The middle years
“Tell me about a time in midlife when you were the steady one in a crisis.”
Tips for asking
Whose crisis, what they needed, what you had to set aside in yourself to be useful.
Listen for
What did being relied on like that show you about yourself?
More from The middle years
“Looking back, what kind of mid-life crisis (small or large, named or unnamed) did you actually have?”
“If you could send a single sentence back to yourself at the busiest point of your life, what would it say?”
“Of all the roles you've played — parent, partner, friend, worker, carer, leader — which one feels most like *you*?”