Next Evolution Collective

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It takes a village.
This is yours.

Trusted support for women
navigating life's transitions

See who's in the village

Are you a professional? Apply to join.

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Three ways in

Begin wherever feels right.

Free to inquire

Browse the Village yourself.

Read every professional's story and write to any of them directly. No account, no fee, nothing to join.

Open the directory

With Dr. Michelle

Have the plan made for you.

An hour together to work out what you actually need, and the names of the people who can do it.

How concierge works

In the room

Come and be in a circle.

Small gatherings for women moving through the same thing, in Los Angeles and on screens.

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A return to the village

We were never meant to figure it out alone.

For most of history, women did this together. Somewhere along the way the whole thing became a private project, managed alone, between the school run and the second shift. It is not that you are behind. It is that you are carrying it by yourself.

Next Evolution is a small, carefully chosen group of women who do this work for a living, and who have been through their own hard chapters. They know one another. They have sat in the same room. And when Dr. Michelle sends you to one of them, she isn't making a referral. She's making an introduction.

Meet the Village

From the intake note

Dr. Michelle · Founder

The Village

Every name here has been carefully added.

Rachael Blumberg ChiprutRachael Blumberg ChiprutSpeaker, Mentor, and Truth AlchemistArielle CreagerArielle CreagerPerinatal Trainer and NutritionistCamilla DavisCamilla DavisSexual Freedom and Intimacy CoachAshley GroussmanAshley GroussmanSpiritual Home OrganizerAna LiliaAna LiliaBusiness Mentor, Speaker, and Breathwork FacilitatorElisa Rabinow, Psy.D.Elisa Rabinow, Psy.D.Clinical PsychologistKim ShapiraKim ShapiraRegistered Dietitian and AuthorRachel Zaslansky SheerRachel Zaslansky SheerCareer Expert and Author, Straight From the GrapevineSarah Siegel-KolodziejskiSarah Siegel-KolodziejskiCertified Life and Mindset CoachShannon SollerShannon SollerIntuitive Skin Expert and Makeup ArtistDr. Michelle SonnenbergDr. Michelle SonnenbergLicensed Clinical PsychologistHeather SpadacciniHeather SpadacciniCertified Parenting Coach and Women's Circle FacilitatorAlexis SteinAlexis SteinMeditation and Mindset ExpertIlona VaroIlona VaroLicensed Marriage and Family TherapistDanielle VouvalidesDanielle VouvalidesCertified Functional Medicine CoachLauren WeisbarthLauren WeisbarthLife Coach, Breathwork Facilitator, Sound Bath Practitioner and Ocean HealerCherilyn WeissCherilyn WeissCertified Divorce Coach
Dr. Michelle, founder of Next Evolution Collective

The founder

I'm Dr. Michelle. Clinical psychologist. Divorced at 41. Founder of the list.

Twenty years of practice in Los Angeles taught me what nobody says at the intake: the paperwork is the easy part. The hard part is the eleven phone calls you make in the first month, in the wrong order, to people who have never met each other.

So I made the calls. Then I made the list. Women who know what they are doing, who have met each other, and who will talk to you like the smartest woman in the room. The right people in your corner don't just support you through transition. They change the trajectory of it. 

Need help creating a plan?

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Gatherings

Come and be in the room

Herbal Allies w/ Tasha Rose

Be nourished from the inside out. Connect to your intuition. Discover new plant allies.

Thursday, November 12 · 10am–12pm · $66

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A circle for women moving through divorce

A small, held room to say what is true right now.

Date to be announced

A morning walk, open to anyone

Easy pace, good company, coffee after.

Date to be announced

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Are you a professional who supports women through transition?

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