Life coaches for retirement and midlife

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Compare 184 life coaches who focus on retirement and midlife. Besides retirement and midlife, the most common focus areas are life transitions, purpose and direction, confidence and self-esteem and goal setting and accountability. They most often work with women, professionals and people over 40. Most charge $100 to $188 per hour or session.

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Ashley Levering

Life and career coach in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin · Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States

Ashley Levering is a life, career and retirement coach in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. She helps people who face change, burnout or career milestones. She founded ABL Life Coaching LLC in December 2019 after earning her professional coaching certification. Before coaching, she worked in corporate jobs, event management and non-profit work. She has coached clients across the US and in several other countries. She also hosts a podcast called Needy and Normal.

$115 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsStress and overwhelmRetirement and midlife

Betty Chatzipli

· Estonia · Online

She coaches women through life change, divorce, career shifts and starting a business. She moved to fully online coaching in 2021 and runs Expert on Your Life. Her earlier work was in business development, education and public relations.

$80 to $150 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemLife transitionsPurpose and direction

David Abend

Career and retirement coach for people in transition in Massachusetts · Massachusetts, United States

David Abend is a career and life coach in Massachusetts who works with people in transition. He helps clients who feel stuck in a career, are close to retirement, or are looking for purpose. He brings over 40 years of marketing experience and is an expert in personal branding. He also founded The Bucket, an online magazine for people over 50 that focuses on reducing deathbed regrets.

$115 to $190 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Dr Jo L

Life and embodiment coach for women in Minneapolis · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Dr Jo L is a life and spirituality coach in Minneapolis who helps self-aware women reconnect with their bodies, voices, and inner wisdom. She spent 13 years as a clinical psychologist before moving to a body-centered way of working. She blends psychology with yoga, meditation, and somatic practices. She is also a published, prize-winning poet.

$200 to $250 per hour
Confidence and self-esteemPurpose and directionLife transitions

Kate Higgins

Life coach for women 45 and older in midlife

Kate Higgins is a confidence and life coach for women in midlife. She works with women 45 and older who want to reconnect with their joy and sense of power. Kate is a licensed clinical social worker and uses her clinical training in her coaching. She hosts a podcast called Your Magical Midlife. She started her practice after her own hard years in her late 40s, which included a career stall, a cross-country move, and menopause.

$80 to $140 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifeConfidence and self-esteem

Kelly Arthur

Life coach for women in mid-life seeking clarity and direction

Kelly Arthur is a life coach who works one on one with women in mid-life. She helps them get clear on what matters now and build a life that fits who they are today. She is both a certified life coach and a licensed therapist, with over 25 years of experience. She is a best-selling author of the book She Rises. A stroke in 2019 led her to rebuild her own life, and that shapes how she coaches.

$80 to $150 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemPurpose and directionLife transitions

Mark Gordon

Life coach for midlife people who feel stuck · Ontario, Canada

Mark Gordon is a life coach who helps people in midlife who feel stuck, lost or on auto-pilot. He works on clarity, direction and the next step in a life change. Mark is a Senior Business Consultant for the Ontario Government and won a top award for an Innovative Service Delivery Project in 2024. He has also coached martial arts for over 20 years and competed in kickboxing and MMA. He uses his human resources and career coaching background in his work.

$100 to $190 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsMindset and habits

Mary Murphy

Life, grief and retirement coach in Michigan · Michigan, United States

Mary Murphy is a life, grief and end of life coach in Michigan. She also coaches on retirement and dating in mid-life. Before coaching, she spent 16 years as Director of Benefits at Stryker, where she led a team that served 18,000+ U.S. employees. She trained through the Co-Active Training Institute and holds ICF and end of life coaching credentials.

$140 to $225 an hour
Retirement and midlifeLife transitionsGrief and loss

Richard Burke

Business, career and life coach for people in transition in Illinois · Illinois, United States

Richard Burke is a business, career and life coach in Illinois. He helps people in transition, including recent college graduates, veterans leaving the military, and executives who want to grow their careers and businesses. He spent ten years as President of a $25 million ecommerce company and five years as a Vice President of ecommerce at a Fortune 500 company. He also led the Graduate School of Management at Lewis University for three years.

$115 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlife

Robert Foley

Retirement lifestyle coach in Plymouth, Massachusetts · Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States · Online and in person

Robert Foley, known as Bob, is a retirement lifestyle coach in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He helps individuals, partners and couples plan a retirement or reset one that is not working. Bob is a social worker by degree, a former HR executive and a past President and CEO. He founded Retirement Lifestyle Coaching. His work covers the mental, physical, social and emotional sides of retirement, and he leaves the money side to a financial advisor.

