WHAT IS ADVANCED ADULTING.
Welcome to Advanced Adulting – your guide to navigating midlife and beyond.
By the time you hit your 40s and 50s, there’s this unwritten rule that you’re supposed to have your shit together. But let’s be real: sometimes, you don’t, and that’s perfectly okay. It’s normal. Sure, one part of your life might be thriving while another feels like a complete train wreck or far from what you envisioned.
Maybe you’ve nailed your career but are struggling with relationships, or perhaps you’re enjoying family life but questioning what you really want for yourself.
What you want from life, your goals, and even how you see the world and yourself are different than when you were younger. You’re not the same person at 52 as you were at 22—or even 32.
Advanced Adulting is all about embracing the beautiful messiness of life at the stage of life.
The truth is, you don’t know what you don’t know or even what to expect until it hits you square in the face. And there is no manual for how to handle these things.
Suddenly, you’re navigating everything from dating after divorce and caring for aging parents to tackling health issues, and financial concerns, and redefining your identity. It can feel overwhelming, but it’s also an opportunity for growth and reinvention.
Amidst all these changes and challenges, there are joys to be found! Advanced Adulting is also about savoring the little moments—like reconnecting with old friends, discovering new passions, traveling to places you've always wanted to see. It’s about making the best of the rest of your time and finding fulfillment in unexpected places.
Advanced Adulting isn’t just about facing challenges; it’s also about embracing a vibrant lifestyle that reflects who you are now. It’s about prioritizing your health and well-being, boosting your self-esteem, and cultivating joy in everyday moments.
Advanced Adulting is your invitation to explore the ups and downs while savoring all the incredible experiences that come with this stage of life.
You’ve got this—even when things get tough. After all, You're a grown-ass adult!
And you’re not alone in this journey; we’re all figuring it out together—laughing at the absurdities, dealing with the unexpected, learning new things, sharing our stories, and cheering each other on.
Join us. Let’s make the most of midlife AND beyond.
I help “grown-a**” adults navigate the big changes & shifts that hit us all in midlife & beyond.
It doesn’t matter what your background, location, financial situation, education, or profession is… we are all going through personal, professional, health, and life changes by the time we reach our 40s, 50s, and beyond.
Maybe it’s your finances, career, marriage or relationships, retirement, children, health, caring for aging parents, menopause, happiness, loneliness, friendships, your mindset, aging, or simply figuring out what’s next and how to make the best of the rest of your life.
When you’re younger you don’t think about these things, or your perspective is very different. But who you are at 47 or 57 is a dramatically different human than you were at 27. There is no manual for how to navigate life events, transitions, ups and downs, reinvention, introspection, and uncharted territory at this stage of life.
YOU aren’t alone! I’ve been there… so have a lot of people.
Let’s do this together.
I wrote the first business book for Gen X
I’m Bradley Richardson. WAY back in the ‘90s, (When I was in my twenties and had hair) I wrote the very first business book for Generation X. It was called JobSmarts for TwentySomethings. It became a legit best-seller and was revolutionary at the time when we were being labeled as “slackers” and grunge and flannel were popular and we were just getting our adult lives underway.
NOW my 50s life, the world, and what’s important to me look very different.
And I’m not alone.
Since then I’ve had 5 books published around the world about careers, parenthood, reinvention, and more, I’ve raised three grown kids, had a divorce, lost a parent, had a successful career in executive search and coaching, and MANY life changes along the way…
Now I help hundreds of thousands of men and women around the world each month navigate the changes and challenges we deal with at this stage of life.
Through social media, content, and more… I reach over 300,000 people aged 45-65+ each month where I share, relate, educate, and help them successfully navigate the common issues we all deal with in midlife and beyond.
I also partner and collaborate with leading brands and companies with whom I am aligned to connect them with this powerful audience through sponsorships, dedicated content, speaking, and more.
As a lifelong connector, I use my experience and extensive 30-year network of some of the top authors, and experts in the world in their respective fields to educate, inform, create awareness, and connect people to ideas, resources, services, tools, and people that can help them at the stage they are in now AND for the rest of their lives.
Bradley Richardson is the creator of Advanced Adulting, where he creates content to help “grown-ass” adults navigate the shifts and changes of midlife. He is a 5x best-selling author, speaker, coach, and former executive who has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Good Morning America, NPR, and more.
A fifty-something, 5th Generation Texan, and father of 3 grown kids, he can be found across social media and the web @imbradleyrichardson where he reaches over several hundred thousand people every month through social media, a podcast, online meetups, newsletters, and more.
One of the leading voices in midlife personal development Bradley is considered one of the top influencers among people in midlife and beyond. With an engaged social media following of over 300,000, Bradley uses his professional and personal experience as an executive, best-selling author, and father to coach individuals in navigating the shifts, changes, and transformations of midlife and beyond. His clients have included professional athletes, executives, authors, law enforcement officers, educators, and more. He’s created courses, group, and individual coaching programs for people worldwide in such areas as relationships, career, personal, and professional development, reinvention, and more... A frequent guest on podcasts and media he is also sought out by major companies to spread their message to his highly engaged global audience.