When we hit midlife, our business often needs a different approach. Caring for an aging parent or worries about our own health may mean that we have less time or energy for our business. We may find that we want to rightsize our business and scale back, or just work in a different and more sustainable way.
So many of us live our lives in a whirlwind of activity, some of it necessary, some of it of our own making. Perfectionism, the pressures of living in a late Capitalist society, patterns of approval seeking behaviour, workplace pressures, not feeling good enough, and the fast pace of today’s lifestyles all contribute to creating a life that feels relentless for many of us. Midlife is often a trigger for noticing that they can’t, or just don’t want to, do this any more.
In addition, so many of us are skating perilously close to burnout, if not there already.
Society takes some of the blame for this, and quite rightly, but sometimes we have to admit that we are part of the problem. Our expectations of ourselves, failure to set strong boundaries and, quite frankly, unsustainable lifestyles, can all contribute.
Midlife business coaching with me
My approach to midlife business coaching combins analytical style business psychology practices with evidence based psychotherapy approach and tools. Together these help:
Uncover what’s going for you and your business right now
Reassess your new goals and desired different way of turning up for your business
Create a strategic practical way forwards to help you in this
Support you as you do so, helping you navigate any personal patterns that may draw you back
There isn’t a set formula to this as we work with your own particular set of circumstances, but here’s an example of what a coaching journey might look like.
We might start by looking at the extended factors contributing to what’s going on for you. Sharing some easy to implement actions you can do right now to improve things as quickly as possible.
We then uncover what internal drivers and external factors may have helped you end up like this?
We start diving into what it is you actually do want
Changing behaviors by creating a roadmap for a new way of showing up
Navigating other people and their expectations, as well as adjusting your own
Making adjustments, assessing for warning signs for anything that mighty divert or distract you from your desired goal
Tools and support
Along the way I’ll share practical tools to help you deal with feelings of anxiety, stress, reactions from other people, and embed more useful behaviours. We will also look at your sleep and how you show up for your own physical as well as emotional needs.
Coaching programmes
A six-session coaching journey with me is £900. Sessions are typically 2-3 weeks apart to allow time to embed new actions and ways of thinking into your life, but ultimately, we go at the pace that suits you.
I work internationally. Sessions are online, or can be taken in my therapy room in Folkestone in Kent, UK.
Meet me
If you’d like a chat to see if this is right for you, contact me.
When we hit midlife, our business often needs a different approach. Caring for an aging parent or worries about our own health may mean that we have less time or energy for our business. We may find that we want to rightsize our business and scale back, or just work in a different and more sustainable way.