‘Personality is just your behaviour, thoughts and feelings, and you can change those things’ psychologist Margie Lachman saysFor years, midlife has been associated with one word: crisis. Margie Lachman wants us to see opportunity instead.Lachman, a lifespan developmental psychologist, has been studying what goes on between the ages of 40 and 60 for more than 30 years, as an investigator on the landmark Midlife in the United States study. The study has tracked thousands of adults since 1994, exploring how their lives, health and perspective changed. Before joining the project, Lachman was about to turn 40 herself. “I went through midlife as we were studying midlife,” she says. Continue reading...
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/jun/18/midlife-crisis-researcher
