The wisdom you seek is already within you.
Midlife is a threshold.
Messy. Disorienting. Clarifying.
A breakdown breakthrough.
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​An Unfolding. A Shedding. A Reclaiming.
And for many, it’s also the moment when deeper questions surface —
questions about meaning, identity, and how to live from what’s true.
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Whether you’re navigating menopause or the wider transition into the second half of life, this is a space to slow down and listen inward.
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Here, you learn to pause, sense what’s happening inside, and let what’s true shape what comes next.
Have you sensed something shifting inside you?
What you're sensing is real.
And you don't have to navigate it alone.
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Midlife and the second half of life can feel disorienting.
They can also open new possibilities — clarity, coherence, and a deeper sense of self.
This work helps you feel at home in yourself again.
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From confusion to clarity.
From silence to being heard.
From carrying it alone to sharing the weight.
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Why Embodied Listening Matters
Most of what shapes us lives below conscious thought — in patterns formed through experience, relationship, and the body’s way of keeping us safe.
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You can’t think your way into clarity when the deeper layers of you are asking for something else.
Embodied listening gives you a way to hear those layers.
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It helps you notice what’s real, stay close to what’s emerging, and build new internal pathways that support how you want to live now — whether you’re navigating menopause, meaning, identity, or the quiet shifts of the second half of life.
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This is the foundation of both pathways:
a grounded, presence‑based way of listening that brings you back to yourself.
The Midlife Edit
A practical, Focusing‑informed session for women navigating menopause and midlife transition.
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A grounded process that helps you understand what’s changing, listen to what your body needs now, and make sense of a full‑system shift that’s often misunderstood.
North of Knowing
Focusing‑oriented soul care for people in transition.
​Spiritual companionship without doctrine — grounded in presence, listening, and embodied awareness.
For anyone in the second half of life.
A steady space to explore meaning, identity, and the deeper questions that surface as life shifts.
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Whichever path you choose
Both pathways offer a steady, grounded space to listen inward and move forward with clarity.
Two Pathways
About
Hello! I'm Simone Grimmer
I began in the world of rocks and fault lines—
mapping terrain, reading layers, looking for shifts, listening to Earth’s story.
Now I work with inner landscapes.
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I support those navigating midlife transitions, menopause, and spiritual thresholds—
where the ground moves, and something deeper calls.
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That vague, hard-to-name feeling you sometimes want to dismiss?
It’s often the first signal something’s ready to be heard.
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This is where the midlife doula steps in—
where we listen for it, name it,
and discern what’s next with more inner alignment and less second-guessing.
You’re not imagining it.
Something real is unfolding in you.
You might feel stuck, flat, or without words.
Embodied listening helps you slow down, listen inward, and sense the next step that feels right in your body.
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This isn’t about fixing.
It’s about making contact with what’s real — even when it’s unclear or unfinished.
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Some questions don’t fit in polite conversation:
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What is changing in me?
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What truth have I been carrying quietly?
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What kind of life feels real now?
Here, you learn to sit with them until clarity from within emerges.
You choose a path that feels right in your body, not just logical in your mind.
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Relief begins here —
because being heard and understood changes everything.
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Either way, we begin in conversation with a 1-hour gratis coffee chat.
No pitch. No pressure. Just a quiet hour to see what’s ready to be heard.
This first step helps you feel what it’s like to be listened to without judgment.
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Gentle Entry Points
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Tiny Rituals: five elemental practices — simple, sensory, and free.
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My Story: read how Focusing shaped my own midlife journey in Presence, the journal of Spiritual Directors International.​
These gentle resources help you begin right where you are.
The Midlife Edit
For Women in Menopause and Midlife—
working, leading, carrying a lot.
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This is a high‑trust space for emotional, physical, and identity‑level transition.
Not coaching. Not therapy. Not bypass.
Just embodied listening — a practical way to hear what your changing body and inner life are asking for now.
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What You Might Bring​
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Overwhelm, uncertainty, or feeling “not like yourself”
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A sense that the old strategies no longer work
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A need for clarity or language for what’s been unnamed
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A sharper voice or fewer filters — the honesty that often arrives with hormonal change
What This Work Offers
I can’t change the physical or mental impacts of menopause.
But I can help you understand what’s shifting, hear what your body needs now, and make decisions that match your real capacity.​
Here, you learn to listen differently:
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Notice what your body is signaling
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Step beside the overwhelm instead of being inside it
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Honor the truths that surface when your filters fall away
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Build new internal pathways that support how you want to live now
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This work helps you move from being overtaken to being steady —
not by avoiding what’s hard, but by being with it in a new way.
What You’ll Walk Away With
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Self‑trust and clarity — knowing what feels right in your body
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Relationships that feel better — clearer boundaries, more honest connection
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Quiet meaning and small sparks of aliveness
Listening that honors your becoming— especially when you don’t feel like yourself.
For those called to go within—into the sacred work of coming home to Self
North of Knowing
Focusing‑oriented soul care for people in transition.
This is spiritual companionship without doctrine or belief requirements — grounded in presence, listening, and Focusing.
For anyone in the second half of life who feels something shifting inside.
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You may have lived a lot—or feel like you missed out on things that mattered.
You may have held others, led quietly, or simply kept going.
Now something feels different.
The roles that once defined you don’t quite fit.
The familiar no longer feels like home.
You’re not in crisis, but you’re not at peace either.
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What You Might Feel
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A quiet ache for depth, truth, or something more real
- A shift in how you want to live, relate, or create
- Grief—for what’s gone, or what never arrived
- A pull to listen for what’s next, even if it has no name
This isn’t about legacy.
It’s about coming home to yourself.
What This Work Is
Here, we listen for what’s real.
We companion what’s emerging.
We honor the terrain beyond certainty.
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What Becomes Possible
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Let go of what no longer fits
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Reclaim parts of yourself that were hidden or exiled
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Feel less tangled inside—even if the questions remain
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Live with meaning, spiritual coherence, and joy
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Honor the impermanence of all things
Words from Those I’ve Worked With
The reflections below come from individuals who’ve experienced this work firsthand.Each voice is shared with permission. First names only, to honor privacy.
“People may call what happens at midlife “a crisis,” but it’s not. It’s an unraveling—a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you’re “supposed” to live. The unraveling is a time when you are challenged by the universe to let go of who you think you are supposed to be and to embrace who you are.”
Brené Brown