Integrative Health and Relationship Coaching for Women 35+
I help women over 35 trust themselves deeply and navigate life transitions with embodied wisdom.
Are you navigating major life changes while feeling disconnected from yourself?
Whether you’re experiencing perimenopause, going through divorce, career transitions, empty nest syndrome, or other significant life shifts, this phase of life often brings both challenges and profound opportunities for growth.
If you’re feeling unheard, overwhelmed, or like you’re still putting everyone else’s needs first during this pivotal time, you’re not alone. You deserve support that honors both your unique experience and your journey toward authentic empowerment through deep connection and embodied wisdom.
What You Will Gain
Embodied Self-Trust
Through our work together, you’ll develop deep confidence in your own knowing- learning to trust your body’s signals, your emotional responses, and your inner wisdom, even when the world tells you otherwise.
Relational Empowerment
Practice communicating your needs, setting boundaries, and advocating for yourself through real-time experiences in our sessions. These skills naturally translate to every relationship- from healthcare providers to intimate partners to family dynamics.
Deep Connection Skills
Move beyond surface-level interactions to create relationships that truly nourish you. We’ll practice vulnerability, empathy, and authentic communication in the safety of our therapeutic relationship.
Navigating Life Transitions
Learn to move through major changes- whether physical, relational, or professional- by tuning into your body’s wisdom and developing tools for regulation through embodied practices.
Shame Resilience
Transform the shame and self-criticism that often accompany midlife transitions into self-compassion and acceptance. Experience what it feels like to be fully seen and accepted, exactly as you are.
How We Work Together
Experiential & Relational
We don’t just talk about your challenges- we feel into them together. Every skill is practiced in real-time through our connection, making change feel embodied and lasting rather than intellectual.
Safety-First Approach
We create a container of safety where you can explore difficult emotions and experiences, develop the capacity to stay present with yourself even when things feel overwhelming.
Embodied Learning
Rather than homework and strategies to try later, we practice tools together in the moment- breathing techniques, boundary-setting, emotional expression- so they become part of your lived experience.
Shame-Free Zone
Bring all parts of yourself without judgement. Your anger, grief, confusion, and joy are all welcome here as we work together to de-shame the midlife experience.
Celebration
After decades of shrinking yourself, acknowledging your strengths and accomplishments can feel foreign or uncomfortable. We practice celebrating both big wins and small moments of growth, helping you develop genuine appreciation for who you are and who you’re becoming.
Real-World Integration
The relational skills you develop with me naturally transform how you show up everywhere- in healthcare settings, intimate relationships, work environments, and most importantly, with yourself.
You’re navigating significant life transitions (perimenopause, divorce, career changes, empty nest, loss, etc.)
This Is For You If…
You want to transform this transition through connection and embodied practices rather than just coping strategies
You feel unheard or dismissed and want to develop unshakeable self-advocacy skills
You’re ready to practice vulnerability and authenticity in a safe, supportive relationship
You’re tired of putting everyone else’s needs before your own
You believe that healing happens through relationship, not isolation
Ready to reclaim your power through connection?
Let’s transform this challenging transition into a journey of deep self-discovery and empowerment. Through our relational work together, you’ll develop the inner trust and outer skills to navigate not just midlife changes, but every area of your life with confidence and authenticity.
Your body’s wisdom matters. Your emotional experience is valid. And you deserve relationships- including the one with yourself- that truly see and support you.
Sessions available in-person in NE Minneapolis or virtually via Zoom.
Meet Leah Martinson
I’m a Somatica trained coach with degrees in Psychology and Integrative Health Coaching, but my real credentials are the years I spent navigating my own messy transitions. I’ve walked this path myself from chronic people-pleasing to authentic living, through divorce as a single mother, and early perimenopause when my body felt like a complete stranger. I know what it’s like to feel dismissed by medical providers, to question your own reality, and to rebuild your life with intention while learning to trust your inner wisdom.
What makes my approach unique is that we don’t just talk about your challenges, we practice new ways of being together in real time. Through our relationship, you’ll experience what it feels like to be truly seen, to communicate vulnerably, and to trust your own knowing. The women I work with describe feeling like they’ve finally come home to themselves. They stop apologizing for taking up space, start having conversations they never thought possible, and learn the difference between keeping the peace and creating relationships that actually nourish them. When you finally stop abandoning yourself to keep everyone else comfortable, everything changes.