How Midlife Relationships Work

Each new life phase has its own special challenges. Puberty, starting a career, being married, raising kids. Timeless challenges. However, creating an enduring romantic relationship from scratch when you are midlife is both common and relatively new; one without a lot of accumulated wisdom to draw on.

I’m in my late 60’s and I’ve been studying how people address this challenge successfully, and unsuccessfully, for almost 30 years. I’ve talked to thousands of folks and read a lot.

I am Philip Belove, M.A., Ed.D.  I got my masters in counseling psych in 1978 and my doc  in psychology with a focus on marriage and family therapy in 1986. Someone thought Dr. Belove was a brand name.  It is a bit karmic.  

I care about this topic.

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