You’re not stuck.
You’re just ready for something more.
I’m Mareli - and I’m here to help you make the shift from surviving to leading your life with intention.
I help people move from autopilot to intentional living, whether you're building your confidence as a leader, navigating a personal shift or reinvention.
With over 10 years of experience in leadership development, customer and employee experience and group facilitation, I bring both proven tools and something more human: deep empathy, active listening, and the ability to create a space where real growth can happen.
As a Co-Active Coach, I don’t believe you’re broken or need fixing. You are whole, creative and fully capable of making powerful choices that can change the trajectory of your life. I’m here to guide and walk alongside you, helping you reconnect with your spark and your ability to lead yourself.
In our work together, you’ll learn to shift from being a thermometer - reacting to your environment - to becoming a thermostat: someone who sets the tone, takes ownership and consciously adjusts to what life throws your way.
Whether you're here to grow as a leader, build healthier habits, find your voice or embrace joy again - welcome!
You’re in the right place.
We all carry storiesÂ
that shape us.
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Some of those stories are empowering.
Others? Not so much.
They limit us. They shrink our confidence.
They tell us we’re not ready, not enough, not worthy.
COACHING
If you want a guide on your journey, coaching might be for you.
Lead by Design Coaching
Confident, compassionate leadership doesn't happen by accident. It happens by design.
You’ve stepped into leadership, but instead of feeling empowered, you often feel overwhelmed.
Managing a team, juggling expectations, navigating tricky dynamics - no one gave you a manual for this.Â
Life by Design Coaching
Guiding you from autopilot to a life designed with purpose and joy.
I help empower you to step off autopilot and intentionally create a life aligned with your values, passions and goals. Together, we’ll clarify what truly matters and build practical, meaningful steps that help you live with purpose and joy every day.
Walk & Talk Coaching
Coaching That Moves You
- Literally.
Craving clarity, calm, and a fresh perspective? Let’s swap four walls for open skies. Join me for a Walk & Talk Coaching session in Cape Town to clear your head, spark new ideas and move forward -  inside and out.
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MY BOOK
It's about time for you to shine
This isn’t a book you read and forget. It’s a workbook, a practical, powerful companion for real change. It’ll ask for your honesty, effort and daily commitment. Some pages will stretch you. Others will uplift you. But every step is designed to reconnect you with you, so you can live with more clarity, joy and intention. Because when you show up differently for yourself, you show up differently for everyone around you. That’s the ripple effect.
So if you’re ready to choose growth over comfort, presence over autopilot, and self-respect over self-neglect.Â
Commit to yourself. Do the work. Reap the rewards.
It’s about time. And your time is now.
Why It's About Time?
Since publishing It’s About Time, people often ask me why I wrote it. And to be honest it’s been a tough question to answer. Like many good journeys, this one started with an idea… then a plan… and then, well, a few detours. There were distractions, delays, and doubts. And when I finally “arrived” at the destination of finishing the book, it felt a bit like checking into a hotel only to be told, “Sorry, your room’s not ready yet.” That’s when I realised: the journey wasn’t done. It still isn’t.
So let me start at the beginning.
After years in the corporate world, coaching, training and facilitating, I worked with people from all walks of life: from security guards to CEOs. Different roles, different backgrounds, different challenges.
But across all those rooms, one thing became clear:
We all carry stories that shape us.
Some of those stories are empowering. Others? Not so much. They limit us. They shrink our confidence. They tell us we’re not ready, not enough, not worthy.
And those beliefs? We buy into them.
Add in a generous dose of fear like the fear of failure, the fear of not being perfect, and we start procrastinating.
(I could write a whole book just about that! Maybe I will.)
I’ve used every excuse in the book:
“It’s not the right time.”
“I don’t have the money.”
“I’m not skilled enough.”
“Maybe one day…”Â
Sound familiar?
That’s when the spark for It’s About Time really caught fire. I wanted to understand fear. So I read, researched, interviewed, nerded out on neuroscience and wrote a whole chapter on it. But then I realised: one chapter isn’t a book. I had to dig deeper.
What else makes a life feel fulfilling?
What tools help us keep going when life is messy and unpredictable?
What helps us not just chase the big moments, but savour the small ones along the way?
So this book became a collection of stepping stones.
Tools and truths I’ve tested myself.
Reflections to help you live with intention, kindness, courage and joy.
Not a magic formula. But a starting point. A spark. A nudge to turn off autopilot and make choices that serve you. Â
However, not making a choice is also a choice.
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That’s what we’re all about at BrandLove.
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Through our Brand Warrior ProgramTM, we’ve helped thousands of leaders and
teams reconnect, grow and thrive together.
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