The Second Half of Life Asks Different Questions
You’ve spent decades building, achieving, caring for others. Now something is shifting. The questions that used to drive you—What should I do? How do I succeed?—have given way to deeper ones:
Who am I now? What still wants to live through me?
You’re standing at a threshold. This isn’t a crisis. It’s an invitation.
The Second Half of Life Asks Different Questions
You’ve spent decades building, achieving, caring for others. Now something is shifting. The questions that used to drive you – What should I do? How do I succeed? – have given way to deeper ones:
Who am I now? What still wants to live through me?
This isn’t a crisis. It’s an invitation.
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Something is Changing
Maybe the roles that once defined you—mother, professional, caretaker—are loosening their grip. Maybe you’ve walked through a loss, a transition, a door you didn’t choose. Maybe you simply woke up one day and realized you’re not who you were at forty. Or thirty. Or twenty-five.
The first half of life is about building an identity.
The second half is about meeting who you really are.
Carl Jung called this work individuation—the process of becoming whole. It’s not about fixing what’s broken. It’s about integrating what’s been waiting. If you’re feeling the pull toward something deeper, you’re in the right place.
This Work Is For You If...
- You're in the second half of life and sense there's more to discover—not because something is wrong, but because something is ready
- You've done the achievement. Now you want meaning.
- You're navigating a transition—retirement, empty nest, loss, reinvention—and want more than coping strategies
- You're drawn to depth psychology, inner work, and understanding yourself at a level you haven't before
- You want a guide who's walked this path, not a coach with a formula
You don’t need to be in crisis. You just need to be curious about who you’re still becoming.
What This Work Looks Like
This isn’t life coaching. It’s not goal-setting or accountability. It’s not about optimizing your performance or fixing your problems.
This is depth work.
Together, we explore the terrain of the second half of life—the places where old identities dissolve, where shadow material surfaces, where the unlived life asks to be acknowledged. We work with what’s emerging, not just what’s urgent.
I draw on 30+ years of coaching experience and Jungian depth psychology. I bring deep listening, honest reflection, and a willingness to sit with complexity. I don’t have answers for you. I have presence, questions, and the capacity to hold what you’re carrying.
The goal isn’t to become a better version of yourself.
It’s to become more fully yourself.
Two Ways to Work Together
The Threshold Circle
6 weeks · Weekly 90-Minute Circles
10-12 women per cohort
Designed journal included
$297 (payment plans available)
SECOND HALF OF LIFE JOURNEY
Virtual sessions
Personalized to your journey
Flexible scheduling
Meet Terri Altschul
I’ve spent three decades sitting with people in the hard places—the transitions, the reckonings, the moments when the old map stops working.
For most of those years, I worked with leaders and professionals. I was good at it. But somewhere along the way, I began to feel a pull toward something different. Deeper. More aligned with my own second half of life.
Now I work exclusively with women navigating this territory. Women who’ve lived enough to know something—and are ready to discover what else is possible.
I’m trained in Jungian depth psychology. I’m a creator and visual journaler. I believe the second half of life is not a decline—it’s an invitation to become who you haven’t yet been.
I’d be honored to walk alongside you.
If You're Also Drawn to Creative Expression
Some women want to talk through their journey. Others want to make something.
The Visual Journaler is my creative practice for women in the second half of life—creating handcrafted Books of Wisdom that turn your stories, lessons, and hard-won knowing into something you can hold.
If you’re drawn to depth work and creative expression, these practices complement each other beautifully.
What You Know Now Was Earned,
Not Just Learned
Who am I, beneath the roles I’ve played?
What parts of me have been waiting in the wings?
What does it mean to become whole?
If these questions are stirring you, let's talk.
Reflections on becoming, wholeness, and the second half of life
"The afternoon of life is just as full of meaning as the morning; only, its meaning and purpose are different."
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THE SEASONS OF MY LIFE
As women, we experience three distinct stages of our lives that are driven by our female biology and psychology. Each of these stages has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Each stage has its own unique characteristics and purpose. And, transitioning from one stage to the next can be both an ending and an exciting, creative opportunity.
Terri Altschul is an ICF PCC—a Professional Certified Coach with more than 30 years of experience and thousands of coaching hours. She works exclusively with women in the second half of life, drawing on Jungian depth psychology to guide women across the threshold into wholeness. Her gift is holding space for what’s emerging—and helping you become who you haven’t yet been.