$350 to $500 per hour
Retirement and midlifeLife transitions

Sarah "Lady Grey" Flynn

Burnout and confidence coach for women in midlife · Online and in person

Sarah "Lady Grey" Flynn is a coach who helps women in midlife build confidence, find purpose, and live a more balanced life. She runs a practice called Live Outrageously. She has worked as an educator, coach and mentor to thousands of women over 30 years. Before coaching, she ran her own arts academy for 15 years and worked as a professional dancer. She offers private coaching, group mentoring and international retreats.

$80 to $150 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemPurpose and directionWomen's empowerment

Sondra Slivon

Life transition and career coach for women in New Mexico · New Mexico, United States

Sondra Slivon is a life and career coach who helps women through big life changes. She runs Sueño Consulting LLC in New Mexico. She works with women over 40 facing career change, retirement, divorce, or the loss of a spouse. She also coaches high school and college age women on education, career and life plans. Before coaching, she led community programs at United Way of Central New Mexico and worked in teaching and sales.

$100 to $160 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifeGoal setting and accountability

Anne-Paige Motley

Life and relationship coach for midlife adults in Jensen Beach, Florida · Jensen Beach, Florida, United States

Anne-Paige Motley is a life, relationship and retirement coach in Jensen Beach, Florida. She helps midlife adults who face retirement planning, an empty nest, changes in their marriage or relationship, and shifts in identity. She is a licensed clinical social worker with a master's degree and 30+ years of experience. Her coaching is therapy-informed, direct and focused on results. Clients leave each session with direction and a plan they can act on.

$195 to $485 per hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifePurpose and direction

Connie Challingsworth

Life and retirement coach for midlife clients in Allentown, PA · Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Connie Challingsworth is a certified life coach in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She helps people at midlife decide what they want to do with the rest of their life. Her clients include people nearing retirement and people already retired. She founded Positive Life Decisions and works one on one, in groups and in workshops. She has more than 30 years of business experience, many of them in the pharmaceutical industry.

$115 to $190 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Funmi Oni

Life, career and ADHD coach in London for professionals · London, England, United Kingdom

Funmi Oni is a London life and career coach who also coaches people with ADHD. She works with professionals, young adults and neurodiverse people. She spent 30 years as a management consultant and worked with organisations such as IBM and NatWest. She founded Ataraxia Coaching and holds an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential and a Diploma in ADHD. She also works with organisations on neurodiversity at work and in education.

$115 to $160 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlife

Jo Ann Coker

Life and decluttering coach for women over 40 in transition · Online

Jo Ann Coker is an accountability and decluttering coach who works with women over 40. She helps clients clear physical and mental clutter and move through life transitions. She is a licensed massage therapist with over 20 years in healthcare, and she is also a certified Integrative Wellness and Life Coach. Before coaching, she spent over a decade as an international flight attendant, event producer and dance instructor. Sessions are held online.

$150 to $200 an hour
Life transitionsStress and overwhelmMindset and habits

Shelley Weiss Cohen

Life and relationship coach for midlife women in Winnetka, Illinois · Winnetka, Illinois, United States

Shelley Weiss Cohen is a life and relationship coach in Winnetka, Illinois. She coaches women of all ages, with a focus on women at midlife and beyond. She helps clients work through relationship problems, handle workplace stress, adjust to life on their own, and decide what comes next. She has coached since 1998. Before that, she worked as a psychologist, a training and development coordinator, and an adjunct professor of psychology.

$100 to $125 per hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifeGoal setting and accountability

Sue Hedley

Coach for professional women in midlife, online or in person · Online and in person

Sue Hedley is an accountability and business coach for professional women in midlife. She helps them cut stress, find better work-life balance, change careers and find purpose. Sue spent 20+ years in the corporate IT project world before becoming a qualified coach. She has 25 years of coaching and mentoring experience. She offers one-to-one coaching, a group program called Midlife Your Way, and team coaching, online or face to face.

$90 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsStress and overwhelmWork-life balance

Jocelyn Auyeung

Next chapter coach for midlife women in Campbell, California · Campbell, California, United States

Jocelyn Auyeung is a Next Chapter Coach who helps midlife women build their next chapter. She works with women facing identity shifts, emotional challenges and big decisions. Before coaching, she was a Mental Health Coach at Lyra Health. She has also changed careers three times, from investment banking to teaching to coaching.

$140 to $225 an hour
Life transitionsConfidence and self-esteemRetirement and midlife

Katinka Blackford Newman

Life, health and fitness coach for midlife professionals in London · London, England, United Kingdom

Katinka Blackford Newman is a life coach, health coach and personal trainer in London. She helps ambitious midlife professionals who want more fulfilment, better fitness, stronger health and more confidence. Before coaching, she spent more than twenty years as an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist. She is one of the few coaches who mixes coaching with hands-on personal training. Clients can book coaching sessions, PT sessions or a mix of both.

