Five Days Back to Yourself
A guided audio series for women in midlife
Make space to hear what you want now.
You’ve spent years being the person others can count on. You know how to keep all the plates spinning, and take care of what needs doing. Some of those roles may be deeply important to you.
Yet somewhere along the way, your own feelings and desires have become easier to push aside than to hear clearly.
Perhaps you've followed the rules, made the right choices, and built a life that looks just as it should. And now you're beginning to wonder whether the way you've been living still feels right for you.
You might have a sense that something needs to change, but you’re not sure where to start.
Five Days Back to Yourself gives you a place to begin examining those questions.
Over five days, I'll guide you through a series of short audio experiences designed to help you recognize what you're feeling, question the expectations influencing your choices, and reconnect with what you want to make room for now.
You learned how to meet expectations. Now it's time to examine them.
Many of us grew up learning how to be good daughters, partners, mothers, friends and colleagues. We learned to anticipate what other people needed, be helpful and agreeable, and meet the standards expected of us.
Over time, those expectations can become so familiar that we mistake them for our own preferences. We may continue doing things because we've always done them, or dismiss a desire before we've given ourselves the chance to consider it.
And when we reach midlife, the question of whether our lives still reflect who we are can become harder to ignore.
I believe some of the work of finding our way back to ourselves is about unlearning the rules we've absorbed and remembering what was true for us before we learned to dismiss it.
That's the idea running through these five days. You're given time to pay attention to your own experience and consider what you want, without being handed another set of rules about how a woman should live.
“I needed to hear Skylar talking directly to me in the middle of this transition, when I was being pulled in every direction and swimming in uncertainty. Her kind, compassionate voice helped me come back to the present. By the end, I felt reassured that I could trust this new path unfolding in front of me. I won't hesitate to ask Skylar for another meditation whenever I need that kind of guidance again.”
Isabelle Lemay, Psychologist
Not sure you're a meditator?
You don't have to be. There's no breathing technique to learn and nothing to get right. For some women a Touchstone is a meditation. For others it's closer to a pep talk, a voice in their corner reminding them who they are. It's built around your name and your circumstances, so it meets you wherever you're starting from.
What Might Your Touchstone Be For?
✺ You keep second-guessing yourself.
You know what you want, but you keep looking outside yourself for reassurance or permission.
✺ You're making a big decision.
A relationship, a career change, a move. You want something that brings you back to your own voice when doubt takes over.
✺ You’re rebuilding after a major life change.
Your old way of living doesn't fit anymore, and you're figuring out what you want now.
✺ You’re tired of putting everyone else first.
You want to take your own needs, desires, time, and energy seriously.
✺ You're about to do something that scares you.
Starting a business, dating again, speaking up, asking for what you want. You need to borrow a little courage.
✺ You’re working on a pattern you’re ready to change.
People-pleasing. Self-doubt. Waiting for permission. Talking yourself out of what you already know.
✺ You’re going through a transition and need something that helps you stay connected to yourself.
Your Touchstone can be created around whatever you're trying to change, reclaim, strengthen, or move toward.
How it Works
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PURCHASE YOUR TOUCHSTONE
After payment, you'll get access to book your 30 minute consultation call.
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SHARE YOUR VISION
Share what you want to bring into your life. We’ll discuss what kind of daily support would help most.
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RECEIVE YOUR TOUCHSTONE
Get your personalized meditation featuring your name and custom guidance.
“Having Skylar create a Touchstone specifically for me felt so different from the other meditations I’ve tried, made for any ol’ generic human.
From the very beginning, I felt so heard and seen. Skylar took the time to really understand what I was moving through, what I was struggling with, and the intentions I wanted to work on, and somehow turned all of that into something that felt deeply personal.
Hearing her calming voice say my name was surprisingly powerful. Having my specific intentions woven into it just made it hit differently.
I’ve started listening in the morning, and it’s become a way to slow down, get out of my own head, and gently move through some of the blocks that have been holding me back.
It feels less like listening to a meditation and more like having someone who really gets me remind me that I already have what I need to keep moving forward.”
Stacey Birch, Retreat Leader
How to Use Your Touchstone
A Touchstone is something you return to when you need to hear your own voice again. Not the people-pleaser or the self-doubt, but your truest knowing.
You might listen in the morning, before the day begins, so you start grounded in what matters to you.
On the way to a meeting or important conversation, so you walk in steady and clear.
Or at night, when you need to let go of everything you've been carrying and come back to yourself.
What you're really getting is clarity and the courage to act on it. To make decisions that align with the life you actually want.
A Touchstone is a declaration of what you want.
And a reclamation you can return to.
Why Personalization Works
There's a reason you can be in a crowded room, half-listening to nothing in particular, and snap to attention the second you hear your own name.
Your brain is built to prioritize information about you. Neuroscience calls it self-referential processing, though most people know it as the cocktail party effect.
Personalization works because it speaks to that wiring. When a meditation is crafted around your name and your specific situation, your brain treats it as relevant in a way it never treats general guidance that you’d find on any app. You pay attention. You absorb the words differently.
A Touchstone is shaped around the knowing you want to stay tethered to. With repetition, the version of yourself you've been reaching for becomes the version your brain expects to find.
By the time you've listened a dozen times, the meditation sounds less like a description of who you'd like to become and more like a description of who you already are.
