Courses and Community for Women Navigating Midlife Transitions
The place where high-achieving women come to find clarity, community, and their next chapter.
You've built a remarkable life. Now something quieter is calling.
For accomplished women, midlife is rarely a blank slate. It’s a crowded one: meaningful work, hard-earned success, family responsibilities, leadership roles, and ample opportunities. This is where you pause, sort through the noise, and listen for what is quietly asking to come next.
Hi, I’m Kerry Ann – I’ve lived the kind of midlife transition I now guide other women through.
After fifteen years as a professor, I built a company I loved. Then I found myself asking questions achievement could no longer answer — about identity, desire, purpose, and what wanted to come next. The Center for Midlife Success grew from that inquiry.
Find your next chapter
Find your next chapter
Find the right place to begin.
The Clarity Retreat
A self-paced course to help you reflect on where you’ve been, clarify what you want, and create a holistic vision for what comes next.
Best for: Beginning with spacious, private reflection.
Annual Membership
A year-long community for bringing your clarity to life — with seasonal reflection, guided practices, meaningful connections, and gentle accountability.
Best for: Living into your vision with structure and companionship.
Your Next Chapter
An eight-week course that takes you below the surface of your midlife questions — into identity, inner wisdom, and the unlived parts of yourself.
Best for: Deep transformation when another goal or achievement is no longer the answer.
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“A course that reframes midlife from being about crisis to being about reinvention.”
“Kerry Ann could teach a sand art class and we’d all sign up just for the amazing teaching! Your Next Chapter is a course that reframes midlife from being about crisis to being about reinvention, embraces aging, has activities rooted in soul-work and attracts great people to learn from and with.”
Madeline Perez De Jesus, PhD Professor
Hartford, Connecticut, USA -
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"Inspiration often comes from bearing witness."
"My biggest surprise [in the Clarity Retreat] is that my peak experiences mostly involved bearing witness to something beautiful - in nature or made by a human or many humans. It is easy for me to deny myself those opportunities, telling myself I am. behind on X, must work on Y, need to focus on ideas for Z. But then I forget that inspiration often comes from bearing witness. I hope to set myself free to witness a little more next year."
Lizzy Goldsmith, MD, PhD, Researcher
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA -
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"That these exercises got to something even deeper and more foundational is mind-blowing. "
“The Next Chapter course helped me get to my sub-basement. The place of deeper issues and deeper truth. I am already an introspection wizard, so the fact that these exercises got below my normal level of emotional depth to something even deeper and more foundational is mind-blowing. I wasn't expecting it.”
Kiana Cox, PhD, Senior Research Manager
Washington, DC, USA
You’re ready for this if:
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Your life is full — but noisy.
You have meaningful work, real responsibilities, and opportunities that keep arriving. But beneath all that motion, you’re trying to hear what matters now.
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You’re ready for discernment.
You don’t need another goal, plan, or achievement. You need space to sort through what is calling, what is complete, and what deserves your attention.
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You want depth and company.
You’re willing to slow down, ask better questions, and do honest work alongside thoughtful women navigating their own midlife transitions.
Dear Kerry Ann
Honest answers to the questions accomplished women are privately asking.
Find the right starting point.
Whether you’re seeking clarity, community, or deeper transformation, there is a place for you to begin. Explore our courses, membership, and coaching pathway designed for your midlife transition.