The Alchemy of Midlife: Loving All You Are Into Being

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Loretta Walker, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.

Midlife is magic.
It’s the kind of magic where powerful transformation happens.
You are the magician.
You are the magic.
You have all the strength and power you need.
You are the master of your own wisdom which is pushing and roaring forth, demanding to be met by all you know yourself to be.

All the buried parts of you that you made small to accommodate family, friends, society refuse to stay buried in midlife.
How do we know this?
We get angry.
We get sad.
Our “perfect” life no longer feels “perfect”.
There is a feeling of “not enough” we can’t quite shake.

We love our family and friends, while deep within there is also a feeling of emptiness.
It’s that feeling of “The Empty”, that despite its silence, there is an unbearable angst we cannot ignore.
All attempts to ignore it just drive us further into our midlife misery.

And that, is a good thing.

Your magic, your strength, your power, your gifts that you were born with,
these are all calling to be reborn and integrated with all of your lived experience.

Once you release these deep forces from within,
you will no longer play small.
You will no longer give your energy away.
You will no longer turn away that job opportunity because you feel “not good enough”.
You will no longer deprive yourself of that vacation you desperately need.
You will no longer rescue your children from messes they can clean up themselves.
You will no longer say yes when your soul is saying no.
You will no longer say no, when your soul is saying yes.

You will know, deep in your bones, that your Essence, fully actualized, is needed.
You will know, with your whole heart, that your passions and desires are the cravings of the universe seeking your courage to make them manifest in the world.
You will know, that your peace, your joy, your callings are your birthright – that claiming them will simply anchor them more fully into your life and the world.

So, pay attention to the gift of your misery.
Hear the powerful yes within calling to be made manifest in the world.
Hear the voices saying “you don’t matter”, for those are the lies pointing you to your own clear truth that, indeed, your experience, your ideas, your strength, your Essence matter, and matter greatly. For without them, you and the world are incomplete.

Embrace it all, and claim the freedom and wholeness that are calling you and loving you.