Motivation, Joy & Wellness
When perimenopause stops you in your tracks, where do you go from here?
For women whose usual life no longer fits in midlife — through changes in health, capacity or caring responsibilities. And when HRT isn't an option, or isn't what you want, it can feel as though other women have been handed a way forward while you're still trying to find yours.
I help you understand what's happening, make sense of how anxiety and nervous-system responses may be showing up, and develop practical ways to work with them — so you can begin trusting yourself again and making positive changes that fit the life you have now.
Meet your coach
Marcelle Welsh
Lifestyle & Nervous System Wellbeing Specialist
Life coach and EFT accredited practioner
Founder of Motivation, Joy & Wellness
Creator of The Motivating Elements of Being ME®
I help women understand what may be happening beneath anxiety and overwhelm, work with nervous-system responses and create positive change that feels genuinely their own.
My approach brings together coaching, EFT Tapping and The Motivating Elements of Being ME® — helping you understand what may be getting in the way, work with it gently and support your emotional, physical and everyday wellbeing as a whole.
Perhaps this is where you are...
“I don't recognise myself anymore.”
“I feel anxious and on edge, even when I can't explain why.”
“My body feels like something I'm constantly having to battle.”
“I’ve spent years knowing what everyone else needs. I’m not even sure what I need anymore.”
“Surely there has to be more than just getting through this while I wait to feel like myself again.”.”
“Things I used to tolerate suddenly seem to affect me differently — food, coffee, products, busy places, even being around people.”
“I seem to have less tolerance for things I used to just put up with.”
If you've found yourself thinking something similar, you're in the right place to begin making sense of it.
And somewhere within you, perhaps there's still a little hope for what could come next.
Picture this... what if life could begin to feel like this?
Feel less at the mercy of overwhelm
Understand how anxiety and nervous-system responses may show up for you, and develop practical ways to respond when they arise.
Understand what’s happening — and what you need now
Make sense of how hormonal change, your nervous system and what is happening in your life may be affecting how you feel — and begin relating to your body with greater understanding rather than feeling you have to battle against it.
Give yourself permission to want, too
Make room for your own needs, wants and wellbeing alongside the people and things that matter to you — allowing yourself to be part of the care, too.
Trust yourself to create what comes next
Use what you've discovered about yourself to make choices, adapt when you need to and create a life that increasingly feels like your own — with space for motivation, enjoyment and what matters to you.
Navigating the Midlife Trifecta
Sometimes it isn't just perimenopause.
Midlife rarely happens in isolation.
You may be navigating changing hormones alongside ongoing health challenges, caring responsibilities — or all three.
Perimenopause
Changing hormones can affect your body, sleep, emotions and nervous-system responses — sometimes leaving anxiety, overwhelm or reactions feeling unfamiliar or harder to manage.
Invisible illness
Pain, fatigue or ongoing health challenges may already be asking a lot of your body, energy and capacity.
Caring responsibilities
You're still supporting the people you love while needing more support yourself.
You don't have to stop caring for everyone else.
Perhaps one feels familiar. Perhaps all three have collided at once.
No wonder this feels like a lot. It is.
And somewhere amongst changing hormones, health, responsibilities and everyone else's needs, there is still you.
You don't have to stop loving, caring or showing up for the people who matter to you.
Perhaps it's time to include yourself in that care, too.
That is where our work begins.
We begin by making sense of what is happening for you.
Together, we explore how anxiety, hormonal change, your nervous system, past experiences and the pressures in your life may be interacting — because what you're feeling rarely exists in isolation.
From there, we draw on what is useful for you — from EFT Tapping and coaching to practical support around nourishment, movement and everyday lifestyle — working with what may be getting in the way and supporting you to create meaningful change.
Choose how you'd like to be supported
The same 12-month journey. Two different ways to experience it.
Both offer consistent, personalised support to help you understand what is happening, work with what is getting in the way and create positive change — at a pace that responds to you and your life.
Rediscovering the Woman Within
Your private experience
A deeply supported 12-month experience for the woman who wants the time, privacy and space to explore deeply — understanding what is happening, working through what may be getting in the way and creating meaningful change in her life, with the work continually shaped around her needs, experiences and what emerges along the way.
