Marlie Love is a life coach with her Positive Psychology graduate certification. In May 2016, Marlie began living her true-life purpose by starting Marlie Love Life Coaching, LLC. Marlie Love Life Coaching, LLC helps professional Christian millennials discover their purpose and destiny so they can live a meaningful and fulfilling life.
Marlie has written an e-book detailing her five-step purpose plan titled “Five Steps to Find your Purpose and Destiny: A Guide to Help you Find the True You.” As well as created a three month “Discover your Purpose” coaching program and a two hour intensive “Discover your Purpose” coaching program.
What motivated and inspired you to start your own business?
What motivated and inspired me to start my own business was my determination to live a life I loved. I was working in the corporate world, in a cubicle, and unhappy. I realized I was living someone’s life, not mine. So, I took a cue from my Christian background and went to the Bible. Luke 1:37 says “For with God nothing will be impossible.” And Jeremiah 29:11 states “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you, to give you hope and a future.” When I truly grasped the meaning of those verses, I was ready to step out!
Before I started my business, I knew I needed to find my purpose first. I went back to school and began to develop a real relationship with God. I was always a Christian, but never really had a genuine relationship with Him. Through school, I learned more about life coaching. I realized how amazing life coaching was, and it was something that excited me, motivated me, and I was passionate about it. Through developing a relationship with God, I knew what I was passionate about, was my purpose. I was made to be a life coach. I then began to take the next steps to begin my life coaching business… because nothing is impossible!
Tell us about your business.
Through Marlie Love Life Coaching, I help professional Christian millennials embrace their worth and discover their life purpose, by teaching them to unleash their hidden potential. I do this through my five step “Discover your Purpose” plan. This five-step plan can be done through working with clients one-on-one or through my online program.
When going through my five-step plan, I help someone go from “I don’t know what my purpose in life is” to “I know my purpose and I am pursing it successfully.” This five-step plan is based off what I did to find my purpose. I know there are many professional Christian millennials out there that are pretending and not living their God given destiny. They are sitting behind a cubicle wondering how to enjoy their work. I am here to help them find it, by using my proven five-step formula.
When people work with me one-on-one or through my online programs, here are the results they receive:
- Clarity -> Get clarity on what you were born to do. Understand what steps you need to take to find your life purpose. Understand what it means to live a purposeful life and how you can get there.
- Happiness -> You’ll begin to live a happy life. A life that is positive, peaceful, and joyful. Negative energy will be removed, so you can be surrounded by positive energy.
- Action -> You’ll learn the action steps needed to take to live your purposeful and ideal life. You’ll begin to step out and get to physically see the positive changes that will happen in your life.
- Faith -> You’ll grow in your Christian faith. You’ll understand how to activate the promises in the Bible to your life.
Are you currently running any promos/contests/giveaways that you would like our readers to know about?
Right now, I am having a massive sale on all my products and my one-on-one coaching! I want to make sure people are ready to tackle 2018 in the best way possible! My one-on-one “Discover your Purpose Coaching” was originally $2,000, but I’ve discounted it to $1,000! Go here for more information: https://www.marlielovelifecoaching.com/individual-coaching-session-3-month.
If one-on-one coaching isn’t for you, I have a wonderful online course titled “Five Steps to Find your Purpose and Destiny.” It’s discounted from $99.99 to $17.99. I wanted to make sure that everyone can find their purpose and start living it. Go here to see the course details: https://www.marlielovelifecoaching.com/online-store/five-steps-to-your-purpose-and-destiny-e-course.
If you would like to talk to me personally before you commit to one-on-one coaching, I do have a free 30-minute breakthrough call that you can schedule with me. During this breakthrough call, we will outline the next action step you need to take to find your purpose. You can schedule that call here: https://calendly.com/marlielovellifecoaching/30min.
List awards/certifications/accomplishments.
- I received my Bachelors degree in Liberal Arts in 2010, from Southeast Missouri State University. When I decided to start my purpose journey, I went back to school and obtained my graduate certification in Positive Psychology in 2016 from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
- Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best within themselves, and to enhance their experiences of love, work, and play. With this certification and my studies of the Bible, I have formed a unique opportunity to help people thrive in their spiritual and physical lives.
- I also have over six years of experience working in the corporate world. I understand what millennials that are stuck in the cubicle. I can identify with their struggles, and I know how to breakthrough to the other side.
Where is your business based?
My business is based out of the St. Louis, MO area. I work from home (which I love). Most of my one-on-one coaching sessions are over the phone or through Zoom. I currently work with professional millennials all over the world.
What were the first few steps you took to get your business up and running?
The first step that I took to get my business up and running was to know that owning my own life coaching business was my purpose and path in life. I was in school for positive psychology, but I was also growing spiritually. Through studying the Bible, learning from other Christian pastors, meditation, and school; I knew life coaching was the path I wanted to take. However, I needed to make sure I wanted to start a business, and not just work for a corporate company as an on-staff life coach.
So, I took a chance and reached out to the only life coach I knew. I watched a webinar at my corporate job about work-life balance. I emailed her and asked her if she would ever mentor someone aspiring to be a life coach. God is real people! She emailed me back and told me that she never does this, but something told her to help me. So, for six months, she mentored me and helped me with the foundation of my business. I will always be thankful for her.
