I’ve Walked This Path — Now I’m Here for You
Reflection holds a special place in my life, not the kind that spirals into regret, but the kind that allows me to look at my journey with honest eyes and realize how far I’ve come. Recently, I sat with my journal and wrote, “I didn’t reinvent myself overnight. I rewrote my story one brave sentence at a time.” And I meant every word.
My reinvention didn’t begin with a grand announcement or a dramatic pivot. It started in quiet moments. It began with the decision to return to school after decades, the vulnerability to admit, “I’m not okay,” during a challenging work season, and the discipline to wake up early and finish an assignment before a full day of leadership. These weren’t glamorous moments, but they were transformative.
We often wait for external validation to celebrate our growth, a degree, a promotion, a title. But real growth often blossoms underground, unnoticed by the world. The afterglow of reinvention isn’t always a spotlight. Sometimes, it’s just a deeper breath, a steadier heart, and a feeling of finally being at home in my own skin.
I used to believe that success required loudness. Now, I realize that some of the most meaningful milestones don’t come with applause. They come with peace. They come with a moment when I realize I no longer flinch at my own reflection. They come with the ability to stand in my truth, quietly proud of how far I’ve come.
Reinvention doesn’t mean becoming someone new. It means returning to who I was all along, but with more courage, more wisdom, and a better pair of shoes. I’ve learned that it’s okay if no one else notices my transformation, as long as I do. That’s where the afterglow truly resides.
So, here I am, not at the finish line, but further than I was. I’m still growing, still learning, still showing up. And I’m deeply grateful that I chose to rewrite instead of retreat. That’s my afterglow, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Your story isn’t yet complete. Keep rewriting it with courage and purpose. Let the afterglow remind you of your progress. Keep leading anew.
Meet Your Midlife (Second Season) Guide
Nurse | Healthcare Leader | Mentor | Certified and Insured Insight Coach Practitioner | Certified in Skills for Psychological Recovery | Author | Publisher | Recovering Overthinker
Kimberly Weisner, LPN, BS Emergency Management, AAS
🎓Credentials & Background
Licensed nurse with over 28 years of experience in healthcare.
Bachelor of Science in Emergency & Disaster Management, summa cum laude graduate December 2025, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
A.A.S. Associate in Arts and Sciences, Central Piedmont Community College, August 2025, Charlotte, NC.
M.H.S. Candidate, January 2026, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
Author of Lead Anew: Insights and Growth, a weekly newsletter about leadership in your second season.
Certified and Insured Insight Coach Practitioner – Insight Coaching Community.
Member of ICF (International Coaching Federation) Professional Coaches.
Certified in Skills for Psychological Recovery – National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
Insured Practioner through Alternative Balance
Author of Lead Anew: Lessons from My Second Season, Coming June 2026.
Mentor in women’s leadership, and second-season life design.
Seasoned coach and leader with over two decades of experience in team development, performance growth, and guiding individuals through change.
Two decades of helping individuals and teams navigate transition, burnout, reinvention, and renewed growth.
What is “Your Second Season?”
Your Second Season is the chapter of midlife where you stop trying to become who you once thought you had to be and start honoring who you have already become.
It is not a restart. It is a return.
A return to yourself, carrying wisdom instead of urgency, discernment instead of proving, and depth instead of speed.
Your Second Season often arrives after a turning point. A loss, a layoff, burnout, a health scare, an empty nest, a quiet unraveling, or a moment when the life you built no longer fits the woman standing inside it. You realize you are capable, experienced, and accomplished, yet something inside you is asking for more alignment, more truth, and more space to breathe.
In this season, success is redefined. It looks less like climbing and more like choosing. Less like performing and more like leading with presence. You stop chasing validation and start trusting your own voice. You protect your energy. You make peace with your past without being held hostage by it.
Your Second Season is where soft strength replaces survival mode. Where boundaries become an act of self respect. Where rest is no longer something you earn but something you honor. Where leadership becomes steadier, wiser, and rooted in who you are, not who you are trying to impress.
It is the season of releasing what no longer serves you, rebuilding what truly matters, rediscovering your voice, and rising with intention.
Not the plan you started with.
Still the path that belongs to you.
Here’s where the work starts!
The Midlife Reset for Women: Rebuilding Life After Burnout, Loss, or Change
Midlife doesn’t ask the same thing of every woman.
For some, it’s a career that no longer fits.
For others, a marriage that feels different.
A loss that reshaped everything.
A body that asks for more care.
Dreams postponed. Choices honored. Lives that look full and still feel unsettled.
What they share is quieter.
A sense that something has shifted.
A "realization" that the old ways of holding it all together no longer work.
The Midlife Reset is for women standing in that in-between space. Not broken. Not lost. Just ready to feel like themselves again.
This course is a steady place to land when life feels uncertain. You get space to think things through, without pressure or rushing, and support that doesn’t expect anything from you.
No fixing.
No rushing.
No deadlines.
No pretending.
A steady place to pause, reconnect, and begin again in your own time, with space for joy to find its way back.
If midlife has asked you to listen more closely to yourself,
this is where you start.
✨ The Midlife Reset: Rebuilding Life After Burnout, Loss or Change
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Lead Anew: Insights & Growth
Hello friends, I’m excited to share my brand-new weekly newsletter. If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s too late to pivot, evolve, or become the leader you were always meant to be, let me assure you, it is not. The journey may look different in this season, but it’s still meaningful. In fact, it might be even more meaningful!
Here’s to second acts, bold steps, and the courage to begin again. Stay tuned, and thank you for leading anew, right alongside me.
Look out for the next newsletter edition—dropping every Sunday!
