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The Phoenix Process™: A Spiral of  Midlife Transformation

Transformation isn’t linear — it’s cyclical, seasonal, and deeply human.
The Phoenix Process™ blends Traditional Chinese Medicine’s Five Elements with the mythic rebirth of the Phoenix to guide sustainable change in midlife and beyond.

This is the framework at the heart of everything I teach — inside the Phoenix Circle™, the Phoenix Nest™ membership, my challenges, and my 1:1 journeys.

It’s not about “fixing yourself.”
It’s about remembering who you’ve always been.


What Makes This Different

We honor your season instead of forcing a timeline.
Each phase carries a promise, a purpose, and practical steps. Together, they form a spiral you’ll revisit throughout your life.

  • Elemental wisdom (TCM) keeps you grounded in your body’s natural rhythm.
  • Emotional alchemy transforms heaviness into clarity and momentum.
  • Rituals + routines make transformation sustainable — not overwhelming.

This process meets you where you are… and lifts you into where you’re meant to go.

✨ Ready to Reclaim Your Power in Midlife?

Take the Discover Your Season of Transformation Quiz to discover your unique archetype — and uncover the elemental & seasonal wisdom that reveals why you feel stuck or drained and the exact next step to move forward with clarity & confidence.

The Five Phases of the Phoenix Process™

The Phoenix Process™ guides you through five phases of transformation — each one with its own purpose, emotional focus, and practical tools. Click below to explore what each phase supports and how it moves you forward. Start where you are; every season has a gift.

1. ROOT: Stabilize Your System

TCM Element: Water
Season: Winter
Promise: You will feel safe, steady, and anchored again.

When life feels chaotic, you don’t leap forward — you root down.
This phase brings you back into your body, nervous system, breath, and truth.
Here, we create safety so your future self has something solid to grow from.

You’ll focus on:
• Nervous system regulation
• Sleep + energy restoration
• Clarifying what truly matters
• Releasing urgency + survival mode

You’ll feel: grounded, rested, clear.

2. RELEASE: Clear What’s Heavy

TCM Element: Metal
Season: Fall
Promise: You will let go of what you’ve outgrown — mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually.

Release is where you exhale what’s been weighing you down: beliefs, clutter, relationships, habits, expectations, shame, and the pressure to be everything for everyone.

You’ll focus on:
• Decluttering mind + home
• Grief processing + emotional completion
• Boundary strengthening
• Identifying the patterns you’re ready to shed

You’ll feel: lighter, spacious, relieved.

3. RADIATE: Reclaim Your Fire

TCM Element: Fire
Season: Summer
Promise: You will reconnect to your joy, self-expression, and desire.

Once you’ve cleared space, your natural fire returns.
This is your creativity, sensuality, passion, humor, confidence, and drive.
The part of you that glows.

You’ll focus on:
• Reigniting creativity
• Strengthening confidence + inner leadership
• Emotional expression
• Rediscovering joy in daily rituals

You’ll feel: vibrant, magnetic, alive.

4. RECENTER: Align With Your True North

TCM Element: Earth
Season: Late Summer
Promise: You will find clarity and direction — without the overwhelm.

This is where integration happens.
You take everything you’ve learned and organize your life around what truly supports you.
You choose what stays, what goes, and what actually matters.

You’ll focus on:
• Structure + planning that feels nourishing
• Emotional integration
• Embodied decision-making
• Creating routines that support the life you want

You’ll feel: clear, organized, resourced.

5. RISE: Step Into Your Next Season

TCM Element: Wood
Season: Spring
Promise: You will take aligned action — not from pressure, but from power.

Rise is where momentum clicks.
Not hustling — but rising with purpose.
This is your expansion phase: new habits, new opportunities, new identity, new energy.

You’ll focus on:
• Goal execution
• Creative growth + forward movement
• Courageous conversations + visibility
• Becoming the next version of yourself

You’ll feel: energized, confident, unstoppable.

Why a Spiral?

Because transformation is not a straight line.

You don’t “graduate.”
You cycle.

Each time you return to a phase, you’re not starting over —
you’re rising at a new level of wisdom, clarity, and power.

This is how real women rebuild their lives without burning out.

Your Journey With This Approach

Your midlife reinvention is personal, powerful, and rooted in both ancient healing wisdom and modern coaching tools.
The Phoenix Process™ weaves all aspects of you — body, energy, emotions, spirit, and story — into one aligned path forward.

Your journey includes:
Elemental Discovery (quiz + reflection)
Seasonal Journaling (inner + outer cycles)
Elemental Nutrition + Movement (TCM-aligned)
Emotional Decoding (organ–emotion mapping + rituals)
Energy Rituals + Visualization (clarity + renewal practices)
Coaching + Integration (group, hybrid, or membership support)

This isn’t traditional life coaching — it’s a holistic reinvention, a return to your energetic blueprint, and a guided rise into the chapter you were meant for.

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Devon Vernetti
Tal - Executive Coach & Reinvention Risk Taker

“Devon’s transformational coaching helped me look inward and discover a part of myself that I needed to listen to. This was a truly transformative experience and I highly recommend for anyone that is looking to heal and discover what is meaningful to them!!!”

Executive Coach & Reinvention Risk Taker

✨ Want to Explore This More Deeply?

Download the FREE Traditional Chinese Medicine Midlife Clarity Guide 
A beautifully designed resource to help you begin your reinvention journey with clarity and confidence.

  • 🌿 Discover how the Five Elements show up in your energy and emotions
  • 🌸 Align with the seasons of life for deeper flow and purpose
  • 🔥 Begin your journey through the Phoenix Process™ with ritual and insight

Already took the Midlife Quiz? You may have this guide — but it’s always worth revisiting when you need to reconnect.