Full of insights and data and featuring many ways to endure the slump and avoid its perils and traps, Jonathan Rauch doesn't just show listeners the dark forest of midlife, he helps them find a path through the trees.

Draws on cutting-edge scientific studies to discuss the U-shaped trajectory of happiness, which declines from the optimism of youth before surging upward again after age fifty, and offers ways to endure the slump during midlife.