Maria Bello Instagram – The renowned psychiatrist and artist, Carl Jung, helped me consciously enter the PAUSE with his theory of the 7 tasks for crossing over to the second half of life. His Red Book that @patriciaarquette bought me 20 years ago is still on my coffee table. I knew a little about Jung. I even had a Jungian therapist at one point for a few years. So when I was at my lowest – in the middle of my menopause before i took the conscious PAUSE – where I could barely smile or look at myself in a mirror – I discovered something of his that changed my whole experience. Jung had a theory about the second half of life. He ascertained that mid-life was just as important a transition as birth and death – a crossing over. But no one was talking about it. (And still aren’t). He saw in his clients a disappointment, disillusionment and depression for a few years when they were between the first half of life and the second half. So Jung came up with 7 tasks that people need to face in midlife to cross over like a badass as they move through the transition into the second half of life. Are you in the midst of crossing over? Let’s talk about it. If you’re interested in buying a copy of The Red Book or any of Jung’s books, please consider shopping from an indie bookshop like I do w/ @harrietts_bookshop #mariasmenopause #midlifemidwife #midlifemidwives