🌿 You're Not Too Old, Too Busy, or Too Late: Starting Over at 40

People say timing is everything. But what if the clock you’ve been living by wasn’t set to your truth? At 43, I walked away from over 20 years in corporate accounting and stepped into something completely different: full-time college student, mother of five, and future life and wellness coach. It wasn’t part of a five-year plan. It was part of finally listening to a deeper voice inside me. The one that whispered: "It's not too late to come home to yourself."

The Truth About Starting Over at 40 Plus Starting over in midlife isn’t glamorous. It can be terrifying, messy, and wildly beautiful. It means facing the fact that you might outgrow the life you built, even if it once fit perfectly. For me, that meant re-evaluating not just my career, but the story I told myself about what it means to be successful, to be needed, and to be "doing it right."

Juggling Roles: Student, Mom, Coach-in-Training The hardest part? Not the reading lists or the papers. It’s the emotional weight of learning how to prioritize yourself when the world around you still expects you to show up as Superwoman. I had to redefine what productivity looked like. Some days, success meant getting a solid hour of studying in. Other days, it meant choosing to rest, knowing that my wellness is part of my work.

Learning to Let Go of Perfection Perfectionism has deep roots, especially for women conditioned to equate value with output. The idea that a "good mom" has a spotless house and never misses a beat? I’m letting that go, floor by floor, dish by dish. I'm replacing that narrative with something gentler, more true. Something like: "A good mom is a whole person first."

Small Steps Are Sacred When you’re rebuilding a life, small steps matter. Tiny, sacred shifts. Things like:

• Giving yourself permission to nap.

• Saying no without overexplaining.

• Asking for help and actually receiving it.

• Choosing presence over performance.

  
  

A New Definition of Success Success isn’t just about graduating or launching a coaching business. It’s about how I show up for myself. How I keep choosing to believe in this version of me, the one who said yes to a dream, even when it meant starting over in the middle of life. Even when it meant doing it scared.

To Anyone Standing on the Edge If you're wondering whether it's too late, let me be the voice that says: It's not. You are not too old, too tired, too broken, or too behind. You're right on time for your own becoming.

What dream have you put on hold because you thought it was too late? What would it look like to take one small, sacred step toward it this week?