$80 to $159 per hour
Confidence and self-esteemLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Kirsten Trussell

Life and wellness coach for women in midlife in Brighton · Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom · Online and in person

Kirsten Trussell is a life and wellness coach who works with women in midlife. She helps clients find their purpose and live the life they want. She has a special interest in perimenopause and menopause. Kirsten holds an International Coaching Federation certification and a wellness coach certification. She has lived and worked in and around Brighton and Hove for over thirty years. She coaches online by video call, or outdoors in Brighton for local clients.

$100 to $135 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Millree Williams

Retirement and career transition coach in Seattle, Washington · Seattle, Washington, United States

Millree Williams is a retirement and career transition coach in Seattle, Washington. He helps people who are leaving a long-held career, moving into retirement, or rethinking what success means next. He is a certified Career Transition and Retirement Life Coach. He works with individuals, organizations and union-based groups. He trained as a thinking and accountability partner and helps clients see blind spots and build a plan for the next chapter.

$150 to $170 per hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifePurpose and direction

Carol Cassar

Life coach and mid life crisis coach in Malta · Malta

Carol Cassar is a life coach in Malta who also works as a mid life crisis coach. She helps people find their authentic selves and build the life they want. She has 15 years of experience and is an accredited coach and NLP master. She also holds training as a Reiki master, yoga and Pilates instructor, nutrition consultant, beautician and masseuse. Her focus is helping people make the rest of their life the best of their life.

$90 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifePurpose and direction

Claire and James Davis

Midlife coaching and mentoring for individuals and organisations in the UK · United Kingdom

Claire and James Davis run The Midlife Mentors in the UK. They coach men and women through midlife changes in health, confidence and purpose. They also work with organisations on team wellbeing. They are authors, speakers and podcast hosts, and they have helped people since 2012. Their podcast ranks in the top 1.5% worldwide. They also run retreats, with an Ibiza retreat planned for 2026. Claire and James each offer their own one-to-one coaching.

$80 to $135 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifeStress and overwhelm

Jacqueline Connors

Anxiety and mental performance coach and licensed psychotherapist

Jacqueline Connors is a mental performance and anxiety coach who is also a licensed psychotherapist. She helps people with anxiety, self-doubt, imposter syndrome and self-sabotage. She has over 17 years of experience in therapy and success coaching. Before that, she worked as an international project manager. She founded Discovery 2.0 High Level Therapy and Mindset Coaching. Her work aims at the root cause of a problem, using brain-based methods such as RTT, CBT and NLP.

$80 to $150 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemStress and overwhelmLife transitions

Jill Pack

Faith-based life and relationship coach for midlife women

Jill Pack is a faith-based life and relationship coach at Seasons Coaching. She helps midlife women of faith improve their relationships and how they see themselves. Jill spent twenty-eight years as a stay-at-home mother before she studied nervous system regulation and became a coach. She has coached hundreds of women. She uses a tool called the Clarity Map and a framework called C.A.R.E. She also hosts the Seasons of Joy Podcast.

$90 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifeConfidence and self-esteem

Joanne Shank

Burnout and life coach for women in transition

Joanne Shank is a life and burnout coach who works with women at different stages of life. She helps them handle transitions, including retirement, and build well-being and life satisfaction. She holds degrees in education, psychology and economics, plus a master's in educational leadership. She is an Erickson International accredited coach with over thirty years of experience supporting learning and growth. She also trained as a yoga instructor and mindfulness practitioner.

$80 to $140 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifeWomen's empowerment

Julie Brewster

Business and life coach for new staff, managers and women at mid-life

Julie Brewster is a business and life coach and mentor. She works with new staff, managers, and women going through mid-life or an empty nest. Most of her career was in HR, supporting staff in many organisations, before she moved into coaching. She created Rising Stars: The first 90 days, a mentoring programme that helps new hires settle into a role and company culture. Her style is straightforward, challenging, and practical.

$80 to $140 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlife

Lynn Goodacre

Life and singles coach for women 50+, working online · West coast, Canada · Online

Lynn Goodacre is a life and confidence coach who helps women in their 50s, 60s and beyond build a full and engaging life. She also coaches singles and couples. She began coach training in 2010 and holds a Singles Coach certification from the Relationship Coaching Institute. She also holds certifications in life purpose coaching, group leading, and public speaking and workshop facilitation. She lives on the west coast of Canada and coaches clients online around the world.

$100 to $190 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Shannon Bryson

Breathwork and life coach for women in life transitions

Shannon Bryson is an accountability coach and breathwork coach who helps women through life transitions and challenges. She combines breathwork with curated programs to help clients make peace with the past and reconnect with their intuition. She is also a life purpose coach and health coach. She holds training in three yoga styles and works as an Akashic reader, which is unusual among coaches.

