Robyn Patton is a Melbourne-based coach and counsellor with 14+ years experience supporting women in midlife. She holds a Bachelor of Social Work and is a CoachU Advanced Coaching Program graduate. She works 1:1 with women across Australia and internationally via Zoom. Her TEDx talk "The Power of Midlife Rebellion" was published as an Editor's Pick in December 2024.
MY STORY
I didn't walk away from a disaster. I walked away from a life that looked perfectly fine - on paper.
A long-term marriage. A home full of everything I thought I was supposed to want. Security and predictability.
But inside, something had shifted. Quiet at first, just a whisper. A restlessness. A sense that I was going through the motions of a life that no longer fit.
I started paying attention to the dull ache of disconnection. To the exhaustion of overriding my own voice with logic, obligation, and what everyone else needed from me.
So I did the unthinkable. I left a "perfectly fine" marriage. I stopped chasing weight loss and started listening to my body. I peeled back the layers of who I'd been told to be and got curious about who I really was.
In my late 40s I entered the dating world with shaky confidence and an open heart. To my own surprise, I found love after 50 - the kind rooted in honesty, freedom and mutual growth.
Now I live guided by intuition instead of expectation. I choose alignment over approval. And I show up — fully, boldly — as a Midlife Rebel.
MY BACKGROUND
Before coaching, I spent years as a social worker, counsellor, facilitator and supervisor - working in trauma, abuse, tertiary education and women's health.
I've delivered workshops for corporations, government, emergency services, allied health and small businesses. Provided counselling support for staff during times of change, critical incidents and traumatic events.
For 14 years I've worked in private practice specialising in women in midlife.
TED
The Power of Midlife Rebellion
TEDx Talk · December 2024 · 20,000 views in 2 days
Editor's Pick
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Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
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Advanced Coaching Program — CoachU
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Health Coach Certification — IIN
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Trauma-informed practice
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25+ years coaching, counselling and facilitation
Midlife Rebel is my call to you and future generations of women. Because I know I'm not the only one who woke up slowly and thought, "Is this it?"
My mission is to help women reconnect to who they are, what they want, and how they truly want to live — with courage, clarity and unapologetic joy.
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Robyn's complex, she's honest, and she re-writes the book on compassion and holding space. She lives and breathes respect, curiosity and advocacy for anyone who needs it. I am empowered — not by Robyn herself — but by the self-belief she coached me to see. I am thriving, striving and vibing in my life thanks to this work.
— Meagan Upsher, former client
Coach · Counsellor · TEDx Speaker