Interests
The Human Experience, Neuroscience, Gut and Heart Science, Health, Spirituality, Family, Nature, Walking and Life Long Learning
About me
It is a pleasure to be part of WBECSpre-summit team, and serve you as a facilitator, my name is Marie Tolman, and specialise in Resilience Coaching. My journey to becoming a resilience coach is through extensive training, but by far my highest credentials are my lived experience. As a wellness coach back in 2012, I was studying to be teacher along with various other coaching qualifications, setting up a charity, community project, running my coaching practice along with being a busy mum. This all came tumbling down, when I ended up in hospital with second stage sepsis. I spent almost the rest of 2012 in hospital, where I had had to learn to talk again and well be human, same body but a different person.
I recall being in the worst pain you can imagine, and wanting to give up, I had somewhat what I identify as a spiritual experience, I began to ask myself different questions, “what is the lesson here?, What are the blessings?, what can I do to grow from this”? From this perspective I was able to become resourc