LTC Columns

For women of an assured age, those approaching or over 50, it’s critical to understand the numbers that profoundly impact our lives. Review and download our Leaping the Chasm™ (LTC) infographic showing just some of the data from sources like the United States Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the United States Census Bureau, and the Women’s Bureau. It’s troubling how these many midlife transitions seem to hit women all at once or in rolling succession. The data here underlines many of the issues that bring about midlife transitions for women.To

For women approaching or over 50, multiple life transitions can, and often do, occur all at once. This onslaught can be devastating and exceedingly difficult to overcome.

Consider how many women spend years ascending to the apex of their personal and professional lives just to be blindsided by a rapid descent into changes like…

• Skills gaps and career competition
• Prolonged unemployment w/o compensation
• Age/wage/gender discrimination
• Financial distress and bankruptcy
• Menopause and mental anguish
• Failing health/lack of insurance
• Relocation and liquidation
• Divorce or separation
• Sandwich generation/empty nest
• Caretaking or care taken
• Death