Navigate Your Challenges

Hi, I’m Mari — an international educator, trauma-informed empowerment coach, and founder of Thought-Quest™ and McKahsum IndustrYs.

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For more than a decade, I’ve worked in global education and leadership around the world.  I find helping young people, adults, and expats navigate identity, belonging, emotional resilience, and major life transitions is a passion for me.  My life as an expat has had all the ups and downs, so I understand how empowering it can be to move past fear, anxiety, and frustration into calm confidence.

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My work sits at the intersection of thought mastery, emotional regulation, identity development, and nervous-system literacy. I blend cognitive tools, somatic grounding, and compassionate coaching to help people reclaim clarity, power, and self-trust—especially during moments of deep change.

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As a trauma survivor/leader myself, I know firsthand that transformation isn’t about “fixing yourself”—it”’s about returning to who you are when fear isn’t running the show. I didn't always have these tools. I lost my smile, I had lost the music, I felt lost. But now that I have them back, I have a deeply rooted need to show the tools to others so they can find their inner strength. 

My coaching is structured, loving, strategic, and deeply human.

I believe:

• We build capacity to rise.

• Confidence is a skill, not a personality trait.

• Belonging begins within.

• Healing is powerful, but agency is liberation.

Whether I’m supporting a teen stepping into their identity, an expat finding home inside themselves, or a woman rebuilding — my role is to guide, support, and walk beside them as they become sovereign in their own life.

Home isn’t a place — it’s trust in self.