SELF-DISCOVERY. PERSONAL GROWTH. COLLECTIVE WISDOM
Say YES! to Yourself This Summer
Welcome to The Midlife Slice, a summer series of small group workshops, boutique day retreats, coaching pop-ups, and impromptu gatherings, that invite women in midlife to say YES! to themselves. To take intentional pauses. To learn, grow and connect. To navigate midlife’s disruptors and lifequakes with more ease and understanding. To be healthier, happier, and wiser and ultimately, to thrive in their 40s, 50s and beyond.
These guided, self-discovery and wellbeing experiences offer you the space to breathe, to focus inwardly and tap into your innate wisdom and creativity, whilst enjoying the company of other midlifers and benefitting from their support, experience, and inspiration.
You will also:
Explore your midlife questions
Gain a greater sense of self
Benefit from new perspectives
Find direction and develop a sense of purpose
Learn how to reset your priorities
Take away tangible actions to apply in your own life
If you are in the ‘messy middle’, starting to feel that you are about to enter, or well on your way to the other side … yes! there really is the ‘other side’ and, from my experience, it’s a great place to be … then The Midlife Slice coaching and wellbeing experiences are for you.
Join us and start to create the story of your own midlife playbook.
What’s On Offer
WORKSHOPS & DAY RETREATS
Midlife in Balance: Healthier & Happier
Tue 27 June | 6.30pm – 8.30pm | SOUTHBOURNE
The midlife transition can be a both exciting & overwhelming, & can make us feel off balance.
In this workshop we will look at where you are now, explore what a balanced life looks like for you going forward & what you’d like to do to achieve it.
We will also discover which habits & rituals can support you in your every day life, & how you can find more joy as a result.
Healthier, Wellthier & Wiser
Sat 8 July | 10am – 4pm | Southbourne
This retreat is your opportunity to be curious about your own fitness and wellbeing. To identify what’s important to you & the positive changes you’d like to make. You’ll create your own vision board, discover the habit strategies, routines & rituals that will support you in achieving your fitness and wellbeing goals.
However you are feeling when you arrive at this day retreat, you will leave feeling healthier, wellthier & wiser.
Putting the ‘me’ into menopause
Tue 11 July | 6.30pm – 8.30pm | SOUTHBOURNE
Menopause has its challenges. They can be physical, mental, or spiritual or a combination of all three. But it can also be a time of positivity, of renewed energy & a new you.
In this workshop, explore how a holistic approach to wellbeing, a growth mindset & being a good kind of self-ish, can make perimenopause a positive & self-nourishing experience that encourages you to make the most of the years ahead.
THE MIDLIFE CONFIDENCE RESET
SAT 22 July | 10am – 4pm | SOUTHBOURNE
It’s common for our self-confidence to take a dip, or even a dive, in midlife. But once you discover what true confidence really is, & how to access it, confidence can be your midlife super power.
Join midlife transition coach Lynda, & women’s empowerment photographer Katie, & find the confidence to be yourself. Explore what living confidently takes, create a vision of what that means for you & let Katie capture that energy & beauty on film.
Creative Rituals to Calm Your Mind
thu 27 july | 6.30pm – 8.30pm | southbourne
Discover how journaling, mindfulness & the practise of gratitude can unlock your thinking, help you develop a more connected relationship with yourself & your life, & how by saying YES! to yourself makes you feel happier & more energised.
Through these creative rituals, see how life is working for you, delight in the every day, discover more of who you are, & realise your true potential. Are you ready to say YES! to you?
PUtting the ‘me’ into menopause
thu 3 aug | 6.30pm – 8.30pm | southbourne
Menopause has its challenges. They can be physical, mental, or spiritual or a combination of all three. But it can also be a time of positivity, of renewed energy & a new you.
In this workshop, explore how a holistic approach to wellbeing, a growth mindset & being a good kind of self-ish, can make perimenopause a positive & self-nourishing experience that encourages you to make the most of the years ahead.
SELF-DISCOVERY TREASURE TRAIL
SAT 12 AUG | 2pm – 4pm | SOUTHBOURNE
If you’ve ever wondered what the heck life coaching is, or how it could benefit you, then this taster session is for you.
