Welcome to
Second 50
Second 50 is a trusted ecosystem for Australian women exploring how they want to live, contribute and thrive in the second half of life. Here, women share wisdom, find clarity, develop meaningful possibilities and take action — with other women beside them.
At its heart is a simple belief: every woman has something to gain and something valuable to give. You do not need to arrive with a plan, commit to everything or be at a particular stage of life or work.
Explore what matters. Create what comes next.
Some women arrive looking for connection or a fresh direction. Others are already leading change, developing an idea or looking for where their experience can be useful.
What holds the ecosystem together is not age, career or any single definition of success. It is a willingness to care, stay curious, share what we know and help turn our collective wisdom into positive outcomes, for ourselves and others.
Reflection, Clarity and Intentional Action
Expert Life Design,
held the Second 50 way
Sometimes busy women need space to pause and hear
our own answers more clearly.
Second 50 Life Design brings Gill McLaren’s proven Think.Plan.Live. methodology into a flexible community experience shaped around the realities of women in midlife. Move through the learning in your own time, with thoughtful guidance and the collective wisdom of women beside you.
Gill McLaren, creator of
Think.Plan.Live.
“Second 50 is for women who care about how they live, the people they love, the contribution they still want to make and the future they are helping to shape.
What excites me is seeing how women step forward to ask for what they need, contribute to help others, and shape what this ecosystem is becoming.”
Where Possibilities Become Action
Second 50 offers different ways to connect, learn, explore ideas and move towards what matters — with support from women who bring diverse experience, wisdom and encouragement.
Meaningful Conversations
Connect with other women through thoughtful virtual and in-person gatherings. Share experiences, explore important questions and build relationships with women navigating the second half of life.
The Possibilities Lab
Bring an idea, project or new direction into a helpful brains trust. Receive thoughtful feedback, fresh perspectives, practical support and encouragement to help shape, strengthen and move your possibility forward.
Sage Advice Live
Learn from women sharing their expertise, lived experience and practical wisdom. Join interactive sessions and workshops exploring topics that matter to women living, contributing and thriving in their Second 50.
Purpose Connect
Connect your skills, experience and interests with opportunities to contribute. Discover meaningful initiatives and consider how your knowledge and connections might make a difference in the not-for-profit world.
You don't have to figure out your next chapter alone.
Annual membership is just $55 and helps us sustain and grow this member-led ecosystem.
Join Second 50
Bring an idea. Draw on collective wisdom.
The Possibilities Lab
Have an idea, project or new direction that would benefit from fresh perspectives?
The Possibilities Lab is a facilitated Second 50 space where women bring ideas, projects and emerging directions into a trusted brains trust. Ideas are tested, assumptions challenged and fresh perspectives shared, helping each woman see a clearer and more achievable way forward. Some women come with an idea or venture they are actively building. Others come to contribute their experience, questions, connections and encouragement. It is a reciprocal space where every woman has something to gain and something valuable to give.
The Lab is led by Karen Robertson, an experienced marketing strategist, entrepreneur, coach and facilitator who helps women explore whether a possibility is not only exciting, but genuinely right for them and their lives.
Karen Robertson
Possibilities Lab Leader and Second 50 Co-leader
to join the Lab
What women are discovering in the Possibilities Lab
“The Possibilities Lab gives me access to a trusted brains trust of women who genuinely want to see each other succeed.”
“I'm refining my ideas with more clarity and confidence, while feeling less alone and more supported.”
“I get as much from contributing to other women's possibilities as I do from workshopping my own.”
Think of it as a club for women who give a sh#%! Together, we are helping to rewrite the story for all Australian women.
Join Second 50What Our Members Say
“I joined to find like-minded women and I've found them in spades.”
“Second 50 helped me grow my dream into action.”
“Every investment I make into Second 50, I get more back in return.”
“I continually gain incredible wisdom I didn't even know I needed.”
“There's no pressure or judgment, only encouragement and support.”
“Watching what everyone else is doing opens up ideas and doors for people.”
Second 50 is not something delivered to members. It is something members help bring to life.
Participate in your own way and at your own pace — through conversations, connections, shared wisdom or ideas of your own.
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Join women who are still curious about what's possible
Connect with thoughtful women, share wisdom and see where new ideas and generous collaboration can lead.
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