Coaching, 4th Edition

11 Midlife Drift

DOI: 10.4324/9781003206422-12

Frequently clients, perhaps most often between the ages of 45 and 55, come to us with a sense of vague malaise. They can tell something is off but they don’t know quite what. Motivation has dropped, connections to others seem less vital. Meaning seems distant and blocked. Maybe you’ve even been there yourself. Here’s a way to turn our coaching methodology towards this topic.

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.

—Dante Alighieri, Inferno

The Issue and Its Difficulties

Many clients come to us like this. They tell us their life is drained of meaning, once pleasurable activities feel flat, goals seem pointless even when ...