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SURELY IT'S NOT A MID LIFE CRISIS?
Gasp. God No!
There is a reason midlife is referred to as a crisis.
The word crisis or krisis comes from the Ancient Greeks and it means turning point, and that's really what midlife is.
A turning point.
A crossroad.
A time for making life decisions.
Midlife is synonymous with endings.
Relationships, marriages, friendships.
Careers, business, partners, parents.
It's time for questioning.
Identity. Direction.
How you want to be living.
The problem is the process is isolating and exhausting.
Midlife is hectic.
There is a lot going on.
And when everything comes to a head,
It's all very overwhelming.
So what do we do when everything is overwhelming?
We go down rabbit holes.
Trying to find the answers.
Overthinking the problem.
Second guessing decisions.
Emotional upheaval.
The need to talk it through is compelling.
Only to find:
Advice from friends is biased.
From family, it's overbearing.
And the people who should be listening aren't even "there".
It's soul destroying to reach out for help only to feel misunderstood.
I can tell you by experience — it's the straw that breaks the camel's back.
"Maree has an extraordinary ability to help people see themselves more clearly when they’ve lost sight of who they are."
KATE
HELLO
HELLO I'M MAREE
A divergent Gen X woman creative, business owner, and coach.
I've been through all the midlife things and this is
what I know.
Midlife is a rite of passage.
It invites you to look at your life and decide what you want.
The way it helps you answer that is by looking at what you've got.
(That will be the problematic situations that had you googling me.)
And because midlife is a reminder that life is a matter of time, the question is: what do I need to do to make this life mine?
And that is a question that's very hard to answer alone.
And the very reason my work exists is to help you bridge that gap
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Find the answers to your questions and set your life free.
THIS IS A REVELATION
"Maree is a world class coach. Hire her and tell your friends to do the same."
BERN
Our midlife crisis is a revelation.
A new beginning and an end.
A brilliant opportunity to use the failures and the wins
To come back into the person you were always meant to be.
The crossroad to your turning point.
A real life come back and liberating soul based reinvention.
Talk to me
THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED
My own midlife crisis took me through all the things.
I was trying to figure out how to unpack my head.
Consequently I spent a lot of time in misguided soul searching,
listening to a lot of sh*t advice.
That cost me a lot of money.
My experience and what I really needed formed the basis of all of my work.
I wanted
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An outside perspective.
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An unbiased eye.
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Understanding and compassion.
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To work privately one on one.
And while I explored professional guidance the conventional therapeutic
framework just wasn't for me.
I needed someone who could:
>>Help me unpack the present, clear up anything relevant from the past.
>>Help me construct a different vision of what my life could be.
>>Walk me through the process and help me overcome my fears and my doubt.
>>Hold my hand when I'm in the weeds.
>>And have a laugh with me.
>>Someone I could speak to during the week when I'm in said weeds.
Which is how my Midlife Rite of Passage Comeback work came to be.
And if you're feeling anything, any kind of seen right now.
Come talk to me.
"Maree has an extraordinary ability to help people see themselves more clearly when they’ve lost sight of who they are."
TESTIMONIALS
Mikey
Working with Maree has been a very rewarding and enlightening experience. She is particularly easy to talk to and her caring yet evoking nature allows you to share your feelings without hesitation.
YOU GET THREE HATS
"Maree is a world class coach. Hire her and tell your friends to do the same."
BERN
Because of my age (yes!), my lived life and professional experience, I am able to bring to the table a unique service offering to my clients.
Or in casual speak: three different hats.
As a Coach, mentor and strategic thinking partner, here is how they work.
AS YOUR COACH
I use my coaching skills which is a line of questions and
reflection to show you what you can't see and where you hold yourself back.
In this part of my process I am working in your c
onscious and subconscious mind.
It's a journey into your belief systems, blindspots and understanding
what you think and where that thinking comes from.
As well as the coaching process, I will teach you a coaching curriculum which you will learn to use in your life when you're not working with me.
AS YOUR MENTOR
I use my lived and professional experience to guide you through your way.
The word mentor comes from the name of the guide
in the Greek epic the Odyssey — written by the famous storyteller Homer.
Mentoring is a warm and kind relationship
that flourishes as we build trust.
AS YOUR STRATEGIC THINKING PARTNER
This is where rubber meets the road. I'll help you think through
decisions, plans, and problems. I do this with a strategic lens.
At midlife we are making some of the biggest decisions of our lives: direction, identity, relationships, and legacy.
This is not something we want to be doing in our head.
I'll hold a structure, we'll ask questions cutting through the noise and assumptions that you've inherited about what a life "should" contain,
and find out what you really want rather
than what's merely expected.
THE PLAN
HOW WE START TOGETHER
Three things that we need on this coaching Comeback team.
Something you might be familiar with but it's critical to me.
Know. Like. Trust.
Here's how I've structured it into working with me.
We work for 6 weeks in one specific area (we'll find that together)
and if you love what we do we expand what we work on
and continue to work from there.
This work builds on itself.
Many of my clients still work with me.
Most of my clients work with me for 6–12 months.
But I also offer 3-month packages.
My work as your coach is to support you in what you need.
You're the one that knows best.
I'm the facilitator.
HELLO
IS THIS WORK FOR YOU?
My work is not linear.
It's not conventional.
I won't follow a structure you recognise.
This work suits people who are:
Creative, entrepreneurial and or have creative business minds.
People who overthink, and are curious about their minds.
Philosophical, spiritual (non-religious), open to new perspectives.
Having a hard time but feel positive by nature.
This work won't suit people who:
Are rigid thinkers.
Who don't want to face truths.
Won't open up to ideas that will change their lives.
Don't feel up to doing the work.
Are we a fit?
THE STAKES ARE DAMN HIGH
"Maree is a world class coach. Hire her and tell your friends to do the same."
BERN
Having someone on this journey changes the speed and velocity
of your re-emergence.
While I understand where you are,
I know it's hard to see the forest for the trees.
What's on the other side of what you are going
through is hard to comprehend.
The most important outcome will be how
you see yourself, and that what you thought
was possible was only limited by disbelief.
Wisdom, love and self-respect.
Qualities that only come with age.
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Going through a changing process takes
courage and conviction.
But when we work alone, it's easy
to stay the same.
And although it's not intentional, that's the consequence of being afraid.
The fear of change is a teacher as well as our nemesis.
As humans our survival drive is incredibly high.
And by nature, it's happiest when we avoid and hide.
But that is the life of the caveman — not a butterfly.
A point to ponder.
And my closing line from my favourite poet
Mary Oliver:
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your
one wild and precious life?"
The final line of her poem "The Summer Day"
Let that decide.
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