DowN THE RABBIT HOLE
When the old story no longer fits, it's time to discover your own
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A creative weekend for midlife women who feel they're outgrowing the life they once built.
August 22 & 23, 9–11:30am PT/12–2:30pm ET
Online Zoom & Community • $47 • Replays included • Immediate Bonuses
Secure Payment • Live on Zoom • Replays Included
A playful two-day online creative retreat for women ready to stop living from old scripts, hear what’s true now, and step into the next chapter with more courage and authenticity.
The Old Scripts Aren’t the Whole Story
There comes a moment when the life you carefully built starts to feel unfamiliar or strange, you can’t put your finger on it because nothing is wrong.
- Perhaps like Alice, you are bored with your current life.
- Maybe your work identity has shifted.
- Maybe your children need you differently now.
- Maybe retirement, caregiving, grief, health, relationships, or your own creative dreams have changed the shape of your days.
The roles that once gave your life structure may no longer define who you are.
And the unspoken expectations you carried for decades may no longer fit.
Be useful. Stay busy. Don’t disappoint anyone.
Keep everyone comfortable. Don’t want too much.
Don’t start something new this late in life. Don’t change the plan now.
They may feel like old agreements, inherited shoulds, quiet obligations, family patterns, good-girl conditioning, or the subtle pressure to remain who everyone expects you to be.
And yet, something inside you is whispering:
What if I don’t want to keep following this script anymore?
You find yourself wondering:
- Who am I now?
- What do I actually want?
- What is calling me next?
- Why do I have more room in my life, but not necessarily more clarity?
If you’ve been feeling restless, uncertain, or quietly ready for something different, you are not lost.
You may be standing at the threshold where the old script have lost their meaning, and a more authentic story is ready to be written.
Working with Minette helped me find my voice, discover my truth and inner power, come back to myself and what matters most, and to feel connected to my most authentic self. Finding my truth was the most important thing I could do for myself.
Connie J.
This Is Not the Alice Story You Read as a Child
In this Mythical Makeover, Alice is the part of you:
• brave enough to question the world she was handed.
• tired of being rushed by someone else’s clock.
• that wants to know which door is actually hers.
• willing to ask, “Who am I now?”
• ready to look at the old expectations and say:
Wait a minute… do I still believe this?
Wonderland appears when the old “normal” stops making sense.
Time feels strange.
Too many doors appear.
The questions get inconvenient.
The tea party becomes medicine.
And the Queen’s authority begins to lose its grip as the woman at the center of the story finally remembers:
I am the one who decides what happens next.
In One Weekend, You’ll Move From…
Feeling rushed, behind, or like you should have figured this out by now… to recognizing the White Rabbit voice of urgency and choosing not to let panic lead.
Feeling overwhelmed by too many possibilities, obligations, and open doors… to noticing which doors feel alive and which ones belong to an old version of you.
Feeling unsure who you are without the roles that used to define you… to meeting your Authentic Self and listening for what is true now.
Feeling shaped by inherited shoulds like “be useful,” “don’t disappoint,” or “don’t want too much”… to transforming one old script into a new story you can actually practice.
Feeling like clarity should arrive as a perfect plan… to leaving with a creative clarity practice you can return to whenever you feel stuck, rushed, or uncertain.
This is not about figuring out the rest of your life in one weekend.
It is about giving yourself a creative, practical way to hear yourself again
It is about leaving with a completely different relationship to uncertainty..
How the Weekend Works
Pre-Work: Entering Wonderland
As soon as you register, you’ll receive access to your Welcome module.
You’ll read Minette’s original Alice-inspired retelling, create or color your Wonderland map, gather simple supplies, and prepare your creative space for our time together.
Day 1: Entering The Unknown
You’ll explore where the old map no longer fits, recognize the voice of urgency, notice which doors are calling to you, and begin asking the deeper question:
Who am I now?
Day 2: Choosing Your New Story
You’ll reclaim play and wonder, meet the inner Script Keeper, transform one old script into a new story, and name one next brave move.
You’ll also learn how to use your Wonderland map after the event as a simple creative check-in whenever you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure what is truly yours to choose.
What Begins to Change
Something subtle—but meaningful—shifts when you give yourself this kind of space.
