 MY STORY  Â
I went from Burnout to
The Courageous Middle.
If we haven't met yet, I'm Lisa Blanchet. For more than two decades, I worked inside organizations, leading teams, navigating complexity, and guiding people through change. On paper, it looked like success. In my body, it eventually felt like burnout.
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LEARN MOREThe quiet whispers, what now?, the pause,
and my curiosity changed everything.
  WHY THIS WORK  Â
Where self-leadership meets the next chapter.
In my late 30s and early 40s, I realized I was living a life that looked like it worked… but in the moments when I was honest with myself, the reality was, I was tired, disconnected from myself, and defining success by someone else's standards.
In 2020, I stepped away from corporate life and built something new, combining everything I knew about leading change with the very human work of getting to know yourself again after deciding to change the life you’re already living.
The Courageous Middle was born here.
At the crossroads of identity, transition, and truth.
  WHERE THE WORK HAS BROUGHT ME  Â
This work was never about reinventing yourself.
Not reinvention. Reintroduction.
Today, I support women who are navigating transitions in their lives, their roles, and their identities, all while holding it all together on the outside. These women are capable, thoughtful, and accomplished, and they’re sensing that what worked before just doesn’t anymore.
This work isn’t about reinventing yourself.
It’s about creating space to listen, trust yourself again, and belief that you get to choose to live a life that feels like yours.
 It's your turn. You can begin in whatever feels right for you.Â
Community
A place to reflect, connect, and explore alongside women who understand exactly where you are because they're in it too. No pressure to decide. No performance required.
Coaching
Private, one-on-one coaching for women ready to stop living on autopilot, reacting to what's changing around them, and start choosing a life that finally feels like theirs.
  MIDLIFE MYSTERY QUIZ  Â
Life looks fine on the outside. So why do you feel stuck, restless or like something is off?
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In 90 seconds,  The Midlife Mystery Quiz helps you make sense of what you’re feeling and see what might need your attention.
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The Courageous Middle Podcast is For You
After years leading change inside organizations and navigating my own life changes and transitions, I came to understand something clearly: change isn’t only strategic.Â
It’s embodied. It’s relational. It’s deeply human. The podcast was founded with one purpose:Â
The courage was always yours. You just kept giving it to everyone else. In each episode, Lisa Blanchet explores what it looks like when women in midlife stop living for everyone else and give themselves permission to start choosing themselves, one honest, imperfect, courageous step at a time.
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