Meredith - The Midlife Coach

In the U.S., we like "Happily Ever After" stories. The heroine is faced with a problem, she solves the problem, she vanquishes the villain, she learns a bit about herself along the way, and the story ends there, with everything tied into a neat little bow.

It makes for a lovely story.

It also can create false expectations about life, if that becomes your belief system.

🎀 You might feel like it's your fault when your life doesn't stay tied in a neat little bow.

I remember a Russian movie that almost ended with a happy ending, and then the little girl protagonist was run over and left to die in the end. Very different message, and one that wouldn't have been allowed in the U.S. except maybe in a horror movie that was planning a sequel.

It makes for a terrible story, and one that also can create false expectations about life (nothing good can last), if that becomes your belief system.

Life is life. Sometimes, good and wonderful things happen. Sometimes, terrible things happen. In either situation, it's good to have people around you who love you and support you. In the good times, they will share the good with you. In the bad times, they will lift you up.

If you're in a bad time -
💸 you lost your job,
😠🤬 you hate your job,
💔 you're going through a break up or a divorce,
Message me or drop an emoji below. 👇

Using coaching and hypnotherapy, I can help you to feel
🙂 happier
💖 loved and
☮️ relaxed.

You'll know at a cellular level that everything will be OK in the end, and you are held in love in the meantime.

It's the perfect thing when you are in the messy middle of something or at the messy end of something.

Let's get you to 🙂💖☮️ again!

I have 2 spots open. Message me or drop an emoji below! 👇

Who needs some support 💖, some cheerleading 🥳, and maybe some accountability ✅?

I have 3 spots open for coaching and hypnotherapy.

If your Love Language is Words of Affirmation 😘

But you say terrible things to yourself 🤬

Then you will probably LOVE hypnotherapy with me

As we will retrain your brain to say loving, kind things to you. 😘

So, what do you say?

Can you imagine a day where you didn't say anything negative to yourself at all?

3 spots open. Drop a 💖 below or send me a message and let's get started.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to experience hypnotherapy from me, but you

🤔 didn't know what it would be like
🤔 didn't know if it could really help and
🤔 didn't know if I'd be a good fit for you?

I've got you covered!

I help people struggling with
💖 relationships
💔 broken hearts
💪 empowerment (moving past perfectionism, procrastination, and so much more)
🥳 leading a joyful life
🤔 figuring out what to do in times of transitions.

And now, so that you can experience how hypnotherapy can help with all of that, I set up a webpage just for you! 💖

Just write FREEBIE below or message me FREEBIE!

On the webpage,
✅ You can watch the video to learn a bit more about me (or just scroll on by).
✅ Then, you make yourself comfy at home, shut out any distractions, and get your virtually recorded taster session of hypnotherapy.

It's HeartHealing TM, created by Natasha Bray, and it's the same hypnotherapy that I have received and that I credit with helping me to heal and become the woman I am today.

And I started on that path just like you will be - with a pre-recorded taster session that made me know instantly that I wanted more.

So, grab your taster hypnotherapy session by writing FREEBIE below or messaging me FREEBIE!

When you're done with your taster session, and you want to do a deeper dive to uplevel even more (not sure about those mixed metaphors, but I'm going with it), then you can sign up to work with me. I have 6 spots open at the current rate! 🙂

And if you already know you want to work with me, then message me or write below LET'S GET STARTED!

I have 6 spots open at the current rate. 💖

I am so proud to be a part of tomorrow's panel talking about overcoming anger after you've been hurt. 💔

Come join us! Details below. 👇👇

Loving the skin we’re in is easier said than done. Everyday we struggle with comparisonitis, feeling not good enough, external messaging about our bodies & status, and societal expectations.

If you can relate to feeling uncomfortable and lost in your own skin, I invite you to join me and 15+ other women for a 5-Day transformative experience!

The Love the Skin You’re In: Women’s Empowerment Series features experts from across the globe who will share their stories, struggles and breakthroughs while dispelling popular myths and beliefs that society has created around loving the skin you're in.

An empowered, inspired woman is capable of anything, including letting go of society's pressures to be something we are not!

Give yourself the gift of self-love, acceptance and confidence by joining this FREE Empowerment Series from Feb.9th to the 13th. You won’t want to miss out!

I have a FREE gift for those who watch my interview. Check it out!

https://ltsyi.balancedmidlife.com/meredithrichardson

Join me February 9th to the 13th for the Love the Skin You’re In: Women’s Empowerment Series. Come enjoy 5 days of learning, celebrating and taking action to love the skin you’re in. Let’s celebrate ourselves and come together for a transformative experience that we all deserve!

Get your FREE ticket here: https://ltsyi.balancedmidlife.com/meredithrichardson

I do divorce coaching now.

I spent 2 decades helping people to divorce through the court systems of Massachusetts, NH, and Maine, first as an attorney, then as a mediator, conflict coach, and parenting coordinator.

Now, I use hypnotherapy to help people with the stress of divorce and coaching to help with the strategy.

How are you going to have the best divorce possible and the best life afterwards? I can help with that.

Message me or drop a 💔 below for more info. I have a couple of spots open.

