Decoding Midlife

by Aesha Shah

‘Decoding Midlife’ is about approaching Midlife with positivity and vigour and not consider it to be a crisis phase of life. Writing this book has been an enriching and moving experience for the author as she explores facets of her own unknown personality.
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Published May 22, 2018

About the author

Aesha Shah is a mom to an 11-year-old and blogger at Aesha's Musings.
She is a teacher by qualification and a writer by passion.
Aesha is an avid reader and her love for books began at a very young age. She started maintaining a daily journal when she was nine and her love for writing manifested since then.
At the age of 35, she started her parenting blog About Parent and Kid which has been ranked by Indian Top blogs as one of the best parenting blogs of India in the year 2016.
At the beginning of the year 2018, she felt a creative urge to write on diverse topics and thus changed her blog to Aesha’s Musings.
Her blog is all about her experience as a mother, daughter, wife, friend, companion and each of that facet that her readers can identify with.

Aesha is also a sub-editor at My Paper, a Children’s newspaper which aims at nurturing reading as a passion-something that she strongly advocates too.

She hails from Ahmedabad and is currently based in Mumbai.

You can connect with her at:
http://www.aeshasmusings.com
facebook.com/aeshasmusings
twitter.com/aeshasmusings
Write to Aesha at aeshashah20@gmail.com

Reviews

[Sangeetha Menon · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the recent fascinating set of introspective narratives I have read. I liked the book for its simplicity, honesty, and quiet self-reflection. There is an easeness in reading as well. Because of the positive and responding mode of method Aesha Shah adopts to write, she is often able to see the challenge as well as the solution holistically and with a balance. The set of themes she has selected from A-Z are also interesting.

I was wondering how she would have written if Q was for "Quest" (in the place of "Quotes") since that attribute goes well with her thoughts on "Imagination", "Goals" and "Calm".

I would consider this first book of Aesha of help to many (of all ages) to introspect, review ones mind dispassionately and calmly, and creatively respond to challenges.

Often in neuroscientific work deeply humane and subjective attributes are entirely analysed in a third person machine like way, where the person who analyses considers him/her to be bereft of any such personal qualities, and hence do not make self-reflective exercises, or self-participation in the analysis.

I felt, while reading her lines, that often Aesha exuded maturity and ability to think holistically beyond her age.

If only we had more and more young men and women like her who can boldly approach life with positivism and yet with realistic plans and goals...

[Namratha Varadharajan · Rating 3 out of 5]

"A book that tries to demystify and encourage you as you approach your own midlife"

Aesha has introspected deeply about her current life and her approaching midlife. Through this book, she looks at what she can expect in the years to come and lays down the framework for her midlife. She looks at what action she must take to have fulfilling days ahead. Her attitude to live a life full of zest shines through her words. She has bared her soul to give the reader truthful glimpses into her life and her mind.

Who is this book for:

Women in their 30s or 40s or maybe even 50s(if you have a late onset of midlife:), this book is right up your ally. As a 30-something I found her thought process quite relatable. Younger women might be able to snatch some words of wisdom. Men, if you want to find out what is going on in the minds of your women, yep, you will find some pearls here.

What worked for me:

Short chapters dealing with one central concept: ideal for reading, assimilating an idea, introspecting about our own lives and then implementing.
Helpful pointers are sprinkled in each chapter on how the author plans to achieve her intentions, be it her goals or being joyful through midlife.
I found the chapter on nutrition well researched and useful (which has insights from an expert).
The emphasis on self-care and self-love is evident throughout the book. This is such an important topic to be discussed with regard to women, who routinely put everyone else's needs before their own.
What could be worked upon:

The book is written as an introspection by the author on her own life. As a reader, you can draw parallels to your own life, but I would have liked a little more to have been written to decode midlife from a reader's perspective.

All in all, an insightful read.

[Aesha Shah]

Aesha Shah is fraudulent. She has written one book called "Decoding Midlife" Only and book called "Confidence Produces Strength" and "Positive Affirmations" are written by another American Author Aesha Shah, but she had add some other authors work inside her profile. She is shameful.