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Soul care & earth-based guidance
for midlife 

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I'm Dr. Heather Burns.  I'm a midlife doula, a soulful coach, and seasoned eco-spiritual facilitator. 
 
I work primarily with women in midlife who want to deepen and expand their life-joy and sense of ease.

I help you turn towards your soul's knowing and root into earth wisdom to feel more grounded, calm, confident, cared-for, and connected as you navigate midlife.
 
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Support for Midlife
 
What would it feel like to be deeply supported in the mystery and uncertainty of midlife transition? 
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What if you could move through midlife transition feeling more grounded, calm, and finally enough?

 

What if you could stop trying to please everyone and do everything and tune into your soul's knowing?

 

What if you could enjoy midlife with more magic and sparkle? More laughter and sisterhood?
 

​We're in charge of so much-- taking care of others, holding leadership roles, doing all the things that keep our families and work places together. It's not uncommon to feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and lonely during the busy time of midlife.

 

The fast pace and many pressures of our dominant culture and the current unraveling of our social structures and climate can leave us feeling dysregulated and disconnected from our soul’s knowing and purpose. And from each other.

 

Our spark of aliveness and joy gets dimmed.
 

Women in midlife are typically experiencing the challenges of perimenopause and menopause, a transition process which heightens our sensitivity, lowers our sense of resilience, and leaves us feeling unmoored.

 

Through this time of transition (which typically lasts 7-10 years!) you might notice that you're feeling: 

 

  • much more irritable and anxious

  • more burned out than usual–so tired (and probably you’re not sleeping well either)

  • like life as usual just doesn’t fit you anymore (the spark is dim or gone) 

  • a deep longing for more space for yourself 

  • exhausted by the cycle of never doing or being enough

  • a soul-level yearning for something more, even if you’re not quite sure what

  • disconnected from who you thought you were and what you thought you wanted

  • a yearning to find or spend more time with your people

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In this midlife transition time women experience deep identity changes and big soul-level shifts. But our dominant culture largely ignores and discounts this momentous change.  

 

In this tender time of change in our lives, we are often left feeling isolated, discouraged, and a bit lost.  Many women wonder….is it just me?

 

Nope! It most certainly is not. 
 
But we do need better ways to experience the uncertainty and mystery of midlife. I support you in:
 
  • Honoring midlife transition as an unfolding and sacred process (instead of a list of symptoms)
 
  • Recognizing your soul’s need for extra care and attention at this tender time
     
  • Helping you discover practical steps for moving toward new ways of being (like honoring your needs for more slowness, solitude, spiritual practice, and creative expression)
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  • Partnering with the earth through seasonal alignment and nourishing eco-spiritual practices
     
  • Inviting you into sisterhood with other women, where you are held in relationship and ritual as we move through the mystery and magic of midlife together 

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Soul care, Support, & Sisterhood

I understand how hard it is to be a busy woman (leader, manager, partner, parent, daughter, sister) in midlife---especially at this time of climate crisis and crumbling systems.  I understand how hard it is to feel whole and happy within dominant systems that pretty much ignore the significant physical, emotional, and spiritual changes that we are going through at midlife. 
 
These dominant systems support profit, production, and urgency over our well-being.  

But, there is a better way to move through midlife transition. I believe that we need soulful and sacred spaces where we can be seen and supported in our difficult moments, and where we can let ourselves unfurl into the mystery of who we are becoming. 
 
Instead of feeling alone and unseen in this  exhausting time of change, I'll help you gently turn toward your soul’s knowing, show you how to receive divine guidance from the living earth, and invite you into meaningful connection with other women who are also experiencing the messiness and magical unfolding of mid-life transition.
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Join me in the Midlife Magic Membership

A monthly membership that centers soul-care, earth-based guidance, and a sisterhood of support through the sacred portal of perimenopause and menopause 

Join me for Coaching

I support you in navigating uncertainty, transition, and next steps with clarity, confidence, soul care, and earth connection. Step into new ways of being that help you live beyond dominant culture and into your soul's knowing.

Join me for Retreats

Restorative group spaces of soul care and earth connection that support our collective joy and belonging

Join me for Forest Bathing 

Smaller doses of restorative community. Experiences that are grounded in earth connection, seasonal alignment, and nervous system regulation.
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Alder roots are amazing!
Alder roots host nodules that are homes for bacterial communities. These bacteria convert airborne nitrogen to soil-based nutrients that nourish and heal the alders, the soil, and the surrounding plant life.

Alders are often found in disturbed soils, on stream and river banks, growing in groups. They stabilize and provide shelter.

Pacific Northwest native people harvested alder wood for bowls and utensils, for smoking salmon, and made anti-inflammatory pain relief medicine from the bark. In Celtic tradition alders are a favorite tree of faeries. Alder groves are magical places to be nourished, to rest, and to heal.
"Menopause is a call to autonomy: a response to the need, perhaps for the first time in our lives, to define ourselves and our own path. It’s a time to reclaim ourselves and tell our own story, in our own unique voice."

-Sharon Blackie
Work with me

I offer soulful guided experiences of renewal and belonging during midlife transition, so that you can reconnect to your true nature, beyond the demands and drain of dominant culture.

Learn more about working with me.
Schedule a free 30 minute call and let's talk.
 
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