Ana M. Marin
Who is Ana M. Marin
Welcome to my virtual journal! This is my digital home and voice platform, created as a resource for individuals, leaders, and teams committed to personal and professional development.
My journey online began in 2007, when I launched my first blog as a digital journal. From the very beginning, this space has been dedicated to sharing resources, insights, and lived experiences that reflect my continuous development as a professional and as a human being. Over time, this virtual home evolved alongside my career and purpose.
I am also, unapologetically, a coffee addict and a firm believer that you can achieve anything you dream of—if you are willing to work for it. That belief underpins both my life philosophy and my coaching practice.
As coaching became a permanent and essential part of my professional path, my website expanded to include coaching, facilitation, training, communication, and marketing insights. Today, this platform reflects who I am and how I work: a coach and facilitator who combines creativity, empathy, and a strong commitment to continuous professional development in order to bring clients the most relevant methods, tools, and frameworks to support their goals.
If you are researching what a coach does, exploring coaching as a profession, or considering a career in facilitation, you are in the right place. This website is designed to serve as both a learning resource and a point of connection.
Professional Background and Career Evolution
I bring over 17 years of experience in communication and marketing, working across diverse industries including banking, retail, public relations consultancy, IT&C, and the NGO sector. Continuous development has always been a non-negotiable part of my professional identity, embedded in my yearly goals long before coaching formally entered my life. Coaching appeared in my life with one powerful question: “What would you be without this belief?” That question changed everything. At the time, I was continuing my work as a communication specialist and senior trainer, yet coaching helped me recognize that I was not living my dream life—and that I was allowing others to define the direction of my path. That awareness triggered a decisive shift. This shift marked the beginning of my formal and ongoing development as a professional coach. I changed gears, took action, made difficult and sometimes painful decisions, and intentionally redesigned my life and career. The result has been a path defined by happiness, fulfillment, autonomy, and everyday joy.
What do I do today
I work internationally as a Coaching Manager in a multinational company. My role has different layers:
Communication consultant
Trainer on leadership topics such as emotional intelligence, productivity, mindfulness, team management, and leadership presence
Executive and team coach for leaders who take their own development (and their teams’ goals) seriously
I also serve as a faculty member, assessor, and mentor for two individual coaching schools and one team coaching school, where I support future coaches in developing professional competencies, ethical practice, and coaching mastery.
My coaching and facilitation work spans globally. I collaborate with leaders and teams from Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, France, Azerbaijan, Canada, India, and beyond.
Coaching Philosophy and Areas of Impact
I work with individuals and teams on topics such as:
Communication skills and leadership presence
Work–life balance and well-being
Building healthy professional relationships
Goal clarity, self-esteem, and resilience
Productivity, performance optimization, and decision-making
Team alignment, collaboration, and shared purpose
I believe every client already has the power to change their life and career. My role is to act as a partner who holds space, supporting new thinking, deeper awareness, and both transactional and transformational change.
Practices That Shape My Work
Lifelong learning
I am an avid reader, drawing inspiration and insight from the books that consistently find their way into my life
Mindfulness practice
Discovered through my pursuit of productivity and effectiveness while navigating a neurodivergent brain
Journaling & reflective practice
Tools I use extensively with clients to help them recognize thinking patterns, challenge limiting beliefs, and acknowledge progress
Beyond the Professional Role
I am a life partner to an extraordinary man, a devoted companion to four cats, and a passionate public speaker and volunteer in supporting education for NGOs. These roles, just like coaching, require presence, curiosity, empathy, and a willingness to grow.
Evidence-Based Impact
Research reinforces the effectiveness of coaching. According to joint research by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Human Capital Institute (HCI), Building a Coaching Culture reports that 80% of coaching clients experienced improvements in work performance, communication skills, well-being, and/or business management strategies following coaching engagements.
Here are the topics my clients have been working with me
Communication skills and executive presence
Work–life balance and well-being
Building healthy professional and personal relationships
Goal setting, motivation, and self-esteem
Resilience, productivity, and performance optimization
Leadership and management skills development
At the team and organizational level, my work focuses on:
Improving communication and collaboration
Increasing efficiency and productivity
Aligning teams around a shared purpose
Supporting both transactional and transformational change
Coaching Philosophy
I believe that all clients already have the capacity to create meaningful change in their lives and careers. My role is to be a trusted partner—holding space for reflection, new thinking, and intentional action that leads to sustainable personal and professional transformation.
Research supports the impact of this work. According to joint research by the International Coaching Federation and the Human Capital Institute, Building a Coaching Culture found that 80% of coaching clients reported improvements in work performance, communication skills, well-being, and/or business management strategies as a result of coaching engagements.
Available to download
With a focus on mental health I designed a Self Care Journal that you can download for free
With a focus on Goals and action plans I created a workbook that you can download for free
