Abandoned & Alone to Joyfully Rebuilding Her Future
MEET STELLA
The Challenge: Before Coaching
Stella’s life unraveled all at once.
• Newly divorced
• Children moved out
• Corporate job eliminated in a department cut
• Social circle evaporated
• No community, no direction, no idea what came next
She described it as:
“Everyone and everything I built my life around disappeared.”
She spent days spinning in fear:
Where do I belong now? What do I even want? Who am I without them?
She wasn’t just stuck.
She was grieving the version of her life she thought she’d always have.
And she was terrified of spending the next few years feeling:
🩶 abandoned
🩶 irrelevant
🩶 unseen
🩶 unloved
Her call to me — through tears — was a brave act of hope.
“I thought my story was over. Carie helped me rewrite it — and I love this new chapter.”
— Stella, Artist & Adventurous Empty Nester
The Turning Point: Her First Step
Stella didn’t know what she needed.
She only knew she couldn’t keep drowning.
Together, through the Authentic Yes™ Framework, we:
• uncovered her suppressed desires (creativity, friendship, adventure, peace)
• challenged beliefs that said she had nothing left to offer
• rebuilt confidence decision by decision
• designed a future based on what actually lights her up
For 12 weeks, she showed up for the woman she was becoming.
Even when she was scared.
Especially when she was scared.
The Transformation: After Coaching
Stella didn’t just climb out of the messy middle —
She built a new landscape entirely.
She now:
• runs her own art workshops
• leads a local women’s meetup community
• fills her days with creativity, purpose, and connection
• trusts her voice again
• believes life can get beautiful — even after everything falls apart
She no longer wakes up feeling forgotten.
She wakes up feeling alive.
It’s Not Too Late for Your Life to Surprise You
Change didn’t destroy her. It revealed her.
It can reveal you too.
