1-on-1 Coaching for Midlife Women

Stop fighting
your own body.
Finally make peace.

Lumivae is a 1-on-1 coaching experience for women in midlife who are done with the war — and ready to build an unshakeable, rooted relationship with their body, appetite, and presence.

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Joined by 200+ women in midlife

A woman in midlife standing in soft light, calm and embodied

“I finally feel at home.”

— Renata M., 52

12+

weeks of deep work

Does This Sound Like You?

The exhaustion
has a name.

You avoid mirrors and photos

Not because you're vain, but because looking hurts. The reflection doesn't match who you feel you are inside.

Every meal feels like a negotiation

You eat, then calculate. You enjoy, then punish. Food and your body are locked in a cycle you desperately want out of.

Midlife changed your body — no one warned you

The shape, the weight shifts, the hormones. You feel like a stranger in a body you used to know, and nobody is talking honestly about it.

You've tried every approach and nothing stuck

Diets, programs, books, mantras. They worked briefly or not at all. Something deeper needs to shift — and you know it.

Worthy "when" — always deferred

When you lose the weight. When the skin clears. When you look "better." That finish line keeps moving, and presence keeps getting postponed.

You want to feel good in your own skin — now

Not in 20 pounds. Not after the program. Right now, in this body, at this age. You just need a real path to get there.

Yes — I'm ready for something different

The Lumivae Way

An approach built for
real, lasting change

Three interwoven pillars that move you from exhausted self-critic to embodied, grounded woman — without diets, without shame, without pretending.

Root-Level Belief Work

We surface and gently dismantle the stories you've absorbed — about aging, appetite, worthiness, and what your body "should" be. This is where real freedom begins: not in the mirror, but in the mind.

Embodied Appetite Intelligence

We rebuild your relationship with hunger, fullness, and pleasure — restoring the quiet internal compass that years of dieting silenced. Eating becomes nourishment again, not negotiation.

Presence & Reclamation

We work on showing up fully — in photos, in rooms, in relationships — not by "fixing" how you look, but by rebuilding how you inhabit yourself. Confidence that comes from the inside out.

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Real Story

From self-critic
to self-sovereign

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Claudette B., 54 — Seattle, WA

3-month intensive coaching client

“I'd spent 30 years shrinking — not just my body, but my voice. I didn't even realize how much of my personality I was holding back until I stopped trying to be a different size.”

Claudette came to Lumivae exhausted after decades of dieting, never reaching the "when I'm thinner" version of herself she kept waiting for. At 52, a perimenopause diagnosis left her feeling more alienated from her body than ever.

Week 4: Claudette stopped calculating calories for the first time since her 20s.

Week 8: She attended her daughter's wedding fully present — and let herself be photographed.

Week 12: She described herself, for the first time, as someone who "has a good relationship with her body."

I want this for myself

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The Person Behind Lumivae

Hi, I'm Mara.
I've been where you are.

I spent 15 years as a clinical therapist specializing in women's relationship with food, body, and identity — and in those 15 years I realized that the "problem" was never the body. It was what we'd been told the body meant.

I built Lumivae specifically for the midlife chapter — the one where your body is changing, the world keeps sending unhelpful messages, and you're tired enough of fighting that you're finally ready for something real.

My approach draws on somatic coaching, narrative therapy, and 12 years of walking alongside women who wanted to stop surviving their body and start inhabiting it.

Licensed Therapist, LCSW Somatic Coach Certified 12 Years Practice

The Journey

What working together
actually looks like

Foundation Call — Your Story, Heard Fully

We begin with a deep 90-minute intake. Not a checklist — a real conversation about your history, your body's story, and where you want to arrive. This session shapes every step that follows.

Weeks 1–4 — Uncovering the Root Narratives

Weekly 60-min sessions explore the layered beliefs driving your self-perception. Journaling prompts, somatic check-ins, and gentle between-session practices help the work sink in — not just intellectually, but bodily.

Weeks 5–8 — Rebuilding Appetite Trust

We move into the relationship with food, hunger, and satisfaction — restoring the internal cues that dieting disrupted. No food rules. No plans. Just you, learning to hear your body again.

Weeks 9–12 — Embodied Presence & Integration

The final phase is about inhabiting your life fully. Navigating social situations, reclaiming your presence in photos, relationships, and professional spaces — from the inside out, with deep roots.

Beyond — Your New Foundation

The work you do in these 12 weeks doesn't end when our calls do. You leave with a personalized practice, clear tools for hard moments, and the rare gift of a body you can trust again.

Women's Stories

What shifts when
the war finally ends

“I hadn't felt comfortable in my own skin in 20 years. After 12 weeks with Mara, I wear clothes I actually love and I stopped hiding in the back of photos.”

Diane K., 49 — Portland

“The relationship I had with food was destroying my joy. Lumivae gave me back a relationship with my appetite I didn't know was possible. I eat dinner with my family and I'm actually present now.”

Sofia R., 53 — Austin

“Mara is unlike any coach I've worked with. She doesn't fix you — she helps you remember you were never broken. That reframe changed everything for me.”

Margot L., 51 — Denver

“Perimenopause completely destabilized how I felt in my body. Lumivae helped me find solid ground again — without trying to change my shape. Genuinely life-altering.”

Priya S., 47 — Chicago

“I applied on a whim and cried through the first call. By week six I was buying a swimsuit and planning a beach trip. I had not done either of those things in a decade.”

Rebekah T., 56 — Miami

“What I love most is that this isn't about being happy with your body every day. It's about not letting how you feel about your body run your life. That's the shift I needed.”

Yuki M., 50 — San Francisco

“Mara holds space in a way that made me feel truly seen — not as a problem to be solved, but as a full person. The work we did together was the most real and lasting self-care I have ever experienced.”

Lorraine F., 58 — Nashville

“I was deeply skeptical that anything could change after 40 years of negative self-talk. I was wrong. I am genuinely kinder to myself than I ever have been. And I'm 60.”

Celeste G., 60 — Boston

Stop fighting
your own body.
Finally make peace.

The exhaustion
has a name.