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Category: Midlife Strategies
By Kay Newton
Facing Abuse and Grief Fuelled Her Life’s Mission as a Cosmic Guidance Counsellor
Cassandra Eve transformed herself after a series of traumatic experiences and now guides others on their soul journeys using astrology.
An Early Menopause at 41 Led Her to Her Purpose: Empowering Women in Midlife
Rachel Lankester is the founder of online hub Magnificent Midlife, and helps women create ‘magnificent next chapters’.
“Blessed with the Gift of Midlife”: A Life Coach’s Personal Awakening After Grief
Around the time she hit midlife, life and career coach Deb Johnstone faced loss, divorce and a reinvention of the self. She now helps other women cope and heal.
6 Women Unlock Bites of Wisdom Over Virtual Coffee
A group of women from around the world get together over ‘Zoom coffee’ to share their lives, wishes and wisdom.
Lockdown Diary: Grief, Solitude and Acceptance in Mallorca
Locked in their home in Mallorca due to COVID-19, a midlife couple make the most of the moment, and learn to appreciate the real gifts of life.
Her ‘Roadmap’ Prepares Women For Loss of a Partner Through Death or Divorce
Realising that most women are left clueless about finances and paperwork after a spouse’s death or divorce, Nancy Juetten created the perfect solution.
She Had Picked a Date to Die, Then She Found Her Reason to Breathe
Sarah Ross had set a deadline to end her life. Then, a dying girl and a boy without socks gave her a reason to live, heal and inspire others.
“There Has to Be a Sense of ‘We’, But Not at the Expense of ‘I’” – Relationship Coach Heather Garbutt
UK-based life and relationship coach Heather Garbutt’s own journey has been one of overcoming odds and pushing on despite obstacles.
From an Abused Child to a Healer: The Remarkable Journey of Michelle Evans
Canada-based life coach Michelle Evans turned the trauma of her childhood into fuel for self-transformation and healing others.
7 Ways to Prepare Yourself for an Empty Nest
Are you dreading having an empty nest soon as your kids grow up and move away? Don’t let it take you by surprise!
10 Ways to Make 2020 Awesome (Without New Year’s Resolutions)
There’s no point making New Year’s resolutions that you will break within days! Here’s how to make the next decade great without resolutions.
Year-End Resolutions: Making a Daily Greatness Journal and an End-of-Life Plan
December is a fabulous time to reflect and make plans for the year and decade ahead. Two life coaches share ways to make it meaningful.
Looking for Midlife Mojo? Strengthen Your ‘Life Table’ in 5 Steps
Facing a midlife crisis? Here’s how to strengthen your ‘Life Table’, with four legs of health, connections, knowledge, financial flow, and a tabletop of ‘Thyself’.
Better with Age: How Two Women Launched New Enterprises Midlife
If having your own business is something you dream of, a great place to start is listening to the advice of these women who launched startups in their 50s.
Women Become ‘Invisible’ After 50, But These 2 Entrepreneurs Made the Most of It
Society invisibilises older women, but these divas have turned age and invisibility into a career opportunity, turning life’s lemons into lemonade.
Are You Making Conscious Choices, or Running on ‘Default’? Three Life Coaches Share Tips
Even not choosing is choosing by default. Are you making conscious choices or unconscious ones? Three international facilitators share their experiences with Kay Newton.
From Suffering to Success: Two Women Share Their Secrets of Being ‘In the Flow’
When we’re ‘out of flow’, we are stressed and lack energy and purpose. How do we get ‘in the flow’? Two women share their experiences.
Travel with Self-Growth? These 4 Women Host Retreats Around the World
If spending time getting to know yourself better, making new friends and trying a new destination appeal to you, then here are a few retreats and hostesses you should know about.
A Group of Earth Lovers, and an Ambitious Plan to Save the Planet
From combing the oceans of plastic waste, to creating healthy chocolates and promoting sustainable luxury, these people are out to help the Earth, finds Kay Newton.
How to Clear the Clutter in Your Life Using Thoughts, Voice and Action
In order to bring the new into our lives, we have to let go of the old. Kay Newton shares new ideas for cleaning out all levels.
3 Women Share How Compound Action Transformed Their Lives
The step-by-step advances we make everyday have the power to transform our lives and change our destinies, says Kay Newton.
These Women Expats Are Taking Forward the Traditions of Their Adopted Countries
Welsh multimedia artist Deborah Claire Procter and American spiritual coach Lyn Bishop share their experiences of living in foreign lands.
Five Generations in the Workforce For the First Time: Can We Make It Work?
As modern technology accelerates and life expectancy increases, five different generations are now rubbing shoulders together in the workforce, says Kay Newton.
