Rhode Island · Est. In Purpose

Marae
Hoover

Mental Health Coach · Advocate · Writer · Community Builder

Thirty years of pain taught me what no textbook could. Now I teach others — through coaching, writing, and community — that the nervous system can be understood, the body can be believed, and healing is not a destination but a practice.

Certified Coach B.S. Psychology Neurodivergent Advocate Community Director Direct Response Writer
Marae Hoover — Mental Health Coach, Advocate, and Writer

A life built
from the hardest
chapters.

"For thirty years, I was told it was in my head. It wasn't. And now I help others find what took me decades to learn: that they deserve to be believed."

I am a certified Mental Health Coach (Abide Network, Level 2), a psychology student at Liberty University, a direct response copywriter, a community director, a homeschooling mother, a wife to Dave — and a person who spent three decades fighting to be believed about her own body.

In 2024, I was formally diagnosed with Central Sensitization Syndrome — a neurological condition that rewires how the brain processes pain. After completing the Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center program in April 2025, I walked away with something I'd never had before: a language for what my nervous system had been doing all along. And a mission to share it.

My work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, faith, and lived experience. I specialize in neurodivergent individuals and complex health situations — the people medicine has often left behind.

Through my Sophrosyne Method — a coaching framework drawing on nervous system literacy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and faith integration — I companion clients into lives that are bigger than their diagnoses. I also serve as a patient advocate, including over two years of intensive advocacy work navigating international healthcare systems on behalf of clients who cannot navigate them alone.

I believe the most credentialed thing about me is not a certificate. It is the fact that I have lived this — and survived it with curiosity still intact.

Six roles.
One throughline: people.

01 —

Mental Health Coach

Certified Level 2 coach (Abide Network) specializing in neurodivergent individuals, complex chronic health conditions, and faith-integrated healing. Creator of the Sophrosyne Method — a framework grounded in nervous system literacy and ACT principles.

02 —

Patient & Systems Advocate

Over two years of intensive advocacy navigating international healthcare systems, welfare programs, and psychiatric evaluation pipelines — producing clinical documentation packages, translating foreign medical records, and filing formal complaints on behalf of clients who cannot advocate for themselves.

03 —

Direct Response Copywriter

Specializing in ministry and faith-based organizations. Long-form sales pages, email sequences, event campaigns, and social content that converts — for organizations like Abide Network. Known for the "Agent 2" approach: copy that feels human because a human wrote it.

04 —

Community Director

Co-founder and Director of One Accord: The Guild — a Discord-based faith and gaming community of 875+ members built around discipleship, not performance. A space where people belong on purpose.

05 —

Psychology Student & Researcher

Currently completing a B.S. in Psychology at Liberty University. Deep academic and personal study in CSS, the HPA/SAM axes, NMDA receptor function, TBI history, and the neurological underpinnings of chronic pain — treated not only as curriculum, but as a calling.

06 —

Public Voice & Writer

Sharing the unvarnished journey of chronic illness, neurodivergence, advocacy, and recovery — publicly, unapologetically, and with the precision of someone who understands the neuroscience behind their own story. An anti-stigma voice in a space that needs it.

The formal
proof behind
the practice.

Education & Certification

Certified Mental Health Coach, Level 2 Abide Network · Active Certification
B.S. in Psychology Liberty University · In Progress
Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center Graduated April 2025 · Phoenix, AZ · Intensive multi-disciplinary program
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Applied clinical training through Mayo Clinic PRC curriculum
Continuing Education: Neuroscience of Pain HPA/SAM axes · NMDA receptor function · Central Sensitization Syndrome · TBI & neuroplasticity

Professional Experience

Co-Founder & Director — One Accord: The Guild 875+ member Discord community · Faith, gaming, discipleship
Direct Response Copywriter — Abide Network Marketing campaigns, event copy, long-form content, social strategy
International Patient Advocate 2+ years · Norwegian healthcare & welfare system navigation · Clinical documentation · Formal complaints & representation
Creator — The Sophrosyne Method Proprietary coaching framework integrating nervous system literacy, ACT principles, and faith
Diagnosed: Central Sensitization Syndrome 30-year journey · CSS confirmed independently by multiple medical teams · Public advocate under #maraescssrecovery

Work that matters,
with people
who mean it.

Abide Network One Accord: The Guild Liberty University Mayo Clinic PRC CoachMarae (marae.coach) Independent Advocacy Work

In the press & in the conversation.

Press clips, interviews, and feature mentions — updated as they happen.

Podcast / Interview

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Booking interviews & speaking engagements — reach out below.

Feature / Article

Your Story Here

Press inquiries welcome — see contact section.

Community / Platform

One Accord: The Guild

875+ members · Active since founding · Faith & gaming discipleship community

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Dispatches on nervous system science, advocacy, faith, chronic illness, and what it means to be believed after thirty years of not being. Real, researched, and occasionally unruly.

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Nobody builds
alone. Nobody.

These are the people who have shaped who I am — professionally, personally, spiritually. Mad respect doesn't cover it. But it's a start.

David Hoover

Husband · Father · Anchor · Steadiest Person I Know

Every season of this journey — including the seasons where "journey" was a polite word for survival — Dave was there holding us and our family steady. My one true love and best friend. He made space for this version of me to exist and continue to love me through it all. You have my love Davs — Always x Forever x Eternity + 1.

Kyleen Booe

Best Friend · My Person · Oldest Dearest Friend

The one who drove to Sedona with me the day I graduated Mayo Clinic. The one I call. The one who shows up. There is no amount of acknowledgment adequate for that.

Andrew Carroll

Collaborator · Abide Network · Co-Owner, One Accord: The Guild

The creative partnership that keeps sharpening my instincts and skills. The best, kindest friend and business partner. Good collaborators make you better — and Andrew continually does that. Iron continues to sharpen iron.

Caitlin Musgrave

Best Friend · Cheerleader · Infinite Ideas Lady

The one who supported me when my TBI brain was the most chaotic and sat with me through it all. The most amazing fast friend I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and my biggest cheerleader — thank you!

Dr. Jennifer Schwirzer

Mentor · Colleague · Collaborator · Founder, Abide Network

Jen took a chance and trusted my voice in rooms that mattered, with people who took me seriously. And even when she didn't want to, continued to have a meaningful presence in my life through my darkest TBI moments.

Dr. Sam Neves

Mentor · Dreamer · Pastor · Marketer Extraordinaire

The first guy I met in ministry — had no idea who he was — who encouraged me to keep going, push aside any distractions, and never give up on the areas God has called me to.

Jamie Domm

Fellow Neurodivergent Mom · Creator Extraordinaire · Inspiration Groupie

The woman I jive with no matter what we talk about and inspire each other to do and accomplish. She encouraged and inspired me before she even knew me, and continues to call me a friend. Thank you!

The OAG Co-Founders

One Accord: The Guild · 875+ Strong

Justin Inostroza, Jay Razzouk, Pr. Michael Soto, Ernie Hernandez, Roque Rojas, Pr. Daniel Maher, and many more — you showed up when a Discord server was just an idea. You stayed when it became something real. This community is one of the best things I've ever had the privilege to help build.

The Mayo PRC Team

Pain Rehabilitation Center · Phoenix, AZ

The first place where I was treated as a whole person with a complicated nervous system — not a complicated patient. They gave me the language I needed to move forward.

Find me where
the work lives.

Coaching inquiries · Press · Collaboration · Speaking

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