Held Through Change
Small group experience
A deeply supported 12-month experience for just six women who want to make this journey alongside others who understand — while still having the space to explore what is happening for them, work through what may be getting in the way and create meaningful change in their own way.
Not ready for supported work?
You don't have to be.
Begin gently with one of my free companions — a quiet place to make sense of what you're experiencing, explore what you need and take one small step at a time.
How we work together
This isn't about deciding who you should become.
We begin with what's happening for you now — what you're feeling, what your body may be communicating, what life is asking of you and what you need.
Through coaching, we make sense of what's happening and explore the experiences, beliefs, patterns and responses that may still be influencing how you feel and the changes you want to make.
EFT Tapping gives us a gentle way to work with emotions and responses that may be getting in the way — particularly when you understand what you want, but something still makes moving towards it difficult.
Alongside this, we can explore the practical things that support the life you're living now — including nourishment, movement, rest, relationships, environment, enjoyment and how you use your energy.
One thoughtful step at a time.
You have space to understand yourself more deeply, develop new ways of responding and make changes that feel genuinely your own.
Everything else grows from there.
These aren't stages to complete or a fixed path to follow.
We return to them throughout our year together, meeting them differently as you, your circumstances and your understanding evolve.
Catching your breath
Making space for what is happening
When your body, emotions and life seem to be shifting at once, this is a place to slow things down enough to notice what is happening, what may be asking for attention and what you need right now.
Establishing Calm
Finding something you can return to
Calm isn't something you're expected to maintain all the time. We explore practical ways to work with anxiety, overwhelm and nervous-system responses, so you can better understand what you're experiencing and discover what helps you respond when life changes.
Permission
Including yourself in the care
After years of responding to what other people need, this is a place to consider your needs, wants, limits and wellbeing too — including rest, support, what you no longer want to tolerate and what you might be ready to ask for or receive.
Understanding You
Getting to know the woman you are now
Explore what matters to you, what nourishes or depletes you, your strengths, values, needs and patterns, and what may have changed — developing a clearer understanding of who you are now without making the woman you were before wrong.
Compassion
Softening the way you treat yourself
When life is already difficult, self-criticism, guilt and expectations can add another layer. Here, we explore what may sit beneath those responses and develop more compassionate ways of meeting yourself — particularly when things don't go to plan, your capacity changes, or what you can offer today simply needs to be enough.
Creating
Exploring what you want more of — and making room for it
Wanting doesn't mean you have to act straight away. Here, we explore what you want more of — or less of — what brings enjoyment, energy and meaning, and what you may be ready to leave behind. From there, wants can become conscious choices and small experiments in creating a life that feels increasingly like your own.
Becoming
Becoming increasingly free to live as you
This is where what you've discovered begins to feel more like your own. We bring together the understanding, skills and changes you've developed, strengthen trust in your own voice and choices, and notice what brings motivation, enjoyment and a sense of wellness that feels like yours — so you can continue evolving long after our year together ends.
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We return to these chapters throughout the year, meeting them differently as you, your circumstances and life around you changes.
The 12 Motivating Elements of Being ME® are woven throughout
Responding to what you need rather than being worked through in a fixed order.
Throughout our year together...
The journey is bespoke. The support beneath it isn't.
By the end of our year, the intention is that you have:
A greater understanding of yourself
Recognising your needs, strengths, patterns, responses and values, what nourishes or depletes you, and what your body may be communicating — with greater clarity about who you are now.
Practical skills you know how to use and can continue to do so
Ways to meet overwhelm, work with nervous-system responses, use EFT Tapping and support yourself through difficult moments, changing capacity and future change.
Worked with some of what has been keeping you stuck
Space to explore difficult experiences, emotional echoes, protective patterns and beliefs that may still be influencing how you feel, the choices you make or the changes you want to create today.
Greater confidence to shape what comes next
More trust in your own voice and choices, greater permission to redefine what no longer fits and more freedom to make room for what brings meaning, motivation, enjoyment and a sense of wellness that feels like your own.
The aim isn't for you to need me forever.
