About

Hi, I’m Charmaine Mary. 

woman with brown hair smiling gently kneeling in front of a tree stump in the woods with a tiny tree sprouting from it

Soul awakening through nature is at the heart of my work. I have lived a full life with several international moves and a 35 year career as a social worker and banker in the City of London in my 20’s (I liked a challenge), a small business owner and sales professional in the decorative arts world, followed by 25 years in the non-profit world as a senior manager and development professional. In 2021 I trained as a leadership and life coach, which built on years of recruiting, training, and mentoring individuals and teams. Soon after I started a new business focused on leadership and life coaching. This endeavor has gradually evolved into Soul Pathways life coaching and Walk and Talk nature based coaching sessions. 

I am also a mother, the wife of a violin maker; a lover of nature, sacred sites, hiking, kayaking, dancing, animals, birds, plants, trees and wild places; an inner and outer explorer, democracy guardian and organic gardener. I am continuously evolving, growing and learning. 

I can support you to move into soul alignment and be a nature guide to help you become more of who you’ve always dreamed you could be. There is always a fresh, new moment to reach for your highest potential and live a more creative, soulful life inspired by nature.

 

After stepping into the second half of my life, I felt strongly called to engage more fully with my soul path and create offerings that could benefit my clients and inspire creative, soulful living. I have learned over many years that when my own Being is inspired and feels fully alive, others are inspired and benefit too.

woman kayaking on a river under a stone bridge

My deepest desire is to live a soulful, authentic life fulfilling my soul purpose and highest potential. Through Soul Pathways and Walk and Talk nature based coaching sessions I am inspiring others to engage with this path for themselves through experiencing my offerings and continuing their transformational journey. 

I am passionate about supporting you to transform from surviving to thriving. Life can be tough and challenging. Sometimes we can feel stuck, overwhelmed, repeating old patterns or experiencing loss and grief. We may need occasional and sometimes ongoing support to move through the peaks and troughs of our growth and evolution. There is always a fresh new moment to reach for your higher potential and soul path. 

My love of nature and sheer joy of being immersed in it has supported and held me throughout my life. I find solace, healing and joy in its magical beauty, light and wildness. I never feel alone or disconnected when out in nature amongst wild things and natural beauty.

“Charmaine is a delight to work with, so it was easy to build a rapport. I have never done any coaching so wasn’t sure what to expect. She has a calmness in her approach and is highly adept at being objective when reflecting the key insights I discovered throughout our sessions. Her in-depth knowledge and years of expertise came through. I learnt a huge amount - that I have not been operating as my authentic self for a long time so got stuck! Now I feel more confident in making a career change that our work together has helped me to define.”

-Amanda M.

Woman standing next to two kayaks holding an oar in front of a lake

In my own life I recognized how too much focus on my work in the outer world could block me from hearing my inner wisdom and trusting my intuition. I learned over many decades that when I aligned and connected body, heart, mind and soul I could find healing and live from a deeper place. This still place within and my connection and love for nature has opened me to far greater possibilities than I could ever have imagined. This inner wisdom is guiding me step by step to fulfill my soul’s potential and live a more conscious life. I know this is available for everyone and we can all learn to listen to and be guided by our inner wisdom and intuition. 

I believe that individually and collectively we all have the capacity to impact the full flourishing and conscious evolution of the earth and all life. I trust that as each one of us heals and moves our piece of the puzzle into place through living creative, soulful lives unique to who we are, we become more coherent and impact the whole. We have the ability to become the change we want to see in the world. 

I am from Chicago and lived over half of my life in the UK, making England and Scotland my home for many years after graduating from college. I also lived for several years in Canada and California. Midcoast Maine, in the US, is now my home. 

Education

I have a BA from Purdue University (Indiana, USA) in sociology and social work and worked as a social worker early in my career, living in and around London for many years. I completed a one year PGdip Works of Art course at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London in the early 1990’s and also received a PGdip in Leadership and Life coaching, accredited by Middlesex University (London, UK), in June 2021. My coaching training is from the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London. I was accredited as a Practitioner Coach from 2021 through 2026 by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)

For 25 years until May 2020, I was a senior manager and development professional in the non-profit sector. In-depth information can be found on LinkedIn