Or if you are you feeling stuck, or somehow disconnected with yourself & restless about your life, then this workshop could provide some clues as to the way forward.
This light-hearted ‘treasure trail’ of self-discovery will help you reconnect with yourself & find new nuggets of wisdom.
MIDLIFE IN balance: HEALTHIER & HAPPIER
thu 17 aug | 6.30pm – 8.30pm | SOUTHBOURNE
The midlife transition can be a both exciting and overwhelming, and can make us feel out of balance.
In this workshop we will look at where you are now, explore what a balanced life looks like for you going forward & what you’d like to do to achieve it.
We will also discover which habits & rituals can support you in your every day life, & how you can find more joy as a result.
SELF-DISCOVERY TREASURE TRAIL
tue 5 sept | 6.30pm – 8.30pm | SOUTHBOURNE
If you’ve ever wondered what the heck life coaching is, or how it could benefit you, then this taster session is for you.
Or if you are you feeling stuck, or somehow disconnected with yourself & restless about your life, then this workshop could provide some clues as to the way forward.
This light-hearted ‘treasure trail’ of self-discovery will help you reconnect with yourself & find new nuggets of wisdom.
SAY YES! TO YOU VISION BOARDING
sat 16 sept | 10am – 4pm | southbourne
Are you looking to kick start this September with a sense of optimism & excitement?
Do you want to connect with your dreams & ambitions, or are you looking to find a new direction or purpose? Then Say YES! to You!
This experiential & creative day retreat invites you to pause, explore & create. Discover what possibilities are available to you, feel good about yourself & your life & design your own vision for midlife & beyond.
LIfe is in the transitions
THU 21 & 28 SEPT | 6.30pm – 8.30pm | southbourne
We all encounter ‘disruptors’ & ‘lifequakes’ in our lifetime, many of which can occur in midlife. Some are voluntary, others we think we are prepared for, but often are not, & others simply blindside us. Each can change the course of our lives, but how we see the ‘life’ in these transitions is up to us.
In this two-part workshop (21 & 28 Sept), you’ll learn how to equip yourself to turn unease & upheaval into growth & renewal and navigate these transitions with meaning, purpose, & skill.
THE MIDLIFE CONFIDENCE RESET
sat 30 sept | 10am – 4pm | southbourne
It’s common for our self-confidence to take a dip, or even a dive, in midlife. But once you discover what true confidence really is, & how to access it, confidence can become your midlife super power.
Join midlife transition coach Lynda, & women’s empowerment photographer Katie, & find the confidence to be yourself. Explore what living confidently takes, create a vision of what that means for you & let Katie capture that energy & beauty on film.
PUTTING THE ‘ME’ INTO MENOPAUSE
TUE 10 OCT | 6.30pm – 8.30pm | southbourne
Menopause is often given a bad rap and I’m not saying it doesn’t have its challenges – it does.
They can be physical, mental, or spiritual or a combination of all three. But it can also be a time of positivity, of new energy and a new you.
Explore how a holistic approach to wellbeing, a growth mindset and being self-ish can make perimenopause a positive and self-nourishing experience that encourages you to make the most of the years ahead.
FAREWELL 40’s, well HELLO! 50’s
SAT 14 OCt | 10Am – 4pm | southbourne
Turning 50 (or 40, or 60 for that matter) can evoke a wide range of emotions & thoughts. It can be a time of pride & accomplishment, anxiety & stress, reflection & introspection, or a time to focus on health & well-being or explore new opportunities.
At this retreat you are invited to say farewell to your 40s (30s or 50s), welcome in the new decade & create a clear vision for yourself and your life going forward, leaving with a commitment to making it happen.
CREATIVE RITUALS TO calm your mind
THU 19 OCT | 6.30PM – 8.30PM | southbourne
Discover how journaling, mindfulness & the practise of gratitude can unlock your thinking, help you develop a more connected relationship with yourself, & how by saying YES! to yourself makes you feel happier & more energised.
Through these creative rituals, see how life is working for you, delight in the every day, discover more of who you are, & realise your true potential.
