Women at Halftime: A Guide to Reigniting Dreams and Finding Renewed Joy and Purpose in Your Next Season

Are you feeling adrift as you face transitions in a new season of life? It’s time to start dreaming again . . .Have you made personal sacrifices to pursue something?a career, a relationship, or a quality family life?and now it has changed, gone away, or just doesn’t feel as rewarding anymore? If so, you may be looking for a new source of energy, significance, and joy in the next season. Shayne Moore, a former client of the Halftime Institute, and Carolyn Castleberry Hux, a coach with Halftime, which was founded by the author of the bestselling book Halftime: Moving from Success to Significance, know from experience what it means and how difficult it can be to navigate this territory. In Women at Halftime, Shayne and Carolyn offer you the building blocks for getting unstuck and finding renewed joy and purpose.Shayne and Carolyn set out to ask you key questions like: Whose voice in your head still silences your voice and your dreams?and what can you do about it? How can you evaluate the activities, people, and places in which you invest your time? Where do you need to embrace freedom from limiting beliefs, fears, perfectionism, or other obstacles holding you back?Know you are not alone. Transformative growth takes time, but the end result is worth it.ReviewIn this spirited manual, Moore (Ending Human Trafficking) and Castleberry Hux (Divine Treasure) provide guidance on how women can navigate the second half of their lives. The authors met when executive coach Castleberry Hux took on Moore as a client at the Halftime Institute, which offers consulting services for middle-aged people. Sharing client stories and anecdotes from their own midlife transitions, the authors outline a “four-stage process to help you get unstuck and moving toward your dreams.” It encourages readers to “get clear” about their values, overcome fear of failure, find one’s place in God’s plan, and take action. Moore laments how her “limiting belief” that she was a fraud led her to prematurely leave an exclusive seminar, and she urges readers to “process your defeatist thoughts” by talking them through with a friend. The exercises are easy to follow and include enumerating “five things you are most grateful for” and pondering what role God played in them to help illuminate one’s priorities. However, the client stories’ focus on wealthy women can make the benefits of this program feel out of reach, as is the case with a client whose background as a former bank manager prepared her to establish a charitable foundation as her midlife pivot. Still, this has some worthwhile recommendations for how women can find purpose in middle age. Publishers WeeklyReviewI have been on my Halftime journey for over a decade. This current season has felt a bit dry?I drank this book in. It was just what the doctor ordered! Linda Reeb, founder of MomsMentoring.com and coauthor of Halftime for CouplesYour best is yet to come! Don’t believe me? Read Women at Halftime and you’ll learn, just as I did several years ago, that God has so much more for you?things beyond your wildest imagination! Don’t resign or retire . . . refire! This book will help you become all God created YOU to be. Diane Spicer, author of Unmasked: A Remarkable True Story of Transformation and Redemption and Halftime Australia executive coachOnce when I was challenged to visualize an image that depicted my purpose, I imagined a suspension swinging bridge over a river gorge. The choice is yours: Stay where you are, known and safe, or dare to step toward a new future. Women at Halftime is the suspension bridge for all who read it. Sandra L. Frazier, MD, UAB Medicine Provider health officerWomen at Halftime is incredible. It was like the book was written for me. The three words pray, act, and adjust?along with forgive?are the most powerful words in the book. Whoever reads this book up will not be disappointed! Laura Contrereas Rowe, author, entrepreneur, and RealtorThis wonderf