I believe that individually we are strong

And together we are powerful.

Midlife mom mountain biking

Hi, I’m Betsy

By the time we're in midlife, most of us have lived through some sh*t.

Some good: I have a daughter, a loving partner, a dog, a house, and work I care about. I've also moved through loss, marriage, motherhood, divorce, and rebuilding — and now midlife and perimenopause.

Through most of it, I looked like I had it together.

For a long time, I was making good choices, showing up, and being responsible. But underneath that, I was living from a lot of pressure. Trying to get it right. Overthinking. Second-guessing everything.

From the outside, it worked. But inside, I was stressed, anxious, and disconnected — living from shoulds and expectations and fear more than anything that actually felt true.

Midlife reflections outdoors

The shift

Then midlife hit.

My body started changing. Perimenopause brought a level of overwhelm I hadn't felt before. My capacity for dropped — fast.

And it wasn't just physical. I started to see how much of my life had been lived in constant stress — always thinking ahead, holding it all together, trying to do everything right. What I used to push through, I couldn't anymore.

And underneath all of it, there was this quiet but persistent pull: there's something more. Something truer.

So I did what so many of us do — I tried to figure it out. I read everything, listened to all the podcasts, took the courses. At one point I was convinced my body was the problem, that I just needed to find the right fix.

But over time I started to see something deeper. My body wasn't broken. It was responding to years of pressure and always being on. And even as I understood more — about hormones, stress, my nervous system — I still didn't feel clear. Because more information wasn't what I needed.

Figuring out midlife with other women

What I believe

Things began to shift when I stopped trying to think my way through it.

When I slowed down. When I started unwinding the patterns — the constant pressure, the always-on way of being. When I let myself get present — in my body, in my life.

That, and when I found spaces with other women where I didn't have to hold it all together.

That's where something real opened up. Not perfect clarity. But something more honest. More grounded. Something that actually felt like me.

So many women arrive in this season — after years of holding everything together — and realize they've lost touch with themselves. Not because they've done anything wrong. But because this is what happens when you've been in go-mode for so long.

Midlife isn't a crisis. It's a threshold. And if you give yourself the space to listen, there's real clarity here.

We were never meant to navigate this alone.

How I work:

This is the work I do with women — individually and in small groups.

Not by giving you answers. But by creating the space for you to slow down enough to hear your own.

Through conversation, reflection, and shared experience, you begin to notice what's no longer aligned, what feels true now, and what you're ready for next.

Ready to stop figuring this out alone?

My Credentials

  • Certified health coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition

  • Certified Mastery Method coach with the Institute of Coaching Mastery

  • I have studied intuitive eating, perimenopause, meditation, about the nervous system, and I’m currently studying Human Design.

I have a BA in Sociology and a minor in Spanish.