Hi, I'm Marley.

I am, as we all are, just another creature trying to find my way in this wild world. I am a big feeler, deep thinker, and wide-eyed learner.

I have a bachelor’s degree in Social Work and master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy. I've spent more than a decade working in the world of social services, mental health, and public health education. The foundations of my education are in Systems Theory, Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Attachment Theory, and Somatics.

A lot of who I am professionally has been shaped by who I am personally. My lived experiences with queer community, chronic illness, religious deconstruction, and neurodivergence have deeply influenced the way I see the world and the way I connect with people.

I'm naturally curious. I like asking questions, making connections, and finding meaning in things that other people might overlook. I love learning, and I have a hard time accepting that there is only one right way to do something. I learn best through experience and tend to lose focus if I don’t find meaning in what I’m doing.

I've always been drawn to the places where different things overlap. Science and spirituality. The body and the brain. Individual experience and community. Serious conversations and ridiculous laughter.

I don’t like to color inside the lines. I spent many years prioritizing being “good” over being myself… until I couldn’t anymore. Through the process of divorce, religious deconstruction, and self-exploration, I became intimately familiar with what it feels like to know that embracing your true self might mean losing a lot. I am here to tell you it’s worth it. I am here to walk you through to the other side where your truest most beautiful life is waiting.

I'm also deeply connected to the natural world. I love being outside, watching the seasons change, digging in the garden, and being reminded that everything has a rhythm. Growth doesn't happen all the time. Neither does rest. Both are necessary.

I care a lot about community. I've been lucky enough to find people who have made me feel seen, challenged me to grow, let me be weird, and reminded me that I don't have to do everything alone. Those relationships have shaped me as much as any professional training I've received.

And then there's the fact that I really, really like to have fun.

I'm a lover of good conversations, getting a little too excited about an idea, making things with my hands, spending time outside, finding new places, and laughing until something hurts. I have a dog who is convinced she is the most important person in the house, and she's probably right.

I don't have everything figured out. I don't think any of us do.

I'm still learning how to live in a way that feels honest and aligned with who I am, and I'm much more interested in that process than in pretending I've arrived somewhere.

I'm glad you're here.