The Adult Years: Mastering the Art of Self-Renewal, Revised Edition

PrefaceAbout the AuthorPrologue
Part One: The Emerging Adult
1. In Over Our Heads
2. Finding Fulfillment in Cyclical LivesTable 1. Linear andCyclical Views
Part Two: The Renewal Cycle: Life Chapters and LifeTransitions
3. An Overview of the Renewal CycleDiagram 1. The Renewal Cycle:Life Chapters and Life TransitionsDiagram 2. Ten Life Skills forSustaining Purpose and Passion in the Renewal Cycle
4. Life ChaptersDiagram 3. Phase 1_Dreaming, Planning, andPlateauingDiagram 4. Phase 2_Managing the Doldrums
5. Life TransitionsDiagram 5. Phase 3_Cocooning: Coming to Termswith YourselfDiagram 6. Phase 4_Getting Ready for the Next Chapter:A Time for Experimenting
Part Three: The Adult Life Cycle
6. Meaning and Mission Across the Life CycleDiagram 7. The LifeCycleDiagram 8. The Adult Life Cycle: Eight Versions of HumanPurposeTable 2. Decade Orientations in the Life Cycle
7. The Twenties, Thirties, and Midlife Transition: Breaking Out,Staking Out, and Making It
8. The Forties and Fifties: Taking Stock, Individuating, andEnjoying Life
9. The Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties: The Longest andLeast-Defined Life Phase
10. Getting from Here to There: Six Principles of DevelopmentalChangeTable 3. Historical Values
Part Four: Adults and Global Change
11. Valuing the Global Context: The Adult Challenges of theTwenty-First Century
12. The Self-Renewing Adult, the Resilient Society: Ten Qualitiesof Self-Renewing Persons
13. A New Profession of Adult Mentors and Coaches Notes
Reading ListIndex