Let me help you through this intense time of change and growth, to your brilliant next chapter
Midlife Coach
My midlife coaching sessions are for women who want expert support during this complex transformation and a space to talk and be heard.
At midlife we often feel as if we are at a threshold, and as we prepare to cross it, we need time to look back at the person we have been, as well as forwards to the person we are becoming. It can be good to carve out a specific space to do this in our busy lives.
You might be navigating perimenopause or menopause and feeling dismissed, or told it's "just hormones" when it feels like so much more. Maybe you're exhausted by the invisible load of caring for everyone but yourself, and wondering when that's supposed to change. Maybe some of your old identity is shifting or falling away, but you don’t really know what's replacing it yet.
You don't need fixing, and you're not broken. You need space - real, unhurried space - to think, to grieve what's changing, and to work out who you're becoming next.
If any of that sounds familiar, I would love to help.
It might not seem like it just now, but coaching can take you across that threshold to a new place of confidence and optimism.
Energy returns, and life gets that ‘new notebook’ feel again.
I’ve been writing about life in the female body for nearly two decades, and I’m a former creative psychotherapist with years of experience. I’m also 51 and two years post-menopause.
I’m interested in how mid-life change is so often framed as a ‘hormonal event’, when it’s so much richer, deeper (and sometimes harder) than this. Midlife is a reckoning. A descent into darkness at times. It’s tough. But there is light on the other side.
I can support you through this time of change.
The help I offer will not be therapy, but it will involve deep listening, connecting to you, and exploring the whole picture of your life right now. Typical issues that midlife women share and that I can help with are:
Ongoing worries, often in the ‘wee small hours’
Sadness, grief or feelings of loss
Family transitions such as difficult teens, ‘empty nest’, or aging parents
Fears about health and mortality
Body image and weight concerns
Money worries
Relationships issues and splits / divorce
Low confidence and self-esteem
Regretting decisions and lost opportunities
Feeling lost or at a turning point in work or career
Having space to explore these and other issues can help you feel back in the driving seat and able to move through this time in your life with insight and clarity.
We will look at past experiences and behaviour patterns and explore how they are showing up for you today.
I also bring a feminist slant that looks at the experience of being female in a world built by and for men, and how this impacts on our sense of self and identity through our various life stages and experiences - which I call the matriflux.
I build our sessions in response to you and what you bring, what you ask for, what you need.
Our time together may include:
Space to share and offload what’s on your mind
Time to explore past experiences and behaviour patterns and how they are showing up for you today
The story of your ‘matriflux’, my name for the many cycles and changes a woman experiences in her life, for example first period, pregnancy, birth and menopause, and how patterns often repeat within them.
Exploration of diet and lifestyle choices
Mindset patterns and whether these are serving you
Joining the dots between your stories, making sense and finding clarity
Holding space for the sense of loss that this time of life often involves
Creative approaches to change and the future you wish for
One to one packages
Ideal if you need a thinking partner for a specific situation, we’ll meet for 90 minutes on zoom and work our way through the maze. £235
Clarity Session
Spend a morning or an afternoon with me (3 hours) and we can go deeper. This extra time will allow us to look at different areas of your life and explore the connections between them. £450
Half Day Deep Dive
I will work closely with you over six consecutive weeks to help you look at current narratives and begin to write a new story.
Includes a 90 minute Clarity Session in week one, one hour meeting via zoom per week in weeks 2 to 6, plus direct unlimited access to me via email or whatsapp over the six week period. This deep level of support will give you the opportunity to explore the patterns in your life up until now and see mid-life as a new beginning. £2250
Rewrite the Story
If you complete a Clarity Session or Half Day Deep Dive and decide you would like to book on to Rewrite the Story, I will deduct the cost of your original session from the price of the Mastermind.
Alternatively I can build a bespoke package to suit your specific needs.
Change can be exactly what’s needed…
Feel free to book a 15 minute discovery call or go right ahead and book your Laser or Half Day Deep Dive. For Rewrite the Story, please book your first session via the system and I will then get in touch. For Bespoke packages, just drop me an email and we can take it from there.