I’m thrilled to announce that I will be part of the Love the Skin You’re In: Women’s Free Empowerment Series, hosted by Sherry Jibb! From February 9th to the 13th, over 15 industry experts in various fields across the world come together to educate, inspire and create change for women who want to learn to love and accept themselves exactly as they are. Experts in skin care, body image, body acceptance, weight release, relationships with yourself and others plus so much more. If you want to learn how to feel comfortable, confident and happy in your own skin, then you don’t want to miss this Empowerment Series!

Reserve your FREE spot here: https://ltsyi.balancedmidlife.com/meredithrichardson

Very grateful to have presented at the Tillamook Rotary Club yesterday at Tillamook Elks Lodge #1437 on using hypnotherapy to get out of your own way!

I taught them how to communicate with their subconscious mind using a pendulum.

Today at 4, I'll be hypnotizing a group of brave souls at Tillamook Bay Small Business Development Center !

I promise - no one will be made to cluck like a chicken or dance like no one is watching. 🐓🐓🐓 👀🙈

I create a safe space for everyone.

Do you get in your own way when it comes to getting work done? Procrastination, analysis paralysis, anxiety, perfectionism - they can all be based in fear.

When you feel the fear + do it anyway, you burn through a ton of energy - all the energy of the fear + even more energy to do it anyway.

When you heal what's driving the fear, you just get it done.

So, if you're ready to heal your fears, and get out of your own way, come join me at the Tillamook Bay SBDC at 4:00 pm PT today!

And if you're not in the area, but you're ready to get out of your own way, then message me and let's get to work individually! I have 3 spots open!

❤️

(Picture from 4 years ago in Scotland.)

Do you get in your own way?

Maybe you
✅procrastinate
✅feel anxious
✅get overwhelmed
✅get analysis paralysis, where you circle and circle, but can't land on a decision
✅are a perfectionist and don't want to put anything out there unless it's absolutely perfect
✅are afraid of marketing yourself
✅have a tough time asking for your needs to be met
✅are terrible at delegating

It doesn't have to be this hard. You can live a life where you get things done faster and easier than you ever thought possible.

I'm doing a group hypnosis at the Tillamook Bay Small Business Development Center on Wednesday, January 25, at 4:00 pm designed to help you get out of your own way! It's just $20!

Come join me!

Don't want to do group hypnotherapy? No problem.

I have 3 spots open for individual coaching and hypnotherapy. $444 will get you a conscious strategy session and a hypnotherapy session.

The value of getting out of your own way? Priceless!

Click the link to register now
https://clients.oregonsbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=120430014

Do you trust yourself?

If you had asked me that 5 years ago, I would have said, "Of course I do."

But it turns out, not so much.

When I did the deep, healing work, I found that there were a lot of ways that I didn't trust myself.

I didn't trust myself to handle tough emotions. Any emotion that was deemed "weak," I found a way to stuff it with food, denial, caffeine, or alcohol, or sometimes all four!

I had been taught to work hard, to put other people's needs first, and the reality was, I wasn't a trustworthy friend to myself.

So, while I spent 2017 getting rid of a lot of relationships with other people who weren't there for me when times were tough, I have spent the last few months cleaning up my own act and becoming a trustworthy friend to myself.

So, are you a trustworthy friend to yourself?

Would you like to be?

I'm opening 2 group opportunities to start in January 2023.

🤔 January is all about Tapping Into Your Intuition and Being a Trustworthy Friend to Yourself, which is perfect when you're working on New Year's Resolutions.

💖And for Valentine's Day in February, it's all about Letting Love In.

💪 In March, we'll Increase Your Confidence!

🎤And in April, you'll be Speaking Your Truth.

😁 In May, it's So Long, Stress! Embracing the Peaceful Present.

🎁 In June, it's So Long, Superhero Complex! Opening Up to Receiving!

Whether you have 2 hours a month or 10 hours a month to devote to it, I've got you covered! (2 programs, 2 prices, 2 opportunities!)

Who's ready to jump in, do a deep dive, and transform their lives?

You'll get access to a FREE, deeply healing, recorded hypnosis every month, 2 group coaching sessions a month, a private Facebook group, and of course, a training video for each month with exercises to do. Pick and choose your favorite topics to dive into, or pick all 6! You get the deepest discount if you pick all 6, of course.

And the first 3 people to sign up for the 6-month program get a FREE individual hypnotherapy session with me ($500 VALUE)! That's in addition to the deeply discounted Early Bird Special!

Message me EARLY BIRD or drop an emoji below to secure your spot!

Have just 2 hours a month for self-help? Or like to do things slow and steady, dipping a toe in first?

I've got you!

In my new membership program, we will cover the same themes each month, but we will just dip a toe in instead of doing a deep dive. You'll get a training video and one or two exercises to do over the course of the month. There will be one Q & A session per month, and you can submit your questions in advance to be answered on the call. There is NO private Facebook group. This is predominantly a self-study option.

The first 50 people (men or women) to join this month will be locked in at $19.99 per month. After that, the price goes up to $25 per month!

Message me 1999 to get into the membership. (Now, I don't know about you, but I'm singing, "Tonight I'm going to party like it's 1999," in my head now.

