Coaching for your next chapter
When life is asking more of you.
A yearlong, private, email based coaching practice for professional women navigating a defining season of their lives.
Your life is changing.
Maybe you planned for this. Maybe you welcomed it. Or maybe none of this was your choice.
Either way, it’s here now.
And change has a way of shaking loose old beliefs, showing us what’s important, highlighting changes we need to make (even if we don’t know where to begin), or presenting questions we don’t have the answer to. It can make you feel wildly hopeful one minute and completely untethered the next.
Certain you’ve found the answer on Tuesday. Back to questioning everything by Thursday.
It leaves you wondering, “Who am I on the other side of this?” — usually around 3 a.m. after disappearing down yet another rabbit hole.
Because you have a sense that what you’re facing this year will define you. The stakes are higher. There are so many moving pieces to consider at work and at home.
And you want to get this right.
To look back 5 years from now and know that you made it through this change with as much grace, courage, and wisdom as possible. You made decisions you could live with even while navigating all the doubt and uncertainty that come with change.
And yet, for all the time we spend thinking about these decisions, most of us are making them alone.
Carrying the questions that deserve more than a rushed conversation over coffee. Holding the uncertainty. Trying to sort through competing priorities, emotions, opinions, and possibilities in our own heads.
Most defining seasons don’t come with a roadmap.
The Chaptered Year was created for moments like these.
A yearlong weekly, private transformational coaching engagement for professional women navigating a defining season of their lives.
This isn’t traditional coaching. We don’t meet on calls. There’s no squeezing it in between Pilates and prepping dinner. Instead, we write each week via email (for 52 weeks). You get to respond when it works for you.
It’s a conversation that allows you to see things you didn’t see before. Patterns. Possibilities. Options you haven’t considered.
And through this coaching partnership, something begins to shift. Not because the circumstances necessarily become easier, but because you’re no longer carrying them in quite the same way. You gain perspective. You notice what matters most. You find small footholds in the uncertainty and begin moving forward one decision, one conversation, one week at a time.
Some of the women who find their way here are…
- Navigating a major transition at work — a new role, a team that fell apart, or a direction that no longer fits.
- Supporting an aging parent while the rest of life continues as if nothing has changed.
- In a relationship that’s shifting — a marriage ending, a partnership changing, or a new chapter beginning.
- Managing a child’s struggles, learning differences, mental health challenges, or a season that’s asking more from the whole family.
- Holding more than feels sustainable and not entirely sure how they got here.
- Asking, “Is this really what I want?” and not quite ready to answer out loud.
- Living a life that looks good on paper and quietly wondering if there’s a more spacious way to live it.
- In the middle of something joyful — a new baby, a new relationship, a long awaited opportunity — and surprised by how much change can ask of them.
And some are simply standing in a season they never would have chosen, trying to figure out how to move through it with as much grace, courage, and wisdom as possible.
Most people only see part of the story
Your colleagues see your work life.
Your friends hear the highlights.
Your bestie gets the real stuff — or most of it.
Your family may know a different version of you entirely.
But very few people hold the whole picture.
Perhaps it’s the promotion and the aging parent.
Or the health diagnosis and the business opportunity.
The divorce. The dream you’re pursuing. The self doubt you’re carrying.
Most support happens in pieces. A coffee with a friend here. A quick call on the drive home. Half a story squeezed into the ten minutes before your next meeting.
The Chaptered Year is different.
We’ll consider the challenge you’re facing in the full context of your life. The whole picture.
And often, that’s where the most important insights come from. Not from looking at one part more closely. But from finally seeing how all the pieces connect.
Coaching creates space
Space to step back.
Space to breathe.
Space to hear yourself think.
But that’s only the beginning.
Over time, coaching can shift the stories you tell yourself about who you are, what you’re capable of, and what’s possible from here.
An impossible either/or becomes a more expansive both/and. A chapter you never would have chosen becomes a chapter that teaches you something about yourself. An identity you’ve outgrown makes room for one that fits the life you’re living now — or the life you’re creating next.
Week after week, you begin to see things differently. Where you’ve been. Where you are. Where you’re going.
And those shifts don’t stay on the page. They show up in your relationships. In the conversations you’re willing to have. In the boundaries you’re finally willing to set. In the support you’re willing to ask for. In the opportunities you’re brave enough to pursue. In the way you care for yourself. In the way you care for the people you love.
