Welcome to Women Emerging
Programs for Women during their Midlife Transitions
With the right support you can emerge through these transitions into the life you truly desire.
Welcome to Women Emerging!
Embrace the Journey. Ignite your potential.Empower yourself, embrace your worth, and cultivate a renewed sense of purpose. Together, we can navigate midlife's challenges and unlock the extraordinary potential that lies within you. Don't wait any longer. Its time to step into your power and embrace your midlife emergence! Join us today.
Welcome to Women Emerging, a sanctuary crafted for women navigating the beautiful complexities of midlife transitions. Founded on the belief that every woman deserves to flourish during this transformative period. Our platform offers a supportive community, expert resources, and a wealth of inspiration to empower you on your unique journey.
We're on a mission to redefine the narrative around midlife. Midlife Is not something you ‘get through’ but an opportunity for self-discovery, growth, and renewed vitality. Our goal is to create a space where you can connect, learn, and emerge into the best version of yourself.
We focus on the transformative potential of menopause and midlife transition.
Many areas of women’s lives are affected by the transitions of midlife, including:
- Hormonal changes.
- Identity and social status.
- Body image.
- Career.
- Relationships.
- Family dynamics and caregiving responsibilities.
- Finances.
Understanding and driving these transitions gives you a sense of agency in a process that has the potential to be disruptive, and at times overwhelming. We support you to become more visible and authentically express your emerging self.
We're here to help you:
- Own your power in every aspect of your life.
- Feel the love and support you deserve, both in our sessions and beyond.
- Get excited about the next chapter.
- Bid farewell to that pesky negative self-talk.
- Embrace confidence and clarity in crafting your dream life.
- Spark your creativity back to life.
- Amp up all your relationships.
- Dance to the beat of your own drum.
- Level up your money game.
- Set boundaries like a boss.
- Cultivate a mindset that screams "thriving mode: ON"!
Midlife might throw some curveballs, but with our team by your side, it's a gateway to epic transformation. Join women emerging programs for a journey deep into yoursoul, where mindfulness meets your every twist and turn with a warm hug. We're all about rewriting your reactive script into one where you're the star, calling the shots with power and grace.
Our mission? To help you bloom personally and watch that magic ripple into your professional arena too.
Let's rock this midlife masterpiece together!
Our Current Offerings
Our approach is focused on guiding your growth and unlocking your full potential. We see midlife as a critical phase for change, and we're here to support you through it. Our programs provide a customised mix of methods designed for women in midlife like you. We are here to help you navigate these changes and transition into the life you want.
Here are the current options for women going through their midlife journey. All of the following programs are offered in person in Castlemaine, Central Victoria or online via zoom.
Emergence level 1 - Facilitation Program includes:
1 x 30 minute complimentary discovery session to discuss theareas you would like to explore. This is a good opportunity to discover if this
is the right program for you and your emergence facilitator is the right fit
for you.6 x 90 minute sessions focussed completely on your individual needs.
Session 1 – Using a guided technique, you will be supported to seta clear intention to create a map for future sessions.
Session 2 – We enter the exploration together utilising the Women Emerging tools and techniques. You start to explore some of your old patterns and survival strategies that keep you stuck in behaviours that no longer serve you.
Session 3 – Further exploration and a check in on how you are travelling in relation to your intention.
Session 4 – Dive deeper into what has emerged so far.
Session 5 – Start to consolidate your learning. You are building your window of tolerance for challenging feelings and learning about mindfulself-compassion.
Session 6 – Review and celebrate where you have emerged to at this stage.
At this point you may decide totake some time to integrate your experience or move directly into Emergence 2.
If you are fully participating and open to Emergence you will:
- Be feeling clearer.
- You will have experienced your intention in action.
- You will have expereinced and learned a range of tools and techniques that are personal to you and your life situation.
- You will have developed a mindfulness practice
- You will be able to access the wisdom of your own body
- You will have made the decision you sought clarity around
You will be feeling more empowered and resourced to take the steps required for your own emergence.
Emergence level 2 - Facilitation program includes:
Emergence 2 is a deep dive straight into your exploration as your relationship with your facilitator is solid, you feel totally safe, and the level of trust is through the roof. You have enhanced your capability to endure difficult emotions, while boosting your self-compassion and curiosity. These qualities are vital to support your ongoing exploration in Emergence 2.
6 x 90 min sessions focussed completely on what has emerged through your journey via Emergence 1. You will be going deeper, and you will beexploring more of the patterns that keep you stuck.
Session 1: Using a guided technique, you will be supported toset a clear intention around a particular theme or themes that have emergedduring Emergence 1.
The following 4 sessions will completely be tailored around your intention and will follow the same format as level 2, however you will be experiencing what you are exploring at a whole new level. You may find new things emerge through the process that surprise you.
Be prepared to be surprised.
Soothing The Savage Self - Transforming Your Negative Self Talk into Loving Courage
Women Emerging is offering a 60 minute Masterclass: "Soothing The Savage Self - Transforming your Negative Self Talk Into Loving Courage". A masterclass in reclaiming your inner voice. April 19 &20 11am AEST. You can learn more and sign up here
Meet Fran Woodruff - Founder of Women Emerging
Hi and Welcome!! I'm delighted that you're visiting Women Emerging. In my own 30-year therapeutic journey, I have learned the importance of trust, safety, and reliability in guiding others. I’m a trained Coach, Holistic Counsellor,Facilitator, and Family Constellation Facilitator with a passion for helping women in their mid-life to tap into their own inner wisdom. Perhaps you're seeking comfort in knowing that you'll be heard and understood without judgement. I get it. You're taking the time to focus on yourself, to understand your challenges and to create a fulfilling life. You deserve a trustworthy, empathetic, and caring guide to support you on your journey, and we at Women Emerging believe that your Emergence is possible with the right support.I founded Women Emerging with the aim of fostering compassionate and empathetic environments that promote openness and curiosity where women in their mid life can find the expert support they need to traverse the transitions of midlife and emerge empowered into the life you truly desire.
