MEET MARISA
I co-parent my kids with 5 other people.
my fiancé and I are raising my two sons alongside their fathers and their partners. This setup allows me to center the kids while focusing on what matters most to me: travel, personal development, and supporting mothers through relationship transitions!
Anxiety was once the soundtrack to my life.
I used to wake up with my heart pounding out of my chest—extra hard during the breakups with my sons' fathers. I'm intimately familiar with the nooks and crannies of anxiety and have a powerful toolbox of practices that help to release its grip.
I’m most lit up when:
helping co-parenting mothers learn how to trust themselves — and the unfolding of their lives.
I’m most inspired by:
older couples that still genuinely like each other; people who are who they are; anyone who can make me laugh.
You might find me:
in the Bay Area, where I live; in Brooklyn, where I’m from; or snuggling my chihuahua Frankie
My superpowers are:
packing for a 2-week trip in a single carry-on bag; maintaining life-long friendships; sitting at the center of a thriving modern family.
Something amazing happens when women share their wisdom with each other.
In my 25-year career as a journalist, author, and copywriter, I specialized in meaningful self-improvement content for women.
After years of sharing and championing their stories, I now work directly with women who are navigating the significant questions of partnership and motherhood—from persistent doubts to moments of overwhelming despair.
I don’t work with men. I don’t work with couples.
I work with mothers.
My happy place is helping mothers tap into their inner wisdom so they can make choices that help them thrive — especially when the shape of their marriage or family doesn’t look anything like what they thought it would when they were a little girl.
I'm a certified life coach, a women's group facilitator, and co-author of books for women. My work is informed first by 16 years of motherhood and next by 14 years of on-the-ground training in transforming broken marriages into a flourishing family system.
I bring decades of study in Buddhist Psychology, Indigenous Wisdom Traditions, Neuroplasticity, Yogic Philosophy, and Somatic Self-Regulation to everything I do. I also have a masters in Journalism from Columbia University, but most of my education has come from making lots of mistakes and learning from them.
