Welcome! You’re in the Right Place.
If you’re ready to reclaim balance in your work and life—without exhaustion, you’ve come to the right place.
Who are my clients?
My clients aren’t defined by age, industry, or title.
They’re defined by an inner experience:
Quiet burnout behind high performance
A longing for alignment and meaning
A desire to stop surviving and start living
A deep readiness to reinvent their next chapter
Through coaching, workshops, and reflective practices, I help them burn bright, not out.
Hi, I’m Mary, your Certified Coach.
I help high-achievers like you break free from burnout, reignite your spark, and create a work-life rhythm that fuels you—so you can burn bright, not burn out.
✨ Let’s change the story. You don’t have to choose between success and well-being—you can have both.
Ready to lead with energy and thrive? Let’s talk.
Living with intention isn’t just possible—it’s powerful. When you align your work and life with what truly matters, you experience more energy, fulfillment, and joy.
✨ The good news? Everything you need is already within you. ✨
Let’s uncover your next best step—together.
You’re a high-functioning leader, manager, or professional who’s always pushing harder, achieving more, and meeting expectations—no matter what.
You’re known for delivering results, holding things together, and being the person people count on.
But somewhere along the way, exhaustion has become normal.
You wake up tired.
You keep pushing through.
You assume that’s just how it is.
Yet, what if the problem isn’t you?
What if the real issue isn’t your resilience or drive—but an environment that’s been designed to extract your energy, rather than sustain it?
If you’ve been strong for too long…
If you’ve been carrying more than others realise…
If you’re entering a season of reinvention…
You don’t have to navigate it alone.
You deserve a life that feels aligned, meaningful, and energising.
You deserve support that feels safe, honest, and deeply human.
And you deserve to burn bright — not out.
Welcome.
You’re in the right place.
In today’s always-on world, the lines between work and life have all but disappeared. Remote work, endless notifications, and the pressure to be constantly available have blurred the boundaries that once protected our well-being.
🔥 The demand to exceed targets, meet deadlines, and stay “on” 24/7 has taken a toll—leaving many high-functioning and high-performing leaders, managers, and professionals running on empty.
Burnout isn’t just about feeling tired. It’s the slow depletion of your energy, passion, and sense of self. It shows up as chronic exhaustion, cynicism, and a loss of effectiveness—not just at work, but in life.
When your career drains so much of your energy that there’s nothing left for what truly matters, the consequences ripple through:
⚡ Your health suffers.
⚡ Your relationships strain.
⚡ Your performance dips.
⚡ Your spark dims.
The Truth About Burnout?
🚨 It doesn’t happen overnight. It creeps in gradually, and at first, it’s easy to ignore.
🚨 It can happen to anyone, no matter how driven, successful, or resilient you are.
🚨 And when leaders burn out, it doesn’t just impact them—it trickles down to their teams, workplaces, and loved ones.
It’s Time to Change the Story.
Burnout is not a badge of honor, and it’s not the price of success. It’s a sign that something needs to change.
✨ You don’t have to burn out to succeed. You can burn bright instead.
If burnout is already knocking at your door—don’t wait. The sooner you take action, the sooner you can reclaim your energy, joy, and impact.
💡 I’m here to help you navigate burnout and create a life where your career, health, finances, and relationships thrive—without sacrificing yourself in the process.
💬 Let’s talk. Your future deserves more than just survival—it deserves to shine.
I know how you feel....
Burnout. Been there.
People pleasing. I was an expert.
Perfectionist. I never thought I was one until I realised procrastination was a close ally.
Boundaries. I did not set adequate healthy boundaries before.
Health setback. Yep. Had my share. I am grateful to be here.
Who is the boss, Judgy Mary (meet my inner critic) or me, Mary?
Once upon the time, I let Judgy Mary rule!
Nowadays, I rule!
Burnout blindsided me. I did not see it coming.
I wished I had access to a burnout coach.
Before I realised I was burning out, I kept pushing harder and harder to keep up with external demands and the high expectations I put on myself.
Burnout was my wake-up call to show up to work and life differently.
I do not have that level of stress any more. Now I help emerging and experienced managers and professionals to become the best versions of themselves without burning out.
Please don’t wait until you crash.
Burnout is a progressive condition that only worsens until you decide to fix it.
