Success stories often follow familiar arcs—career milestones, family life, carefully constructed plans. Yet for many women in midlife, there comes a moment when that certainty begins to shift. Identity feels less defined. Purpose feels unclear. Questions surface quietly: Who am I without this role? What do I enjoy? What comes next?

It is within that crossroads that Lisa Best’s work finds its deepest relevance. A Midlife Transition Specialist and licensed therapist with more than three decades of experience, Best supports women navigating divorce, career change, loss, and empty nest. Her work focuses on helping women rediscover identity, rebuild stability, and design what comes next with intention.

Her calling emerged from personal disruption. At fifty, an unexpected divorce forced her to confront who she was beyond the roles she had lived in. “It was the first time life did not align with the path I had envisioned,” she shares. “I had spent years believing that if you did the right thing, life would unfold a certain way.”

That turning point revealed something deeper. After years of prioritizing others, even simple questions felt unfamiliar. “My son asked me what I liked,” she recalls, “and I realized I didn’t know.”

From that experience, The Midlife Roadmap was born—a structured ten-week framework guiding women through emotional stability, relationships, community, contribution, and personal adventure. Best blends therapeutic depth with practical coaching, helping women move from confusion to clarity.

“Midlife becomes the first time many women allow themselves to ask what they truly want.”

Through coaching, newsletters, and community spaces, Best offers women both permission and structure—the permission to rediscover who they are, and the structure to build what comes next.