Podcasts

• “The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos”, hosted by Professor Laurie Santos

• “Postcards from Midlife”, hosted by Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin

• “What Your Mother Never Told You About Health with Dr. Sharon Malone”, The Michelle Obama Podcast

• “How to Talk to People”, hosted by Julie Beck, The Atlantic

• “The Agony of Putting Your Life on Hold to Care For Your Aging Parents”, hosted by The New York Times’ The Daily

• “Julia Gets Wise with Jane Fonda”, hosted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus on “Wiser Than Me”
  

Articles

• “Gillian Anderson’s Sex Education,” by Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, July 29, 2024.

• “A User’s Guide To Midlife,” by Dana G. Smith, The New York Times, June 24, 2024.

• “Women Have Been Misled About Menopause”, by Susan Dominus, The New York Times

• “Why Making Friends in Midlife Is So Hard”, by Katherine Smyth, The Atlantic

• “‘It’s Pretty Brutal’: The Sandwich Generation Pays a Price”, by Jessica Grose, The New York Times

• “5 Big Myths About Money and Parenting”, by Dani Blum, The New York Times

• “America Has a Loneliness Epidemic. Here Are Six Steps to Address It.”, by NPR’s All Things Considered

• “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All”, by Anne-Marie Slaughter, The Atlantic

• “It’s Never Too Late to Switch Careers”, by Kate Lee, Harvard Business Review

• “Welcome to the Menopause Gold Rush”, by Amy Larocca, The New York Times

• “Americans’ Attitudes Toward Marriage Are Changing Rapidly”, NPR’s Morning Edition

• “Why Is It So Hard For Men To Make Close Friends?”, by Catherine Pearson, The New York Times
  

Books

• All Fours, by Miranda July

• The Menopause Companion: A Beginner’s Guide to Owning Your Transition From Peri to Post, by Sasha Davies with Tori Hudson, ND

• Whole Woman Health: A Guide to Creating Wellness For Any Age and Stage, by Carrie Levine, CNM

• Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It, by Richard Reeves

• Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife, by Barbara Bradley Hagerty

• The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, by Robert Waldinger, MD, and Marc Schulz, PhD

• The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need To Know To Make Love Work, by Terrence Real

• The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50, by Jonathan Rauch

• The Natural Menopause Method: A nutritional guide through perimenopause and beyond, by Karen Newby

TED Talks & Other Videos

• “The Secret to Desire in a Long-Term Relationship”, Esther Perel, TED Talk

• “How to Know If It’s Time to Change Careers”, by Chieh Huang, TED’s “The Way We Work” series

• “The Menopause Manifesto: Dr. Jen Gunter”, Interview of Dr. Jen Gunter by the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronoto

• “Man Park”, Saturday Night Live

• “Navigating Male Friendships with Matt Ritter and Aaron Karo”, The Man Enough Podcast

• Why Americans Are Lonelier And Its Effects On Our Health”, PBS NewsHour

Data & Studies

• “More than half of Americans in their 40s are ‘sandwiched’ between an aging parent and their own children”, Pew Research Center, April 2022

• “When parents can’t find summer child care, their work suffers,” Center for American Progress, June 2019

• “The pandemic rise in self-employment: Who is working for themselves now?”, Center for Economic and Policy Research

• “The high cost of hot flashes: Millions in low wages preventable”, Yale School of Medicine, August 2014

• “For healthy aging, your relationships are more important than diet or exercise”, Fortune, February 2023

• “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community”, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, May 2023