I'm Robyn Patton.
I've lived this.
Now I help you through it.
For 14+ years I've worked with women navigating the gap between the life they built and the life they actually want. Women who are questioning and in transition.
I know that gap intimately...because I've crossed it myself.
Robyn Patton is a Macedon Ranges-based coach and counsellor with 14+ years in private practice 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 to release what's keeping them feeling stuck and lost and find confidence in self-trust and inner wisdom.
Her TEDx talk "The Power of Midlife Rebellion" was chosen as an Editor's Pick and currently has over 25k views.
BSW — Bachelor of Social Work
CoachU — Advanced Coaching
IIN — Health Coach
In person · Zoom worldwide
14 years private practice
Where I come from
I didn't walk away from a disaster. I walked away from a life that looked perfectly fine - on paper.
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A long-term marriage, a home full of everything I thought I was supposed to want. Security and predictability.
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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.
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I started paying attention to the ache of disconnection. To the exhaustion of overriding my own voice with logic, obligation, loyalty and what everyone else needed from me.
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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.
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In my late 40s I entered the dating world with uncertainty, trepidation and an open heart. To my own surprise, I found love after 50 - the kind rooted in honesty, freedom and mutual growth.
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Now I live guided by intuition instead of expectation. I choose alignment over approval.
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The words of Shirley Valentine inspired not just my TEDx talk, but my life. We are here for more and we deserve more.
Where I've been
Before coaching, I spent years as a social worker, counsellor, facilitator and supervisor - working in trauma, abuse, tertiary education and women's health.
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I've delivered workshops for corporations, government, emergency services, allied health and small businesses. Provided workplace 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.​
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
Advanced Coaching Program — CoachU
Health Coach Certification — IIN
Trauma-informed practice
Experienced in coaching, counselling and facilitation​
WHAT'S NEXT
This chapter isn't a solo one. It's the reason Midlife Rebel exists at all.
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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 authenticity.
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
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