$80 to $155 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemPurpose and directionLife transitions

Valerie Mummert

Christian life and accountability coach for midlife women in Arizona · Arizona, United States

Valerie Mummert is a Christian life coach and accountability coach in Arizona. She helps midlife women move into their next season with purpose. She works with women who face new roles, changes at home, and new challenges. Valerie is a certified personal coach and a certified director of women's ministry. She also runs a business as an event planner and retreat host, and she raised a blended family with seven kids.

$115 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsGoal setting and accountabilityPurpose and direction

Whitley Greene

Anxiety, stress and budget coach with counseling background

Whitley Greene is a coach who helps clients with stress, anxiety and budgeting. She is also a retirement coach. She is a Board Certified Coach and a Licensed Professional Counselor. She worked 16 years as a school counselor at the elementary and high school levels. She is also a real estate broker and an international Masters swimming competitor. She has lived in London, Genoa, Santiago and Costa Rica, and has traveled to 32 countries.

$100 to $175 an hour
Stress and overwhelmPurpose and directionRetirement and midlife

Andrea and Jeremie King

Accountability and burnout coaches for people facing mid-life challenges in Arizona · Arizona, United States

Andrea and Jeremie King are a couple in Arizona who coach accountability and burnout. They help people who feel stuck and frustrated while facing the challenges of mid-life. Each of them spent over 10 years doing personal work on purpose and the life they wanted before they met in 2019. They now share what they learned. Their aim is to help clients reboot their lives and gain clarity without going through a mid-life crisis.

$100 to $160 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifeGoal setting and accountability

Arjan Bogaers

Life and spirituality coach in Eindhoven, Netherlands · Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Arjan Bogaers is a life and spirituality coach in Eindhoven, in the Netherlands. He helps people who stand at a turning point in life, such as illness, job loss, retirement or divorce. He is a hospital nurse and an Advanced Reiki practitioner. He holds a life coach certification from New Insights. His work is guided by the search for deeper meaning. He also writes articles on defining moments, crisis and life purpose.

$68 to $91 per hour
Life transitionsPurpose and directionRetirement and midlife

Dana Ross

Career and life transition coach in Bellingham, Washington · Bellingham, Washington, United States

Dana Ross is a career and life coach in Bellingham, Washington. She helps people who feel unclear about what they want during big changes, like a job change, an empty nest, divorce or retirement. Dana spent 30 years at one growth-oriented company, where she shaped culture through strategic communication, employee engagement and people leadership. Coaching is now her full time work. She can bring that communication strategy experience into sessions when a client needs it.

$100 to $160 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifePurpose and direction

Debbie Harbec

Life and fitness coach for women in mid-life in Lorraine, Quebec · Lorraine, Quebec, Canada

Debbie Harbec is a life and fitness coach in Lorraine, Quebec. She helps women in mid-life who feel stuck with body changes and want to make themselves a priority. She also lists entrepreneurship coaching among her services. Debbie holds a coach certification from Concordia University and is a certified personal trainer and RYT. She also has an engineering degree. Her work centers on feeling healthier in the body and building confidence.

$106 to $141 per hour
Confidence and self-esteemRetirement and midlife

Debra Mueller

Accountability and career coach for professionals in Arizona · Arizona, United States

Debra Mueller is an accountability, career and retirement coach in Arizona who works with professionals. She holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in social work. Her past work spans nonprofits, education, healthcare and the tech industry. In those roles she mentored people and helped them move into leadership. She helps clients name their own goals and turns big goals into small steps. She also looks at burnout and work-life balance.

$100 to $170 an hour
Purpose and directionRetirement and midlifeGoal setting and accountability

Duncan Rinehart

Retirement and wellness coach for people 50 and older

Duncan Rinehart is a retirement and life-wellness coach. He works with retirees and people close to retirement who want to shape their senior years. He is in his 70s and has been a triathlete all his life. He holds four coaching and health certifications, including ICF and NBHWC. His own history of injuries, surgeries and personal loss shapes how he coaches people through the challenges of ageing.

$90 to $175 an hour
Retirement and midlifeLife transitionsGoal setting and accountability

Helén Thompson

Life coach for women in midlife, based in California · California, United States

Helén Thompson is a certified life coach who works with women in midlife. She helps women who feel worn out, stuck, and overbooked, and who want more fun and freedom. She grew up in Sweden and now lives in California. She has coached thousands of women from two dozen countries. Her coaching uses cognitive psychology-based techniques and skills from relational neuroscience.

$115 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsStress and overwhelmWork-life balance

Hilde Marguerite van Ulden

Life and retirement coach for expats in Willemstad, Curacao · Willemstad, Curacao

Hilde Marguerite van Ulden is a life coach in Willemstad, Curacao. She helps expats and other adults through life transitions, midlife reflection, career changes and relationship dynamics. She also works as a retirement coach and an entrepreneurship coach. She holds Certified Master Life Coach, Certified Master NLP Practitioner and Certified Expat Coach credentials. Her coaching aims to help clients reconnect with purpose and shape a meaningful next chapter.

