about marie

a health coach who helps parents raise kids they'll be proud of

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if your teen is...

always tired, irritable, and shutting down
sleeping at odd hours and dragging through the day
snapping at you over small things, then going silent
glued to screens because nothing else feels good
showing zero motivation for school, chores, or their future
making you wonder where your sweet kid went

...you're in the right place.

You are not alone.

I talk to exhausted parents every day who are at their wits' end. They’ve tried the extra tutoring, the stricter curfews, and therapy only to find the fights getting louder and the teen getting more burnt out.

hello, i'm Marie ◡̈

IIN Certified Health Coach specializing in teen nervous system regulation
Summa Cum Laude in Biomedical Engineering (highest GPA in program history)
Eight years facilitating workshops across five countries
RYT200 Yoga Teacher trained in breathwork and stress recovery
Former burned out overachiever who rebuilt her health with the exact habits I now teach teens

my story

I never grew up healthy.

I ate foods with very little nutritional value.

I was always too tired to move.

And my home environment was... stressful, to say the least.

My parents did the best they could with what they had.

But that familiar pressure was always there.

So was their struggle to understand me as a teenager.

It took a toll.

On my body.

On my mental health.

On our relationship.

me (right) as a 15-year old winning best research paper. I was having a fever

and migraines, was severly bloated, and feeling like I could faint any moment.

The next days, I was too sick to go to class.

what i learned the hard way

The moodiness, the exhaustion, the shutdowns.

Those weren't character flaws.

They were symptoms of a body under stress.

I spent years studying integrative nutrition, nervous system science, and the biology of the adolescent brain.

What I found changed everything:

when you fix the health first, the behavior follows.

Not through more discipline. Not through more pressure. Through health.

This is why Grow with Marie is made.

After talking to several teenagers, one common theme was adamant: we all wish there was someone that could have talked sense to our parents. Someone our parents trusted, but also someone who understood us.

I take that further, by providing science-backed tips to support teen health so that they could perform better in school and in life.

My goal is to help this generation of parents empower their kids to become better, healthier beings - without the teenage drama.

Check out my coaching program

A little less serious, yet fun facts about me...

I am living the best version of my life right now.
I’m originally from the Philippines, but lived in Germany, Spain, Canada and Bulgaria.
I speak English, Spanish, und ein bisschen Deutsch ◡̈.
Currently, I am traveling around Asia doing talks and workshops on health.
I have been a scholar since I was 12.
I graduated the top of my class with a Summa Cum Laude (Highest Distinction). By the time I graduated, I earned the highest GPA in my degree history of 3.88/4.00.
I am 5 years sober, and normalizing sober events.
Offline, I love to go surfing, or doing crazy stunts with my acroyoga partners. Here’s me doing a super cool handstand in front of a portuguese sunset (small flex) .