In the course of my travels, I speak to many women about my work as a “midlife blooming” coach and teacher. Often they’ll sigh with recognition, and will say wistfully, “Oh, I could use that!”
Then they tell me a bit about their story. Each story is different, but they also tend to form patterns, fitting into one of several scenarios that I realize many of us are confronted with past the age of 40.
Is one of these your story too?
- Your children have grown and left home, leaving a vacuum where your sense of purpose used to be.
- Your marriage has ended, and you’re wondering if there’s life after divorce.
- You lost your “secure” employment and don’t know where to turn, or who to be.
- You’re stressed and bored at your job and hope there’s more to life.
- You’re facing retirement and dread the emptiness.
- You’ve had a brush with illness, and are feeling a renewed commitment to how to use your precious time.
- You’ve put everyone else’s needs ahead of your own and you’re questioning if it’s too late to live YOUR life, to put YOUR work out into the world.
- You had a vision once to create something beautiful and meaningful with your life, and that vision is haunting you now.
Whatever the reason, if you’re like the women I speak to, you’re feeling adrift and wondering where your purpose and joy have gone, and how to find them. You know you’re capable of SO much more – but what exactly that looks like may be eluding you. . . . Continue reading