What is a Mid-Life Crisis? Signs, Symptoms, and How to Save Your Marriage- The Dr. Joe Show Podcast
The short answer
What many people call a mid-life crisis is not really a mid-life crisis at all, and in this episode Dr. Joe Beam and Dr. Kimberly Beam Holmes explain what is actually happening with your spouse. If your spouse is going through a big change in life, how you respond matters, because it can help bring your marriage back together or tear it apart.
Key takeaways
- Dr. Joe and Dr. Kimberly say that what looks like a mid-life crisis in your spouse is not really a mid-life crisis.
- Understanding what is truly happening with your spouse is the first step to knowing how to respond.
- When your spouse goes through a big change in life, your response can help bring the marriage back together or push it further apart.
- The episode also takes on common questions about what a mid-life crisis is, what age it happens, and its signs and symptoms.
In this episode, Dr. Joe Beam and Dr. Kimberly Beam Holmes dig into “What is a Mid-Life Crisis? Signs, Symptoms, and How to Save Your Marriage.” Press play above to hear the full conversation.
What is a mid-life crisis? What age does a mid-life crisis happen? What are the signs and symptoms of a mid-life crisis?
If your spouse is going through a big change in life, these are probably things that you have searched for answers.
Do you think that your spouse is going through a mid-life crisis? What should you do? Can you keep your marriage from falling apart?
In this podcast we discuss how to understand what is really happening with your spouse (hint: it’s NOT a mid-life crisis), and how you can respond in a way that will actually bring your marriage back together instead of tearing it apart.
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Common questions
Is my husband having a midlife crisis?
Maybe not. Dr. Joe and Dr. Kimberly say that what many spouses call a mid-life crisis is not really one, and they explain how to understand what is actually going on.
What should I do when my spouse is going through a midlife crisis?
Think carefully about how you react. In this episode, Dr. Joe and Dr. Kimberly explain how to respond in a way that draws your marriage back together rather than tearing it apart.
Can a marriage survive a midlife crisis?
There is hope. Even when one spouse goes through a big change in life, the other spouse’s response can help keep the marriage from falling apart.