Includes bibliographical references.

I'm stuck. What's wrong with me? Is this all there is?

Satya Doyle Byock hears these refrains regularly in her psychotherapy practice where she works with "Quarterlifers," individuals between the ages of (roughly) twenty to forty. Some clients have done everything "right": graduate, get a job, meet a partner, yet they are unfulfilled and unclear on what to do next. Byock calls these Quarterlifers "Stability Types." Others are uninterested in this precribed path, but feel unmoored. She refers to them as "Meaning Types."

Byock sees these struggles as part of the journey of Quarterlife, a distinct stage of development that every person goes through and which has been virtually ignored by popular culture and psychology.

In Quarterlife, Byock utilizes personal storytelling, mythology, Jungian psychology, pop culture, literature, and client case studies to provide guideposts for this period of life. Readers will be able to find themselves on the spectrum between Stability Types and Meaning Types, and engage with Byock's four pillars of Quarterlife development:
- Separate: Gain independence from the relationships and expectations that no longer serve you.
- Listen: Pay close attention to your own wants and needs.
- Build: Create, cultivate, and construct tools and practices for the life you want.
- Integrate: Take what you've learned and manifest something new.

Quarterlife is a defining work that offers a compassionate roadmap toward finding understanding, happiness, and wholeness in adulthood.

(From the back cover)