Through our mindfulness, trauma-informed, and body-centred
techniques, we will collaborate to ensure your comfort and safety as we delve into your past and present experiences. Our primary focus is to assist you in cultivating a secure inner space that you can depend on, especially in times of uncertainty
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Name *Email *Phone *Women Emerging Facilitators
Women Emerging Facilitators understand the unique challenges womenface during midlife, such as navigating career shifts, rediscovering identity,managing relationships, coping with empty nest syndrome, and embracing aging with grace and vitality. Through our holistic and integrative approach, we provide a safe and nurturing space for you to explore, thrive and grow.
What’s different about Women Emerging Facilitators?
What we do is not talk therapy (although we will talk). Through the technique of mindfulness, we help you to access your bodily wisdom. You can never solve problems with your mind only. Through mindfulness techniques we have developed over thirty years, we help you to access your bodily wisdom. You can never solve problems with your mind alone. All the wisdom you need to gain access to is in your body.
Women Emerging Facilitators are dedicated to:
- Offering you undivided attention.
- Guiding you through life transitions.
- Offering clarity and aiding in breaking old habits.
- Utilising the most effective tools and methods for each circumstance.
- Assisting you in tapping into your inner wisdom and finding your own answers through the wisdom of your own body.
We are presently certified as facilitators, coaches, holistic counsellors, somatic experiencing therapists, psychotherapists, and are broadening our range of programs and techniques with the addition of new Emergence Facilitators.
All of your experiences are stored within you. From happiness to sadness, anger to joy, the wisdom of your body holds the answers you seek. Let's work together to uncover this wisdom through mindfulness and following your body's lead.
"We help you discover your inner voice. Through our unique blend of techniques developed over 30 years, we empower you to unleash your true potential and live the life you deserve".
What our clients are saying
"I joined the Emergence Facilitation program with Fran for some guidance. I liked the look of her. But the thing that I particularly liked was her passion for supporting women traversing their mid-life. I wanted a warm, kind and wise soul to hold my hand and walk with me through the places that I needed to explore so I could move with a bit more confidence into the next phase of my life. I didn’t want to be someone who’s prime years had passed. Instead I wanted the feeling of being a midlife woman stepping into her power. Wouldn’t anyone?!
There’d also been a recent period where both my body and mind had decided that they didn’t like the status quo and wouldn’t be co-operating any longer. A time when powering on through was definitely not an option. And I’d had to learn a new operating system. The old one was shot. But learning to go easy on yourself, to be as gentle and kind as you would with a dear friend, can go against a lifetime of conditioning. We can be very harsh on ourselves and it takes a skilful guide to help us remedy that.
So, I asked quite a bit of Fran. We went to many places and covered a whole lot of ground in our time together. But I also rested very deeply with her. I felt both nourished and nurtured. And safe, and alive to all the many possibilities. And more in tune with myself and where I want to go than I have been in a long time. So I do recommend her to you. Go and see her, she will look after you."
Jodie H
"I first started working with Fran when I was feeling deeply dissatisfied with my career. I felt overwhelmed by the prospect of change even though I was clearly miserable with my situation. I remember the first thing I said to Fran was that I was, "lost in my life". I was looking for a bit of career coaching and didn't realize that she was about to change my whole life. Working with Fran was transformational! The work was definitely confronting but resulted in powerful, rapid change. I'm a typical Type A personality and was dubious about the effectiveness of coaching for a person like me. Fran is intelligent and highly skilled. She gently but firmly pushed me to challenge myself when I began to engage in automatic, negative thinking patterns. Within a few sessions I was thinking differently and able to see a clear action plan for the future in my career. What I wasn't expecting from this experience was the flow-on to my personal life. Every aspect of my life has been enriched by the changes I have made. 12 months on from my coaching sessions, I have been promoted to my dream job, started my own business and my personal life is blossoming. I feel incredibly grateful to Fran for teaching me the skills I needed to create the wonderful life I'm living right now. I will have no hesitation in turning to her again when I need a little 'thought tune-up'. I really do miss our chats!"
Sarah
"Sometimes we get caught up in our heads, trying to work things out, turning things over and over in our mind and going nowhere. Issues from the past come up that we think we should have sorted long ago. We think we have things worked out to some degree but then our bodies tell us otherwise. There is pain trapped inside. This is where Fran can help you. Using compassionate enquiry Fran assists you to tune in to what is needed in the present moment to bring healing and wholeness. Fran is well practiced in present moment awareness and recognises the wisdom of the soul. She will sit with you kindly and attentively and help you listen to your inner world. I have found that Fran is someone you can feel safe with as you do the inner work of soul care that you need".
Susanne
Please note: Women Emerging cancellation policy is as follows:
All cancellations prior to 48 hours will not be invoiced.
Cancellations after 48 hours of your appointment time will be charged at full rate. If you are ill on the day and cannot make your appointment you will be charged at 50% of your session rate.
