Hello!

Welcome to Light of Wellbeing: Illuminating Your Path To Wholeness

Where self-connection and professional excellence meet – an online sanctuary for women ready to integrate whole-life wellness into their personal and professional lives.


More than self-care. It’s a return to self.

At Light of Wellbeing, we go beyond surface-level wellness. Our approach blends evidence-based psychology with practical wisdom, supporting you through life transitions, stress, role and identity shifts, and the pursuit of meaningful living.

Whether you’re a midlife woman, leader or therapist ready to re-align — you belong here.


What We Offer

Whole-life support, your way.

  • A reconnection to self, rhythm, and truth
  • A pathway to whole-life wellbeing rooted in psychology, reflection, and gentle practices
  • A container for professionals who are done with performance-driven wellness and need something real, regenerative, and sustainable

Available Now – 1:1 Coaching

Compassionate Support for Your Whole-Life Wellbeing

You don’t need to figure it all out alone. Whether you’re navigating a life transition, rethinking your role or identity, or simply seeking a grounded space to pause and realign—this is your invitation to slow down, reconnect, and move forward with clarity and care.

My approach draws from coaching, values-based frameworks; psychology and wellbeing science; and the WELL model (Wisdom, Energy, Life Alignment, Lived Practices) developed through the Light of Wellbeing.

At Light of Wellbeing, 1:1 coaching is where deep listening meets strategic support. It is a space to bring your full self —your strengths, sensitivities, inner conflicts, and longings—and be met with compassion, curiosity, gentle exploration and practical guidance.

This work is as much about coming home to yourself as it is about making change.

Whether you’re ready for an ongoing coaching journey or just need a one-off session to reset, reconnect or realign, we offer flexible options to meet you where you are.

Ready for a Gentle, Empowering Shift?

Find out more about our flexible Coaching Pathways here.


Coming Soon

  •  Ultimate Life Audit Toolkit – Reconnect with your inner rhythm, check in with what’s true for you now, and feel your way forward—starting with where you are right now. Learn more.
  • The Evolving Self: A Woman’s Guide to Real WellbeingLiving Well, On Purpose – A multi-module course exploring the Evolving Self through the WELL™ model (Wisdom, Energy, Life Alignment, Lived Practices). Learn More.
  • Small-Group Experiences for Connection, Reflection, and Shared Growth – Sometimes, the most powerful shifts don’t happen alone—they unfold in circle, in the presence of others who are also pausing, questioning, reimagining. Learn more.

Personalised Coaching

1:1 Coaching with Desi

Compassionate Support for Your Whole-Life Wellbeing

You don’t need to figure it all out alone. Whether you’re navigating a life transition, rethinking your role or identity, or simply seeking a grounded space to pause and realign—this is your invitation to slow down, reconnect, and move forward with clarity and care.

At Light of Wellbeing, my 1:1 coaching is where deep listening meets strategic support. It’s a space to bring your full self —your strengths, sensitivities, inner conflicts, and longings—and be met with compassion, curiosity, gentle exploration and practical guidance.

Whether you’re ready for an ongoing coaching journey or just need a one-off session to reset, reconnect or realign, I offer flexible options to meet you where you are.


🌿 Who This Is For

1:1 coaching is for you if you’re:

  • A therapist, professional, or creative in a season of change or renewal
  • A woman in midlife or menopause wanting to align with your evolving needs and values
  • A leader or caregiver ready to reclaim your own wellbeing
  • Someone drawn to deeper self-awareness, but also wants actionable next steps

🔎 What We Explore Together

Your coaching sessions are tailored to your goals, and often include:

  • Clarifying your values and priorities in work, relationships, or life
  • Navigating identity shifts (including peri/menopause, career or role change or burnout recovery)
  • Creating life-aligned routines that honour your energy, focus, and needs
  • Challenging unhelpful beliefs and reconnecting with your inner wisdom
  • Gently integrating wellbeing practices in ways that feel sustainable
  • Lighting the pathway for a return to self, where whole-life wellness becomes your lived reality, not just a goal

🌼 An Affirming, Holistic Approach

You won’t be boxed into a one-size-fits-all plan. My approach draws from:

  • 18+ years as a registered psychologist
  • Lived experience as a midlife+ woman
  • Coaching, values-based frameworks, and psychology and wellbeing science
  • The WELL model (Wisdom, Energy, Life Alignment, Lived Practices) developed through the Light of Wellbeing

This work is as much about coming home to yourself as it is about making change.


Ready for a Gentle, Empowering Shift?

Our coaching relationship serves to support your personal and professional transitions. In our first session, we’ll explore what’s on your mind and the kind of support you’re seeking.

Whether you’re ready for an ongoing coaching journey or simply seeking support in the moment, I offer flexible solutions with a range of coaching pathway packages and ad hoc sessions to meet you where you are.

If, by the end of our first session together it feels like a good fit, you’ll be warmly invited to continue with a coaching pathway package, or ad hoc sessions as needed, and can book in at your own pace.

👉 Explore our Flexible Coaching Pathway Packages


🌱 Foundations Package

A Gentle Start for Clarity & Support
Ideal for: Those curious about coaching, navigating a single transition, or wanting a lighter-touch approach.