Are you ready to say YES! to you?
LIFE IS IN THE TRANSITIONS RETREAT
SAT 28 OCT | 10AM – 4PM | southbourne
We all encounter ‘disruptors’ & ‘lifequakes’ in our lifetime, many of which can occur in midlife.
Some are voluntary, others we think we are prepared for, but often are not, & others simply blindside us. Each can change the course of our lives, but how we see the ‘life’ in these transitions is up to us.
At this day retreat, you’ll learn how to equip yourself to turn unease & upheaval into growth & renewal and navigate these transitions with meaning, purpose, & skill.
Your Coach
Hi, I’m Lynda,
I am a qualified Life Coach with over 10 years’ experience. I am Third Age Women Certified (a certification focused on menopause and wellbeing), a Practitioner of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) & Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), & have recently completed ‘Navigating Midlife Transitions’ with the Modern Elder Academy.
At 55, I look back on my perimenopausal years as a time of personal growth & expansion, having experienced many disruptors, lifequakes & transitions in midlife of my own.
From ending a significant relationship, to investing heavily in my own EQ and finding my ‘Mr Right’;
From leaving full-time employment, after 25+ years, to set up as a freelance marketing consultant & midlife transition coach.
Moving to the coast after living in London for 16 years.
From exploring respite foster caring to embracing being part of ‘the otherhood’, seeing myself as child-ful, not childless;
Accepting that my parents are in their twilight years & coming to terms with supporting them from afar;
Not knowing my ‘what’s next?’ to finding my north star;
The shedding of old identities & embracing the new, & learning to love myself, no matter what … to name but a few!
I love guiding my clients to a healthier, happier place, through the trials and tribulations of their own perimenopausal years, to the freedom of menopause and beyond.
I look forward to welcoming you to The Midlife Slice soon.
What if I fail?
Oh, but my darling… what if you fly?
Your Coach
Hi, I’m Lynda,
I am a qualified Life Coach with over 10 years’ experience. I am Third Age Women Certified (a certification focused on menopause and wellbeing), a Practitioner of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), and have recently completed ‘Navigating Midlife Transitions’ with the Modern Elder Academy.
At 55, I look back on my perimenopausal years as a time of personal growth and expansion, having experienced many disruptors, lifequakes and transitions in midlife of my own:
From unexpectedly ending a significant relationship, to investing heavily in my own EQ and finding my ‘Mr Right’;
From leaving a great job & full-time employment, after 25+ years, to set up as a freelance marketing consult with just 90 days’ work.
After living in London for 16 years, taking the leap and moving to the south-coast and then finding a new freedom living and working in Andalucía for three months just because.
From exploring respite foster caring to embracing being part of ‘the otherhood’ and seeing myself as child-ful, not childless;
Accepting that my parents are in their twilight years and coming to terms with supporting them from afar;
Not knowing my ‘what’s next?’ to finding my north star;
The shedding of old identities and embracing the new, and learning to love myself, no matter what … to name just a few!
I love guiding my clients to a healthier, happier place, through the trials and tribulations of their own perimenopausal years, to the freedom of menopause and beyond.
I look forward to welcoming you to The Midlife Slice soon.
coaching under canvas
Our workshops/retreats take place in a tranquil and beautiful lunar bell tent, perfectly pitched for the summer in Lynda’s own garden; a space that also offers a seat with Buddha where you can connect more deeply with yourself, social spaces to connect with others and pockets of peacefulness where you can take time whenever it is needed.
Spending time in nature can generate many positive emotions, such as calmness, joy, and creativity and can facilitate concentration … the perfect environment for self-discovery, reflection, a-ha! moments and connecting with others.
Our uniquely designed space also offers a sense of freedom – a place to breathe. It’s something a little out of the ordinary and fun – a place to be playful, to get creative, and to be inspired.
Welcome to Coaching Under Canvas.
coaching under canvas
Our workshops/retreats take place in a tranquil and beautiful lunar bell tent, perfectly pitched for the summer in Lynda’s own garden; a space that also offers a seat with Buddha where you can connect more deeply with yourself, social spaces to connect with others and pockets of peacefulness where you can take time whenever it is needed.