You may begin to feel:
clearer about what matters now
more connected to yourself
lighter… less overwhelmed by everything you’ve been carrying
creatively awake again
reassured that you’re not the only one in this season of life
Not because you’ve figured everything out…
But because you’ve slowed down enough to hear what’s true for you.
This is not about becoming someone new. It’s about feeling like yourself again.
Soulful Creations from previous Mythical Makeovers
Before the Mythical Makeover, I didn’t need permission to create—but I needed the reminder to create. I’ve felt like an oddball, and after meeting all of these like-minded women, I now realize I’m not alone at all. That energy is exactly what I needed to get going.
Adie W.
This experience is for you if…
You feel at a turning point and don’t know what’s next
Your mind feels busy even when life is quieter
You want meaning, not motivation
You’re longing for gentle connection with other women
You want something supportive — not overwhelming
✨ No art experience needed—just a curious heart and an open spirit.
What Makes This Different
This isn't therapy.
It isn't coaching.
It isn't another online class.
It's a guided creative journey that helps you hear yourself again through story, reflection and expressive art.
Why Alice?
Because Alice isn't trying to become someone new.
She's trying to figure out who she is after the old rules stop making sense.
She questions authority.
She gets curious.
She chooses her own path.
That's why her story still matters.
The Details + What's Included
📅 Dates: August 22 & 23, 2026
💸 Investment: $47 - Please note: because you receive immediate access to bonuses, community, and classroom materials, refunds are not available.
📍 Location: Online via Zoom
⏰ Times: 9am PT/12pm ET, each call is 2.5 hours.
💻 Replay Access: YES!
📝 Supplies Needed:
A large sheet of paper, journal spread, file folder, or cardstock for your game board
Scissors and glue stick
Pen or pencil
Collage images or papers you’re drawn to
Index cards, playing cards, or cardstock
Optional paints, markers, stamps, stickers, washi tape, or colored pencils
A complete supply list will be provided upon registration.
📦 What’s Included
5 hours of live guided creative gatherings with Minette.
Minette’s original Alice-inspired retelling for women navigating identity, purpose, and change in the second half of life.
Recorded lesson and ideas for creating your Inner Wonderland Map.
A guided practice for using your board after the event when you need clarity, courage, or a next step.
A private online community, not on social media, for connecting and sharing.
Replays, transcriptions, templates, supply list, and lifetime access to the course materials.
🎁 Bonuses included with your purchase
Bonus #1: Make Your Wonderland Map Before We Begin
A simple tutorial and visual inspiration to help you create or color your Wonderland map before we gather live.
Bonus #2: The Wonderland Image Library
A curated collection of whimsical, soulful images and symbols you can use in your map and cards, including doors, keys, clocks, teacups, mushrooms, roses, crowns, playing cards, and pathways.
Bonus #3: Entering Wonderland Preparation Guide
A gentle guide to gathering your supplies, preparing your space, and deciding what old script, should, expectation, or agreement you want to bring with you.
I don’t want to be the keeper of everyone else’s heart anymore. I want to hold space for others—but not at the expense of myself. This experience helped me name that truth.
Gina
🎨 Meet Your Creative Guide: Minette Riordan, Ph.D.
Artist. Writer. Midlife Mentor. Queen of My Own Damn Story.
Hi, I’m Minette, poet at heart, and passionate guide for women navigating the sacred threshold of midlife and beyond.
I’ve spent the past three decades helping women move from overwhelm and invisibility into creative sovereignty—through expressive arts, storytelling, and deep reflection.
Over the past 30 years I've guided thousands of women through expressive arts, creativity and transformational experiences.
After years of overachieving, caregiving, and chasing “success,” I finally asked myself the question I’d avoided for too long:
What do I truly want?
That question didn’t just shift my life.
It reawakened my voice.
It returned me to my art.
It revealed a new way forward—one that’s woven with curiosity, courage, and deep reverence for our becoming.
Since then, I’ve guided thousands of women through creative journeys like this one—where self-discovery unfolds through color, collage, poetry, and gentle conversation.
If you’re longing to remember who you are beneath the roles…
If your soul is whispering that something new is waiting…
I would be honored to walk beside you.
