Rise Above It Coaching LLC

Meet Your Guide

Certified Life Coach & Relationship Advocate

16+ years of experience helping couples build relationships that feel joyful, connected, and deeply fulfilling.

Married for 50 years she knows firsthand the importance of “Go First” for a thriving, lasting love and it’s become her desire to help you experience the same transformation in your relationship.

Marion brings a blend of lived experience, professional training, and heartfelt dedication to every client she serves.

Empower Your Journey

As a coach, I love what I do. In fact, I would go so far as to say that every experience, every circumstance of my life has led me to this place where I am doing exactly what I love and have unknowingly been doing since I was very young. I have always been the “go to” sister, friend, co-worker and Mom that people come to for encouragement and support when they are feeling powerless.

I read hundreds of books, listen to countless audio files, ttend workshops, seminars, you name it I’ve done it or am doing it. I have been taking all these tools and technologies I am learning applying them to my own life loving the changes I have made and continue to make. I study and learn anything and everything I can get my hands on to help me further understand the inner workings of people, what compels them to do what they do, and what it takes to transform completely.

I provide a supportive space where your voice is heard. With my blend of personal experience and training, I guide you to rebuild trust, find clarity, and embrace growth, all at your own pace.

My Journey

From a young age, I found myself naturally supporting the people around me, listening deeply, offering guidance, and helping them rediscover their own strength. What began as a natural instinct grew into a calling:

To help people transform ordinary relationships into sources of real joy, peace, and connection.
And I didn’t learn this work from textbooks alone.
I learned it in the trenches of my own marriage.
I’ve been married fo r50 years, and I can tell you, the hardest part isn’t the fights.
It’s the silence.
The slow fade.
The ache of living in the same house… but feeling miles apart.

If that’s where you are right now, I want you to know something:

It doesn’t have to stay this way.
You don’t need both of you to be ready.
You just need one of you to go first.
That’s what I did, and I’m forever grateful I did.

After years of experimenting, learning, and witnessing profound change in my own marriage, I found myself asking one life‑shaping question:

“How can I help others experience the same transformation?”
That question sparked the work I do today, work that continues to fill me with purpose, gratitude, and awe.

Rise Above It Coaching

Meet Your Guide

Empower Your Journey

My Journey

Empower Your Journey

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