$120 to $150 per hour
Life transitionsPurpose and directionRetirement and midlife

Julia Seal

Retirement and life transition coach for midlife women leaders

Julia Seal is a coach who helps midlife women leaders plan a happy retirement and handle big life changes. She has 20 years of executive coaching behind her. Her work mixes the science of human flourishing, neuroscience, and philosophical and spiritual wisdom. She runs a 108-day program called 108-Days with Julia. It helps clients sort out what comes next and build their own version of happiness in retirement.

$80 to $130 an hour
Retirement and midlifeLife transitionsPurpose and direction

Julie Gaye Murphy

Life, relationship, divorce and career coach for women in Brisbane · Brisbane, Australia

Julie Gaye Murphy is a life, relationship, divorce, blended family and career coach in Brisbane, Australia. She runs MOJO Your Life Today and helps women build confidence, handle big life changes and find a clearer path. She has a strong focus on women over 50, step-moms and women going through separation, divorce or redundancy. She also coaches retirees and small business owners on staff management and teamwork.

$95 to $160 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Karen Perkins

Life, business and career coach in Sheffield, UK · Sheffield, United Kingdom

Karen Perkins is a life, business and career coach in Sheffield. She works one to one with individuals, and with directors, managers and staff in workplaces. Before coaching, she spent over 20 years in housing and HR, helping people handle change. She also offers later life and retirement coaching, wellness and redundancy coaching, social media coaching and dating coaching. She uses quizzes and exercises to help clients find what motivates them.

$80 to $135 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifeWork-life balance

Karie Erickson

Life coach for women embracing aging, with a faith-based approach · Colorado, United States

Karie Erickson is a certified life coach who works with women who want to embrace the later seasons of life. She trained at The Life Coach School and teaches clients to manage their minds by changing their thoughts. She has worked in the field of aging for 15 years and leads a nonprofit in Colorado as its Executive Director. She is also a Stephen minister and spiritual director, and she draws on Christian faith while respecting all faiths.

$115 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsMindset and habitsRetirement and midlife

Katie Pulsifer

Life coach for women over 40 in a season of change

Katie Pulsifer is a Master Certified Life Coach who helps women over 40. She works with women who built good-looking lives and feel it is not enough anymore. She has coached for over 13 years and has supported thousands of women. Her clients redefine what success means to them, drop outgrown roles and plan what comes next. Katie also uses her own experience with divorce, career loss and blending families in her coaching.

$80 to $150 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemPurpose and directionLife transitions

Kristen Rutter

Life coach for mid-life women, with faith and yoga · Online and in person

Kristen Rutter is a life coach who works with women in mid-life. She helps clients find purpose, build a calmer mind and create a life they love. She blends life coaching with faith-based practice. She has also taught yoga for over 15 years, in person and on Zoom. Her coaching covers overwhelm, fear, anxiety, relationships and living with intention. Her work centers on caring for mind, body and spirit.

$90 to $180 an hour
Purpose and directionRetirement and midlifeMindset and habits

Laurie James

Somatic coach for midlife women after divorce · United States

Laurie James is a somatic practitioner and coach who helps midlife women through divorce, loss, and life changes. She is the author of the memoir Sandwiched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go. She hosts the Confessions of a Freebird podcast, which has 134 episodes since 2023. Her work uses body-based tools to help women heal, date again, and build a life that fits who they are now.

$115 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsDivorce recoveryRetirement and midlife

Lisa Bradley Gann

Life coach for midlife women seeking purpose and direction

Lisa Bradley Gann is a certified life coach who works with midlife women. She helps women who feel restless, unsure about what comes next, or tired of a life that looks good but feels flat. Her program is called Midlife Renewal. Lisa uses mindset coaching built on understanding the brain and learning to shape thoughts and behavior on purpose. She also offers a Next Chapter coaching package for women who feel stuck.

$90 to $180 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsMindset and habits

Lisa Hines

Creativity and dreamwork coach for midlife women and artists

Lisa Hines is a creativity and embodiment coach who helps midlife women, artists and dreamers find more meaning in the second half of life. She uses dreamwork, moon work and practical wisdom. She holds a master's degree in Transpersonal Psychology and is a Certified Career Development Coach. She also throws pottery as a side business, and her own health experience shaped her focus on joy and meaning.

$90 to $180 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Lisa Zappetti

Life coach for women in midlife in Haddonfield, New Jersey · Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States

Lisa Zappetti is a life coach in Haddonfield, New Jersey. She coaches women who are entering or living in midlife. She helps them with transitions, empty nesting, accountability, and new paths. She uses her own ALIGN Method to help women set goals and reach them. She holds a PhD and an EdD. She is also a college professor and leads an empty-nest support group.