For some women, that means making meaningful progress toward a goal that’s been calling to them for years. For others, it means finding grace in a season that feels impossibly hard. For others, it means reinventing themselves — as a leader, a partner, a parent, a business owner, a caregiver, or simply as a person stepping into a new chapter of their life.
And for many, it means something even simpler:
Showing up in a way they’re proud of. Being present for the moments that matter. Creating connection when it would be easier to withdraw. Asking for help when carrying it alone is no longer sustainable. Finding the courage to keep going when they aren’t sure they can.
A year of coaching won’t remove the challenges in front of you. But it can change how you move through them.
And when you look back at the end of the year, you may realize that while the circumstances mattered, the bigger story was who you became because of them.
This is for you if…
- You’re in a season that’s asking something different from you — in how you show up, what you choose, and who you become inside of it.
- You’ve got something you’re working toward, or big changes you’re navigating (ones you’ve chosen or ones you’ve been handed).
- You’re in a stretch of time where it feels like everything is happening at once, and every conversation seems to begin with, “Well… it’s complicated.”
- You’re ready to look at the whole, unfiltered picture of work and life (not just the version other people see).
This is not for you if…
- You’re in a moment of acute crisis that needs immediate, in the room support from a mental health professional.
- You’re looking for someone to just tell you what to do.
- You want a strict system, a set of expectations, or someone to hold your feet to the fire.
What happens over the course of a year?
Many women arrive with a particular situation, issue, goal, or decision they want help navigating. But over time, something interesting happens…
The conversation expands (which is coaching speak for “we thought we were talking about work, and now somehow we’re talking about your relationship with rest”).
What started as a question about work becomes a conversation about boundaries. What started as a difficult decision becomes a conversation about identity. What started as uncertainty about what to do next becomes a deeper understanding of what matters most (and what you’re no longer willing to squeeze into the margins of your life).
Through coaching, you begin to notice patterns. The stories you tell yourself. The assumptions you’ve never questioned. The habits, beliefs, and ways of thinking that have been shaping your choices for years.
You start making decisions with greater confidence. Reacting less. Responding more.
And perhaps most importantly, you stop feeling like you’re carrying it all alone.
You begin to meet the challenges, opportunities, questions, and uncertainty of this season with greater awareness, courage, and wisdom than you would have otherwise.
That’s the power of a year.
H’s story
When H and I began working together, she was standing at a crossroads many accomplished leaders eventually reach.
The strategies, habits, and ways of operating that had helped her build an extraordinary career had gotten her this far. But they weren’t necessarily the things that would carry her into what came next.
So we got curious. About the assumptions shaping her decisions. About what she actually wanted this next chapter of life to look like. About the difference between the life she’d built and the life she wanted to build from here. And we built a clear, ambitious vision worth organizing her decisions around.
From there, it became about execution and presence. She adjusted her expectations of the people around her and raised her visibility on her terms. She led with the kind of passion that made others lean in.
The shift wasn’t in her capability, which was never in question; it was in how intentionally she directed it. Everything that followed flowed from that clarity.
The condo on the water. A return to sailing. Keynotes that established her as a sought after speaker. A new relationship. More travel. A life that felt expansive in ways she hadn’t allowed herself to imagine before.
None of it happened by accident. It happened because she got clear on what she wanted, gave herself permission to want it, and began making decisions that moved her toward it.
A full year of private coaching
Fifty two weeks of having a place to take what’s happening in your life, as it’s happening. Every Friday I’ll send you an email with questions designed to help you communicate what just happened, understand it more clearly, and decide how you want to move forward. So you’re not just reacting to your life; you’re responding thoughtfully and strategically.
The Chapter Recap
A quick look back. Tell me what happened. Over time, you’ll see all that you’ve actually accomplished and all that you’ve lived through (I bet it’s more than you give yourself credit for).
The Review
Insights, takeaways, lessons. What are you noticing about yourself? Your work? Your relationships? Your life?
Reclaim the Pen
This is where we turn reflection into direction. What will you do differently? What needs to change? What does support look like this week?
