About Me

I celebrated the privilege of becoming fifty in 2006: At the time I thought nothing would change, but I soon discovered that it does! My mid-fifties brought what some would call challenges in my health and career. What I would now call opportunities even though at the time it didn’t feel that way. My re-invention was exciting and challenging and I love a challenge! I discovered my top values and my passion for coaching.

I created forward after fifty because I want to help you as a woman to change the way you think about ageing and look forward to a rich and fulfilling life on your terms.

When one door closes another opens

I have been an explorer throughout my life. It started when I was nineteen I had the opportunity in 1975 to become an au-pair in Rome. I leapt at my first solo adventure and travelled overnight by train, it was a big step at that time. Eight years later, I started working as a tour director taking groups on tours throughout Europe, the USA, China, Australia and New Zealand.
I worked in the travel industry until my mid-fifties. Then, out of the blue, I had a serious health issue and then suddenly I lost my job with the company I’d been dedicated to for many years. It took me a while to understand that these events were not closing, but opening doors to new adventures. My re-invention was exciting and challenging. I took an online course in life coaching… and I was hooked. I moved on to become an accredited life coach after studying with top coach Carole Ann Rice and her Pure Coaching Academy.

Since my introduction to life coaching, I have developed myself into a professional coach who helps women discover their top values. Core values are your compass to live the life you deserve. A fabulous empowering decision-making tool that helps you to create changes that work.

In 2015, I created a women’s only network group called Network Provence. This network platform enables women in the Provence to create connections with other entrepreneurs and to promote their businesses. Network Provence has taught me the power of connection and how to lead and develop an online group. Network Provence has grown to become a mature and lively entity,

My Journey

My journey has shown me that as women, we’ve hardly scratched the surface of our capabilities as we go forward after fifty. The perfect time for a woman to discover her superpowers. Then are mid-sixties often recognised as when we truly reach our full potential.
At fifty-eight, I started my new venture as a Life Coach followed by at fifty-nine creating Network Provence. Throughout my late fifties and into my sixties I’m present on most social media platform I’ve two websites one created solely by me, and last year at sixty-four I started not one but two podcasts. Following my own experience, I feel passionate that, with support and the right key tools, we women can rise up and re-invent ourselves, and look forward to a rich and fulfilling life on our terms. To remind me and other women of this, I have incorporated the Phoenix in my Forward after Fifty logo. The Phoenix, the mythical bird of regeneration. It is my mission to inspire and motivate women to embrace the mental, physical and social changes positively after fifty which in turn is our empowerment.

Personal

My partner Alain and I moved to the countryside of the Provence around 1995 and fell in love with the peaceful Luberon. Here I can connect to nature to charge my energy. This energy drives change and brings positivity to myself and the people around me. My career developed my natural ability as a connector and I became skilled at listening and leading with confidence and good humour. Connecting people has become a common theme in my life: I love to bring people together and to facilitate friendships, inspiration and solidarity.

WORK WITH ME

What My Clients Say

“I have to admit, I’d really underestimated the value of defining my core values! Sure, I’ve heard and read about the importance of this exercise, and I’ve thought about what drives me, but this does take concentrated effort, and it’s been all too easy for me to set it aside for another day…Which is why I’m so grateful for Rebecca’s guidance in exploring my Core Values! It wasn’t enough for me to simply say that Growth-Joy-Courage-Curiousity-Exploration (and others) propel me; the whole point of having a trustworthy guide is to help me understand what’s been right in front of me all along. That’s what a great coach does! Rebecca held up a clear mirror for me to see my strengths and how I can develop them, as well as helping me prioritise the necessary steps to for optimal personal growth. Maybe I would’ve gotten around to defining my values on my own eventually, but without coaching, I’m sure that I would’ve overlooked so much fascinating insight. It feels great to kick procrastination to the curb, and really move forward into GROWTH!”

Apryl Zarfos Anderson

“Working with Rebecca Ronane has been the most extraordinary experience. She helped me see certain things more clearly

And helped me SEE certain things for the first time. It was like walking towards someone in a dark space who was holding a candle

In their hand and she called out the directions in the dark and as I approached her I could see more and more clearly all the beauty of the

Space around us. I discovered that I am not unusual and that confusion about how to go forward in a new situation is normal.

In fact I found the whole experience enlightening.

I thought the skype/facetime sessions were very practical and easy and I would recommend Rebecca to anyone who feels they need

An objective and clear vision in a cloudy personal scenario.”

Colette Engstrom

I enjoyed the sessions I attended so much-listening to other women’s ideas, sharing my apprehensions and fears, finding support and energy from the group of such interesting. diverse women, all looking for a way forward with their lives. I would come away so full of energy and hope for my own challenges.

Through voicing these thoughts and fears and hearing other people’s worries, sharing with good humor and laughter, guided by Rebecca, I found that they started to fall away, particularly through breaking down and challenging each thing that stopped me from moving forward and realizing myself.

It is so helpful to “unpack” those things that get in our way, writing down the fears, re organizing thoughts, managing to take step after step which brake down the fears. And the knowledge that there are other women doing the same with whom you can share the experience.

Rosaline Archer Baronio