$115 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifeGoal setting and accountability

Lisa Zappetti

Life coach for midlife women in New Jersey · New Jersey, United States

Lisa Zappetti is a life coach in New Jersey who helps midlife women rediscover themselves and reach their goals. She also works as a college professor and advisor. She leads an empty-nest support group and hosts a podcast.

$130 to $190 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemLife transitionsGoal setting and accountability

Maree White

Private coach for people around age 50 on the Surf Coast · Surf Coast, Australia · In person

Maree White is a private coach and mentor for people either side of 50 who face a midlife turning point. She works with women, men and couples, and also acts as a strategic thinking partner. She trained with Brooke Castillo at The Life Coach School in the United States. She then built her own Australian approach from her own midlife experience. She coaches in person from her garden studio on the Surf Coast.

$100 to $190 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Melanie Lee

Accountability, anxiety, retirement and fitness coach

Melanie Lee is an accountability and anxiety coach who also works as a retirement coach, fitness coach, image coach and hypnotherapist. She helps clients build the mindset and practical skills to plan for a strong future. She has worked with clients on confidence, success blocks, depression, fears, addictions, anxiety, weight loss, health and relationships. She uses rapid transformational coaching and hypnotherapy, and she focuses on longevity and starting to invest in your future self now.

$80 to $155 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemRetirement and midlifeMindset and habits

Michael Alston

Retirement, money and leadership coach in San Tan Valley, Arizona · San Tan Valley, Arizona, United States

Michael Alston is a retirement, money and leadership coach in San Tan Valley, Arizona. He works with individuals who want stronger interpersonal skills. His focus is on soft skills like empathy, trust, listening and communication. He is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Sri Lanka. He trained at The Institute for Life Coach Training and holds an M.Ed. He also writes articles on commitment and on how coaching helps leaders.

$120 to $350 per hour
Retirement and midlife

Mimm Patterson

Life coach for artists, writers and trauma survivors in Palo Alto · Palo Alto, California, United States

Mimm Patterson is a life coach in Palo Alto, California. Mimm also offers health and fitness coaching and retirement coaching. Clients include artists and writers who feel stuck, and people whose lives were disrupted by trauma. Mimm is a certified yoga therapist with a master's degree in Transpersonal Psychology. Mimm has written about coaching trauma survivors, the Japanese practice of Naikan, and using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to sort goals from values.

$75 to $125 per hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Nancy Collamer

Retirement and second-act career coach for people at or near retirement · Online

Nancy Collamer is a retirement coach and author of Second-Act Careers. She helps professionals who are at or near retirement plan a retirement that has meaning. She coaches one-on-one by video through her Retirement Discovery Package. She also writes a blog, sends a monthly newsletter and runs webinars. She offers a free workbook with 25 questions to help people decide what to do in retirement. She also speaks to companies, groups and associations.

$80 to $130 an hour
Retirement and midlifeLife transitionsPurpose and direction

Paul De Kock

Life and accountability coach for small business owners in Spain · Spain

Paul De Kock is a life and accountability coach based in Spain. He helps small business owners and others who bring something positive into the world. He also coaches on anxiety and retirement. Paul trained in life coaching, counselling and hypnotherapy at the Academy of Modern Applied Psychology. He is also a certified InnerLifeSkills Professional Coach. He runs his own small business, so he knows the pressure owners face.

$80 to $150 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemPurpose and directionMindset and habits

Philip Bennett

Life and relationship coach in Colorado Springs, Colorado · Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Philip Bennett is a life, relationship and retirement coach in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He works with people who feel stuck in their relationships, careers or major life changes. He holds a PsyD in clinical psychology and a Master of Divinity. He trained at Fowler International Academy of Professional Coaching. He also writes about complicated grief and about calming yourself and others.

$100 to $200 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Randi Sokoloff

Life and career coach for adults in Sparta, New Jersey · Sparta, New Jersey, United States

Randi Sokoloff is a life and career coach in Sparta, New Jersey. She helps adults who are in a midlife crisis and want to see it as a turning point. She brings over three decades of experience in HR and coaching. She serves clients across Northern New Jersey. Her sessions are relaxed conversations, and she is open about what clients can expect and what things cost.

$85 to $120 per hour
Life transitionsPurpose and directionRetirement and midlife

Renaldo Decembrini

Burnout and confidence coach, former executive chef

Renaldo Decembrini is a life coach who helps people recover from burnout, low self-esteem and midlife transitions. He runs The Rebuild Project. Before coaching, he spent 25 years as an executive chef and over 20 years in the high-stress restaurant industry. He also works with clients dealing with trauma, loss and long-standing self-doubt. His approach is trauma-informed and practical. He holds an international coaching certification.

