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Welcome to Evolving Steps
Faith-Based Coaching,
Certified Christian Life Coach

Breaking Unhealthy Patterns & Cycles“I know better, but I keep doing it.”

My own journey showed me why this work matters.

As someone who knows what it’s like to struggle with anger, anxiety, unhealthy relationship patterns, lose yourself trying to please others, and chase love and acceptance, I understand how easy it can be to find yourself repeating patterns you know aren’t healthy.I’ve had to recognize my own patterns and face how they were affecting the way I thought, responded, and showed up in my relationships and life.

The Work Starts Within

Through personalized coaching, we explore the mindset, emotions, patterns, and other internal factors that may be affecting how you navigate life.Together, we’ll identify what may be holding you back and help you take intentional steps toward meaningful progress.

A Collaborative Approach to Growth

Mental health and other health conditions are real, and everyone deserves compassion, understanding, and support.Medication and other treatments can play an important role in managing symptoms. Faith-based coaching can complement appropriate medical care by supporting personal growth and helping individuals develop healthier ways of responding to life’s challenges.*“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
( John 10:10 (KJV)

Take Your Next Step

If you’re ready to begin breaking patterns and move forward with intention, let’s take the next step.

Online Coaching: Available worldwide through virtual sessions.In-Person Coaching: Available within selected service areas at mutually agreed-upon locations.

The Work Starts Within

"Real change starts from the inside out".

At Evolving Steps, we partner with women who are ready to understand what’s happening within, recognize unhealthy patterns, reshape their mindset, and take intentional steps toward meaningful change.

What We Work Through

  • Patterns & Cycles:

  • Identify recurring thoughts, behaviors, and reactions that contribute to unhealthy cycles, understand how they affect your life and relationships, and learn to make healthier choices.

  • Mindset:

  • Identify thought patterns and beliefs that influence your decisions, reactions, and behaviors, and learn to challenge unhelpful thinking and choose healthier responses.

  • Confidence & Identity:

  • Strengthen confidence in decision-making, communicate your needs, establish healthy boundaries, recognize your worth, and show up with greater clarity and confidence in relationships and everyday life.

  • Emotional Maturity & Response:

  • Learn to recognize what triggers your reactions, manage frustration, and respond with intention rather than allowing anger or overwhelming emotions to control your words and actions.

  • Relationships & Marriage:

  • Recognize how your patterns influence communication, connection, and responses in relationships and marriage, while developing healthier ways to relate to your spouse and others.

  • Personal Growth:

  • Develop self-awareness, strengthen your mindset, build confidence and identity, grow in emotional maturity, improve decision-making, take personal responsibility, set meaningful goals, build resilience, establish healthy habits and boundaries, and navigate life transitions.

Together, We Do the Work

Each session is personalized to meet you where you are and where you want to grow.Together, we explore the patterns, habits, and cycles that may be holding you back, uncover what is happening beneath them, and identify & take practical steps toward meaningful change from the inside out.

The Goal

The goal isn’t simply to change what’s happening around you.
It’s to understand what’s happening within you so you can respond differently on the outside.

What happens on the inside can influence how we think, respond, relate, and show up.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

My name is Marlene, also known as Marley
Certified Christian Life Coach focused on faith-based Inside-Out Transformation Coaching.I’m a mom, grandmother, speaker, teacher, leader, and born-again believer in Jesus Christ.

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About

My own personal journey has shaped the work I do.I struggled with patterns, wounds, and experiences I had never fully dealt with. I carried them into my marriage, my jobs, and other areas of my life without realizing how they were affecting the way I thought, responded, and showed up.I knew I wanted to grow, but I didn’t always know where to begin.It’s one thing to receive encouragement. I needed help recognizing what was happening within me and learning how to break the unhealthy patterns, habits, and cycles I kept repeating.After my divorce, my focus shifted. I became determined to grow from within, become more self-aware, and become a healthier version of myself.

"I’ve learned that your identity, confidence, and mindset can influence how you show up, how you care for yourself, and what you choose to accept from others".

What I once needed in my own journey is part of what drives my work today.I’m passionate about creating a safe space where women can slow down, look within, gain greater self-awareness, and take intentional steps toward meaningful personal growth.Through my coaching, women grow in self-awareness, strengthen confidence, reshape their mindsets, and become more intentional about how they live and show up in their relationships and everyday lives.

Coaching Sessions

Virtual coaching sessions are available worldwide. Scheduled in-person coaching is offered within selected service areas at mutually agreed-upon locations.Coaching may be offered through individual sessions, coaching packages, or group coaching experiences.

"Small Progress, Not Perfection"

Contact Evolving Steps

Evolving Steps provides faith-based life coaching for women focused on meaningful personal growth and transformation.

Coaching Availability

Virtual coaching is available worldwide. In-person coaching is available by appointment in selected service areas.

Business Hours:
Monday–Friday: 8:00 AM–8:00 PM CT
Saturday: 8:00 AM–6:00 PM CTMessages are typically responded to within 24 business hours.
Email and text support may be available between sessions for coaching-related questions.

Are you ready to take your next steps?

Have a question or want to learn more?

Saturday, October 24, 2026I’m Still Becoming - Identity & ForgivenessSometimes we hold on to what other people did, or even what we have done ourselves, and begin to value our worth based on mistakes, choices, and our pain.What happened to you may have affected how you see yourself, but it does not have to define who you are becoming.Join us for a meaningful conversation.

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Policies

  • PAYMENT

  • Payment is required before coaching services begin.

  • All coaching fees are non-refundable.

  • Accessible coaching options are available.

  • CANCELLATION & RESCHEDULING

  • 48-hour notice is required to cancel.

  • Late cancellations or missed sessions may result in forfeiture of the session or a reschedule.

  • Rescheduled sessions must be completed within 6 months.

  • SESSIONS

  • 1-Hour Coaching Sessions

  • Coaching is provided in-person at selected locations & virtually through Zoom.

  • Phone sessions may be available upon request.

  • COACHING SCOPE

  • Coaching focuses on personal growth, mindset, self-awareness, confidence, and intentional action.

  • Coaching is not therapy, counseling, or crisis care.