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When personal transformation threatens others' stability

I divorced my husband of 20 years and my friends treat me like I am contagious.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Individual change can trigger existential anxiety in those whose security depends on static relationships.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Midlife identity reinvention?”

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