Client stories

The change, in their words.

Coaching is personal — so the proof is too. Real people, real turning points, named and credited. Coaching is a partnership and individual results vary.

400+
People coached
11 yrs
Coaching experience
1,800+
Logged coaching hours
96%
Would recommend
Clients have led at
NotionMonzoWellcomeDeliverooPatagoniaSequoia-backed founders
Amara Okonkwo
Lead with confidence
★★★★★
“Marin didn’t give me a leadership framework off a shelf — she helped me see the one I was already living and quietly undermining. Six months in I’d stopped waiting to feel ready and started leading like the role was already mine. It was.”
Where they started

Newly promoted, technically brilliant, and privately terrified of being “found out.”

Where they are now

Promoted to CTO within the engagement; now leads a 60-person org with calm authority.

Amara OkonkwoVP Engineering → CTO · 1:1 Coaching

James Mercer
Make a career pivot
★★★★★
“I’d been circling the same decision for three years. Marin made the scary version concrete and the smart version possible. She never told me what to do — she helped me trust that I already knew. I left with a plan and, more importantly, the nerve.”
Where they started

Successful, well-paid, and slowly suffocating in a career he’d outgrown.

Where they are now

Left to start his own advisory firm; first year revenue past his old salary.

James MercerFinance Director → Founder · 1:1 Coaching

Priya Raman
Grow my business
★★★★★
“I came in expecting tactics. What I got was a brutal, kind look at how I was the bottleneck in my own company. One day with Marin reset how I lead. The 90-day plan we built is still on my wall — and we hit it.”
Where they started

Doing every job in the business, working 70-hour weeks, growth flatlining.

Where they are now

Hired a leadership team, reclaimed her week, closed a Series A two quarters later.

Priya RamanFounder & CEO, Seed-stage SaaS · VIP Intensive

Sofia Alvarez
Find balance & clarity
★★★★★
“The cohort was the part I didn’t know I needed — eight people being honest in the same room every week. Marin holds the space so well that you actually do the work. I came out with my calendar, my boundaries, and my sense of self rebuilt.”
Where they started

Permanently in reaction mode; couldn’t remember the last decision she made on purpose.

Where they are now

Renegotiated her role, protected her evenings, and feels like herself again.

Sofia AlvarezMarketing Lead & mother of two · Group Cohort

David Whitfield
Grow my business
★★★★★
“Marin asks the question you’ve been avoiding, then makes it safe to answer it honestly. The intensive cut through months of going in circles. I left with the decision made and a team that understood the why.”
Where they started

Stuck between two strategic directions, paralysed by the cost of being wrong.

Where they are now

Made the call, aligned the leadership team, and shipped the new direction in a quarter.

David WhitfieldCOO, scale-up · VIP Intensive

Tom Bryce
Navigate a transition
★★★★★
“Transitions can quietly take your identity with them. Marin helped me hold onto mine. The middle was messy and she stayed in it with me. I came out the other side genuinely excited about what’s next — and clear that it’s my choice.”
Where they started

Facing the end of a 20-year chapter and unsure who he was without the title.

Where they are now

Negotiated a clean exit, took a deliberate pause, and chose his next move on his terms.

Tom BryceDirector navigating an exit · 1:1 Coaching

Client stories and testimonials reflect individual experiences. Coaching is a collaborative process and individual results vary; nothing here is a guarantee of any specific outcome, promotion, income, or result.

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