“I really appreciate hearing my name and content relevant to my own circumstances. Those things lead to a feeling of support. There have been times I started listening to the Touchstone from a place of anxiety or stress and have ended believing all would be well. I can’t thank Skylar enough for coming up with this creative and effective concept.”
Lori Scinto, Small Business Owner
What’s Included:
✺ 30 minute consultation to understand what you need most
✺ Custom 10-12 minute meditation featuring your name, goals, and personalized affirmations
✺ Reflection prompts to deepen your experience
✺ Lifetime access to return to whenever you need encouragement
Investment: $197
Mass-market guidance is more noise.
A Touchstone is the sound of your own knowing.
“I like to listen to my Touchstone whenever I have a wobble about my soul's mission. Off the top, there's Skylar's beautiful British accent. But there is something in the way the meditation is just for me that manages to be calming, soothing, and confidence-boosting at the same time. It's like in the whole universe, I've told someone about what matters most to me, and she heard me and gets me and is encouraging me through my doubt each and every time. It's such a great idea and so well-executed.”
Ann-Marie McQueen, Founder of Hotflash inc
Give the Gift of a Touchstone
Know someone navigating a transition or who's always supporting others but rarely receives support themselves?
A Touchstone gift card includes a full consultation and personalized meditation experience.
Personalized audio that keeps you rooted in who you are and what you want. A daily anchor to stay connected to your truth and brave enough to build a life around it.
"I bought a Touchstone for myself as a birthday present and what a gift it was! Skylar created something truly special and meaningful for me. The Touchstone beautifully incorporated the key areas in my life that I'd been needing support with, and so much more.
It's hard to convey just how magical it is having a personalized meditation to return to for inspiration, encouragement and support. Skylar is amazing at what she does, how she truly listens and understands what you need to hear (even if it's hard for you to put into words) and weaves together something truly unique and personal to you.
Listening to my Touchstone is a beautiful and reassuring way to start my day. Skylar's gentle voice and words of support encourage me to trust myself and reconnect with what's important to me in my life.
Skylar, I'm so grateful to you for creating this for me, I will treasure it!”
Georgia Holmes, Small Business Owner
Your Questions, Answered
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You'll typically receive your Touchstone within 5-7 business days of our call.
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Each Touchstone is 10-12 minutes - the perfect length to fit into your morning routine, afternoon break, or evening wind-down.
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Your Touchstone can be created around whatever you're working through, changing, or moving toward.
That might be a major transition, a difficult decision, setting boundaries, trusting yourself more, letting go of people-pleasing, taking up more space, starting something new, or reconnecting with a part of yourself you've lost touch with.
You don't have to choose from a set list of topics. We'll talk about what's happening in your life and what you want to work on, and I'll use that conversation to shape your Touchstone.
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That's fine! During our consultation, I'll help you explore what you'd like to cultivate in your life. I'll ask questions that help clarify what would be most useful. The clarity usually comes during the conversation itself. You don't need to have it all figured out before we talk.
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Absolutely. Many clients have different Touchstones for different times of the day or different life areas. Some clients get new Touchstones seasonally or as their needs shift.
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No. You simply press play and listen. There's nothing to prepare and no practice required. You don't have to sit still or follow a particular technique.
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Because each Touchstone is custom-created specifically for you, I don't offer refunds. However, if you're not satisfied with your Touchstone, I'm happy to discuss adjustments.
How Touchstones Have Helped Others
“When I received my personalized Touchstone from Skylar, I didn't expect how deeply it would touch me. She listened, asked thoughtful questions, and created something that truly reflected my intentions. I listen to it each morning, and it helps me feel centered and confident. Hearing Skylar's calm voice reminds me that, no matter what happens, I already have the answers within me.”
Lisa Magee Georgeson
“I’ve found Skylar’s Touchstone deeply helpful. The tone and pacing of her voice, the background music, and the ‘permission slips’ to pause and rest make it easy to actually slow down when my energy dips in the afternoon. I would highly recommend Skylar and her gorgeous work.”
Amy Pignatella Cain
“I received a personalized Touchstone recording from Skylar a number of months ago, and have listened to it nearly every night. Here's why: it's perfectly tailored to my situation because Skylar has taken the time to really listen and reflect back what I needed and wanted to hear, and has done so in a calming and soothing voice. I find it reassuring and validating.”
Mary Streche
"I thought what a beautiful gift this would be for myself. It's as if Skylar is completely attuned to me - the meditation is tailored to my circumstances in a way that feels deeply meaningful. When I'm going through rough patches, I return to the affirmations and find exactly what I need.”
Keri France
"I absolutely love my Touchstones! This was such an amazing gift idea from my sister — especially coming from a certified sleep coach — and she truly could not have chosen anything more personal or useful for me.
Each one has found a place in my day. The morning Touchstone helps me start the day feeling grounded, encouraged, and connected to who I'm becoming. My midday reset gives me a way to pause, settle myself, and begin again when the day gets away from me. And I rarely make it to the end of the evening meditation before falling asleep, which probably tells you everything you need to know about how well that one works!
Skylar's voice is so warm and calming, and the recordings feel genuinely personal rather than like generic meditations with my name added. She understood what I was trying to express and turned it into something strengthening, hopeful, and forward-looking."
Banner Adams