We were lucky to catch up with Sara Marby recently and have shared our conversation below.

Sara, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. If you had a defining moment that you feel really changed the trajectory of your career, we’d love to hear the story and details.

Absolutely — I was sitting in my car in the driveway after a long day. From the outside, my life looked put together: I had a career I loved, was showing up for everyone else, ticking the boxes of what a “successful woman” should look like. But inside, I felt disconnected. Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Like I was living a life that had outgrown me — or maybe one I had outgrown.

That moment in the car was quiet but potent. I realized I was still performing someone else’s version of fulfillment. I was still operating with the “just get through it” mentality that so many women adopt. But I didn’t want to shrink or settle — I wanted to expand. To live truly aligned with my own rhythm, values, and truth. That moment was a personal initiation.

From there, I began a deep dive into Jungian depth psychology, shadow work, social neuroscience, and soul-centered coaching. I trained, I unraveled, I rebuilt. And slowly, I began mentoring other women who were standing at that same invisible threshold — wondering if it was too late to change, too selfish to want more, too complicated to come home to themselves.

That moment in the driveway became the cornerstone of everything I do now. I built a body of work that supports women in flipping the script from burnout, invisibility, and fear to clarity, creativity, and personal power.

What I’ve learned is this: Sometimes the most important turning points aren’t dramatic. They’re quiet. Internal. But if you honor them — if you listen to that inner voice saying “this isn’t it” — you can begin again. And your next chapter can be the most alive, liberated, and wildly aligned one yet.

Sara, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I’m a Jungian spiritual mentor and midlife guide devoted to helping women flip the script on what this season of life is really about. I work 1:1 and in community with women who are waking up in midlife feeling disconnected, burnt out, or like they’ve checked all the boxes—but lost themselves in the process. I help them stop simply “getting through” and start living fully aligned, in deep connection with their soul, values, and creative power.

My path into this work came from lived experience. Like many of the women I serve, I reached midlife and realized I had been shape-shifting for decades—living for others, pushing down my deeper desires, and performing strength while quietly feeling unfulfilled. I didn’t want to just survive midlife. I wanted to reclaim it. So I went through my own transformation, rooted in Jungian shadow work, ritual, embodiment, and sacred self-leadership.

Today, I guide other women through that same transformational arc. My signature offering is “The Wise Way,” a 1:1 mentorship designed to help women reclaim self-sovereignty, clarify their purpose, and rise into the role of Wise Woman with integrity and power. I also host an online community where women in midlife gather for soulful resources, seasonal rituals, and meaningful connection. And I am soon to share wisdom weekly on “The Crone Chronicles,”a podcast exploring midlife as a portal to power, creativity, and spiritual reclamation.

What sets my work apart is that it’s not about “fixing” midlife — it’s about honoring it. I don’t offer surface solutions or cookie-cutter formulas. I walk beside women as they unravel outdated identities, reclaim their soul voice, and step into their next chapter with courage and clarity. My work blends psychological depth with sacred practice — grounded, mystical, and deeply human.

What I’m most proud of is the real, lasting transformation I witness in my clients. Seeing a woman go from doubt and depletion to bold self-trust and radiant alignment — that’s the magic. That’s the medicine.

If there’s one thing I want people to know about me and my work, it’s this: Midlife is not the end of the story — it’s the beginning of your most true one. And I’m here to walk with you as you remember who you really are.

How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?

My reputation has been built on depth, consistency, and genuine connection. I’ve never been interested in quick wins or chasing trends — my work is rooted in trust, transformation, and truth-telling. I think what’s helped me stand out is that I meet women exactly where they are — in the raw, messy middle of things — and offer them tools that are both sacred and practical, soulful and sustainable.

I also believe that integrity is magnetic. I live the work I teach. I’ve walked through the shadows, initiated myself through change, and built my offerings from the inside out. That alignment is something people can feel. I show up with honesty, reverence, and heart — and I think that’s what draws the right women into my orbit.

Most importantly, I listen. I let the needs, voices, and desires of the women in my community shape how I serve. That co-creative approach has helped me build not just a business, but a movement — one that honors midlife as a powerful and sacred rite of passage.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

One of the biggest lessons I had to unlearn was the belief that being a successful woman meant being endlessly selfless — that my worth was tied to how much I could give, hold, fix, or sacrifice for others. Like so many women, I internalized the idea that strength meant silence, that success meant being endlessly productive, and that asking for more — more rest, more joy, more truth — was selfish.

The backstory is woven into years of performing competence, over-functioning, and quietly abandoning my own needs while holding space for everyone else. I wore the “confident woman” mask so well that I forgot I could take it off. But the cracks began to show. I was exhausted, unfulfilled, and starting to realize that being everything to everyone had left very little room for me.

Unlearning that conditioning took time, and it’s part of what led me to Jungian work and shadow integration. I had to face the parts of me I’d exiled — the wild, the weary, the wise — and welcome them back home. I had to rewrite my definition of power to include softness, sovereignty, and soul.

Now, this unlearning is something I support other women through. We release the old scripts — the “good girl,” the “martyr,” the “nice one” — and reclaim the woman underneath. It’s liberating. It’s messy. And it’s the most honest, holy work I know.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.alchemysticyogi.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarathealchemystic
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/consciouscoven

Image Credits

all images are mine.