About Heart and Soul Coaching

Marsha is a one-of-a-kind coach, healer and transformational expert. Her life experience has created a crystal clear clarity and depth of character which is abundantly evident in those fortunate enough to work with her.

In 1989, Marsha lost two of her three children and a beloved mother-in-law in a tragic car accident. Inspired by her surviving son, Noah, Marsha displayed the courage to painstakingly work through her trauma, and has evolved into the enlightened and effective leader she is today. Marsha has been called upon countless times to assist in grief counseling and has brought light back into people’s lives who faced darkness and despair. She likes to say, “Have your breakdown with me, because your breakthrough is right around the corner.”

Marsha proudly shares that Noah, seven at the time of the accident, is now a happy son, husband, father and grandfather, able to give and receive love, and a blessing to those who know him. Feel Great Real Estate, Noah’s company in Tampa Bay, is a highly successful family business.

Marsha was born in New York, and has a lifetime commitment to the health of the body, mind and spirit. She taught natural and home birth classes, nutrition, breastfeeding support and baby massage. Marsha was a La Leche League leader, and has been a Licensed Massage Therapist for 33 years after graduating from The Swedish Institute in 1987. She believes ‘the body tells us first” and uses her varied skills in body/mind health to support her clients in unraveling what ails them.

In 2012, Marsha became a coach for Melisa Pearce and the Equine Gestalt Coaching Program. This further advanced her skills in developing a co-active coaching model which holds the client as resourceful. Marsha believes her clients have the answers inside of them, and she assists the self-discovery by asking guiding questions. Marsha’s friendship and respect for Melisa’s work has led to a very satisfying and successful tenure coaching the 2-year Certification Program, as well as the 2-year Masters Program.

For 24 years, Marsha has been a professional coach, guiding individuals and small groups to move into action mastering marketing, sales and presentations to reach their entrepreneurial goals. Often, personal dynamics arise that Marsha is well-equipped to navigate her clients through to resolution and beyond.

Marsha’s greatest joy is motherhood, grandmother hood and recently great- grandmother hood! She resides in Florida close to her family and relishes warm weather activities such as swimming and kayaking. Marsha also enjoys walking in the great outdoors and is an avid reader and lifelong learner.

In 2012 I began my association with Melisa Pearce’s Equine Gestalt Coaching Program.  www.touchedbyahorse.com.  This program is now 15 years old and is a 2 year certification program to teach students to become an Equine Gestalt Coach.  That means, the students learn to partner with Horses in Coaching Humans in releasing trauma, grief, or any unfinished business.  

Gestalt loosely means “flowing into wholeness”.  We use co active coaching model which holds the client as resourceful.  We believe the client has the answers inside them and we assist the self discovery by asking guiding questions.  

I agreed to take the position because of my admiration for Melisa Pearce the founder. 

Students go through assessment and learn their own temperament, values, create a life vision, understand the genogram and the different parts of self, plus creating their own business plan for graduation.

Through the years, I have guided many students of all vocations to creating a new more authentic life for themselves.  They are required to do their own personal work…clean up their own unfinished business before they are certified to help others.  This work is done in the presence of a horse.  Horses can read human aura and energy and actually are lovingly called BS detectors.  

I coach these students on 2 levels.  One is me to the student plus I model coaching for them.

In addition, I coach the 2 year masters program for certified Gestaltists which does not include horses, but goes deeper in the Gestalt tools and experiences a coach can use to assist clients in living a more  positive future.