Why ILLUMINATE?
There are times midlife can feel like a crisis. There can be chaos and change, for sure.
That's when it's crucial to connect back with yourselfÂ
A moment to step out of the mayhem and ask:
What do I want my life to feel like now?
What matters to me most at this stage?
Who am I beneath the roles, the noise, the expectations?
ILLUMINATE 2026Â is designed to guide that journey with warmth, curiosity and intention.
Through daily small, meaningful prompts, you’ll create space for reflection, clarity and self-connection - the stuff midlife is calling you into.
Small daily prompts. Big lifelong shifts.
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Oh, and you don’t need to be “good at writing”
ILLUMINATE isn’t about beautiful sentences or perfect grammar.
You don’t need:
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lovely handwriting
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a real journal (you can even use your phone)
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long reflections
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eloquence of any kind
You simply need honesty - even if it’s messy, scribbled, brief or in bullet points.
You’re not writing for anyone.
You’re writing to hear yourself.
Journaling isn’t about writing well.
It’s about seeing yourself clearly.
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Registration & Start Dates
ILLUMINATE 2026 officially begins on 1 January 2026 but you can start anytime during the year.
If you register now (before 1 January):
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You’ll get a welcome email with everything you need to know
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You’ll be part of the founding group starting together on 1 January 2026
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Your first daily prompt email will land in your inbox on New Year’s Day
If you join anytime during 2026:
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You can start exactly when you are ready
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Your daily prompts will begin within 24 hours of registering
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Your 365-day journal adventure will run from your own personal start date
Because the prompts are undated, you’re never “behind”.
Whenever you begin is the right time to begin.
Your ILLUMINATE Framework
Participate. Articulate. Elevate.
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Participate - in your own revolution
For years, your energy has gone outward to family, work, relationships, responsibilities.Â
This year, show up for yourself again.
Create space. Create pause. Create a moment each day that is yours.
You participate in your own life again.
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Articulate - your real sense of self
Through daily prompts, you rediscover who you are beneath the conditioning, the roles and the expectations.
You name your needs.
You write your truth.
You reconnect to the you behind the noise.
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Elevate - your own wisdom
As your clarity grows, so does your capacity to choose differently, respond intentionally and live from your centre.
You elevate how you think, feel and move through your life.
This is not self-improvement.
This is self-illumination.
What’s Included in ILLUMINATE 2026
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âś” Daily Prompt Emails (365 of them)
A short, powerful question landing in your inbox each morning to guide your reflection, focus your day and anchor you in intention.
âś” New Themes Every Two Weeks
Grounded in 3 powerful cycles:
Self-Discovery → Purpose, Priorities & Action → Intention and action.
Over the year you go through these cycles twice, your prompts deepening as your year unfolds.
âś” Monthly Online Gathering
A warm, grounded space to reflect, ask, share or simply listen.
No pressure to speak - come as you are.
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âś” One Private 45-Minute Coaching SessionÂ
Available anytime after 3 months to deepen your reflection and support your growth in a deeper dive with me 1:1 into your patterns, clarity and growth.
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âś” Start Anytime
Your 365 days begin the day you begin.
These prompts are undated, evergreen and meet you wherever you are.
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✔ Illuminate 2026 GlowÂ
An expanded membership where you get everything in Illuminate 2026 plus a signed copy of my book Midlife, redefined: Better, Bolder, Brighter, plus an additional 1:1 one hour session throughout the year, adn on-going email support. This is for the woman ready to expand her clarity, confidence, boundaries and sense of self with more support along the way.
Choose your Illuminate journey.....
Illuminate 2026
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€24 per month
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€264 for the full year (1 month free)Â
Includes:
- 365 prompts
- fortnightly themes
- monthly gatherings
- 1 x 1:1 session
- start anytime
Illuminate 2026 Glow
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€39 per month
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€390 for the full year (2 months free)
Includes everything in Illuminate 2026 PLUS:
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1 extra one hour 1:1 coaching session
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A signed copy of Midlife, redefined: Better, Bolder, Brighter
- Email support
For a more supported, more personalised year of becomingÂ
Hi, I’m Alana Kirk- midlifer, brain untangler, and bullshit-cutter-through-er.
As a coach, author and speaker, I’ve helped hundreds of women hit pause on their chaos, figure out what they really want, and go after it with calm, clarity, and courage.
I get the overwhelm, the over-responsibility, and the pressure to keep it all together. I’ve singled parented, double-jobbed and triple buggied. I’ve been caught in the sandwich years of caring for parents and young children. I’ve festered in resentment and flourished in my ambitions.
Journaling has changed my life because the goal is not to be happy 100% of the time. Your goal in life - especially midlife - is to navigate a wide range of emotions, experiences and change while staying connected to yourself.
And that can be really hard. Women today lead multi-layered, multi-pressured, multi-roled lives…. And the only way to thrive is to clear away the external noise and figure out your internal voice and choices amid the mayhem.Â
This adventure is not about pages of perfect writing, or another chore to add to your "wellness" routine - it's a daily reminder to check in and an on-going conversation with yourself. It can take minutes and bullet points, or longer and reams of writing - you decide on any given day.  Â
Yes.... 2026 is going to be my year!
