Catching Your Breath

From a mindfulness expert and cofounder of the Breethe app, this guide to life’s gut punches offers grounded, relatable advice for getting back on your feet and living life on your own terms in middle age. Divorce after decades. An unexpected diagnosis. Financial whiplash you could never have predicted. Unplanned caregiving, grieving, or other family circumstances that catch you completely unprepared. When midlife plot twists hit without warning, this thoughtful, compassionate guide helps you catch your breath long enough to plan your next chapter with intention. Drawing on her own experiences, meditation teacher Lynne Goldberg shares down-to-earth advice and mindfulness practices to help you navigate change and enjoy your second act. Catching Your Breath meets you in your moment with spiritually grounded, emotionally fluent tools for realigning with your reality, so you can: Heal from and adapt to midlife****transitions like divorce, illness, menopause, empty nesting, career upheaval, and financial uncertainty Practice learned choicefulness—so you can react with intention rather than habit or fear Let go of your shoulda woulda couldas and embrace the life you’re currently living Reclaim your agency, define your boundaries, and find pleasure in midlife without apology Reconnect with your why and redesign your life for more meaning, joy, and authenticity You're never too old, and it’s never too late. For anyone ready to turn midlife into possibility, Catching Your Breath offers permission to stop surviving and start living your life in full color.