You've Spent 50 Years Becoming The Woman
You Are.
Now discover the woman you're becoming.
SILVER AWAKENING® is an empowering space for women over 50 to
heal, transform, and thrive as they step into their Silver Sage®.
How Does Silver Awakening Work?
The Pathway:
HEAL
Are you recovering from loss, grief, divorce, and other life transitions?
Join Support Groups &
One-on-One Mentoring
with Women Over 50.
Healing from the past
Reveals Your Silver Sage.
TRANSFORM
Ready to discover what is possible when old roles fall away and new purpose is revealed?
Enroll in Online Courses
& In-Person Retreats
with Women Over 50.
Transformation
Engages Your Silver Sage.
What is Silver Sage®?
The new life-stage archetype for women Over 50
SILVER SAGE® is a new life-stage archetype for women over 50, a framework for understanding the powerful shift that happens when the roles that have defined much of our lives begin to change, and we find ourselves asking:
Now What?
This isn't about becoming someone new. It's about recognizing what a lifetime of living has already given you the wisdom, experience, resilience and self-knowledge to define what comes next on your own terms.
SILVER SAGE isn't a woman you're supposed to become.
It's the woman a lifetime of living has already prepared you to be.
Join a community of women 50+ who are discovering what's possible in this next chapter. Join the conversation!
Join Our Free Online Community!
Join Other Women Over 50 Who are Rewriting Their Stories.
About Silver Awakening:
Who We Are and How We Support Women Over 50.
Stories from women who have discovered their SILVER SAGE.
Real Women. Real Awakenings
Silver Divorce
"Carmela Carlyle saved me, I owe her my life. She helped me grieve, forgive, and rebuild."
— Diane, 53
A little research behind the brand.
Why Silver Awakening?
SILVER AWAKENING® was created around something millions of women experience: life after 50 often brings significant change. Careers evolve or end. Children leave home. Relationships change. We may become caregivers, lose people we love, or simply begin questioning the roles that have defined us for decades. Research increasingly points to the importance of connection, continued learning, meaningful engagement and physical well-being during this stage of life.
CONNECTION & COMMUNITY
Research has found that social support can play an important protective role during major life transitions. Among older women experiencing separation or divorce, social support was found to modify changes in depression, while research on retirement transitions has found that programs combining meaningful social roles with supportive group structures can improve life satisfaction, social support and activity, among other measures of well-being. An AARP Research survey of adults age 45 and older found that about 35% of midlife and older adults report feeling lonely -- reinforcing the importance of creating opportunities for meaningful connection and community.
CONTINUED LEARNING
A 2023 study published in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B (Oxford Academic) found that healthy older adults who simultaneously learned multiple real-world skills — such as Spanish, drawing, music composition, and photography — showed gains across multiple cognitive abilities, leading researchers to conclude that this kind of continued learning may produce broad cognitive benefits later in life.
MIND + BODY WELL-BEING
A May 2024 Clinical Digest from the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) suggests that mind-body practices such as yoga, tai chi and qigong may support healthy aging in several ways, including improved balance and stability, reduced fall risk, relief from some menopausal symptoms, and modest improvements in cognitive function. Research also suggests yoga may provide benefits for sleep.
Everything You Need to Shape What Comes Next
The research points to something powerful: this stage of life isn't simply something to navigate. Connection, continued learning, personal growth, and caring for your mind and body can help you live it with greater purpose, possibility and well-being. HEAL. TRANSFORM. THRIVE., together with the SILVER SAGE® SISTERS online community, bring these elements together in one place, creating a path toward something even greater: stepping into your unique SILVER SAGE®.
Silver Awakening FAQ
What is Silver Awakening?
SILVER AWAKENING is an online empowerment platform and community for women over 50, co-founded by Sharon Ryan and Diane Manning and built around the SILVER SAGE® life-stage archetype. It offers healing circles, one-on-one mentorship, transformative courses, in-person retreats, and holistic wellness and beauty practices — supported by a team that includes credentialed therapists, licensed counselors, certified coaches, and wellness educators. The platform is designed for women navigating divorce, grief, career transitions, reinvention, and the question of who they want to become in this next chapter.
Who is Silver Awakening for?
SILVER AWAKENING is for women 50 and older who are in the middle of — or approaching — a significant life transition. Whether you are processing a divorce, losing a partner, leaving a long career, experiencing the empty nest, or simply asking "now what?" — the platform provides both the community and the tools to move forward with intention rather than uncertainty.
What is the Silver Sage® framework?
SILVER SAGE® is a proprietary life-stage archetype created by SILVER AWAKENING that reframes the post-50 years as a time of awakening rather than decline. The framework organizes the journey into three stages — Heal, Transform, Thrive — each supported by different modalities: peer support and mentorship for healing, courses and retreats for transformation, and wellness and beauty practices for thriving.
What types of programs does Silver Awakening offer?
The platform offers online healing circles, one-on-one mentorship with trained Silver Mentors, instructor-led transformative courses, in-person retreats and pilgrimages, wellness and beauty courses and classes. Members also gain access to SILVER SAGE® SISTERS (the private community), SILVER SAGE® INSIGHTS (inspirational articles and videos), SILVER TALKS® (the weekly video podcast), and the SILVER SAGE® VILLA for in-person gatherings.
How do I join Silver Awakening?
You can join SILVER AWAKENING directly from the website at silverawakening.com. Membership gives you access to the SILVER SAGE® SISTERS community, the course library, and the ability to book mentors and circles. Specific programs and retreats are available for enrollment once you are a member.
Is Silver Awakening right for me if I am not religious or spiritual?
SILVER AWAKENING is not a religious or spiritual program. It is a personal empowerment and community platform grounded in psychological wellbeing, life transitions research, and holistic practices. Women of all backgrounds, beliefs, and life stages are welcome — the only common thread is being a woman over 50 who is ready to heal, transform and thrive.
Last updated: October 19, 2026