Have you ever felt like the version of you that once worked… no longer does?
Midlife unraveling rarely announces itself. It begins quietly, with a growing sense that something is off, even when your life still looks “successful” from the outside.
The traits and patterns that once helped you navigate the world can start working against you. And instead of changing, many of us double down on what we’ve always done.
So what’s really happening beneath the surface?
In depth psychology, Carl Jung described parental complexes — unconscious patterns formed in childhood through our earliest Relationships. These patterns shape how we respond to life, often without us realizing it, until they begin to limit our growth.
Midlife unraveling is not a breakdown.
It’s a turning point.
A call to return to parts of yourself that were set aside long ago.
In this episode, I share reflections from Chapter 3 of my memoir, When Sex Meets God: A Midlife Unraveling, and explore how mixed messages from childhood can create a kind of self-imposed glass ceiling later in life.
If you’ve been feeling stuck, restless, or unsure why your old ways of being no longer fit, this episode offers a deeper lens into what may be unfolding.
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Deborah Lukovich, PhD
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