Strength Through the Storm

Coaching life and leadership through every “lifestorm.”

Wholly alive for ourselves, our relationships, and those we serve.

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“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”

-Carl Jung

Navigating unforeseen change can be overwhelming. Some call these defining moments “crisis.” We call them “lifestorms.” Personal or professional, it doesn’t matter. Lifestorms rarely give warning, and they threaten everything we hold dear. We feel alone. We lack direction and often do not know where help will come from. But we know we need outside help.

Both wisdom and experience tell us that we are never as alone as we feel, and times of disorientation can lead to seasons of reorientation and transformative change.

This is why we aren’t afraid of the storms. If we choose it, the storm can transform our life and leadership and help us become wholly alive for ourselves, our relationships, and those we serve.

Lifestorms you might be facing:

  • Are you launching a new venture or need to scale your current business?

  • Do you need to overhaul your leadership team or strengthen your board of directors?

  • Does your corporate culture need to be established or realigned to live out your mission, vision, and values?

  • Is there a gap in your executive skill set, or do you need to upgrade in certain areas?

  • Do you need to realign your priorities or shift out of your current role?

  • Do you need to reboot your passion, your direction, and your energy?

Leadership Challenges

Leadership is the scarcest resource in any organization. Combine volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous environments, and you have the perfect leadership storm. We need a trusted compass.

By partnering with Mark, you're addressing more than just the immediate challenges of scaling your business, overhauling your leadership team, or realigning your corporate culture. You're investing in a transformative change process that will elevate your leadership. With Mark's guidance, you'll uncover the executive prowess needed to thrive, realign priorities to your true mission, and reignite your passion for leadership. Together, you'll chart a course towards a future where your leadership navigates storms and harnesses their power for growth.

  • Have you suffered the loss of a spouse and do not know which is up or how to handle the grief?

  • Are you in a tangled mess with a business partner that needs mediation before legal action is taken?

  • Is your marriage fracturing or broken, and are you wondering if there is hope for repair or reconciliation?

  • Are you needing to divide marital assets and want to keep the attorneys as far away as possible?

  • Do you need to develop a succession plan for a family business or build a trust in such a way that doesn’t sever family relationships?

  • Is there a deep divide between you and your child and you don’t know how to heal the relationship?

Relationship Dilemmas

The relationships we cherish often bear the brunt of our storms. Whether grappling with the heartache of loss, the knots of partnership disputes, or the fractures within a family, we need signs of hope and repair.

With empathy, expertise, and a deep understanding of human connections, Mark guides you through the process of grieving, healing, and reconciling. His approach helps preserve the dignity of your relationships while navigating the complexities of conflict or grief. The end goal is cultivating a future where connections are maintained and strengthened and legacies of deep connection and service to others.

  • Have you lost your sense of direction or purpose or feel like God or your higher power is nowhere to be found?

  • Have you had a “moral failure” or public embarrassment of any kind, and you do not know how to recover?

  • Are you demonstrating behaviors inconsistent with who you know yourself to be, and are they costing you in areas of your life you can’t afford to lose?

  • Are you aimlessly adrift without a moral compass or value-driven anchors in your life?

  • Are feelings of guilt and shame over past decisions sabotaging your present reality?

Spiritual or Moral Crises

Finding your way back to a path of purpose and integrity can seem daunting amidst the fog of spiritual disconnection, moral uncertainty, or failure. In these moments, we need a lighthouse that illuminates the path back to our True Self and higher calling.

Through compassionate guidance and deep, reflective insights, Mark helps you rediscover your sense of purpose, recover from setbacks with grace, and realign your actions with your core values. His support is a catalyst for restoration, leading you to a place where guilt and shame are replaced with forgiveness and growth and where every step forward is aligned with your deepest beliefs and convictions.

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Move forward with renewed clarity, vitality, and purpose.

Lifestorms are challenging, and each one is as unique as your life. That's why we take the time to hear your story and understand your needs before creating a customized strategy to get you to the other side. Our expertise in leadership, psychological science, and spiritual wisdom means we offer a holistic coaching process that creates transformational change in the most important areas of your life.

  • Call it a coach, a copilot, or a strong second mate; we leverage all our wisdom and experience for your well-being to help you navigate your life storm.

  • Not all planning is strategy, and not all strategy is useful. Our planning process ensures we are executing the right things at the right time. All the time.

  • Accountability accelerates transformation. We measure it, offer it to you, and help ensure you are doing what you said you would do. When we invite accountability into our lives, we thrive.

  • Hope is the deep and enduring belief that things will not always be as they are. Hope says that all things are in the process of being restored, reconciled, and renewed–ALL things, starting with your life! Hope frees us from the need to predict the future and allows us to live in the present with deep trust that we are never truly alone.

Four Anchors of Restorative Change

Meet Mark Maines

My story is one of continuous learning, resiliency, and service to others, values I bring to every engagement. We are all “wounded healers,” and my own lifestorms have made me who I am today. From 9-11 to losing my mother to breast cancer to burying Marines, every storm changes who I am and strengthens my commitment to be fully alive. My life is guided by a relentless belief that change is possible for anyone seeking to navigate and transform their personal challenges into purpose and wholeness. Let’s emerge stronger and more resilient together.

More of My Story

Crisis coaching engages your life and leadership in the midst of your most challenging times. It runs into your storm, reminds you that you are stronger than you think you are, and guides you into your desired future.

“Together we feel, deal, and heal.” – Mark Maines