The Workshop
This is where we go deeper together. Bring something you want to be coached on — a question you’re sitting with, a decision you’re weighing, a pattern you’re noticing, or anywhere you’d like another mind on it. This is what I’ll respond to: a different perspective that helps you see something you couldn’t see before. Questions that shift how you’re thinking about it. A chance to make decisions you can live with and catch what’s been building before it turns into something you carry for weeks.
The Next Chapter Outline
Your priorities, commitments, and focus for the week ahead. So you become the author of your life instead of having it written for you.
Everything included in your year
- 52 weeks of private, email based transformational coaching — that allows you to notice patterns, move differently, and make decisions you can live with.
- A weekly email with guided reflection questions (plus something extra woven in) — so you move beyond what happened and begin to understand why it affected you the way it did, and what that means for how you want to live moving forward.
- Personalized coaching to the weekly response you send — because an outside perspective can help you see options you hadn’t considered before.
- The option to add live 1:1 coaching sessions — for those who want additional depth and nuance.
- A trusted relationship, built over the year — so you don’t have to translate your life into something simplified or acceptable; you can bring it exactly as it is, and be met there.
- Someone who knows your life in context — which means you’re not starting from the surface every time. You’re building on something, going deeper, and being understood without having to explain everything first.
S’s story
S stepped into her defining year not knowing what her next step was. But she was sure she wanted to explore it together.
She’d just come off one of the pinnacle moments of her career. It was the kind of achievement that makes you think, “If there was ever a moment to go out on a high note, this is it.” And yet, she couldn’t imagine retirement. She was still someone who liked to be in the middle of something meaningful.
But her husband was urging her to be home. And her doctor pointed to numbers he didn’t like.
S wanted a trusted space to reflect, think honestly about what she wanted, and integrate the full picture of her life.
We looked at identity — who she was without the role, the pace, the thing that had defined so much of her life. We looked at her husband and how they could spend more time together in a way that worked for both of them. We looked at the relationships and partnerships she’d built over her career and what it might look like to lean into those in a new way.
What we worked through together wasn’t simple; there were three different roads she was genuinely interested in, and one question changed everything for her…
What if it didn’t have to be just one?
But you don’t go from 100 to 0 without feeling it. There’s a pull back to old mindsets. Old behaviors. Old definitions of worth and productivity. A sort of contraction before you expand again. S ended up writing a book about it for other women standing at the same crossroads.
The hardest part isn’t always the change itself
It’s living inside the uncertainty.
Making decisions before you know how they’ll turn out. Trying to balance what you want with what other people need. Holding competing priorities that all feel important.
Knowing there isn’t a perfect answer. Just a series of choices you’ll have to make with incomplete information.
Some days you’ll feel certain. Other days, you’ll change your mind three times before lunch. You’ll have conversations that open new possibilities. And conversations that leave you more confused than when you started.
You’ll move forward. Then second guess yourself. Then move forward again. That’s normal. It’s what happens when you’re navigating a defining season.
And it’s exactly why coaching can be so powerful. Not because a coach has all the answers. But because they help you ask better questions. They help you see things you can’t see when you’re standing in the middle of them. They help you notice patterns, challenge assumptions, explore possibilities, and make sense of what you’re experiencing while you’re still living it.
You will know yourself better at the end of the year than you did at the beginning. Because defining seasons don’t just change our circumstances. They change us.
“Having Amanda’s questions land in my inbox every Friday became the steadiest part of a year that was anything but. I’d start typing certain I had nothing to say, and somewhere in the writing I’d find the thing I actually needed to decide.”
— Senior Director
Why I created this work
I didn’t create The Chaptered Year because I have all the answers. I created it because I’ve spent much of my life navigating seasons that didn’t come with a roadmap.
I’ve walked through a broken engagement. Fertility struggles. Being laid off. Cross country moves that required rebuilding from the ground up. Starting a business. Losing a parent. Parenting a neurodiverse child. Building a blended family. A high risk pregnancy. Seasons that asked hard questions and didn’t always offer immediate answers.
Some of those seasons were exciting. Some were heartbreaking. Most were both at the same time.
And through all of them, one thing made an enormous difference: I never had to navigate them alone.
I’ve had mentors, coaches, friends, colleagues, teachers, and family members who helped me see what I couldn’t see on my own. People who asked better questions, offered perspective when I needed it, challenged me when I was stuck, and reminded me who I was when life felt uncertain.
