Design Your Next Chapter
The Complete Navigation Chart For The Modern Midlife Woman
A research-backed, Gen X approved framework to help you make empowered decisions on where to spend your time, energy, and money in this next phase of your life.
Finally, A Fresh Take On Midlife.
When we first asked, “Who else is hungry for a more honest and meaningful conversation when it comes to midlife?” – the response was overwhelming.
While mainstream advice tells you to ‘lean in’ or ‘find your passion,’ we’re dealing with the reality of caring for aging parents while our kids still need us, navigating career pivots when we’re supposedly ‘too old’ to start over, and wondering why all the midlife stories we see involve women with $50 million net worths having dramatic awakenings. That’s not our midlife.
With so many changes happening at this time in our lives, it has been made abundantly clear that women crave real, relevant conversations about midlife as it’s actually experienced by GenXers like us.
This resource was created as a starting point for the conversations we will have moving forward.
Because if we want to change the narrative, we need to know where we stand.
Midlife can feel full of transitions, responsibilities, and expectations. But it can also be a time to redefine how we connect with our people and with ourselves.
That’s exactly what the Midlife Navigation Chart is here to spark.
When we first asked, “Who else is hungry for a more honest and meaningful conversation when it comes to midlife?” – the response was overwhelming.
While mainstream advice tells you to ‘lean in’ or ‘find your passion,’ we’re dealing with the reality of caring for aging parents while our kids still need us, navigating career pivots when we’re supposedly ‘too old’ to start over, and wondering why all the midlife stories we see involve women with $50 million net worths having dramatic awakenings. That’s not our midlife.
With so many changes happening at this time in our lives, it has been made abundantly clear that women crave real, relevant conversations about midlife as it’s actually experienced by GenXers like us.
This resource was created as a starting point for the conversations we will have moving forward.
Because if we want to change the narrative, we need to know where we stand.
Midlife can feel full of transitions, responsibilities, and expectations. But it can also be a time to redefine how we connect with our people and with ourselves.
That’s exactly what the Midlife Navigation Chart is here to spark.
Inside the guide, you’ll find:
Powerful Reflection Prompts for each of the six core domains of life to help you surface what’s truly important to you.
A Framework Based On Developmental Psychology to help you get clear on your values & goals in this next chapter.
An Invitation To Go Deeper In Community because sometimes you just need a friend who gets it. We’ve had 12,000+ women raise their hand and say they are ready for change. You are not alone; we see you.
At the end of the exercise, you will feel better equipped to make decisions that align across all life areas rather than optimizing for just one domain at the expense of others.
Think of this as creating your own personal mixtape for the next chapter—except instead of recording songs off the radio, you’re curating the elements that will make your life feel authentically yours.
And unlike making those mixtapes, there’s no perfect order that someone else has figured out. This is about designing something completely custom to who you’re becoming.
In a culture that often sidelines older women, we’re reclaiming our voices and shaping the narrative of midlife on our own terms.
Let this be your first step toward building a next chapter that’s meaningful, strategic, and fully your own.
Design Your Next Chapter
A research-backed framework for understanding how all areas of your life connect during this pivotal stage.
Hi! I’m Leah Weiss, PhD—a Stanford lecturer, author, therapist, and researcher who has spent 25 years helping accomplished leaders navigate life’s big questions. I am also the creator of The Midlife Curriculum.
I’ve worked with executives at Google, NATO, and NASA, and my work has been featured in The New York Times, TED Ideas, and BBC.
The Midlife Curriculum started as a personal framework. A way to pause and ask: What am I doing with this next stretch of life? And what kind of clarity and support would actually help?
Being the nerd I am, I went straight to the research. I dug into the developmental psychology around midlife transitions, and I talked to my therapy and coaching clients—smart, thoughtful women navigating this exact season.
The Midlife Curriculum draws from this experience plus cutting-edge research on midlife development to offer you frameworks that match your level of sophistication and honor the complexity of this life stage.
Design Your Next Chapter is the perfect entry point to this conversation.
You don’t need another productivity hack or personal development checklist. You need a map that helps you see the interconnectedness of your energy, your relationships, your money, your purpose, your creativity, and your legacy.
This is that map.
MY WORK HAS PROUDLY BEEN FEATURED IN:
Hi! I’m Leah Weiss, PhD—a Stanford lecturer, author, therapist, and researcher who has spent 25 years helping accomplished leaders navigate life’s big questions.
I’ve worked with executives at Google, NATO, and NASA, and my work has been featured in The New York Times, TED Ideas, and BBC.
The Midlife Curriculum draws from this experience plus cutting-edge research on midlife development to offer you frameworks that match your level of sophistication and honor the complexity of this life stage.
Design Your Next Chapter is the perfect entry point to this conversation.
Hi! I’m Leah Weiss, PhD—a Stanford lecturer, author, therapist, and researcher who has spent 25 years helping accomplished leaders navigate life’s big questions. I am also the creator of The Midlife Curriculum.
I’ve worked with executives at Google, NATO, and NASA, and my work has been featured in The New York Times, TED Ideas, and BBC.
The Midlife Curriculum started as a personal framework. A way to pause and ask: What am I doing with this next stretch of life? And what kind of clarity and support would actually help?
Being the nerd I am, I went straight to the research. I dug into the developmental psychology around midlife transitions, and I talked to my therapy and coaching clients—smart, thoughtful women navigating this exact season.
The Midlife Curriculum draws from this experience plus cutting-edge research on midlife development to offer you frameworks that match your level of sophistication and honor the complexity of this life stage.
Design Your Next Chapter is the perfect entry point to this conversation.
You don’t need another productivity hack or personal development checklist. You need a map that helps you see the interconnectedness of your energy, your relationships, your money, your purpose, your creativity, and your legacy.
This is that map.
MY WORK HAS PROUDLY BEEN FEATURED IN:
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