MEET BROOKE, life coach for mid-life transitions.

You’ve built a beautiful life. One with structure, meaning, and recognition.

And still—something is stirring.

You may not have words for it yet. Just a knowing.

A longing to feel more like yourself again.
To speak the truth you’ve been circling around for years.

That’s where I come in.

This is the terrain I know best. The space between no longer and not yet.

Hi, I’m Brooke Hofsess.
Midlife Midwife.

I walk with women who are ready to follow the thread of something deeper—with honesty, curiosity, and care.

For over two decades, I’ve supported women’s growth. In higher education. On retreat. In intimate coaching containers.

My work is shaped by deep academic study and personal practice.
By poetry, politics, and presence.
By scholarship and soul work.

I’ve helped hundreds of women unravel what no longer fits—and reimagine what could.

On paper it was perfect.

When I left home at seventeen,
I was a tightly braided knot of ambition, nerves, and hope.

I didn’t know what healing looked like—
only that I had to become someone. Fast.

So I did what high-achieving women are taught to do:
I performed.
I overdelivered.
I built a life by proving my worth.

And it worked—on the outside.
Tenure. Credentials. Respect.

But inside, I was slipping away.
Again and again, I chose safe over soulful.

Until the hustle cracked.
Burnout tapped me on the shoulder like a prophet.
And my body—wise, no longer willing—began to speak.
Loudly.

That’s when midlife, in all her sacred irreverence,
put her hands on my shoulders and whispered:

Love, are you ready to stop pretending?

To my surprise—I was.

From that unraveling, I created the guidance I wish I’d had.
A body of work that doesn’t ask you to blow up your life—but invites you to re-inhabit it.

Because the truth is:
You don’t have to start from scratch.
You just have to start listening.

To the honesty that wakes you up at 3am.
To the whisper that says: There’s more ripening for you.

 I didn’t arrive here alone.

Each of my teachers has shaped my way of being, as a coach, leader, and facilitator. When you work with me, you’ll receive the nectar of these incredible guides:

Tara Mohr, thank you for your groundbreaking writing and the way you blend the spiritual with the practical. I’m honored to be a credentialed Playing Big facilitator.

Dr. Brené Brown, thank you for your courage and storytelling, and for the daily impact of my Dare to Lead certification.

Joanna Lindenbaum, thank you for guiding coaches to the sacred depths of their craft. My training as an Advanced-level Applied Depths Practitioner moved me beyond the technique of coaching to find the seasoned mentor within.

Lianne Raymond for your open-hearted wisdom and fierce, loving presence as a mentor, and your teachings within, Cherish: A Field Guide to the Human Heart and through The Hidden Art of Coaching.

Rachel Maddox, thank you for helping me work safely and powerfully with trauma, and Nisha Moodley and Ginny Muir for gathering the RIPE women to awaken midlife’s wise, erotic power. To Bruce Anderson, for showing me the profound power of Core Gift work through your master facilitator preparation. 

And thank you to… 

… Robin Joy Hilton, for nurturing my business with your keen sense of systems and tech, but also for all the ways you inspire me to create my work from a place of pleasure and calm.  

… my life’s partner, Dustin, for holding space for my evolution and for inspiring me with his musicianship. 

… And to my daughter, for what she invites me to heal, learn, and grow in myself and this world.

This is the lineage that informs our journey when we work together.

My work is rooted in mutual respect.
For your timing.
For your wisdom.
For the land beneath our feet.

I live, work, and rest on unceded Cherokee, Yuchi, and Moneton lands—today known as Boone, North Carolina.

Photography by Nicole McConville.