That’s what inspired this work. Because I’ve learned that defining seasons aren’t just about the decisions we make — they’re about who we become while we’re making them.
The women I work with are thoughtful, capable, accomplished people. They’re often carrying more than anyone realizes. A demanding career. Family responsibilities. Big decisions. Unexpected challenges. Dreams they haven’t given up on. Questions they’re still trying to answer.
The Chaptered Year is a place to look at the whole picture of their lives and be supported as they navigate what comes next.
A year is a long time
Long enough for life to surprise you. Delight you. Break your heart a little. Change your plans entirely. Long enough to plan a wedding and walk down the aisle. To start a new position at a different company and learn the culture. To realize that a parent needs more support at home and find solutions that even your siblings can get on board with. A year is long enough to advocate for an environment in which your child can thrive. For a dream to finally become real. Or for life to hand you something you never saw coming.
Whatever this year holds, The Chaptered Year gives you a place to meet it intentionally. A place to reflect, to think clearly, to bring the questions, decisions, emotions, and uncertainty that come with living a full life, and be met with the kind of coaching that turns “ahas” into action. For an entire year.
What you’ll receive
- 52 weeks of private, email based transformational coaching
- 52 personalized coaching responses
- The Leadership and Life Ledger
- Complete privacy and confidentiality
“I came in trying to solve one problem and left understanding the pattern underneath all of them. Amanda never told me what to do. She helped me hear what I already knew.”
— Founder
Frequently asked
How long should my reflections be?
However long feels right. Some weeks might be three sentences. Some weeks might be three pages. There’s no right length and nothing to perform. This isn’t a writing assignment. It’s a place to tell the truth about your life in whatever words you have that week.
What if I miss a week?
Life happens. You pick up where you left off. No penalty, no guilt, no catching up. This practice is meant to support your real life, not become one more thing you feel behind on.
What if I don’t know what to say?
That’s what the five questions are for. And if all you write is “I don’t even know what to say this week, but I didn’t want to skip it,” that’s enough. We start there.
Is this therapy?
No. I’m a certified coach and not a therapist. If you need clinical mental health support, therapy is the right container for that, and I’d encourage you to go there. The Chaptered Year is for women who are functioning and carrying a lot, who need a place to think, reflect, and make decisions with someone who understands complexity.
Will I know who else is in the program?
No. This is a private, 1:1 practice. You won’t interact with other participants. Many of the women in this space are carrying sensitive things, and privacy matters. This is just you and me.
Can I add 1:1 coaching sessions?
Yes. If something big comes up and you want deeper support, 1:1 sessions are available as an add on. Many women use these occasionally when they’re navigating a major decision or transition.
What if I need to cancel?
Life happens. If you need to leave The Chaptered Year before your year is complete, simply provide 60 days’ notice by email. If you’re on a payment plan, your payments will continue during the notice period and then stop. No refunds will be issued for payments already made, but you’ll continue to receive coaching and support through your notice period.
“It was the first time I could bring the whole picture — work, my mother’s illness, the move — to one person who held it with me. I made decisions this year I’m genuinely proud of.”
— Nonprofit Leader
Your Next Chapter
Your next chapter is happening right now
Whether you’re considering a major career move, navigating a health diagnosis, supporting an aging parent, rebuilding after a loss, exploring what’s next after decades of work, or finally pursuing something you’ve been putting off for years… this season is already underway.
The decisions you’re making. The conversations you’re avoiding. The tabs you’ve left open because you’ll “deal with them later.” The things you’re prioritizing. The things you’re postponing. The risks you’re taking. The opportunities you’re saying yes to. The boundaries you’re finally starting to set. They’re shaping what comes next.
You don’t need to have it all figured out. But you do deserve support while you’re figuring it out. A place to bring the questions that keep circling in your mind. The decisions that feel heavier than they look from the outside. The patterns, assumptions, and perspectives influencing what happens next.
A place to be challenged. Encouraged. Coached. To see things differently. Try new approaches. Make decisions you can live with. And move through this season with greater awareness, courage, and wisdom than you would have otherwise.
That’s what The Chaptered Year offers. A full year of transformational coaching for women navigating a defining season.
