For years I was one of those women. Running a global business, managing an $800M P&L, navigating global markets and high-stakes decisions every day. From the outside everything looked fine.

On the inside something was very wrong.

The brain fog. The anxiety. The loss of confidence in decisions I'd made a hundred times before. A trip to India where I thought I was having a heart attack and told no one. Years of trying to fix it with new skills, new coaches, new strategies. When what I actually needed was information my doctors weren't giving me.

It took years to connect the dots. When I finally did and got the right support, everything changed.

I built Meridian Rising because I needed it and couldn't find it. A private space for executive women navigating this transition without having to pretend everything is fine. Without doing it alone.

Today I'm building the community I wish had existed. And I've never felt more clear, more energized, or more purposeful.

If you're reading this and something resonates, you're in the right place.

Laura Gerhard Founder, Meridian Rising