Mary-Anne Schelb

Holistic Health Practitioner
Intentional Calm Life Coaching & Holistic Consulting
Mary-Anne

Mary-Anne Schelb

Holistic Health Practitioner
Intentional Calm Life Coaching & Holistic Consulting
Advocate Location
Ludlow , MA 01056
Specialty
Wellness & Lifestyle
Other Services
Special Care & Aging
TeleAdvocacy Available
Offers FREE Initial Consultation
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How I Can Help
I help individuals reduce stress, calm overwhelm, build resilience, strengthen boundaries, and create more balance through life coaching and holistic support. I also help families better understand and navigate the aging journey with compassionate guidance, practical support, and greater clarity around next steps.

Life Coaching / Holistic Consulting

- Help clients manage stress, anxiety, and overwhelm with practical tools that support calm, clarity, and emotional balance
- Support resilience and emotional steadiness so clients can move through challenges with greater confidence and self-trust
- Help strengthen boundaries, shift unhealthy patterns, and build habits and routines that feel more supportive and sustainable
- Guide clients through life transitions such as burnout, caregiving stress, career change, relationship shifts, endometriosis-related challenges, and starting over

Eldercare Guidance

- Help families better understand the aging journey, including changes in health, independence, care needs, and family roles
- Guide loved ones through eldercare decisions by helping them think through care options, safety concerns, living arrangements, and appropriate next steps
- Support families during overwhelming situations by helping them sort through information, ask the right questions, and make more informed decisions
- Provide compassionate, steady guidance during difficult times so families feel calmer, clearer, and less alone in the process
Important Information About Me
  • I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
  • I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
  • I am insured
  • My geographical area of practice is Longmeadow, MA office location - Most of my work is remote - therfore you can be located anywhere.
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
My journey into this work began with my own experience living with severe endometriosis and hearing doctors tell me that I would never have children. After multiple surgeries and still feeling no better, I was left carrying not only the physical pain, but also the heartbreak, fear, and uncertainty that came with it. That season of my life opened my eyes to how deeply stress, pain, emotional well-being, and daily life are all connected. In the midst of that struggle, I found comfort and strength in holistic health and whole-person support, and it changed the way I understood healing. What began as a personal search for relief and balance gradually became something much bigger. And despite what I had been told, I was eventually blessed to conceive and give birth to a wonderful son, while also embracing the gift of becoming a mother to my three stepchildren. That journey grew into the creation of Intentional Calm and inspired me to develop the Intentional Calm Method, built on five core pillars: State, Story, Strategy, Systems, and Spirit. Today, I use that framework to help others feel supported, steadied, and empowered as they move through difficult seasons of life.

In addition, for more than 20 years, I have had the privilege of helping individuals and families navigate the eldercare journey with compassion, patience, and a calm, steady approach. I understand how overwhelming it can feel when you are trying to make important decisions for someone you love, and my goal is always to help people feel more supported, more at ease, and clearer about the path ahead.
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Formal Education
St. John's School of Business, Accounting Certification, 1989
The International Center for Reiki Training, Master Teacher Certification, 2005
Neurovascular Institute, Craniosacral Therapist, 2006
Faith Experience
  • Catholicism
  • Christianity
  • Judaism
Additional Skills
Life coaching, stress management, burnout, overwhelm, resilience, boundaries, work-life balance, lifestyle medicine, healthy habits, caregiver support, caregiver burnout, aging parent concerns, eldercare guidance, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, memory care, cognitive decline, mobility changes, fall risk, safety concerns, chronic illness, hospitalization and rehab transitions, home care options, assisted living, nursing home decisions, long-term care planning, family communication, endometriosis, women’s health challenges, and support through major life and caregiving transitions.
Professional Affiliations
Robbins Research, Robbins - Madanes Center for Strategic Intervention - Life Coaching
Robbins Research, Mastermind
Genesis Spiritual Life Center, Board of Trustees
Rotary Club of West Springfield, MA, Board of DIrectors
Western Mass Elder Care Conference, Chair
Self-Help Journals:
30 Days to Becoming Intentionally Calm
My Daily Intentionally Calm Journal
My Intentionally Calm Meditation Journal
The Intentional Calm Method - Coaching Method (book + companion workbook)