1-on-1 midlife coaching:
When you know you'll need more than a single conversation
Spark Sessions are perfect for one specific question. But some things take longer to work through.
1-on-1 coaching is for the bigger questions. Some keep coming back again and again, others touch multiple areas of your life at once. Finding answers to them or coming up with a plan requires more time and structure.
What we work on
Each person’s life will throw up different challenges, so there’s no standard list of questions that midlifers face. In my own practice, I’ve heard many stories, and no two are the same.
A few examples of the questions people bring to 1-on-1 coaching:
- I’m not happy in my job. It doesn’t feel like me anymore. What should I do now?
- I want to change direction, but I don’t know towards what.
- Everything that used to feel important now seems trivial. What’s going on?
- My new partner wants us to move in together, but I have my kids to consider. How do I slow things down without losing him?
- I keep thinking I have little to show for my life. I want to make an impact and be remembered. How do I go about that?
- I want to make some big changes, and I need someone to help me think them through properly, step by step, so I don’t miss anything.
- Can you help me reach a goal? I’ve tried several times, but I lack the motivation and discipline to do it on my own.
- Since my divorce last year, it feels like I don’t know who I am anymore. Can you help me find myself back?
These aren’t questions you solve in an afternoon. They need time, structure and someone who asks the right questions.
Before you make changes to your life, get clear on what’s actually happening in work and across life.
This workbook is an audit of your life as it is today.
Across 40+ pages, you’ll look at the areas that shape your day-to-day life, from health and finances to work, relationships, and direction.
It’s a structured way to spot patterns, gaps and tensions you might not have seen before.
Ideal if you can’t put your finger on what it is exactly that feels off in life or at work.
How 1-on-1 coaching works
We meet for 90 minutes at a time, either online or in person in Leuven.
I don’t work with single sessions, but over a longer period of time. It’s a more committed way of working, because you don’t just dip in and out. The challenges midlifers are dealing with need proper context, guidance and follow-up. That takes time and space.
We work together over six sessions, usually spread across two to three months. By the end of that, we’ll know whether you need more or whether you’ve got what you came for.
Between sessions you’ll have something concrete to work on. Because the real change happens in between the sessions, not during.
There’s no fixed approach or discussion flow. We work with what you bring.
Is 1:1 midlife coaching right for you?
1-on-1 coaching in midlife work best for people who are ready to look honestly at where they are today and do something about it.
If you recognise yourself in the questions on this page or elsewhere on the website, coaching can help you actively work on them instead of letting them sit in the background.
If you’re not sure whether to start with a Spark Session or go straight into coaching, book a free intake call. By the end of it we’ll both know.