Marilyn Taylor

Author, 10 Practices of Personal Sustainability

Confident Directions is the culmination of Marilyn’s own personal and professional journey in the expansive field of personal growth and life affirming wellness choices. She was always intrigued by the mind, body, spirit connection, and all of her careers brought her to this place, which feels like her “true north.” 

​​Marilyn became a licensed massage therapist in 1990 and continues to have a private practice alongside life coaching. “I owe my coaching journey to all the people who came for bodywork, but were also  seeking wellness skills and resources to support them in living a life of purpose,” she Marilyn. She then made the decision to become a life coach to help her clients achieve their goals. She entered these professions with a background in psychology and education.

​​Marilyn also had a passion for women's health and became a certified childbirth educator, coach and early parenting facilitator. For many years, she taught privately, for physicians and in women's health and wellness programs at MCI-Framingham, MA.

​​She continued to nurture this interest in early relationships by volunteering for Jewish Family and Children's Services in their Visiting Moms program. In 2004, the Hallmark Channel taped a documentary about her relationship with one of her new moms. She I founded The Wellness Roundtable Holistic Practitioners' Network also in 2004, a forum for other wellness professionals to create collaborative relationships and continue the improvement and availability of resources to clients and community.

​​The Wellness Roundtable has blossomed to be an incredible connecting point for area practitioners. She thoroughly enjoy coaching individuals in addition to leading and creating workshops, seminars and retreats. “When you do the work you love, it is exciting and effortless...well almost!” she concludes