$80 to $150 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Robert Baggett

Life, career and relationship coach in Winston-Salem, North Carolina · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Robert Baggett is a life, career and relationship coach in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He works with people who want to break old patterns and build a more present, connected and authentic life. He writes about Taoist and Jungian ideas, including yin and yang and midlife change. He also wrote about a Tao-informed way to use SWOT for life transitions. He holds an M. Dip. Ac. and a CLC credential.

$125 to $150 per hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlife

Sayeed Mohammad

Life and midlife crisis coach based in India · India

Sayeed Mohammad is a life coach in India who also works as a midlife crisis coach and retirement coach. He helps people who feel stuck and want to move past the blocks behind a midlife crisis. He is an author and speaker with decades of international experience. He has worked with people of many nationalities. He was timid in his youth and avoided the spotlight, and he uses the process that changed his own life.

$90 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlife

Sharon Carlsen

Life and retirement coach in Santa Monica, California · Santa Monica, California, United States

Sharon Carlsen is a life, executive and retirement coach in Santa Monica, California. She helps people who feel lost after a big change or a shake-up to their identity. She works with clients at a crossroads who want clarity and a path forward. She also coaches people getting ready to retire. Her work draws on a view that change follows a pattern people can learn to move through. She offers one free consultation call to new clients.

$100 to $160 an hour
Life transitionsPurpose and directionGoal setting and accountability

Shirley Spencer

Life coach and mid life crisis coach for small business owners

Shirley Spencer is a life coach and mid life crisis coach who also helps small business owners. She has built several non-profit organizations that support people starting and running small businesses. Her work covers business development, organization help and life-skills workshops. She gives owners and future owners hands-on training in business and organizational skills. The goal is a stable business that cuts losses and can raise revenue.

$80 to $140 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlife

Steve Schlafman

Coach for ambitious professionals in midlife transition and burnout · New York, United States

Steve Schlafman is a coach who helps ambitious professionals in midlife move through transition and burnout. He is a former venture capitalist and now works with founders, leaders and creatives who face a big change. He helps clients sort out what they want, look at old patterns and beliefs, and move ahead with clarity. He is based in New York and also writes and teaches.

$100 to $160 an hour
Life transitionsPurpose and directionRetirement and midlife

Tara Quinn

Life sabbatical and career coach in San Francisco · San Francisco, California, United States

Tara Quinn is a life, career and executive coach in San Francisco, California. She helps people who want to leave their desk job and take extended time off to travel the world. Her Three Month Visa program is built around that goal. She has written articles on life sabbaticals, midlife gap years and traveling with children. She holds PCC, CPCC and CDC credentials and trained through CTI CoActive Leadership.

$140 to $225 an hour
Life transitionsPurpose and directionRetirement and midlife

Anne Thomas

Life coach for midlife transitions and empty nesters

Anne Thomas is a life coach who helps people move through big life transitions, including the empty nest stage. She built her own method, called Momentum that Matters, and teaches it in coaching sessions. Her work centers on clarity, connection and confidence. She came to coaching after feeling lost when her sons left for college. She also sends weekly emails to her readers, and some clients start coaching after reading them.

$80 to $140 an hour
Life transitionsPurpose and directionConfidence and self-esteem

Danielle Baer

Life coach for women navigating midlife and what's next

Danielle Baer is a life coach who works with women going through midlife and other big changes. She also coaches women who are caring for aging parents. She holds coaching certifications from the International Coaching Federation and the Co-Active Training Institute. Her Master's in Social Work shapes a strengths-based style. Danielle brings an equity and social justice lens to her coaching. Sessions aim to help clients get clear, take action, and design their next chapter.

$90 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsRetirement and midlifePurpose and direction

David Abend

Retirement, career and life coach for people over 50 in Carlisle, MA · Carlisle, Massachusetts, United States

David Abend is a retirement, career and life coach in Carlisle, Massachusetts. He works with people over 50 who feel stuck. He helps them with career pivots, the move into retirement, and finding purpose. David is also the editor of The Bucket, an online magazine. He writes there about death-bed regrets and how to avoid them. That theme shapes his focus on helping clients make choices they will not regret.

$125 to $150 per hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

David Abend

Retirement, career and life coach for people over 50 in Massachusetts · Carlisle, Massachusetts, United States

David Abend is a retirement, career and life coach in Carlisle, Massachusetts. He works with people over 50 who feel stuck. He helps them with career pivots, the move into retirement, and finding purpose. He trained at the Life Purpose Institute. He also edits The Bucket, an online magazine, where he writes about death-bed regrets and how to avoid them. His goal is to help clients make choices they will not second-guess later.

