The quiet inner passage of perimenopause symptoms
External change and internal transition do not happen on the same timetable. Bridges separates the process into endings, a disorienting neutral zone, and an eventual new beginning. Perimenopause symptoms can make the old self feel less dependable before a new rhythm or identity has formed, which is precisely the territory his model names. Read through a midlife lens, the book offers permission not to rush the middle. Loss, ambiguity, experimentation, and temporary reduced certainty are not evidence that transition has failed. The practical task is to acknowledge what is ending, create space for the in-between, and recognize new beginnings only when they become real.
About William Bridges
William Bridges spent twelve years teaching English before leaving academia and building a second career around transition. His own professional reinvention helped him distinguish external change from the slower inner process by which people release an identity and inhabit another.
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