I’m a certified professional development and life coach, health specialist, and end of life doula. I’m also a New York Times published writer.
I help individuals and teams show up better in work and life so they can successfully achieve goals and manage challenges. My clients are looking to reduce stress, experience career fulfillment, improve emotional intelligence, navigate big changes and transitions, and go after their passions and dreams.
Whether I’m working with you 1:1 or facilitating a workshop for your organization, I I teach you how to make small shifts in mindset and behavior that lead to big impact. Together, we’ll create a clear path to:
Achieve your goals with less stress and more confidence
Build stronger, more inclusive teams rooted in trust and collaboration
Develop the resilience to handle challenges with ease
Foster deeper, more meaningful relationships
Stay focused, energized, and on track for long-term success
My approach is all about purpose-driven action—helping you connect to what truly matters so you can move forward with intention. These small shifts don’t just create personal growth—they help build a culture of care within teams and organizations, where everyone feels valued and empowered.
If you're ready to reduce frustration, overcome burnout, and experience more wins and joy, I’ll guide you or your team in taking actionable steps that lead to real, lasting change. This isn’t about overwhelming transformations; it's about sustainable, purpose-driven shifts that spark immediate results and pave the way for ongoing success.
Let’s work together and get busy creating more empowered, fulfilling experiences all around. Are you ready to say “YES!”?
Work With Me
Private Coaching
Guided assistance that aligns to your personal goals. I’ll help you make a clear plan and stick to it so you can optimize your life and reach your goals faster.
Corporate Wellness
Bespoke programs, workshops, and coaching for the company or organization that wants to be the Gold Standard in developing and creating a culture of care for associates and members. Choose from one-time or ongoing options and boost productivity, morale and work/life balance all year round.
Group Classes
Classes, webinars, programs and more that deliver big results and harness the power from the support and accountability of others. Take a class, join one of my ongoing groups or start your own.
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An empowered life starts here.
“I was initially skeptical about how helpful a life coach might be, but working with MaryEllen the past 4 years has been really beneficial. She has helped me to focus on important issues and is willing to tackle anything. She is supportive without ever being critical or judgmental. MaryEllen’s upbeat personality is an added bonus to her professional skillset, she is a pleasure to work with.
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Hi, I’m MaryEllen, but you can call me MEG.
I believe that taking care of ourselves holistically is essential for our collective progress.
With over 20 years of coaching experience, my journey from the corporate world to public health inspired me to launch Empowered by MEG in 2009. Through this work, I’ve discovered how culture, environment, and social structures shape our behavior and impact our health and potential.
My mission is to help clients achieve their goals with expanded awareness of the collective benefits that come from reimagining how we think and act. Success, health, and well-being go beyond achievements, fitness, or happiness. They encompass the thoughts we think, the words we speak, the actions we take, the boundaries we set, and how we interact with others and our environment.
I’m here to help you not only reach your goals but to create positive change in the world around us.
Get Busy Living!
What would happen if you stood up and got busy living by creating a culture of care?
You would reshape the world around you. That’s what would happen. And the possibilities and opportunities would be abundant, for everyone.