Ready for a new season in your career and life?
The Next Chapter is a year-long program where you evolve from who you are now… into your next era.
If you want to:
Get a new job
Pursue a creative project
Start a side hustle or business
Shift from your current profession into a new field
Or make a change that appears small (to other people) but is a big deal to you
… this program shifts you from thinking about it to doing it.
We launch the week of January 19, 2026!
Is This For You?
Some clients do this program because they want to make a big career and life change. This might be a new job, new business, or entirely new career path.
Other people want to make a change that is small yet significant. Such as, keeping your current profession while infusing more excitement and adventure into work and life.
Some say, “I don’t know what I want! Maybe a big change. Maybe a small one. I’m not sure.” As the program unfolds, they figure out their ideal path.
Everyone shares one thing in common: a desire for a new chapter to begin.
Choose the path that best fits your current season and the depth of transformation you’re ready for.
$750 / month for 12 months $1,250 / month for 12 months $1,450 / month for 12 months
Topics We Cover In the Program
Vision
Figure out what your next chapter looks like, if you’re not sure yet. Already have a vision? Get even more clear and excited about your future.
Plan
Map out the action steps to get from your current career and life … to your new era. Identify the roadblocks that could stop you from moving forward and find solutions.
Action
Take your plan and put it into motion. Start building your next chapter! Take tiny steps, at first, leading to bigger steps as you gain momentum.
Should You Do This Program?
Do any of these statements resonate with you?
“I’m hearing a little whisper telling me it’s time for a change. The whisper was quiet at first. Now it’s getting louder.”
“I’m feeling stagnant and restless. Craving fresh energy. I want to shake things up.”
“I actually really like my career and life. I don’t necessarily want to make a big change. But I’m sensing that one cycle is ending and it’s time for a new season.”
“I have a clear vision of my next chapter. I know where I want to go. I’m just not sure how to get there.” Or, “I keep stalling instead of taking steps forward.”
“I don’t have a clear vision of my next chapter. I’m ready for something to shift but I don’t know what that means yet. I want to figure it out!”
What to Expect
Time to think deeply
Get 1:1 monthly focused time with me throughout the year and monthly sessions with a small group. Each meeting lets you step away from your busy schedule, think deeply, and clarify your priorities.
Redesign your life
Learn Designing Your Life™ principles, developed by two Stanford professors. Redesign your daily routine, build positive habits, and become more intentional about where your time is going.
Bust out of a rut
Get new tools for getting unstuck, including Wild Writing™—a process that wakes up your brain and helps you see your life from a new perspective.
Set exciting goals
Set new life, career, business, and income goals. Take action consistently. Get things flowing in the direction you want.
Accomplish what matters
Check things off your list. Share “I did it!” updates with me. Feel proud of yourself with each passing week. See your life take on a new shape.
Get support
Feel less isolated. Get boosted by the energy of having an accountability partner to be the most successful you can be. Transform in a real, lasting way
Working together for a year gives you time to implement what you’re learning and create powerful changes in your life.
All this plus…
Connections with smart, kind, generous people who become your friends and accountability partners.
Monthly meetings where we read great books and hear experts on finances; astrology; writing; tarot; and poetry.
An optional weekend intensive
An optional four sessions with Megan deBoer, a wealth doula who will help you navigate your finances and explore and create the abundant and wealthy life that you imagine.
What Makes The Next Chapter Unique
It’s not a program; it’s a year-long reinvention lab. A container for women at midlife who feel the whisper—something’s shifting—and are ready to act on it.
Equal parts strategy, soul, and sisterhood. Career design meets creativity, and meaningful connection. Participants don’t just plan their next move—they become their next version.
Depth over hype. This is about traction, not trends. It offers structure (Designing Your Life™ tools, accountability), inspiration (Wild Writing™), and a small, intentional community.
It honors every scale of change. Whether it’s launching a new business or reinventing yourself step by step - starting with repainting a studio wall, every pivot is sacred because each one moves a woman closer to herself.
Instead of dreaming about your next chapter- start living it!
What Clients Say
Here’s what a few clients achieved in the last year…
“Since working with Ellen over just a few short months, I have kicked my business into high gear and tripled my client base. The continued support from her and the group kept me accountable week after week. Working with Ellen has given me me the clarity and courage to stay focused and wait for the right opportunities instead of jumping at any income opportunity I saw. ”
“A year ago, I was neglecting my creativity, and hiding my creative self from the world. Since I started working with Ellen, I’ve made changes large and small. I’m taking more risks, from changing the paint on my walls, to writing a book about my personal story (something I would have never done pre-Ellen!), to clearly articulating my value through my work (and even asking for more money to match the value I bring to the table). If you are on the fence about working with Ellen, take the leap. You deserve to fully show up in your life- whatever that means for you.”
“I had just started my coaching business when I began Ellen’s program. She not only had so many resources at the ready, but she also helped to keep me focused on my goals. She brought warmth and caring to every session. Ellen has helped me to grow as an entrepreneur. She has helped me to get clients, stretch myself when I need to get out of my comfort zone and believe in myself. If you are on the fence, there is no better time than now. Having someone you can trust walk beside you on this lonely entrepreneurial road is not something you will ever regret! Ellen will provide you with everything you need to be successful in your career or business! ”
Why work with Ellen
She’s the strategist with a heart. Ellen blends high-level business acumen with genuine warmth and care. She’s walked every kind of professional path—lawyer, entrepreneur, nonprofit founder—and knows exactly how to help women reinvent themselves with confidence and clarity.
