The Midlife Emergence® Group guidance program is  designed to speak to women and non-binary folks challenging their "good girl" upbringing and conditioning. 

Developmentally, midlife is said to span roughly ages 40-65, though its effects can be felt for a few years on each side of that timeframe. (For example, this program is great if you're in your late 30s and feeling the rumblings of changes ahead, and if you're a 40-something or 50-something. You get to determine whether you feel like you're in midlife and if these themes feel fitting to your life.)

This program is for you if you are familiar with and interested in engaging in personal growth work, and you'd like to do that in a community of others.

This program is NOT for you if you are seeking a therapy or counseling group. This program is an expertly-guided coaching and peer support group on the topic of midlife. It is not psychotherapy, counseling, or art therapy. If you are facing mental health challenges or a significant trauma history, it may be helpful and wonderful to engage in individual psychotherapy alongside this program. If you're needing referrals along these lines, please don't hesitate to ask.

Once the window is open to apply for the next round of this group, you'll receive an email notification. You'll then receive details on the next group and have an opportunity to introduce yourself and your interest and hopes for this program in an application.

After your submit your application, as part of the application process, I will reach out to schedule a 1:1 20-minute Zoom call where we can meet one another, I can hear more about what you're seeking, and you can ask any questions you have.

Then, if your application is accepted, you will hear from me with next steps.

We’ll be using an incredibly easy, user-friendly web platform. If you can browse a website and read an email, you’re all good!  

You'll receive an email when the first module opens. There, you’ll simply click the link provided in the email to log into the course website. You'll be guided from one module to the next, one per week, opening on 10 Fridays over the course the program.

During these 3 months, we will hold 10 Iive group Zoom calls. This is an opportunity for greater connection and community, so please try to attend live. If you have to miss a call or two, you'll receive the recording just after. 

You may also choose to share your experience and engage in rich discussion with other participants on our private and hidden Facebook group throughout and beyond the program dates.

I know you're busy, so I designed this program to seamlessly integrate into your life. It's experiential and engaging, not an overwhelming didactic online course.

Over this program, there are 10 modules that each speak to a theme or a step along the winding midlife passage. Module content opens on Friday mornings, and we will discuss that week's theme as a group on our weekly call.

Each module consists of an introduction to the material and self-inquiry exercises. You can likely plan to spend roughly 30-120 minutes throughout the week, per module, depending on how deeply you want to dive in. Let me emphasize: These are creative, individualized practices to do at your own pace, timing, and depth. 

The content/online interface housing the 10 modules and their exercises will be available to you for ONE YEAR from your date of purchase.

I will keep our private discussion group (on Facebook) open as long as there is still activity.

I like to keep the midlife groups intimate enough that everyone has an opportunity to receive connection and reflection AND robust enough to have lively conversation and to hear from diverse perspectives. We will also utilize breakout Zoom rooms at times for a chance for more intimate sharing.

That said, this group will ideally run with between 8-12 participants in our circle.

The buddy system simply means that if you choose, you can be paired with one member of your cohort as your "buddy" throughout the 10-week program. (If there's an odd number of participants wanting buddies, there will be a group of 3.)

From personal experience, I have to tell you that groups in which I've been a participant paired with another member, I was more deeply engaged with the content, felt more held, and was I gifted with lasting connections and friendships.

If you enroll with a friend (for the $100 each discount,) you and your friend will both have an opportunity to let me know whether you'd like to be paired as buddies or not. (There are, of course, advantages both to pairing with your friend and to pairing with someone you don't yet know.) If you do not enroll with a friend but wish to be paired with a buddy, you'll be paired via a survey of preferences. 

You and your buddy get to determine together how often you'd like to check in with one another and via which communication channels. Some ideas (not necessarily doing all of these!) are: 

• A weekly phone or Zoom call
• Using messaging apps to check in as you're doing the exercises: like Marco Polo (for video messaging,) Voxer (for voice messaging,) DMing, etc.
• Sharing your writing, photos, or anything else you'd like to share via email
• Texting each other with supportive, inspirational little notes and reminders for accountability
• Etc... get creative with your buddy!

Reading Midlife Emergence before beginning this group guidance program is not necessary. Because the themes of this program are discussed at length in the book, I will be gifting you with a paperback copy of the book (along with other gorgeous welcome gifts!) in the mail the week before we begin. The book is a wonderful supplement to and resource for this content.

If you would like to begin reading sooner or if you prefer to also have the book in ebook or audiobook formats, you can buy your copy here.  

No refunds will be offered beyond the day you enroll, as welcome care packages are mailed, your seat is accounted for, course content opens to you, and we're on our way into our circle together!