You don’t need to be fixed.
You just need space to hear yourself again.
What Past Adventurers Are Saying...
A genuinely enriching experience
Minette has a remarkable ability to create a safe and warm environment. I felt at ease enough to share my thoughts comfortably within the small group. And I got real results. The entire journey felt wholesome, leaving me with a renewed sense of appreciation for my personal growth. I highly recommend Minette’s classes to anyone seeking guidance in their personal development, and a genuinely enriching experience. Thank you, Minette, for taking my on this journey!
Minette is such a wonderful teacher!
Minette is such a wonderful teacher! Safe environment, takes great care of her clients. I had a wonderful coaching session with her where I was able to process some important life changes. I highly recommend her workshops and I felt truly heard in her coaching session. She does the deep work we all intuitively know we want to do and she makes it fun and easy!
I would recommend this course to anyone, get in touch with your creative side, it's fun!
I don’t consider myself to be an artist in the truest sense of the word, but Minette helped me to understand that to be creative is our birthright. I was happily surprised at the pleasure I felt in taking the time to nurture that creativity. Minette’s teaching and playful assignments invited me to get curious and become intentional around bringing my creative gifts to the forefront and to understand how these play a role in the success of my business. I would recommend this course to anyone, get in touch with your creative side, it's fun!
I took one of Minette’s Mythical Makeovers and it's like light started shining in my life again.
I was struggling with a sense of loneliness and feeling a bit hopeless ... Is the best behind me? I was feeling pretty despondent. Then I took one of Minette’s Mythical Makeovers and it's like light started shining in my life again.
I got so much more from this workshop than I could have anticipated. The course is extremely high quality and offers something individual to everyone who would participate. I highly recommend the Mythical Makeover Experience and Minette!
Kate R.
Attendee
I would just like to say a big Thank You to Minette and everyone who attended the live sessions and everyone who posted their work in the community. I have loved this whole experience - it has been such great fun.
Jillian F.
Attendee
I took this class and it was soooo wonderful! Minette is a wonderful teacher! [Using the] story made it very unique and lots of fun to get to know yourself more deeply! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Shelley R.
Attendee
🌙 Want to Keep Going After the Event?
At the close of Day 2, you’ll be invited to continue the journey in the Sisterhood of Wisdom and Wonder—our warm, creative circle of women who gather each month for story, art, reflection, and renewal.
This event is your first taste: meet the current members and experience the magic with us.
Minette believes that where women gather, magic happens so she created the Sisterhood as a sanctuary for magic and connection.
After day one of the Mythical Makeover, I felt deeply unsettled… but in the best way. The kind of stirring that tells you something sacred is shifting. And shift it did by the end of our time together.
Michelle H.
OPTIONAL: Step Into the Magic Early with the VIP Experience for just $97 $37 more
A Private Pre-Retreat Circle for Reawakening the Curious Girl Within
Before we journey Down the Rabbit Hole together, you’re invited into a private, intimate pre-retreat circle with Minette to meet the younger, more curious part of yourself who still remembers wonder.
This is not extra content you need in order to participate in the main event.
It is something more personal.
A sacred creative pause.
A small-circle ritual.
A gentle reunion with the part of you who existed before life became so full of roles, responsibilities, shoulds, and expectations.
We’ll call her your Inner Alice.
She is the part of you who questioned everything, followed what sparkled, noticed what others missed, and had not yet learned to shrink herself to fit the room.
During this private gathering, Minette will guide you through a soulful Inner Alice visualization, gentle journaling, and a simple creative ritual to reconnect with your Inner Alic within.
This is for the woman who wants to begin the experience in a more intimate, tender, and magical way.
Choose VIP If…
You want a smaller, more intimate experience with Minette before the main event.
You feel drawn to inner child work, but want it to feel creative, gentle, and soulful.
You want to reconnect with the part of you who still knows how to wonder.
You are tired of being useful, responsible, capable, and good all the time.
You want to enter the main retreat with your heart softened, your imagination open, and your Inner Alice close by.
🗓️ VIP Call: Friday, August 21st from 5pm to 6:15pm Pacific/ 8pm to 9:15pm Eastern.
