You’ve held it all.
(And made it beautiful.)

Even when no one noticed. Even when it cost you.

Now it’s your turn to come forward.

Midlife is not an age. It’s a fork in the path.
A threshold that asks:

Will you keep going this way? Or will you come home to yourself?

Not every woman finds the courage.

To leave the well-worn road—
paved with shoulds and self-sacrifice,
marked by proving,
and pleasing,
and waiting for permission that never arrives.


To make her way back to herself.
To feel the moment where everything clicks and she remembers—
Oh. This is who I am.

When we work together…

You’ll remember that you’re the artist of your own life—not just the manager of everyone else’s needs.

You’ll learn to trust your own timing, even when the map dissolves and the way forward is uncertain.

You’ll welcome back the parts of you that got tucked away—the sensual, the playful, the entrepreneurial, the wild.

You’ll make choices from a deep, embodied yes. Not fear. Not guilt. Not habit.

And step by step, you’ll feel free again.

Not in a running-away kind of way, but in a rooted, sovereign, I’m comfortable in my skin kind of way.

There is another path. Less crowded, more honest.
And my hunch is that you’re here because it’s calling you.

Book a call with me.

midlife coach and soul guide

I’m Brooke Hofsess.
Midlife Midwife.

For over two decades, I’ve held space for women to grow—in higher education, workshops, retreats, and intimate coaching containers.

I bring the rigor of scholarship and the depth of soul.

Structure and intuition.
Inquiry and embodiment.
Academic and artist.
Both/and.

I’m here to walk beside you—as you learn to trust your rhythm, speak your truth, and live from your own knowing.

Learn more about my lineage.

You’re in the right place if something inside you says:

I can’t keep going like this… there has to be another way.

There is another way.
But you have to choose it.

Right now…

  • You’re exhausted from holding it all together.

  • You feel guilty when you rest.

  • You fantasize about quitting—but have no idea what comes after.

  • You’re tired of proving, fixing, managing, and masking.

But on the other side of coaching?

  • You say no, and you don’t explain yourself.

  • You speak your mind.

  • You ask for help before it’s urgent. And people show up.

  • Your laugh, belly-deep, is back.

  • You write and create again… for the joy of it.

  • You feel at home in your own skin, maybe for the first time in years.

  • You stop waiting for permission.

Brooke gave me the permission I needed to jump through the veil of "someone like me could never do that!".

On the other side, I learned that not only am I good enough, but I really do have gifts that are magical, that no one else (or few others) have.

So I'm going to design my life to use and grow them as much as possible. 

~ Maureen

Work with me

  • THE MID-LIFE MIRROR

    Part guided reflection, part private coaching. Be reflected back with reverence—so you can see yourself clearly and trust what’s emerging.

    Be seen.

  • TUSCANY RETREAT 2026

    A retreat so rich, so deeply stitched into the fabric of time and place, that the only thing you’ll need to do is remember how to breathe.​​ 

    Be spacious.

  • SECOND BITE

    An intimate, 12-month group coaching experience designed to help midlife women step into a life that’s fully their own.

    Be in community.

  • 1:1 COACHING

    Monthly coaching and practical magic for women in midlife who are realizing they can’t keep living at odds with themselves.

    Be held.

I help mid-life women stop asking, “Who will I disappoint?”

And start wondering, “What’s possible for me?”

Let’s not wait for resentment or illness to speak the truth your spirit already knows.

If something in you is pinging—trust that and reach out. I’d love to talk with you!

Book your free next steps call.

Midlife isn’t a crisis.
It’s a wild, holy becoming.

Experience the second half of life as it was meant to be: Sweet. Curious. Delicious.