Claire Donnelly in a white suit against a pale grey wall, smiling, one hand in her hair

Ojai, California · coaching on Zoom

Life coaching for women at a crossroads

The kids are grown and the job feels small. You’re not sure what comes next. I help women in their 40s and 50s figure out what they want, then go do it.

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ICF-certified coach (PCC). 19 years in hospital billing before this.

it’s not too late for the thing you’ve wanted for twenty years.

I’ve coached about 300 women through this exact spot. Most of them were sure they had missed their chance. None of them had.

where you might be

  • The house got quiet.You’re not sure who you are without the school run.
  • You still dread Sunday nights.Your job pays fine. That’s what makes it confusing.
  • Twenty years of someday.There’s a thing you’ve always wanted to do, and a voice that says it’s too late.
  • Everyone else gets a vote.You keep asking everyone else what you should do.

If one of those made you wince a little, we should talk. Bring the messy version.

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Ways to work together

All of it happens on Zoom, so you can do it from your kitchen table. Start with the free call. It’s useful on its own.

Kind words

I’d talked about opening a bookshop for fifteen years. Six months after I started with Claire, I signed the lease.
Diane R., 54
I stopped asking my sister for permission to change my own life.
Mara L., 49
Claire laughing against a white stucco wall with pink bougainvillea, in a white blazer and tangerine top

I waited until 47. You don’t have to.

I spent 19 years running a hospital billing office in Sacramento and told myself I was fine. At 47 I left, trained as a coach, and moved to Ojai. I’ve coached about 300 women since. Plenty of them started later than I did.

ICF-certified coach (PCC). 1:1 and small groups on Zoom.

More about me

The Crossroads Workbook

12 questions to figure out what you want next. Print it and pour a coffee. Answer them honestly. It’s free.

One email with the workbook, then a short note now and then. Leave whenever you like.

Start with one call

30 minutes on Zoom. It’s free.

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Claire on a path through golden oak hills outside Ojai, the Topatopa mountains pink at sunset