Spending time in nature can generate many positive emotions, such as calmness, joy, and creativity and can facilitate concentration … the perfect environment for self-discovery, reflection, a-ha! moments and connecting with others.
Our uniquely designed space also offers a sense of freedom – a place to breathe. It’s something a little out of the ordinary and fun – a place to be playful, to get creative, and to be inspired.
Welcome to Coaching Under Canvas.
IMPROMPTU GATHERINGS
I love an impromptu gathering – you know those late afternoons & early evenings when the sun’s unexpectedly come out & you want to make the most of them with others? Or you take a last-minute decision to have a day off work & you want to go outdoors or try something new?
The Midlife Slice Impromptu Gatherings are just that. There’s no advanced schedule available, just a few days or, at times, maybe even just a few hours’ notice, for a fun event or activity that is rooted in wellbeing and with a midlife twist.
They may be organised by The Midlife Slice, a member of the community, or in collaboration with other groups who value the same things that we do – feeling good about ourselves, our lives, and the world we live in.
IMPROMPU GATHERINGS
I love an impromptu gathering – you know those late afternoons & early evenings when the sun’s unexpectedly come out & you want to make the most of them with others? Or you take a last-minute decision to have a day off work & you want to go outdoors or try something new?
The Midlife Slice Impromptu Gatherings are just that. There’s no advanced schedule available, just a few days or, at times, maybe even just a few hours’ notice, for a fun event or activity that is rooted in wellbeing and with a midlife twist.
They may be organised by The Midlife Slice, a member of the community, or in collaboration with other groups who value the same things that we do – feeling good about ourselves, our lives, and the world we live in.
These impromptu events are most likely to be in and around Southbourne, Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, and The New Forest National Park, although, at times, we may venture further afield!
Some examples of what might be offered:
- Beach Journaling and (optional) sea dips
- Street Wisdom Walks
- Mindfulness Walks
- Forest and River Walks
- Beach Cleans
- Movie Nights with a Midlife Twist
All these events will be free or donation-based (optional) and done so at your own risk.
To be part of the Impromptu Gatherings community, join our WhatsApp group, The Midlife Slice
These impromptu events are most likely to be in and around Southbourne, Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, and The New Forest National Park, although, at times, we may venture further afield!
Some examples of what might be offered:
- Beach Journaling and (optional) sea dips
- Street Wisdom Walks
- Mindfulness Walks
- Forest and River Walks
- Beach Cleans
- Movie Nights with a Midlife Twist
All these events will be free or donation-based (optional) and done so at your own risk.
For our coaching pop-ups and impromptu gatherings, join our WhatsApp group, The Midlife Slice
COACHING POP-UPS
I love collaborating with other coaching, midlife and wellbeing experts and joining them on their workshops, retreats, and events as a guest coach. The fusion of ideas, skill sets and expertise delivers a rich and unique experience for those attending.
If you’d like to know more about where I am popping up as a guest coach this summer, and beyond, join The Midlife Slice Facebook group and whenever there’s something to share, I’ll put it on there.
And if you are a fellow coach and want to collaborate, please get in touch.
To be the first to hear about The Midlife Slice coaching pop-ups, follow menogo on social media.
COACHING POP-UPS
I love collaborating with other coaching, midlife and wellbeing experts and joining them on their workshops, retreats, and events as a guest coach. The fusion of ideas, skill sets and expertise delivers a rich and unique experience for those attending.
If you’d like to know more about where I am popping up as a guest coach this summer, and beyond, join The Midlife Slice Facebook group and whenever there’s something to share, I’ll put it on there.
And if you are a fellow coach and want to collaborate, please get in touch.
To be the first to hear about The Midlife Slice coaching pop-ups, follow menogo on social media.
1-2-1 Midlife Coaching
If you are looking for a more personalised approach to coaching and who wish to have a more tailored programme designed to meet your specific needs, I also offer 1-2-1 coaching and personalised day retreats.
If this is what you are looking for, then please schedule a FREE 30-minute Coaching Discovery Call and let’s start a conversation.
Schedule Free Session
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