

hi, i'm marika, and I am a writer
and life coach
I'm helping women trade chasing "out there" for turning toward the everyday wonder that's already right 'here.'
After a long career as an educator helping teachers run experiments to create more joy in their classrooms, I now help women do the same in their own lives, one ordinary Tuesday at a time.
My writing includes a HuffPost essay on ADHD and parenting rage that's been read almost a million times, along with pieces for Insider, Reform Judaism, and an upcoming piece in the anthology "Refuge, Voices of Courage and Resilience in a Fractured World," out this fall. I've also been a guest on podcasts such as "Journal with Jenny" and "Fatherhood Dojo."
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my husband, my fifteen-year-old jazz-piano-obsessed son, and my thirteen-year-old musical-theater-obsessed daughter.
I'm the one you'll find hiding in plain sight on the couch, wrestling with the big stuff (the Universe, time, worthiness) and the little stuff that can sometimes be tangled up with the big stuff (Is there a connection between my fear of mortality and my reluctance to clean out my sock drawer?).
I'm delighted you're here.
LOVE LIST
I keep a Love List on my phone of all of my favorite things in life and dream of one day having a Favorite Things party where the theme would just be all of my favorite things together in one place at once! (Of course we would invite Julie Andrews to come and sing the "Favorite Things" song!)
Here's a snapshot:
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Jellyfish
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Glaciers
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S’mores
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Being hot (temperature not looks!)
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Birds (especially hummingbirds)
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Wearing a hat (see “being hot”)
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Mexican stuff
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Accapella singing
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Mint tea
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Trees (and hugging them)
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Kettle corn
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Parentheticals


MY WRITING
MEMOIR LAND
Ditching Perfect for Joy
What a Qigong Grandmaster, Meghan Trainor, and a pandemic pity party taught me.

HUFFINGTON POST
I Felt Like A Failure Of A Mom.
Then A Doctor Said The Words That Transformed My Life.

BUSINESS INSIDER
I started obsessing over my son's school supply list
I realized I was just anxious about him starting middle school.
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