Hi my name is Berit

Are you on the positive side of 50 and going through a transition in life either professionally, mentally, physically and/or socially? Would you like to make a change in your lifestyle – maybe because of health problems or just to feel better and more energetic – but find it hard to achieve your goals?

Then I can help you!

I am a health and vitality coach for “thirdagers”.

A thirdager is a term for a new group of people between adulthood and agehood. It is often someone who is active and engaged and who aims to continue living with purpose and pleasure.

I have been an accredited mindfulness teacher since 2016, and I have taught mindfulness based stress reduction to hundreds of people. As I got older myself, I became interested in what it means to age well. Not how to age “successfully” or “gracefully” (both exremely ageist terms that indicate that ageing is something negative), but rather how we can fully embrace the challenges and joys of this phase of life. I went back to university at the age of 50 and as part of my master thesis for a MSc in Health, Ageing and Society, I developed, taught and researched an online Mindfulness Based Vitality and Ageing (MBVA) course. This developed into a book: “Ageing Upwards – A mindfulness based framework for the longevity revolution, which was a finalist in the Business Book Award and has been translated into Taiwanese.

Read more about my book Ageing Upwards here

Since publishing the book, I’ve been passionate about helping people create fullfilling lives beyond midlife from the inside out. However, I discovered that it is a struggle for people to move from awareness into change. As human, it is hard to stick to new habits and to achieve goals – despite knowing what creates better lives in the long run. I therefore decided to add another tool to my toolbox:  Health Coaching.