I now understand and know the power of helping other people. It’s always good to give back. Because of her generosity, I am now able to help so many people.
What has been the most effective way of raising awareness of your business and getting new customers?
The most effective way of raising awareness for my business has been through Instagram and word of mouth. Instagram is a great way to be able to interact organically with your target market. I’ve learned how powerful direct messaging is. I tripled my email list in a week from direct messaging! I love word of mouth too! A great testimonial goes a long way. People now love to know what they are purchasing has helped someone like themselves. So, my testimonials and my past work, has helped me tremendously.
What have been your biggest challenges so far?
My biggest challenge so far has been finding out my target market. Early on, I wanted to help everyone and anyone, but that’s not good business. I needed to find out who I can help the most effectively and who I enjoy coaching as well. Once I understood who my target market was, I didn’t have to spend unnecessary energy on things that wouldn’t be effective. It’s really transformed my business and has given me so much more confidence. I know who I can help and how I can help them, and that feels amazing.
How did you overcome these challenges?
I overcame these challenges two ways. The first way is by prayer and faith. My faith is so important to me, so I had to believe that God would get me through any challenges and guide me in the right direction. He did just that, because the second way I overcame the challenges was by hiring a business coach.
My coach, Meliza Sim is awesome! (Read her interview on LadyBossBlogger here). She has helped me hone in on my target market, build my brand, and provide me with online marketing guidance. I’m great at what I do – helping people find their purpose and passions. But I’m not the best at marketing, and that’s where Meliza comes in. There’s no shame in hiring people to help you.
How do you keep motivated through difficult times?
During difficult times, I go straight to my Bible. The Bible has so many GREAT promises in it. I know that no matter what happens, God wants me to have the desires of my heart. So, I hold on to that truth and keep pushing. I also do soaking meditation. Which is a form of meditation, but you listen to music from some wonderful Christian music artists and soak in the presence of the Holy Spirit. It helps remove any negative blocks that may be inhibiting me from moving forward. Once those negative blocks are removed, it’s so much easier to get through any difficulties.
How do you distinguish yourself from your competitors?
My life coaching isn’t the normal type of life coaching. When working with me, you’ll learn your true identity, through God’s eyes (eyes of love!). When working with clients, I don’t focus on past mistakes or failures. I help you create a foundation of love, faith, joy, hope, and grace. Then we build upon that foundation to create the life that you were destined to live.
Within that destined life, no matter what comes at you… you’re able to stand through it. Since we live in the world, things will try to come against us. However, we don’t have to be afraid of those things. When we build a solid foundation, on the right things, we can stand against anything!
I am also very active in studying the word of God and learning from seasoned pastors, prophets, and evangelists that preach on love, hope, and joy. I am sensitive to the Holy Spirit and pray for my clients daily.
What is the best advice you have received recently?
The best advice I’ve received recently is from good old Gary Vee! He posted on LinkedIn about a month ago. He stated that at the beginning of his career he only had 11, 23, sometimes no viewers of his videos. He started at the bottom. He was stating, that you just have to start somewhere. Just start.
What advice would you give to other entrepreneurs?
Believe that you deserve to live the life you want to live. We can live a happy, blessed, prosperous life! Once you get that ingrained in your mind, body, and soul; you won’t be afraid to take risks. As entrepreneurs, we have to take risks to be successful. So, when you believe in yourself, those risks don’t seem that scary.
What are your favorite business tools/resources and why?
My favorite business tools and resources are actually the blogs and podcasts of some of my favorite prophets. I love listening to Doug Addison. Look him up if you haven’t heard of him! He teaches about God’s love. So many people believe that we have an angry God… and that couldn’t be further from the truth. God loves everyone one of us (even if you don’t believe in Him). Through Doug’s teachings, I learn more about the love of God; so, I can then share that knowledge with my clients. I want to guide everyone to God’s true unconditional love!
What is a good article or book you have read recently?
A good book I am reading now is “God Secrets” by Shawn Bolz. It’s great because you’ll learn more about how to hear the voice of God, which is imperative to help you with the direction of your life. As a life coach, I help you with that as well. I provide keys that you can use to hear and feel what God is speaking to you.
What are you currently learning about for your business or looking for help with?
I’m currently learning more about building a solid brand for my business. My coach, Meliza Sim is great at helping me with this. I want more people to know that there are coaches out there that can help them with their Christian belief’s… and not just their parent’s Christian beliefs, but developing their own relationship with God.
What are your goals for the next few months and how are you striving to achieve them?
My goals for the next few months are: $10,000 in online course and one-on-one coaching sales, and breaking the top 100 on iTunes podcasts for my new podcast “Purpose is for ALL”. Check out my podcast every Tuesday. I ask people all over the world, five questions in five minutes about their purpose and how they are fulfilling it. It’s a great podcast for people searching for their “why”.
Aside from working with a business coach to increase my online presence, I am creating genuine relationships with people all over the world. It’s great to reach out to people and hear their story. I find that the first step is to get to know people genuinely.
What social media outlets do you use? List them below.
Instagram @marlielovelifecoaching
Twitter @marlielovecoach
Facebook www.facebook.com/marlielovelifecoaching
Facebook Group www.facebook.com/groups/201346637010122
Website www.marlielovelifecoaching.com
Email marlie@marlielovelifecoaching.com