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Being Well Aware is the functional medicine health coaching practice of Carla Moss, FMCHC, NWC-HWC.

Helping midlife women reclaim longevity, pleasure & purpose | Functional Medicine + Intimacy Coaching + Spiritual Life Path | Book a free intro call at hub.beingwellaware.com Carla is a functional medicine certified health coach, and national board-certified health and wellness coach who has been practicing for 10 years. She coaches women in midlife who are navigating hormone imbalances such as PC

OS, adrenal dysfunction, thyroid dysfunction, estrogen dominance, peri-menopause, menopause, cardio-metabolic issues, gut issues, and autoimmune conditions. She received training and certification from The Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, a collaboration with The Institute for Functional Medicine, the Institute of Transformational Nutrition and from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition where she also received specialty certifications in Hormone Health and Emotional Eating Psychology. If you want to learn more about health coaching, or if you're wondering if health coaching is right for you, book time to connect with Carla to discuss.

04/24/2026

After the questioning… after the emotional storms… something surprising often appears.

Clarity.

A new In My Voice audio reflection arrives this Sunday. This week we’re exploring the grounded authority that often begins emerging in midlife.

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https://www.themidliferenaissance.com/p/the-woman-emerging-on-the-other-side

04/23/2026

If you’ve been feeling more irritable lately… it may not be random.

Midlife has a way of loosening what you’ve been holding in place for years. What you tolerated. What you carried. What you made work—even when it cost you.

And when that starts to shift, it doesn’t always feel like clarity. Sometimes it feels like anger. Like impatience. Like a shorter fuse than you’re used to.

But not all anger is something to fix.

Sometimes it’s the nervous system saying: this no longer works for me.

Sometimes it’s truth, rising faster than your ability to contain it.

This is the part many women don’t expect.

The second storm.

Not because something is going wrong. But because something real is finally being felt. 🖤💛

04/20/2026

At some point during midlife, a moment catches even the most self-aware woman off guard.
You’ve done the work. You’ve processed. You’ve healed.

And then one evening, you find yourself furious…over something small. The dishwasher. A comment. A tone. And you know — in your body — it isn’t about the moment.

It’s about decades.

Midlife has a way of surfacing what you thought you had already worked through.

Rage that feels disproportionate. Grief with no clear source. Resentment that surprises you with its intensity.

I call this the second storm.

Not because something is wrong. But because something that was never allowed to be felt… is finally rising.

As hormones shift, the body becomes less willing to suppress. Less willing to override. Less willing to abandon itself to maintain stability.

What you may call “too much”…may actually be truth.

This week’s article explores why this happens — and why the storm is not destruction.

It’s clearing. Real the full article here: https://www.themidliferenaissance.com/p/when-the-second-storm-approaches

04/17/2026

Many women enter midlife believing they’ve already done their emotional work.

And then something surprising happens.

Feelings return. Questions surface. Restlessness appears.

A new In My Voice audio reflection arrives this Sunday. This week we’re exploring why midlife emotions can feel so intense.

Subscribe if you’d like it delivered when it goes live. Link in bio.

04/16/2026

There’s a version of you that learned how to be who everyone needed.

Capable.
Reliable. The one who holds things together.

You learned how to anticipate. How to adapt. How to make it work—even when it cost you.

And for a long time… that version of you made your life possible.

But midlife has a way of asking a different question.

Not, can you handle it?
But— Is this still true for you?

What once felt like strength can start to feel like strain. Not because something is wrong. But because something in you is no longer willing to stay inside a role that no longer fits.

This is where the shift begins.
Not loud. Not dramatic.
But unmistakable.

The roles you learned… start to loosen.

04/15/2026

The anger isn’t the problem. The anger is the information.

In a couple of weeks I’ll be sharing something for women ready to move beyond understanding this — and actually cross it.

DM me THRESHOLD if this resonates.

04/13/2026

Most women spend decades living inside one identity. The responsible one. The one who holds everything together. The one who notices what no one else does.

Psychology has a word for these patterns: Archetypes.

For many women, the dominant one is the Mother. Not just literal motherhood. The one who sustains. Plans. Fixes. Regulates. Carries.

She builds a life. And she does it by enduring. By absorbing. By adapting. By disappearing in small, socially acceptable ways.

For years… sometimes decades. Until something shifts. And the body begins to say: Enough. Not dramatically. Quietly. But unmistakably.

Because what once felt manageable… now feels expensive. And this is where it gets confusing. Because you are no longer who you were. But you’re not fully who you’re becoming either.

You are between archetypes. And something else is beginning to emerge.

This week’s article explores how midlife rearranges the identities we’ve lived inside — and why that in-between space can feel so disorienting. Link to read it is here: https://www.themidliferenaissance.com/p/archetypes-in-midlife

04/11/2026

Nobody talks about this part.
The part where you’ve done everything right and still feel like a stranger in your own life.

DM me the word ERA and I’ll send you something for exactly this moment.

04/10/2026

Many women spend decades living inside one role.

The responsible one.�The reliable one.�The one who holds everything together.

But midlife often reveals something deeper beneath those roles.

A new In My Voice audio reflection arrives this Sunday.

This week we’re exploring the archetypal patterns that shape women’s lives.

Subscribe to receive it the moment it goes live. Link in bio.

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Hello, I’m Carla Moss. and I am a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach. Being Well Aware is my health coaching practice. I help women in midlife navigate hormone health from Perimenopause and Beyond. Midlife can be a time of reinvention, of greater access to wisdom and understanding of our needs and desires. In midlife, we can create the space to become healthier, more vibrant, more resilient versions of ourselves, as we step into the second half of our life journey. With self-cultivation and anticipation, we transform.

To decide if health coaching is right for you, I invite you to schedule an initial consultation with me. During our session, we’ll discuss your health and lifestyle goals to determine how I can best support you in achieving them.