PATRICIA EZECHIE 
Coaching & Consultancy

To me, midlife begins around 39 and stretches to about 59. Not because of a number. But because something shifts inside. You start asking different questions. You stop tolerating old answers. You begin to wonder whether the life you’ve built still fits the person you’re becoming.

“Every time I’ve worried too much about what people might think, I’ve gotten stuck. But when I write from the heart, that’s when the words flow—and that’s when they connect.”

Organisational change can happen with the stroke of a policy pen. But personal transition doesn’t move on a press release timeline. As William Bridges reminds us: “It isn’t the changes that do you in, it’s the transitions.” Change is structural. Strategic. Often external. Transition is emotional. Psychological. Deeply personal. It involves letting go of the identity you held in that role — and figuring out who you are without the title, the badge, or the framework that once

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, unsteady, or unsure of your next steps — you’re not imagining it. We are living through a time of deep uncertainty. War, global conflict, economic instability, political upheaval — it’s affecting all of us. And for many women navigating career and life transitions, it can feel especially destabilising.

You did great. You deserve to be celebrated and acknowledged.

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We need it. We need enough of it to do everything. Life feels infinitely harder when we don’t have enough of it. It’s probably the best...

Mental Health Awareness Week begins today. For the next 7 days across the whole of the UK, we are encouraged to focus on and raise the...

Yesterday I did something I have not done for quite a while. I woke at my usual 5.30ish but felt like hell – absolutely exhausted - but I...

I wrote this piece for Thrive Global just over two years ago. Recently a client I was working with asked me why I do what I do. This is...

COVID-19 and lockdown has brought many challenges, but I think it’s fair to say one of the biggest has been the blurring of the lines...

What is resilience? I define resilience as the ability to return to a state of wellbeing or wellness……. no matter what we encounter

I woke up this morning with a tune in my head. It’s been around for a couple of days now but as it’s cheery hasn’t been too irritating....

In the blog post "It's all about your levels" I introduced the concept of 'levels' and how they help us maintain the background...

Without our health and wellbeing we cannot achieve. Without our health and wellbeing we cannot create, change, start or finish.

It's just a feeling. A feeling triggered by a thought. That thought could be as simple as "I have too much to do" or depending on the...

New Year's Resolutions - Patricia Ezechie Coaching I think you will agree that it’s been a hell of a ride this year, and I have to be...

We have all been there. You did everything you were supposed to do. You showed up as your best self and did your best work. You followed...

Stage 1 of Patricia Ezechie's 8 Stage Model of Successful Career Change. In this first blog in this series I want to explore with you...