She’s a master at momentum. Ellen doesn’t just help you “think differently”; she helps you move. She brings a powerful mix of accountability, creative problem-solving, and grounded optimism that turns ideas into reality.
She’s relentlessly resourceful. Her “pick up the phone and make it happen” energy makes people believe that doors can open anywhere—and they often do.
She’s the woman women trust. Clients describe her as the mentor, BFF, and truth-teller who keeps them focused and fearless through big transitions.
About Ellen
Ellen Fondiler is an award-winning entrepreneur and career strategist. Her credentials include a BS in Psychology from Cornell University, a JD in Law from Loyola Marymount, and decades of life experience as an attorney, business owner, and mom raising two amazing young men.
Ellen earned her Designing Your Life™ coach certification from Stanford and is a certified Wild Writing™ instructor. She’s also the co-founder and former director of MEarth, a science education learning center that Ellen raised millions to build and that holds classes for 2,500 students every year.
She co-hosts a podcast with astrologer Heidi Rose Robbins called Chart Your Career. She loves having deep conversations about the process of building a meaningful life and career.
Sign Up
Each level offers a unique blend of structure, guidance, and momentum — designed to help you move forward with purpose and ease. Choose the path that best fits your current season and the depth of transformation you’re ready for.
SPECIAL ADD-ON
Financially Align your Next Chapter with Megan deBoer
Eventually, every dream meets the practical question: What about the money?
Megan deBoer is a Wealth Doula who helps people navigate the emotional and financial terrain that exists when you choose to live life on your terms. Since founding Tended Wealth in 2012, Megan has helped over a thousand clients steward, generate and savor wealth. She gets into the meat of things with actual, factual numbers, but also dives into emotional beliefs, thoughts and how they influence our choices.
Megan is offering Next Chapter participants four sessions to be held throughout the year to help navigate your finances in order to create an abundant and wealthy life. It is important to get a firm grasp on your money, so your finances support your vision, not limit it.
Across four sessions held throughout the year, Megan will help you:
Get clear on your current money landscape — both the wins and the worries
Redefine your relationship with money through awareness and aligned action
Create a personalized roadmap toward abundance and financial ease
Build confidence to make decisions that support your next chapter
You will explore not just the numbers, but your mindset and energy around money — so you can move forward with freedom, clarity, and confidence.
This is an additional offering to the year-long program options that is only available for the Journey and the Deepening levels.
Total $2400
$200/month will be added to whatever plan you choose
FAQs
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I have coached over one thousand people through career and life transitions, both large and small. Read my client testimonials to get a sense of what’s possible when working with me.
If you’re considering The Next Chapter but feeling on the fence, book a call. We can discuss your specific situation and determine if this program is a good fit for you.
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Great! I have coached many clients through big career and life changes (and have made a few, myself!). The bigger your dream, the more you need coaching, supportive colleagues, and structure to make it happen.
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Also great! I’ve had clients who decide to take drawing classes, surf lessons, start a part-time side hustle, or tweak their career and life in another relatively small way.
Small changes can bring fresh energy into your life and can lead to bigger shifts.
However, small changes still require thinking, planning, and effort, and are far more likely to happen when you have support.
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Some of my clients know exactly where they want their career and life to go. Others don’t.
If you’re in the “not sure yet” camp, you’ll get clear during the beginning of the program. I will help you create a vision of your future that feels fresh and exciting, but still attainable.
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If you want to change your career and life in any way, large or small, you need time to think, time to plan, time to take action and actually do the plan, and time to connect with other people.
You need regular support so you can bring up the issues you’re facing and brainstorm with colleagues to find solutions.
You also need to be exposed to new ideas, options, and possibilities that you never considered before.
The Next Chapter is a program that brings all of this together for you.
Can you transform all by yourself? Sure. But your odds of success are so much higher when you’re doing a structured program.
Having a coach, colleagues, and accountability gets you moving forward instead of staying in the same place while another year slips by.
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In the past, I’ve had 7 to 12 people in my year-long programs at any given time.
I enjoy keeping the group on the smaller side so that everyone gets plenty of attention and deep friendships can form.
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All of the above.
My clients come from different backgrounds. Some work in tech. Some are self-employed creative professionals, consultants, or coaches. Some are full-time parents hoping to transition back into work.
All share the same goal: to begin their next chapter.
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Once you sign up we arrange a date for the first session. At that first session, we figure out the rest of the year.
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Eventually with all dreaming and planning the subject of finances comes up. Megan is offering 4 sessions to be held throughout the year to help you navigate your finances and explore and create the abundant and wealthy life that you imagine. It is important to get a firm grasp on our money situation - both good and bad - so we have the freedom to move forward with our dreams.
This is an additional offering to the basic year-long and is only available at the Journey or the Deepening levels.
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Possibly! Book a call with me to discuss your situation and goals.
Depending on certain factors, we may be able to work out a unique arrangement for you. Let’s talk and see.