Mariangela Maguire Ph.D.

Mariangela taught me how to have compassion for myself and how to communicate with once unreachable parts of myself. I would often enter our sessions with my mind swirling with a hurricane of thoughts and emotions, but inevitably I would leave with an inner peace I didn’t think was possible. Through our work together, I learned how to go through this process on my own and find calm in accepting myself, and those around me. I am forever grateful to Mariangela’s guidance and patience.

Mariangela is an excellent listener, but not simply to affirm my perspectives, but to challenge me in my thinking and doing. Her careful questioning and comments helped me to move through whatever issue I was working on in a way that was both affirming and challenging.

I was lost in my thoughts and emotions about my issue and I couldn’t find any clarity. I needed to find someone trustworthy who could help me sort through what was going on. Working with a coach felt like a commitment to my well being within a focused time period. Mariangela has an amazing capacity to listen deeply to what I’m saying and ask great questions that provide that moment of new awareness or new perspective. She helped me see my issue in a different way and got me out of the squirrel cage of my mind.

I love working with Mariangela. I feel a level of comfort with her that I don't feel with many people. Great energy. I love the breathing exercise that begins each session. It really connects me to my body. It has a calming effect. I like the focus on the present and the future. It creates a space for me to focus on what’s happening now and how I am operating in the world while at the same time I looking towards where I want to be. I am more aware of the fact that I have a choice to make about how I’m going to go about doing something. I find myself giving myself permission to do something…or do nothing. I’m just calmer and I’m really taking some time to slow down and think about things. Working with Mariangela I am not simply ‘unloading’ to a person who maintains a specific distance, rather we share the space and occasionally she will reveal her own experience. This reminds me that while she is the coach and I am the client, she is also involved in her own ‘practice’ and this makes me feel we meet each other on common ground.

It has been such a pleasure gaining guidance from Mariangela.  Over the past year, our conversations have generated insight, balance, and are a centering force in my life.  Her unique ability to empathize and articulate through story, example and communication strategies solutions has been life adjusting.  But the best part: she doesn’t give the answer, rather guides me to the answers already inside me; The journey is mine, but we’re on a walk together and that is the kindest of gesture of her coaching. s

I met Mariangela my senior year of college where she guided me through a successful Fulbright application process.  During that time, I was going through many changes in my life, and she was able to help give me perspective by helping me listen to my own inner voice. After my year in Malaysia with Fulbright, I found myself again in another life transition period as I tried to make sense of all these new experiences. Most of my family and close friends couldn't understand what I was saying. I didn't know who else to turn to but Mariangela. She's helped find and listen to the voice within, helped elevate me to place of feeling grounded and figure out I where I want to go next and the things I want to achieve.