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Purpose Doesn't Retire

Purpose Doesn't Retire

Why midlife isn’t an ending—it’s an invitation to rediscover what truly drives you.

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Deborah Heiser
May 01, 2025
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Purpose doesn’t retire.

Those three words—spoken by Sean Perry, host of The Senior Zone—have echoed in my mind since our most recent conversation on After 40. It’s a simple phrase, yet it contains a radical truth: one that disrupts ageist stereotypes and reframes midlife not as an ending, but as a threshold to deeper meaning.

We live in a culture that oft…

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