Books by Deborah Wagner, Ph.D.
Dr. Wagner's books focus on life passages that can present anxiety, and how to find meaning, comfort and happiness when transitioning to a new phase.
Finding Meaning in Aging
The Thief and the Gift is a story we know well, but don’t often tell. Presenting a loving daughter’s point of view, it intimately narrates what one really experiences when their time is coming to an end. Introducing profound questions about life’s efficacy, the nature of suffering, and what it means to have a life well-lived, The Thief and the Gift illustrates how aging and a related degenerative condition can be something to embrace and utilize for growth and contentment, and not just something to mourn.
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“Dr. Deborah Wagner presents a moving tribute to a man as he and the family navigate the ravages and impact of disease through time. So many themes are subtly presented and explored in the book and so many beautiful metaphors are offered to help the reader in understanding the experience of his illness in a poignant and helpful way.” – Tamara Sofair-Fisch , psychologist
“A breathtaking story that takes the reader on a journey of unimaginable challenges, trapped but free. This is a journey of growth and self-awareness between both father and daughter.”
– Lori W.
230 pages. $19.99 Paperback
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Is it Just My Life or Perimenopause?
SORTING THROUGH THE EMOTIONAL UPHEAVAL OF WOMEN IN THEIR FOURTIES AND FIFTIES
An indispensable and insightful roadmap for women entering the shifting landscape of life in the middle decades.
With balanced, accessible, and humorous discussions of female physiology and psychology as well as current treatment options, author and psychologist Deborah R. Wagner PhD, provides an insightful and inspiring forum to help her readers get comfortable with the volatile, powerful, and colorful decades of life in the forties and fifties. With added advice for families—including a segment for partners and children—as well as candid discussions on the impact of unanticipated (but interconnected) conditions such as anxiety, depression, changing body image, loss of empathy, nurturing, and empty nesting, Dr. Wagner delivers a potent blend of science and comfort in a voice that will resonate with women of all ages. The Fifth Decade provides an essential resource to women and their families experiencing the shifts that come with the midlife years.