I’m Maria, and I’m here to help you inject more ease and joy into your life.

Through Embodiment coaching, group circles & mentorship I will help you find the freedom you crave. Freedom to be you, and to live this one precious life exactly how YOU want to. While having plenty of laughs along the way.

Why work with me?

Because I’m really good at what I do. Because I have walked this path.

And because once we start working together, I’ll be your steady hand and your biggest cheerleader. I like to think of myself as a guide—someone who accompanies you on your unique journey.

As a trauma-informed coach, my clients consistently tell me they feel safe in my presence—safe to be their authentic selves, free from judgement, and held in an energy of gentle, yet powerful support.

Most of my clients come to me feeling stuck, standing at an edge they can’t quite step beyond. Sometimes, this edge is tied to a major life event, like a health or career shift, or a relationships with others. Other times, it’s less tangible—an unshakable feeling that something vital is missing, that life could feel richer or more whole.

So, let me ask you: How can I support you? What do you need?

Trainings

  • Guided Imagery 1 & 2

    Couples Therapy:  Neurodiversity and relationship

    How to control chronic anxiety and Lift depression

    Rewind 1 & 2

    Addictions & Self harm

    Couples therapy - a practical masterclass

    Effective Anger Management

MY STORY

I stood on the beach one day many years ago. I was with my husband, my daughter and it was a beautiful sunny day. Everything in me felt like I SHOULD feel joy. I felt nothing - in that moment I was disassociated from life. Frustrated. Burned out. And feeling more than guilty for not just being grateful. I burned out twice during my 20 year creative career.

But life is complex, isn’t it?

The real unravelling began at 41. Following a hysterectomy after 10 years of trying for a second child. Finally free from a lifetime of pain caused by Endometriosis, but knowing this was the ending of something. Desperately wanting to feel like it was a beginning. And in a way, it was. The start of me taking ownership - for the choices I make, for the life I live, for how I treat myself. A process that has been painful, enlightening, raw and bloody amazing.

In the last 8 years

  • I almost got divorced after a huge rupture (we are now 25 years together and more in love than ever)

  • Changed careers and retrained (more than once, it’s been an evolution)

  • Became Empty Nesters, sold everything we owned and moved to another country, and then came back

  • Lost our beloved dogs

  • My husband and I became carers for three years (his mum lived with us and had ALS)

  • Supported my husband through his retraining (he is 12 years older at 61 and I’m SO proud of him)

  • Navigated all of the above through peri menopause, and a late life ND diagnosis

There is more, but you get the jist. There was much anxiety, stress, and worry along the journey. I honestly thought that the healing journey had a destination, somewhere to get to. Somewhere where suddenly I feel fixed, and everything is great. The truth is, life is just not like that. We are humans, in human bodies. We have a heart, a gut, a brain. We feel what we feel, we think what we think and this evolves - with our circumstances, people present in our life, the environments we spend time in. And we don’t need fixing - we are already whole.

SO WHAT TO DO?

For me the journey was acceptance. That people are different. That we all have our story. And that expecting others to change to make me ok, is futile. Taking care of myself, attending to my wounds has had amazing results on my life, and my relationships with both others and myself.

Educating myself on how my body works and reacts to triggers, working on making my nervous system more adaptable and resilient has been a revelation. I know where I end, and others begin. What is mine to carry, and what isn’t. What boundaries look like when set from a place of love, and not trying to protect myself.

There is still so much to learn. But I feel at ease nowadays. I easily find joy, and accept pleasure as my birth right. It feels good. And just like anyone, I have off days. But I know what to do. Because I love all the parts of me, unconditionally and fully, even when life gets difficult.

Waking up every morning truly feels like a gift. And I can’t wait to help you step into that feeling.

Fun facts

Fun facts

If you got this far you get to find out some random facts about me!

Neuro spicy, somewhat quirky, passionate about living in my full expression.

I have way too many ideas, and I love creative problem solving

I dance around a lot and write random poems

I love people, but after peopling to much I need a a chunk of time off, to people no more

I am also -

a mother of of my lovely grown up 22 year old daughter,

a wife to my gorgeous husband (25 years together and still loving fiercely )

I’m a creative through and through. My career life began in financial services, then built a 20 year photography career. As I wound down my photography work, the artist was born. I love and appreciate all those part of me, and they all exist within me. I may choose not to do those for a living anymore, but they remain close to my heart.

My true north is empowering and helping people to see their true potential.

I’m a Generator 3/5 in Human Design, and Enneagram 8 and I do love a bit of profiling…

AND

I also believe that we have the power to be who we want to be.