Dating in Midlife Isn't What You Think It Is

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A Guardian article landed in my feed this week, and I had to pause. Academic Lisa Portolan wrote something I've been seeing in my counselling practice and thinking about for years: "Love in later life is about alignment rather than aspiration, companionship rather than completion."

Midlife women aren't retreating from love. They're redefining it. After decades of caregiving and putting others first, women in their 50s and 60s are approaching dating with more clarity and intention than ever before. They know what they want. They know what they won't compromise on. And they're not interested in recreating patterns that didn't serve them the first time around.

This is what intentional dating looks like in midlife and why it matters.

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