Marie is a practicing motivational speaker and life coach trained, certified, and experienced. Giving counsel develops her awareness of life issues that real people encounter. Regular practice with helping people cope deepens her ability to resolve many kinds of issues and stresses. Consequently, she brings a vast fund of adaptive knowledge to her speaking engagements. Writing an advice column extends Marie's helping experience even farther. She publishes in a way that makes her column available to the largest possible range of people, regardless of their location, lifestyle, or station in life.