“We no longer leap from motherhood straight into elderhood. There’s an entire expanse of feminine identity in between that is not fully understood … .” Dr. Judy Tsafrir, M.D.
Women are living longer than ever in history — and that means there’s a stage of life for us that didn’t exist for our grandmothers.
what do you want to DO and who do you want to BE during this new personal frontier?
Meriah Kruse helps women over 55 navigate this stage of Life, one of the most significant transitions you’ll ever make.
A TIME WHEN IT’S IN YOUR NATURE TO:
Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, contributed and learned
Shed the roles that no longer fit; remember who you are at the core
Tap into the reservoir ofstrength and resilience you’ve filled over a lifetime
Move forward with the life you actually want now, regardless of how you’ve lived thus far.
AFTER ALL, you’ve already lived a rich and full life.
You’ve accomplished and contributed in myriad ways.
You’ve raised your children or helped raise others, met the expectations of employers or your own enterprises, completed a thousand To-Do lists, advanced your cause, uplifted others, overcome obstacles, rolled with the punches, and painted the town.
You have celebrated, mourned, strategized, sat with quiet satisfaction, cried in disappointment, and marveled at the awesomeness of Life. You have more maturity, wisdom and self-knowledge than you’ve ever had before.
And, still, with all that in the rearview mirror, you’re looking at another expanse of time, all just waiting for you to step into.
That means you have decisions to make.
You’re curious about how good your life could actually be — now.You understand your time on Earth is not limitless — and you feel a strong urge to make the most of it.
But, this is different than anything you’ve experienced previously. You have questions that no-one has fully prepared you for.
Even the wisdom and experience you’ve gathered haven’t fully prepared you for this season of life.
Our culture offers women surprisingly few maps for navigating it.
And, let’s face it: You’ve changed.
You’re beyond putting up with conditions that haven’t served you, repeating personal narratives that no longer fit. Your interests and desires have evolved. Your body has morphed into something new.
It’s time to open to deeper insights about who you’re becoming, to discover and then embrace whatever you’re longing for without apology.
“What are the gifts inside of me that I’m ready to unleash? What am I here to become?
Claire Zammit, Unleashed/Evolving Wisdom
You deserve a guide who knows this territory from the inside.
I feel in good hands with Meriah Kruse.
Meriah has an incredible ability to listen and help sort through the complex layers of a newly emerging vision; layers that involve history, new directions, strategy... I feel in good hands with Meriah Kruse.”
Katie Bull, Kingston NY
Jazz Vocalist & Professor, Activist
MERIAH KRUSE has spent decades working with women at the intersection of body, mind, and spirit. She has worked with over 3,000 clients and students individually and in small groups — as a dance educator, massage therapist, bodyworker, and Feldenkrais practitioner; through retreat leadership and business coaching; and most recently as a Health & Wellness coach completing her formal certification. The Sovereign Renaissance Woman framework is her own, developed over years of study, practice, and paying close attention to how people change, thrive, and grow..
Meriah is an amazing leader in our community. She is able to get to the heart of the matter quickly. With her great insight and deep intuitive sense, she helped me get clarity and a better sense of direction…and celebrated with me in my success. Hiring Meriah was one of the best things I could have done...” Rev. Diane Vego, Lexington KY
There are several ways to begin, and they all start with a conversation..
Some questions clarify in a single conversation. Others unfold over weeks — with someone beside you who knows the territory, asks the right questions, and helps you stay in motion when the momentum naturally dips.
Coaching with Meriah is a sustained thinking partnership — warm, rigorous, and built entirely around you. Not a program you fit yourself into, but a process that fits itself to your desires, your history, your habits, and wherever you are right now.
“What we repeatedly choose to think and attend to physically changes the brain.” Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
The stories you tell yourself about yourself may be the most powerful stories of all.
Most of us are running on narratives we didn’t consciously choose — inherited, accumulated, outdated. Story Affirmations are brief, personal narratives written specifically about you, with you, and for you, capturing who you are becoming and what you know to be true about yourself.
Return to them often. This done-for-you affirmative story is a powerful counter to those habitual stories that sell you short — and a daily reminder of what you’re actually made of.
Make Room for a PERSONAL RENAISSANCE mini-RETREAT…
or Register for the next Group Retreat
A retreat is not an escape. It is a return — to yourself, to your own priorities, to the questions that matter most and rarely get the unhurried attention they deserve.
Meriah offers half-day retreats for individual women — Personal Renaissance Mini-Retreats — custom-designed specifically with you in mind.You’ll leave with something real — not just inspiration, but a next step that belongs to you.
An annual small group in-person retreat in January — FRESH START — helps you welcome the New Year — immersive, unhurried, and grounded in body, mind, and spirit. Infused with movement, meditation, your choice of journaling and art-making, all at an unhurried pace. In good company, but with plenty of time to yourself.
Fresh Start, led by Meriah, was a refreshing way to greet the new year. Thoughtful content to unite mind, body & spirit and to unite the group in sisterhood.” — Donna Pizzuto, Lexington
Well, I thought the program itself was excellent; the design of the program, exceptional, very engaging…If someone that I knew was looking for a program of this nature, I would highly recommend it. Denise Brown, Lexington KY
