of the answers. But in many  respects, this was new territory. And while it’s true that the basic rules of  healthy living are as important now as ever, there were new reasons for  following them…. And so my personal exploration began and grew.

The  goal of that book was to help you take charge of menopausal symptoms in 3 ways:

• Understand it. Learning the facts about the physical changes  you’re experiencing will relieve anxiety and help you focus on how to deal  with them.

•  Manage it. Find solutions to symptoms and ways of coping with  midlife issues.

•  Own it. Accept and embrace aging as an opportunity to  make important changes in your life.

My advice is to be grateful for the uncertainty you feel, for uncertainty is just another name for possibility.

You can shift your mindset from midlife crisis to midlife opportunity with practice. Today’s Success One Step at a Time visualization helps you channel this transformative energy. This 10-minute audio guides you to uncover limiting thought patterns and rewire your brain for positive change. You’ll connect with your intentions, restore your brain’s natural balance, and learn to take control of your thoughts… one step at a time.

To listen to Success One Step at a Time, press play below.