Emerging Elder:
Blossoming into the West
Thursday, February 26th, 2026
3pm PT/ 4pm MT/ 5pm CT/ 6pm ET
Freely offered.
A Sacred Gathering for Women entering their Season of Earned Authority
This 90-minute remote circle is an intentional space for women who feel called into a deeper relationship with their evolving life experience—emotionally, spiritually, and energetically. Midlife is more than a passage; it is a threshold where lived wisdom, inner authority, and clarity begin to reveal themselves.
In this circle we slow down, listen inwardly, and open to the possibility that this time of deep transition holds gifts—not only endings, but emergence.
Who this is for -
For women in the shift between roles, rhythms, and identity—who are seeking presence over performance, depth over distraction, and shared witness over solo endurance. If you seek insight rather than answers, this circle may be for you.
What this Gathering is -
a gently guided women’s circle honoring midlife as a sacred threshold—a time when lived experience ripens into wisdom and inner authority.
a space to gently examine and release inherited cultural stories about this life passage that no longer serve.
a shared reflection informed by the medicine wheel, the natural world, and ancestral wisdom, offering a wider context for this season.
an invitation to explore shifting identity and energy, welcoming Maiden, Mother, and Crone as integrated aspects of self.
a relational container rooted in ritual, listening, and presence, supporting meaning-making, integration, and self-trust.
What This Is Not -
a pitch, class, or presentation
a medical or symptom-based conversation
a space focused on fixing or overcoming
us talking at you for 90 minutes
It is a circle grounded in presence, reflection, and respect. We honor and welcome your voice, your experience, your perspective.
Your hosts in this experience -
Abigail Morgan Prout
Abigail is a masterful transformative coach. Sister of the rose, poetess, seasoned emotional scholar, one part jaguar, one part light-singer, she uses her 28 years of therapy/coaching background to support women through their midlife spiritual crucible with grace, creativity and humor.
Trained Therapist (MFCC) and Professional Certified professional coach.
Almost three decades of professional and personal development
10 years Faculty for the Co-Active Institute, leading Int’nl Coaching/ Leadership courses
Multiple award-winning poet (inspired by the sacred text of Nature)- Poetry book Walk Deep nominated for Pushcart Award
Developed “Spiral Leadership”, led 150+ women through this spirit-led, nature-based, feminine- forward leadership program
Movement Medicine graduate, MA in Art Therapy
Abigail is a true ‘steward of the sacred’, tending to clients from her forest temple built by husband, inside of the lush Wild Rose Sanctuary on Lopez, a small island off the coast of Washington state, where she grew up.
Raised in the windswept beauty of the Salish Sea in a Sufi/Quaker/Pagan conservationist family, she has experienced an unbroken relationship with the Living World based on respect, reciprocity and reverence.
Abigail weaves mytho-poetic containers of beauty, healing and inspiration through psychological therapy, leadership training, shammanic coaching, and creative embodied expression, all grounded in a deep relationship with the natural world and community.
Mary Olivar
A natural nurturer, part song-bird, part wise-woman, a tree-hugging, earth-mama-bear, Mary specializes in supporting people and businesses in harmoniously aligning with their true purpose, potential, and power. Her professional adventures have all been founded on promoting healing plants, vibrant harmonious living, and an awoken consciousness.
A graduate of the Power Path School of Shamanism, Mary has completed their advanced practitioner trainings. She has studied in Mexico with the Wixarika (Huichol) people and in Peru with the Shipibo. She is the Executive Director of the Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange, whose work perpetuates the shamanic wisdom, culture, practice, and traditional ways of life of Indigenous people worldwide.
Deeply rooted in the nurturing vibration of Pacha Mama, Mary primarily uses her voice to offer healing and tending, and she loves to help others connect with their own voice and vocal expressions. Mary also specializes in supporting people and businesses in harmoniously aligning with their true purpose, potential, and power.
Advent At Midlife
I am no longer waiting for a special occasion; I burn the best candles on ordinary days.
I am no longer waiting for the house to be clean; I fill it with people who understand that even dust is sacred.
I am no longer waiting for everyone to understand me; It’s just not their task
I am no longer waiting for the perfect children; my children have their own names that burn as brightly as any star.
I am no longer waiting for the other shoe to drop; It already did, and I survived.
I am no longer waiting for the time to be right; the time is always now.
I am no longer waiting for the mate who will complete me; I am grateful to be so warmly, tenderly held.
I am no longer waiting for a quiet moment; my heart can be stilled whenever it is called.
I am no longer waiting for the world to be at peace; I unclench my grasp and breathe peace in and out.
I am no longer waiting to do something great; being awake to carry my grain of sand is enough.
I am no longer waiting to be recognized; I know that I dance in a holy circle.
I am no longer waiting for Forgiveness. I believe, I believe.
~ Mary Anne Perrone