  • 3 x 1:1 sessions over 6 weeks
  • Focused support for one goal, theme, or life transition
  • Session notes + personalised prompts for reflection
  • Optional email summary after each session
  • Access to one selected Light of Wellbeing self-paced tool or guide

Great for: Starting a transition with support, clarity, or momentum.

“A small but steady step back to myself.”


Clarity & Alignment Package

Create momentum with a full season of support
Ideal for: Midlife women, therapists or professionals needing time and space to align values with action.

  • 6 x 1:1 sessions over 3 months
  • Personalised tools, reflections, and wellness strategies
  • Support to build daily wellbeing practices aligned with whole-life wellbeing
  • Access to selected Light of Wellbeing resources
  • Optional journal prompts or post-session summaries for reflection

Great for: Support through role changes, transitions or rebuilding after burnout, clarifying life direction, reimagining what’s next.

“A season of self-trust and re-alignment, gently reclaimed.”


🔥 Deep Dive Package

Transformative Coaching + Integration Support
Ideal for: More intensive, ongoing support for those in major identity shifts/life transitions and those pursuing a deeper integration of meaningful living with whole-life wellness.

  • 10 x 1:1 sessions over 5 months
  • Personalised tools, reflections, and wellbeing practices
  • Support to define and design your unique version of whole-life wellbeing
  • Practices that help you evolve, thrive and live meaningfully through life stages
  • Access to 2 online resources or courses from Light of Wellbeing
  • Optional journal prompts or post-session summaries for reflection

Great for: Life redesign and realigning your professional and personal life holistically.

“Your season of renewal—with real support.”


🧭 Optional Add-On for All Packages:

  • ‘Life Audit & Alignment Workbook’
    A downloadable resource to support reflection and self-leadership between sessions (yours free with any package).

🕯️ Come as You Are.

This is a space for thoughtful change, gentle self-leadership, and honest conversations.

You’re also welcome to book a single ad hoc coaching session—a space to pause, reflect and recalibrate. No long-term commitment required, just a compassionate conversation to help you reconnect with what matters.

🌿 If something here speaks to you, reach out. I welcome your questions, reflections, or a simple hello. You can contact me directly at desi.karalis@lightofwellbeing.com.au

Let’s begin.


Ultimate Life Audit Toolkit

COMING SOON

Ultimate Life Audit Toolkit – More than another goal-setting worksheet or 5-year plan. This toolkit is a soft landing and a gentle reorientation. Use this space to reconnect with your inner rhythm, check in with what’s true for you now, and feel your way forward—one small shift at a time. A gentle guide to reflect and reconnect with what matters most—starting with where you are right now.

The Evolving Self

COMING SOON

The Evolving Self: A Woman’s Guide to Real Wellbeing

Living Well, On Purpose

  • A multi-module 6 week course exploring the Evolving Self through the WELL™ model (Wisdom, Energy, Life Alignment, Lived Practices)
  • Helping women define and design their unique version of wellbeing across different life domains
  • Short on-demand videos with the option to add 1-1 coaching and connection circles
  • For women who want to evolve, thrive, and live meaningfully through every stage of life — with grounded psychology, personal insight, and deep care.

Circles of Wellbeing

COMING SOON

🌙 Reflective Circles

Small-Group Experiences for Connection, Reflection, and Shared Growth

Sometimes, the most powerful shifts don’t happen alone—they unfold in circle, in the presence of others who are also pausing, questioning, reimagining.

Reflective Circles are small-group experiences designed to support gentle transformation through guided reflection, authentic conversation, and intentional stillness. These aren’t noisy, rushed group calls. They’re quiet spaces to exhale, be witnessed, and reconnect with your deeper self—within a compassionate, like-minded community.


🌿 Why Join a Reflective Circle?

  • You’re navigating a life transition, identity shift, or season of change
  • You crave slow, spacious reflection—without needing to ‘fix’ or perform
  • You want to be in conversation with others who are also exploring personal or professional growth and a return to self
  • You’re seeking structure, support, and meaning—but not intensity or overwhelm
  • You long to reconnect with your own wisdom and intuition in a safe space

✨ Each Circle Includes:

  • Weekly 60-minute live sessions (via Zoom) over 6 weeks
  • A small group format (max 6–8 participants) for depth and safety
  • Guided practices, themed reflections, and meaningful prompts
  • Optional between-session journaling or creative invitations
  • A dedicated digital space (optional) to share reflections between calls
  • Gentle facilitation by Desi Karalis—psychologist, coach, and founder of Light of Wellbeing

🌕 The WELL Circle

A 6-week journey for women in transition who are ready to reflect, realign, and renew.

Explore whole-life wellbeing using the WELL™ model (Wisdom, Energy, Life Alignment, Lived Practices) in community with other thoughtful women navigating midlife, changing roles or transitions, and seeking a reconnection to self.

🗓️ Next round – dates to be confirmed
📥 Join the waitlist or make an enquiry at desi.karalis@lightofwellbeing.com.au


🌸 Come As You Are

You don’t need to have the answers—or even the right questions.
These circles are for real humans in real life. You’ll be met with presence, not pressure.


💌 Ready to Join or Learn More?

📧 Email Desi directly at desi.karalis@lightofwellbeing.com.au