Have a friend who would love the membership? BOGO! Get her a month of membership absolutely FREE when you join! Message me BOGO 1999 to make it happen!

So, again, ready for a deep dive into your best year yet? Message me EARLY BIRD! First 3 to register get a FREE hypnotherapy session with me (VALUE $500)!

Only have a couple hours a month available? Want to dip a toe in and see how it goes? Message me 1999! First 50 to sign up this month get grandmothered in at a low rate!

Let's make 2023 your best year yet!

Operators are standing by! (OK, it's just me. For now. 😂)

I just love the Old Wheeler Hotel !

Networking at Astoria Brewing Company with the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce . Great space and great people! ❤️

A-W Chamber Lunch & Learn Series

I'm looking forward to offering a FREE group hypnotherapy session today to members of the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce ! ❤️

A-W Chamber Lunch & Learn Series Lunch and learn with fellow members as we dig into different topics each month. - 11/16/2022

Do you get in your own way when it comes to getting your work done?

This can look like

🙈 procrastinating

📚 procrastilearning (feeling like you have to keep learning, keep taking courses, and never implementing what you've learned because you never feel good enough or ready)

🧹procrasticleaning (tidying your house or your office instead of just doing what you're avoiding)

🤯 analysis paralysis (doing the research, but not knowing what the right decision is, so doing more research, or just not making a decision at all - which is also a decision)

🏃‍♀️ going for a walk or a run or to the gym to get rid of excess energy

😶‍🌫️ hiding in bed under the covers.

This can feel like

😖 stressed out

😖 anxiety

😨 fear

😖 dread

🤯 can't concentrate or think

😶‍🌫️ just want to hide.

You don't have to "feel the fear and do it anyway." That's a recipe for burn out when that's your only strategy.

Instead, why not let me help you to get rid of the fear? Then, you can quickly and easily get your work done. Easy, peasy.

I'm offering a free taster session of hypnotherapy this Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at the Seaport Masonic Lodge in Astoria, Oregon.

And every participant will have access to an exclusive FLASH SALE price to work with me!

Can't make it? DM me FLASH SALE and I'll give you the FLASH SALE price, too! 💖

Let's get you out of your own way! 💖

I had so much fun kicking off the Small Business Management series (SBM) with the Tillamook Bay Small Business Development Centerlast night!

We had owners of established businesses -

🥧 the best secret restaurant in Tillamook County,
🌮 a Mexican restaurant where the younger generation is stepping up and into running the family business, and
📚 🧼a woman who makes her business with words - editing, ghostwriting, and helping businesses get clear on their marketing.

We had new businesses -

🧼 handcrafted soaps
📕 handcrafted journals, paper, and bookbinding.

There were "ah ha!" moments and changes already being planned when people left last night.

If you'd like to join us, reach out! It's going to be a fun 9 months together!

Ready for the 😀

If you have Clam Bucks, come spend them with me!

1 = $10 💵

I'm setting up a 6-month group program to start next month.

😀 Stress + Anxiety Relief
💝 Receiving + Asking for Help
💪 Confidence
❤️ Love
🎤 Speak Your Truth
🤔 Tapping into Your Intuition

I'm thinking of allowing participants to be able to access just 1 month or the full 6.

Which ones speak to you?

🐥 Drop an emoji below or message me if you want the Early Bird Special. 🐣

Ideation Guide LLC

I'm so excited to have joined the Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce!

Are you doing the Great Columbia Crossing? I am!

With the Great Columbia Crossing, you get Clam Bucks to be spent at participating businesses, but they're only good for a limited amount of time. I'm offering a great deal for you and your Clam Bucks! Each Clam Buck is worth $10 with me, so 5=$50 OFF and 10=$100 OFF my services. 💵💵💵💵💵

Message me to set up an appointment and cash in your Clam Bucks!

Ideation Guide LLC Meredith is a change maker, empowering people worldwide to live their best lives with her unique blend of coaching + hypnotherapy. She offers facilitation + workshops for biz + org's.

Tim just dropped off my donation to the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) upcoming auction - a guide to using a pendulum to access your subconscious mind, with a handmade journal by Kristi Hanson and her Neat Art Studio, and a pendulum from Maggie at Adventures in Woo.

Do you ever get in your own way? You know you want to do something, you know how to do it, but you just can't get yourself to do it?

That's your subconscious mind at work, refusing to go along with what you consciously want. Using just a pendulum and a piece of paper, you can have a conversation with your subconscious mind, and perhaps even get it to change its mind!

The Silent Auction will be open for bidding starting today. I hope you'll join me in checking it out and seeing what you could win! (And also supporting the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership, of course. 😉)

Modern Prairie

I'm going to be in this Thursday's edition of Modern Prairie's newsletter as a Maven Worth Mentioning!

If you'd like to sign up for their newsletter and see the article, here's the link 👇👇

https://www.modernprairie.com/

There's definitely a part of me that is going full-out fan girl because it's Melissa Gilbert from the US TV series, "Little House on the Prairie," who created Modern Prairie, and she was part of the decision to include me in their Modern Maven Series! 🤯😎🥳

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