If that sounds wonderful to you, add it to your order at checkout!
**n.b. You won't miss any of the Mythical Makeover content if you choose to not take part in the VIP call.
FAQ
Your Questions, Answered
What exactly is Down the Rabbit Hole?
A. It’s a two-day online Mythical Makeover experience for women navigating a threshold in the second half of life who are ready to reclaim wonder, courage, and authenticity.
Through expressive arts, storytelling, and reflection, you’ll create your own Inner Wonderland Map, character cards, and more.
This isn’t a step-by-step art class. It’s a creative self-discovery experience designed to help you listen to yourself differently, question the old scripts and expectations that no longer fit, and begin choosing what comes next from a more authentic place.
Q. I’m feeling stuck, lost, or unsure about what’s next in my life. Will this help me?
A. Yes. This experience was made for women at that threshold.
You’ll gently unravel old stories, reconnect to your inner voice, and leave with a renewed sense of clarity about what’s next.
Many women describe the Mythical Makeover as “just what I didn’t know I needed.”
It’s a safe, creative space to come home to yourself—one stitch, one story, one moment at a time.
Q. Am I the right age for this? I'm in my 40s, my 70s or...
A. We get this question all the time and I'm so glad you asked! This work isn’t about age—it’s about a moment. If something in you is stirring as you read this, this is for you.
Q. I’m not sure I have time for this right now...
A. We get it. Women in the second half of life are carrying so much.
But here’s the truth: when you carve out sacred time for yourself, everything else flows with more ease.
These two mornings are short, nourishing pauses—not another task on your list.
You’ll have space during the retreat to complete your creative projects, and replays are available if life interrupts.
Your future self will thank you for choosing her.
Q. Will I have to share personal things with the group?
A. Only if you want to. This is a supportive, judgment-free space where your voice matters—but there’s no pressure. You’ll be encouraged to explore what feels right for you, in your own way, at your own pace.
Minette is well known for her ability to create a beautiful, sacred and safe space for women to share and connect.
Q. Is this art therapy? A coaching workshop? An art class?
A. It’s a creative retreat and symbolic self-discovery experience.
Think of it as soul care meets creative play meets deep remembering. You’ll walk away with personal insight, artful keepsakes, and a playful tool you can keep using whenever you need clarity, courage, or a next step.
Q. You do not need to be an artist and may feel like: “I’m not very creative.”
A. Perfect. You’re in exactly the right place. This experience is about playful self-expression and soul connection, not perfection.
Whether you haven’t picked up a paintbrush since third grade or you journal daily with glitter pens—you belong here.
No artistic skill required. Just curiosity, openness, and maybe a willingness to get a little messy.
Q. Yes, all the sessions will be recorded if you can’t attend live.
A. All Sessions Are Recorded, and You’ll Have Lifetime Access to the Classroom to Watch (or Rewatch) at Your Own Pace.
Many Women Love Revisiting the Recordings Whenever They Need Creative Renewal or Inspiration.
Q. What do I need to prepare or bring?
A. Once you register, you’ll receive a complete supply list and welcome guide to help you set up your creative space.
You don’t need fancy materials—just a few basics you likely already have at home.
If you upgrade to the VIP option, you’ll get extra emails from Minette on what to bring for this special session.
Q. What is the VIP call? Do I have to attend it? Is it extra?
A. The VIP call is a separate time with Minette to prepare step into the magic and energy for the weekend ahead. It's perfect if you like an intimate small group experience to get connected to the community. It costs $37.00 (see checkout), and is 100% optional. You will not miss out on any of the Mythical Makeover content if you decide to not take part. If you do purchase it the zoom details will be communicated via email.
Q. Can I Cancel? Are Refunds Available?
A. We do not offer refunds. As a small business the additional administrative time, lost processing fees, and manual labor involved in refunds is exceptional. And when you purchase you get instant access to the content and bonus lessons.
🌟 Ready to Enter Wonderland?
Come create your Inner Wonderland Map. Meet the characters within you. Question the old expectations. Transform an old script into a new story. Reclaim your wonder, courage, and authenticity.
And remember:
You are the one who decides what happens next.
You’ll be guided step-by-step
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