It's for you to leave our year knowing yourself more deeply, with skills you can draw upon, greater trust in your ability to respond when life changes, and increasing freedom to choose what supporting yourself and living well look like for you.
Woven Through Every Chapter
The 12 Motivating Elements of Being ME®
The Elements give us practical ways to explore what arises along the way — from anxiety, overwhelm and changing energy to identity, adjusting to a body that may feel different, relationships, needs, wants and joy.
Rather than simply managing each difficulty as it appears, we draw on the Elements to deepen understanding, explore what may be getting in the way and develop new ways of responding that can become part of everyday life.
There is no order to keep up with. We use what is helpful, when it is helpful.
I know what it is to lose sight of yourself.
Not from a textbook. From life.
There was a time when I no longer recognised myself. After years of lovingly caring for others, navigating life's challenges and moving through my own midlife transition, I reached a point where the way I had always lived no longer seemed to fit.
My body felt different. Things I had once tolerated affected me differently, and I couldn't simply push through in the way I once had.
I wasn't looking to become someone extraordinary. Somewhere within me, I just knew there had to be another way to embrace this life.
That experience changed the way I understood myself — and ultimately shaped the work I offer today.
I learned that when we create enough safety, we can begin to catch our breath and understand what is happening rather than simply trying harder to get through it. We can begin hearing our own voice again. Self-trust can return. Motivation can grow. Joy has room to emerge.
Life didn't suddenly become perfect. Difficult days didn't disappear.
But I began to experience myself differently within them.
I learned to listen to what my body was communicating, understand what I needed, make room for what I wanted and reconsider some of the things I had simply learned to tolerate.
Gradually, I began creating a life that felt increasingly like my own.
That's why I created this work — not to fix you or tell you who to become, but to walk alongside you as you understand yourself, discover what matters to you now and decide what comes next.
Your way. At your pace. One thoughtful step at a time.
Perhaps you're wondering... why a year?
Because this isn't something I want you to have to rush.
If you've reached a point in midlife where life has asked you to stop, slow down or live differently, you may have spent a long time simply trying to manage what is happening.
Meaningful change needs enough time to understand, practise and become part of everyday life.
A year allows us to work together through different seasons of your actual life — changing energy and capacity, relationships, responsibilities, celebrations, difficult moments and the ordinary days in between.
Rather than meeting once a month and trying to remember what happened in the weeks between, we work together weekly for 40 sessions, with 12 Integration Weeks woven throughout the year.
Those quieter weeks create space for life, rest and integration — noticing what you're learning, trying things in your own way and discovering what genuinely supports you.
And as the year unfolds, we can return to familiar parts of the work with greater understanding and depth rather than expecting you to have dealt with something once and moved on.
Because meaningful change isn't something we squeeze into a few sessions.
It has time to be understood, practised and lived.
You might be ready for this kind of support if...
You're looking for more than simply managing how you feel — and you're curious about understanding yourself more deeply, working with what may be getting in the way, developing practical ways to support yourself and making meaningful changes with consistent support alongside you.
You don't have to know what comes next. A little curiosity is enough to begin.
Perhaps you're wondering what it would be like to work with me...
You don't need to arrive with the right words, a clear goal or everything figured out.
Bring what is happening for you.
We'll begin there.
I'll listen, ask questions and help you make sense of what may be happening. As we begin to understand what you need and what you would like to be different, we can draw on coaching, EFT Tapping and wider wellbeing support — including working gently with things that may be getting in the way of the changes you want to make.
There can be depth here. There can also be curiosity, humour, conversation and moments when we stop and notice just how far you've come.
You don't have to perform, impress me or become a particular kind of client.
You get to come as you are.
My Promise to You
I won't promise to remove every symptom or make midlife easy.
What I will offer is a compassionate, personalised space to understand what you're experiencing, gently work with what may be contributing to how you feel, develop practical ways to support yourself and create meaningful change at a pace that respects you and your life.
My work doesn't aim to treat or change your hormones. Instead, we can work with the emotional, nervous-system and wider wellbeing experience of midlife — including nourishment, movement and lifestyle where these are relevant to you — whether you cannot use HRT, choose not to, or want this support alongside your medical care.