Hello!
I’m Doris Purcell-Rabinowitz. Thank you for stopping by. I’m glad you’re here!
About me, personally, I…
- love camping next to running water, like a stream or river.
- enjoy Euro-style strategy games and have every Dominion expansion and promo.
- share the same initials with my beloved husband.
- homeschooled our daughter for 14 years, and loved it.
- adore my cat and have lived with cats since I was 4 years old (except that one year).
- eat a primarily paleo diet that has transformed my health.
- pull on soft, fuzzy socks as soon as I get home, in all seasons.
- cherish finding unique treasures at thrift stores and on Craigslist.
- have driven coast to coast three times, and it changed me each time.
- engage in practical woo-woo because it’s fun. No other reason needed. No apology.
My story, the long version…
I live in the Boulder, Colorado area with my husband and our (mostly) independent daughter, a Siamese cat named Monet, and a peanut-free hamster named Dove. I wake up everyday with an awareness that what I’m doing is both fulfilling for me and valuable for other women. It’s the culmination of a life-long dream, but it hasn’t always been this way.
When my daughter started becoming more independent, I felt… lost. I remember the morning when I was sitting at the table with my coffee and looking at my calendar. There was a doctor’s appointment and a lunch with a friend scheduled, and that was it for the whole week.
Staring at this, I felt a growing sense of dread slowly taking over, as I was realizing the magnitude of the change in my life. And I began wondering over and over, “Is this what the rest of my life is going to be like?”
I felt confused because…. I was feeling incredibly proud of all the years with my daughter and of who she’d become… and feeling wistful remembering all of my success before she was born—two master’s degrees, and several leadership positions in business. But I also felt my grief in the loss of my main role as a mom. That was who I’d been for so many years now, and I had no idea who I was outside of that anymore.
The worst part was when I imagined all the years I had left, unfolding and laid out before me. It felt sad, and… really, really boring.
Not every woman has this experience, though. I want to pause here to also acknowledge the midlife women who don’t have an “empty nest” feeling.
Some of us take a deep breath and feel relief and freedom when our kids move on. Some of us have been anticipating this time when we can take care of ourselves and do the things we have been dreaming of, for years.
But if this is us, we also might feel that we can’t tell anyone we’re excited because they won’t understand. We’re expected to feel lost and empty (nesty), and they might think we don’t love our kids—which is the farthest thing from the truth!
The deeper truth is, most of us feel a bit of both of these experiences, all mixed together, along with guilt, and maybe some shame for not knowing what to do. This is all completely, 100% normal.
Everything changed for me when I discovered what Dr. Claire Zammit calls Feminine Power. I already had decades of deep spiritual and personal growth work, but this was different, and I was able to break through limiting beliefs I’d struggled with my whole life.
For instance, in Claire’s research, she discovered that many women have hidden beliefs that we’re not enough, are invisible, are alone… or as I found inside of myself, afraid that we’re too much—too emotional, too expressive, dream too big, need too much, laugh too loudly. I definitely laugh too loudly for many people!
Breaking through this helped me connect with my most authentic self. I began standing in my own deeper knowing as my reference point for decisions. I re-embraced my passions, and I found my voice, without apology.
The best part is that many of my relationships have grown stronger because of the way I am showing up more fully. I invested in myself, again, and I became a coach in this woman-centered method.
In my work, I help midlife moms whose kids are primarily independent, to step into the next phase of their own life, and to launch their passion or power project—something they really want to create from their essence. I work with these women, because I intimately understand the unique experience of conflicting feelings and uncertainty that can run deep in this life transition, as well as their hidden power and where to find it.
Midlife women have an incredible wealth of gifts, wisdom, and life experience, and I’ve seen how quickly a woman can move out of feeling stuck and into manifesting her dreams when she’s supported to connect with her true power.
And it can have ripple effects of positive change and upliftment throughout the rest of her life and relationships.
I wish this for all women.
Professionally…
I’ve spent over 30 years working and training in a variety of transformational models.
I believe women are both uniquely and collectively empowered when we come together, and I’m committed to helping women discover and step into their own unique power and essence to create lives they love.
Institute of Woman-Centered Coaching, Training & Leadership
I’ve had the honor of being trained and mentored by Dr. Clarie Zammit in her research-based methods for several years. This is the program that transformed my midlife experience, and I’m thrilled to bring it to other women.
Master’s Degrees
I have a master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica with Drs. Ron and Mary Hulnick, which was deeply transformational. My second master’s degree is in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University; however I am not a licensed therapist.
Home Education
During my 14 years as a home educator, I was in collaborative leadership within multi-family co-ops, designing and delivering educational programs, as well as coordinating group travel and other events.
Business Leadership
I started my career in business management when I was 18 years old. Over the next 20 years, I held management positions in a variety of fields (banking, retail, restaurant, education), culminating in a top leadership position in university administration.
Transparency & Perspective…
I’m sensitive to living in a world where I have privileges others do not receive. I’m a neurodivergent, cisgender, midlife, White woman in a heteronormative relationship. My larger families include experiences of neurodivergence, chronic illness, disability, mixed spiritual and religious beliefs, and LGBTQ+ people. This is the lens I see through.
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