WHAT IS MIDLIFE WISDOM SCHOOL?
A living lab for midlife leaders, entrepreneurs, changemakers, and creatives who are not done yet.
Midlife Wisdom School is where you come when the old map no longer fits. A place to rethink how you live and work in your second adulthood — with more calm, more capacity, and more adventure.
This isn’t about tweaking the edges.
It’s a decision to live the rest of your life awake, not on autopilot.
A HOME FOR PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO FADE OUT QUIETLY
Midlife Wisdom School is a home for people who feel the quiet tug:
“There’s more in me than my current life is asking for.” Instead of treating midlife like a slow fade, we treat it as your launch window — a time to reimagine how you work, earn, contribute, and actually live… with the wisdom you’ve already earned.
Your lived experience isn’t something to move on from.
It’s the foundation you get to build your next chapter on.
WHAT WE HELP YOU DO
At Midlife Wisdom School, we help you:
- Clarify the next chapter you actually want — in life, work, income, and impact.
- Experiment with new ways of working — micro-enterprises, portfolio careers, advisory roles, creative projects.
- Build capacity, not just resilience — so your nervous system can hold the life you’re creating.
WHY MIDLIFE, WHY NOW?
Midlife has quietly become one of the longest stages of life — but we don’t have a shared roadmap for it.
With longer lives, we need our money to last longer — and disposable income for longer, too. Micro-enterprise can be one practical bridge to healthy financial wellbeing as the world of work (hello AI) keeps shifting.
We’re the first generation likely to have multiple careers, businesses, and income streams in our second adulthood. The old “climb, then retire” story doesn’t fit anymore.
WHO BELONGS HERE?
You’ll feel at home here if:
- On paper, you’re successful — but inside, you feel restless, like your life is playing too small for you now.
- You’ve outgrown the old story of who you are and what you do, but don’t yet see the new one clearly.
- You’re curious about new ways of working that honor both your wisdom and your wellbeing.
- You’re ready to lead from calm, not constant strain.
If you’re nodding along, Midlife Wisdom School was designed with you in mind.
HOW YOU CAN TRAVEL WITH US
We offer two simple ways to begin:
Calm Capacity Quiz
A quick, light way to see how your nervous system responds when life piles on, and what kind of support will actually help you expand your capacity.
What Happens to Your Calm When Life Gets Messy?Reinvention Accelerator
A live, 60-minute working session for midlife leaders, entrepreneurs, changemakers, and creatives who are ready to treat this chapter as a serious next move — not a slow fade.
Explore the Reinvention AcceleratorREINVENTION LAB
A deeper guided experience for designing your next chapter with structure, support, and follow-through.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
I’m Elizabeth Harrington — founder of Midlife Wisdom School, and a fellow midlife explorer.
If you want the longer story (and why micro-enterprise has been a throughline for me), you’ll find it here.
