My name is Mary Tigner-Rasanen. After years in both secondary and post-secondary education, I became a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC). In 2018 I left New Orleans and in 2020, moved to Charlevoix, MI, a beautiful small town on the shores of Lake Michigan. I have family in Charlevoix and wanted to be closer to them. I love to walk, and now have the pleasure of walking in beautiful woods and along the waterfront. I am looking forward to the snowy winters, and anticipate snowshoes in my future!
I love to cook healthy food, and look forward to continuing that in Michigan. In addition to being inspired by good food, I am inspired by my three beautiful daughters, now grown and following their own dreams.
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I also love being a health and wellness coach -- supporting people as they make changes in their lives that might be difficult to manage on their own.
Meet Mary
Certified Integrative Health Coach
What I Specialize In
Individual Health and Wellness Coaching
Establishing Health Goals
Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle
Trauma-sensitive Coaching
"I was feeling stuck in place and unable to move forward with anything in life. I’ve learned to determine what it is I really want to do and then set reasonable, concrete, goals to achieve it. I hope you decide to work with Mary. She’s a wonderful coach and she can help you change your life."
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Kathy, New Orleans, LA
The hectic life I was living brought me to coaching. I was full of anxiety and stress. I remember the first coaching lesson Mary taught me. It was to simply clear my mind and just breathe. Mary taught me how to take a step back and think about what specific situations were causing my anxiety, and how to focus on one goal at a time.
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Jasmine, Columbus, GA
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Breathing Meditation
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A good practice to calm yourself and bring yourself into awareness of the present moment is doing a breathing meditation. Below is a three-minute breathing meditation that some of my clients find helpful, and you can find others on YouTube.
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Since beginning my coaching sessions with Mary, I have partnered with her to explore my personal assets and develop a process to build upon them. I have spent many years trying to discover my life’s purpose without success. Now I can say that with Mary’s partnership I have created a healthy vision of my life’s purpose.
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Sally W-M, SE Ohio