The Midlife Mind Flip
For corporate professionals who want to test alternatives to their current career - without losing everything they've worked for
WHAT YOU'LL GET:
A list of alternatives to your current corporate career - for you - by you
Testing the ideas
An action plan
in just 6 weeks!
It’s WIN-WIN:
EITHER return to your corporate role with renewed purpose and enthusiasm
OR have the clarity and confidence to take a different path.
This program is for you if:
you’re tired of the corporate grind
.... the same hamster wheel for another 15 years??
you want to explore other options
.... but you don't have time
you’d love to do something different....
.... but you don’t have ideas
you have ideas
.... but you're scared
you don’t think of yourself as an entrepreneur...
.... but you lack enthusiasm for another corporate role
you’re stuck in your job search ...
... so how hard can it be to start something yourself?
you still have artistic dreams
.... so if not now, then when?
HOW IT WORKS
From resigned to purposeful
— your Midlife Mind Flip journey in 6 steps
01
DIGEST THE PAST
What skills and experiences have led you to this point?
What do you want to keep and what do you want to let go in your next season?
02
GET CREATIVE!
Generate options for an alternative career on a scale from current-job-adjacent to “out there”
03
OVERCOME FEARS
Deal with fears and objections
04
ACTION!
Get into action to test the options
05
DECISION!
Choose which path you will follow with ease and confidence
06
ACTION PLANNING
Build the bridge from your current reality to your chosen future
Your guide
on the journey
Sharon von Simson
Sharon von Simson spent three decades as an international HR leader. Oxford-educated and with an INSEAD MBA, she held senior global roles across the UK, France, and Germany.
Then, her Midlife Flip happened, and it was brutal: Redundancy. Divorce. Serious illness.
Sharon emerged as a writer, comedian, and regular performer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as a coach. She loves to bring the creativity and authenticity of the comedy world into her coaching work and developed the Midlife Mind Flip to help people navigate their own journeys of midlife reinvention.
Sharon is an ICF-certified coach and NLP Master Practitioner, trained in Executive Coaching at Henley Business School and Systemic Organisation Development at isb Wiesloch. She lives in Cologne with her teenager, which is the real education.
What's in the program?
A 6 week boot camp...
6 Group Webinars
Six group webinars where you’ll work through the Midlife Mindflip six-step framework (from digesting your past to creating your action plan) and learn the pitfalls to avoid.
3 Individual Coaching Sessions
Three individual coaching sessions (scheduled at your convenience) for personalized coaching and guidance to unlock barriers as you navigate your specific situation.
Buddy
Check-ins
Buddy check-ins for accountability and support as you take action on testing your ideas
Weekly Homework Assignments
Weekly homework assignments designed to move you from wondering to testing real alternatives
... then monthly progress check-ins for 3 months
TESTIMONIALS
What clients are saying
"This is the first time I've ever had a structured way of going through and looking at what I could genuinely be if I stepped off that corporate ladder"
— Mark B.
Sharon helped me put into words what I'm searching for
— Lee T.K.
Sharon is smart, savvy and seriously invested in supporting people through change or challenging situations. She’s also quite funny!
— Heather J.
Ridiculously effective!
— Lavinia D.