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Man After 50: 7 Signs You're Living Someone Else's Life (Midlife Resurrection Series - Part 4)
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Episode Description
A seven-question survey to reveal identity loss and start your midlife reinvention
For Men After 50 — feeling like you’re playing a role instead of living your life? This episode of Midlife Man Rising helps answer a simple question: Is this your life…or someone else’s?
I’m Nelson Pahl, an experiential psychologist that helps midlife men reclaim identity, face hidden identity loss, and begin true personal reinvention. In this episode I walk you through a quick, clear 7-question survey that exposes whether you’re living a borrowed life...and gives you the honest signal you need to start changing course.
Topics in this Episode
- Male Role Expectations Impact Self-Expression (0:53)
- Men After 50 Often Live by Societal Conformity (1:07)
- 7-Question Self-Survey for Men After 50 (1:57)
- What Your “Yes” Answers Mean (3:31)
Healing Links
5-Day Challenge: Resurrection Camp
Supporting Links
Empirical Research: Masculinity & Social Conformity Pressures
Empirical Research : Male Role Conformity and Mental Health
Next Episode: Men After 50: Breaking Free from Your Father's Expectations (Midlife Resurrection Series - Part 5)
About the Host
Nelson Pahl, Ph.D. is an experiential psychologist that helps midlife men move from midlife crisis depression to midlife reinvention. Through his proprietary approaches — Resurrection Camp, the Six Stones Retreat Arc, and his Legacy Lab — he guides men after 50 through identity loss, midlife transformation, and personal reinvention. He's also author of the book, Escaping Sartre's Hell: A Guide for Self-Validation in Midlife.
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