What's Next for You in Midlife?
Your Guide to Purpose,
Passion & Your
Best Chapter Yet
“Let me ask you something. Have you ever looked up from the busyness of your life, the meetings, the meals, the endless to-do lists, and thought, Whose life is this? Because somewhere in the middle of all of it, I feel like I lost mine."
If you have had that moment, and if you are like me and so many women I work with, you absolutely have, I want you to know something important right from the start of this issue: that feeling is not the end of something. It is the beginning.
It is midlife tapping you on the shoulder and saying, HEY, it is your turn now. The kids are doing their thing. The career you built is established. The roles you have been playing for decades are shifting. And in all of that space that is opening up, a very important question is emerging: what do I actually want for this next chapter of my life?
That is what we are digging into in Issue No. 5. And I am going to be honest with you, this is one of the most exciting conversations we have had in this newsletter yet. Because purpose, passion, and possibility in midlife? Oh, we have got a LOT to say about all three. 🌿
First, Let's Name What You Are Feeling
That low-level sense of unfulfillment. The day-after-day feeling of just going through the motions. The blah that you cannot quite explain to anyone because on paper everything looks fine. If that is you right now, I need you to hear this: you are not ungrateful. You are not dramatic. You are a woman in midlife whose inner compass is recalculating, and it is pointing you toward something new. The only question is whether you are willing to follow it.
Here Is the Good News - And It Is Really Good
You can absolutely find your passion in your 40s and your 50s. Not someday. Not after things calm down. Now. I am so encouraged and inspired when I meet women in their late 70s and early 80s who are doing the thing, learning new skills, creating businesses, living with so much joy and fulfillment. And every single one of them will tell you that their lives feel more purposeful now than they ever did before.
That is not luck. That is what happens when a woman decides that this chapter belongs to her. And that decision is available to you right now.
I went through this myself. In my early 40s, I loved what I did, but something still felt like it was missing. I could not put my finger on it. I just felt like my life was passing me by, like there was something more I was meant to do and I had not found it yet. What I know now is that feeling was not a problem. It was a prompt. And if you are feeling it too, consider this your prompt.
Four Steps to Finding Your Passion in Midlife
These are not abstract concepts. They are the real, practical steps that I walked through myself, and that I now walk through with the women I coach. Let us get into them.
Step 01
Start With a Mindset Shift - Nobody Knows What You Are Capable of Better Than You
This is where it all begins. Before you can find your passion, you have to believe that finding it is possible. And not just "I think I can" we are going all in "I know I can." Remember the little engine? He kept saying I think I can, I think I can, and before long he was doing it. I want you to shift from thinking to knowing. Once you identify that you can make this your best chapter yet, everything else becomes possible. That shift in mindset is not just motivational fluff. It is the actual foundation that every other step is built on.
✦ Try this today: Write down three things you know, not think, know, you are capable of what you have not fully explored yet.
Step 02
Find Some Courage, Because Your Next Chapter Might Look Very Different
Here is the truth. For some women, finding their passion in midlife is about kicking up what they are already doing, adding more adventure, more creativity, more joy to a life that is already on the right track. But for others? It is a full U-turn. What your passion is may be completely different from everything you have done up until this point. And that takes courage. It means asking hard questions like, do I walk away from what I have known? Do I have what it takes? The answer, by the way, is yes. You absolutely have what it takes. Close your eyes. See yourself doing whatever it is that you want to do. Visualize it. And then take on the attitude that you are going to do whatever it takes to get there.
✦ Ask yourself: If I knew I could not fail, what would I try? That answer is pointing you somewhere important.
Step 03
Do the Discovery Work - Give Yourself Permission to Be That Little Kid Again
Remember when teachers and parents used to ask, what do you want to do when you grow up? I am giving you permission to answer that question again, right now, in your 40s, 50s, or 60s, with all the wisdom and freedom that comes with this season of life. This is the working part. It takes time. Take out a notepad, on paper or on your phone, and whenever thoughts start to come to you, write them down. Ask yourself the qualifying questions. And remember: you may have more than one passion. Most people think it is one single thing, but you might have many, many passions. Develop a couple of them. Explore the vastness of possibility. God gave us so many gifts and talents, and sometimes we have not discovered some of them until we reach this exact phase of life.
✦ The hobbies you have always loved? They might be pointing you directly toward your passion. Do not overlook them.
Step 04
Embrace the Beautiful Butterfly That Is Emerging - Because She Is You
Here is what I love most about finding your passion in midlife. Your passion is going to bless so many other people. That is the joy of discovering it in your 40s and 50s, you are not just doing something for yourself. Your passion is going to connect with and inspire so many other women around you. If I had not discovered what my passions were, I would not have a podcast. I would not be coaching. I would not have been trying so many new things. Finding your passion introduces you to a whole new version of yourself. A woman you are so proud to be. A strong, powerful woman who is developing and growing. And when you start walking in your gifts and talents and what your passion truly is, you start to forget about the fear, the doubt, and the uncertainty. Because you are too busy becoming.
✦ Remember: You are not starting over. You are starting from a place of wisdom, experience, and strength that your younger self never had.
Your Time Is Right Now
You know what is different about this season of life compared to every season that came before it? You have your time back. The kids are doing their thing. The years of putting everyone else first are shifting. And in that space, that beautifully open, sometimes terrifying, absolutely full-of-possibility space, your passion is waiting.
You are not too old. You are not too late. You are not too anything. You are a woman in midlife with decades of wisdom, experience, and strength behind her, and the most fulfilling chapter of your life still ahead of her.
That butterfly has been inside you all along. Midlife is just when she finally gets her wings. 🦋
Free. No pressure. No obligation. Just a real conversation about your next chapter.💜
The woman you are becoming is waiting on the other side of this decision. Book your call today. 🌿
What is your passion calling you toward?
I want to know, what is that thing that keeps showing up in your mind? The hobby you keep pushing aside. The idea you keep coming back to. The version of yourself you keep imagining. Hit reply and tell me. Your answer might just be the thing that makes it real. 💜
Thank you for being here for Issue No. 5. This one came straight from the heart because watching women in midlife discover their passion and step into their purpose is honestly one of the greatest joys of my life. I hope something in this issue planted a seed.
Water it. 🌿
With so much love and excitement for what is ahead for you,
