Center for Transformational Coaching

I’ve always had a sense that my purpose is to help others reach their full potential. So, I became a special education teacher and showed my students how to manage their emotions so that they were empowered to be included with their peers. I enjoyed this so much, I took on a leadership position so that I could help teachers empower their students as well. Here, I met challenges and resistance that I did not know how to address.

One afternoon, I felt stuck, and had no idea where to turn next. At that moment, I accepted the fact that I must be contributing to this problem, but I had no idea how or what to do about it. I heard myself say aloud, “I wish I had a coach”. I believed that a coach would help me uncover how I was contributing to my own challenges and with this insight, I’d know how to shift. I didn’t even know that coaching was a thing at that time. When I researched it, I discovered that coaching was perfectly aligned with my purpose of helping others reach their full potential. Immediately, I decided to resign my job and to become the coach I wished I had.

Through the training and coaching I’ve participated in since that day, I have uncovered and let go of so many of the stories at the root of my own limitations. With each experience of resolution, I find myself becoming more and more at ease with myself and with others.

My goal through coaching is to help my clients achieve heart-centered business growth that allows them to create the life they love! I work mostly with female entrepreneurs to help them pursue their most authentic self while making a profitable living.

Certifications: Certified Profit First Professional, 12 Week Year Trainer and iPEC (Excellence in Coach Training), Certified Reality Therapist (William Glasser Institute)

Education: Ph.D. in Educational Leadership (Indiana State University), Energy Leadership Master Practitioner (iPEC), M.S. in Community Mental Health Counseling (University of Tennessee) BA in Special Education (Wayne State College)

“Mary gives me grace when I’m too hard on myself and forces me to shine a light on my accomplishments. She is always there with a kind word but also helping me pinpoint and navigate through my weak spots!”

“Mary has been instrumental in helping me reach my goals! Her constant encouragement and helping me see challenges in a different light has been life changing! Battling the negative voices in my head has been a life-long challenge and it will take time to keep my mindset in a productive pattern. Mary has been so much more than a career coach; she's been a life coach!!”

“Mary brings amazing resources and is smart and articulate as well as like an empath. She’s a powerhouse.”