Your talent, and tenacity to keep going that brought so much success at work can turn around and bite back in burnout.
During the pandemic years, I faced difficult circumstances and found that my usual strategies were not serving me.
Choosing Mary as my coach was a game-changer!
Mary met me where I was and acknowledged my experiences without judgment. She gave me a sense of safety.
Honestly, it is a beautiful thing to honour someone right where they are standing. It meant a lot to me that Mary was able to be there rooting for me.
Mary helped me clarify what was important to me. With clarity came peace.
Her patience, empathy, and compassion supported me in seeing beyond those challenges and opened my mind to new possibilities. She helped unleash the bigger me that was previously invisible.
I discovered new opportunities that far exceeded my expectations.
Today, I enthusiastically run my HR consulting practice, attracting my dream clients, and loving life!
I highly recommend coaching with Mary if you wish to get unstuck and live fully!
I have spent a long time trying to figure out what to do after being a stay-at-home mom for over 20 years. Before coaching, I was fixated on what makes a career woman successful. Unintentionally, I put myself under pressure to aim to become this identity. In the process, I felt I had missed out on so much, and it affected my confidence and self-esteem.
Coaching with Mary made me realize that I was latching onto other people’s expectations and ideals, not mine. Mary was able to create the space and capacity for me to be honest with myself about the identity I wanted to become, the network I value, and the type of work that brings me fulfillment. The manner Mary framed the coaching conversations enabled me to reflect on many perspectives, which included the flexibility, purpose, recognition, and opportunities that matter to me.
I am tremendously grateful to Mary for helping me realize that I had so much to offer and permitting myself to recognize that my capabilities in raising my family include skills, experience, and knowledge that are sought after in workplaces. I grew in confidence after my coaching sessions with Mary.
I am happy to share that one year on, I have found my happy place in the world of work. It is even better to secure work on my terms, working with people who share my values and for an organization that I am proud of.
I entered coaching with Mary not knowing what to expect. Her coaching has allowed me to find answers within myself and map out a roadmap towards a more fulfilling future for me and my family. Sessions with Mary give me faith that I will come out of a session with deep clarity, a sense of empowerment, and strength. I feel more excited and confident about the future than 3 months ago.
My coaching sessions with Mary have been insightful, and enjoyable, leaving me feeling empowered and confident to further develop my leadership impact and influence. Mary has a calm nature as she guides you through her coaching sessions which allows you to safely explore and delve into topics that can be confronting and challenging to face. She works with you to develop actions you can put into practice that are achievable and targeted to your specific circumstances. Working with Mary has been a really positive experience and I'm grateful for the opportunity to benefit from her coaching expertise.
I was the Human Resources Director for a company experiencing tremendous growth in Australia and New Zealand.
I was successful as a migrant and a woman of colour.
Outwardly, I was a success.
Inwardly, I was burning out.
Learn more About Me...
Nothing makes me happier than helping high-functioning leaders, managers and professionals rise above the overwhelm and enjoy work and life again without burning out.
Watching my clients thriving instead of striving to create the work and life they deserve is the reason I am here.
My clients are often high-achieving, quietly exhausted, deeply thoughtful humans, who’ve also walked through their own valleys of darkness.
Some are in midlife. Others have a long runway ahead of them, yet carry deep, lived experience — shaped by burnout, grief, identity shifts, or early turning points that called them to grow before their time.
What they share is this: a desire to live and lead from a place of purpose and energy — not pressure and survival mode.
My mission is to help my clients increase their influence and advocacy to ...
move from an unmanageable workload to a manageable level (job demand);
become more involved in how, where and when work is done (job control); and
create healthier boundaries for better outcomes both at work and at home (relationships).
Rewriting the script on overwhelm and burnout increases my clients' capacity to become more in tune with their personal needs.
Empowering my clients to engage in courageous dialogues with key stakeholders to foster healthier boundaries and higher-performing work environments.
By taking care of their needs authentically, my clients become more engaged with their teams, co-workers, families, friends and communities.
Shaping an environment where they and the people around them feel safe, connected, nourished and energised helps them and others flourish.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to acknowledge the Bunnerong people who are the traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect to the elders past and present of the Wiradjuri nation and extend that respect to other Aboriginal people visiting this website.