$115 to $190 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Devon Clawson

Life and career coach for teens and adults in Salt Lake City · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Devon Clawson is a life, career and retirement coach in Salt Lake City, Utah. Devon helps teens and adults who feel overwhelmed by big life changes. These include school, career, retirement, parenthood and reintegration. Clients name their strengths and values, build a personal roadmap, and then act on it. Devon holds a Certified Integrative Coach credential and has written articles on reaching goals and on loneliness.

$120 to $140 per hour
Life transitionsPurpose and directionRetirement and midlife

Efie Vogel

Life coach for midlife men and women in Israel · Israel

Efie Vogel is a life coach in Israel who works with men and women in midlife. Efie helps clients who feel stuck, unfulfilled, or unsure of their direction. Before coaching, Efie worked almost three decades as an accountant and CFO, then left that job after losing motivation. Efie spent years building a system for the specific problems of midlife and is certified through ELC.

$90 to $175 an hour
Life transitionsPurpose and directionRetirement and midlife

Erich Hofmeister

Midlife transformational coach for men and women in their 40s and 50s · Minnesota, United States

Erich Hofmeister is a midlife transformational coach in Minnesota. He helps men and women in their 40s and 50s find new energy, meaning and purpose. He has coached and counseled people in midlife for over 20 years. He holds a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. A heart condition diagnosed in 2022 pushed him to focus his own life on health and purpose. He now applies the same principles he teaches.

$100 to $160 an hour
Life transitionsPurpose and directionRetirement and midlife

Garth Gibson

Life and retirement coach in South Africa · South Africa

Garth Gibson is a life and retirement coach in South Africa. He helps people who feel stuck, need a sounding board, or are moving into a new stage of life. He is certified by the International Coaching Federation. Garth draws on his own corporate career, family life, health and fitness, money management and stress management. He brings what he calls "Elderhood" to each session, meaning real life experience that helps clients see options for action.

$90 to $180 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Gretchen Bruno

Life coach and self mastery mentor for women over 40

Gretchen Bruno is a certified life coach and self mastery mentor who works with women over 40. She helps driven women who feel stuck in a busy, heavy daily life. She blends her own life experience, modern psychology drawn from ancient wisdom, emotional awareness, and intuition. Her goal for clients is to release fear, doubt, and negativity and build a life with more joy and ease. She started coaching after working to change her own story.

$80 to $150 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemLife transitionsStress and overwhelm

Janice Thomas

Life and career coach for midlife professionals in Philadelphia · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Janice Thomas is a life, retirement and career coach in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She helps midlife professionals build confidence and move through big changes. Her work covers planning for retirement, changing careers and rebuilding life after divorce. She trained at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC). She holds the PCC and CPC coaching credentials and an MS degree. She also uses the DISC, MBTI and Energy Leadership Index tools.

$140 to $225 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemLife transitionsRetirement and midlife

Jennifer Leung

Burnout and career coach for women in midlife

Jennifer Leung is a burnout and career coach who helps women in midlife who feel stuck, stressed or unsure about their career and life path. She combines personalized strategies with mindfulness practices. Her work centers on clarity, confidence and taking action toward a life that fits a client's purpose. She draws on her own experience with a hard childhood, grief and anxiety about saying the wrong thing. Mindfulness meditation changed how she handled those struggles.

$80 to $140 an hour
Purpose and directionLife transitionsConfidence and self-esteem

Jill Terwilliger

Burnout and confidence coach for women in Michigan · Michigan, United States

Jill Terwilliger is a burnout and confidence coach in Michigan who works with women. She coaches leaders, entrepreneurs, empty nesters and women in midlife. Her own story shapes her work. She left her first college, career, spouse and religion to live on her own terms. She now helps women lead with power, integrity and joy, set clear boundaries and find their own pace.

$100 to $175 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemRetirement and midlifeWomen's empowerment

Josette Mills

Midlife and intimacy coach offering life coaching and hypnotherapy online · Online

Josette Mills is a midlife and intimacy coach who works as a life coach first and a hypnotherapist next. She helps clients cut self-criticism, build self-praise, and rediscover their purpose. She also helps them reconnect with pleasure and build a better relationship with themselves. She created the IntiMEcy program, a 12 week course with live weekly sessions. All work happens on Zoom.

$80 to $155 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemPurpose and directionRetirement and midlife

Julie Merrill

Midlife coach for women, including sexual wellness and relationships

Julie Merrill is a midlife coach for women. She helps clients build self-trust, set boundaries, and shape a life that feels like their own. Her work also covers sexual wellness and relationships. She helps women handle the emotional, mental, physical, sexual and hormonal changes of midlife. New clients start with a free 30 minute consult call to see if coaching fits.

$80 to $155 an hour
Confidence and self-esteemPurpose and directionLife transitions

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Most life coaches charge $100 to $188 per hour or session.

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