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From the authors of AARP Meditations for Caregivers

AARP Love and Meaning after 50 offers insights and anecdotes, do it yourself assessments and follow-up exercises, and tips for connecting through the difficult times. With this book, you’ll find deeper meaning and greater satisfaction for the
decades ahead–together.

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From the authors of AARP Meditations for Caregivers

AARP Love and Meaning after 50 offers insights and anecdotes, do it yourself assessments and follow-up exercises, and tips for connecting through the difficult times. With this book, you’ll find deeper meaning and greater satisfaction for the
decades ahead–together.

BUY NOW!

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“Drs. Mayer and Jacobs use their clinical wisdom and story-telling abilities to bring to life the challenges for couples as they age. Their advice will help strengthen long-term relationships to combat the rising trend of Gray Divorce.”

–Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD, author of After the Affair and Life with Pop

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“A must-read for anyone over 50 who is married or wants to be. I wish my parents had read this book when they were in their 50s! It’s a practical, hopeful guide to renegotiating and reinvigorating your relationship. It will save a lot of marriages, because it will really help you and your spouse talk to each other.”

— Stephen Fried, New York Times bestselling author of Husbandry: Sex, Love and Dirty Laundry: Inside the Minds of Married Men, and Rush: Revolution, Madness & the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father

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 “A beautifully written guide for couples who want inspiration, a refresher, or a reboot after the kids are gone.”

 — William J. Doherty, Ph.D., Professor of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, and author of Take Back Your Marriage

AARP LOVE AND MEANING AFTER 50: The 10 Challenges to Great Relationships—and How to Overcome Them

This timely release tackles the 10 most common challenges of sustaining loving relationships and emotional wellness in your 50s, 60s, and beyond. Authors Julia Mayer and Barry Jacobs, a husband-wife team of psychologists with more than 50 years of combined clinical experience helping individuals and couples, provide professional expertise paired with tried-and-true advice from those who’ve walked this walk before.  They offer insights on how to address:

The Empty Nest • Extended Family • Finances • Infidelity • Retirement • Downsizing and Relocating • Sex • Health Concerns • Caregiving • Loss of Loved Ones

AARP Love and Meaning After 50 offers anecdotes, do it yourself assessments and follow-up exercises, and tips for connecting through the difficult times.  With this book you’ll find deeper meaning and greater satisfaction for the decades ahead—together.

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About The Authors

Julia L. Mayer, PsyD & Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD

Julia L. Mayer, PsyD

Julia is a clinical psychologist and has been doing individual and couples’ therapy for more than a quarter century.  Her busy full-time private practice in Media, PA, specializes in women’s issues, including relationship concerns, sexual abuse, eating disorders, caregiving, and aging. She is the author of the novel, A Fleeting State of Mind (2014) and has a weekly psychology and social justice podcast, Shrinks on Third (www.shrinksonthird.com).

Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD

Barry is a clinical psychologist, family therapist, long-time journalist, and the author of The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers (2006). He has a psychotherapy practice in Media, PA, in addition to his position working as Principal for Health Management Associates. He has held adjunct faculty positions with the Temple University School of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and the Department of Psychology of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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Also by Julia and Barry

Some of our articles, accolades and appearances can be found here!

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