120. Feeling "Off" in Midlife? Maybe You Were Never "That Woman" to Begin With

School of Midlife

In this episode: midlife identity, high-achieving women, menopause mindset, real self, personal growth, Human Design

✨ Show Notes:

You’ve done the work: the workouts, the clean eating, the hormone balancing, the sleep, the water, the supplements—and maybe even some therapy and mindset shifts.

And yet… you still don’t feel like yourself.
Maybe it’s because the “you” you’ve always been wasn’t really you at all.

In this episode of The School of Midlife, Laurie Reynoldson gets deeply honest about the identity reckoning so many high-achieving women face in midlife—when they realize the persona they built to succeed might be misaligned with who they actually are.

She also introduces Human Design, the self-discovery tool she’ll soon be incorporating into her coaching practice to help women reconnect with their true selves—without all the conditioning, proving, and performing.

💡 In This Episode:

• The key difference between being high-achieving vs. high-performing
• Why success on paper often doesn’t feel like fulfillment in real life
• How societal and workplace conditioning shaped your persona
• Why midlife might be the first time you have the freedom—and clarity—to choose differently
• A powerful reframe: What if you’re not burned out—you’re just becoming someone new?
• An introduction to Human Design and how it supports identity clarity in midlife

📝 Journal Prompts:

• When did I first learn that being high-achieving made me valuable?
• What parts of me have I suppressed to succeed or fit in?
• What does alignment feel like in my body?
• What would I do differently if I trusted who I was becoming?

🔗 Links:

• 💫 Join the next Best Life Retreat in Sun Valley
• 💌 DM "BECOMING" on Instagram or email Laurie to start a coaching conversation

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