Survival got you here.
Performance kept
you going.
BUT NEITHER CAN MAKE YOU WHOLE.
Helping high-achieving Christian women move beyond survival and performance into secure identity in Christ — through mind renewal and spiritual formation.
You don't need more information.
You need formation.
THE UNCOMMON U ™
The Uncommon U™ is a Christ-centered spiritual formation brand. We exist to help believers become who they already are in Christ — not through striving, but through formation.
The Christian life is not about performing for God. It's about allowing Christ to be formed in us.
Until Christ Is Formed in You. Galatians 4:19
"My little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!"
Galatians 4:19 (ESV)
Hi, I'm Merline,
I'm a Bible teacher, ministry leader, author, speaker, Army veteran, and founder of The Uncommon U™. For more than 30 years I've walked alongside women through leadership, mentoring, and Bible study, helping them move from performance to transformation until Christ is formed in them.abundance.
– Merline
GO DEEPER
Several ways we walk together.
The uncommon U COACHING
One-on-One Christ-Centered Coaching
Renew your mind. Care for your soul. Live from your true identity in Christ.
Through personalized one-on-one coaching, I help women move beyond survival mode into Christ-centered wholeness.
Using The A.C.T. Pathway™ and The S.O.A.R. Posture™, we uncover limiting beliefs, renew thought patterns, strengthen emotional resilience, and cultivate a deeper awareness of God's truth.
Together, we focus on mind renewal, soul care, identity in Christ, and practical biblical guidance that helps you walk confidently in your faith, purpose, and calling.
THE UNCOMMON U COMMUNITY
A Christ-Centered Formation Community
Healed Girls Circle is a community of women pursuing Christ together — healing the inner girl so the whole woman can walk in her true identity. Together we renew our minds, grow in spiritual maturity, and encourage one another as Christ is formed in us.
This is a space where survival gives way to surrender, where biblical truth, spiritual formation, authentic community, and accountability come together to cultivate lasting transformation.
The uncommon u podcast
A Christ-Centered Conversations
The Beautiful Exchange is where we have real conversations about faith, healing, resilience, identity,
and the beautiful exchanges God makes.
Here we have honest conversations about identity, trauma, self-discipline, and spiritual formation — and what it truly looks like to walk with Jesus through the process of being made whole.
"They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death." Revelation 12:11 (ESV)
Because silence was never part of the plan.
THE UNCOMMON U EVENTS
Speaking, workshops, and retreats that make room for formation.
SPEAKING
Faith-stirring, practical messages that create life change to the glory of God.
WORKSHOPS
Biblically grounded, interactive teaching focused on mind renewal, identity, soul health, and spiritual formation.
RETREATS
Sacred spaces for rest, healing, reflection, and renewal — time
set apart in the Lord's presence.
BOOKS
Biblical tools to equip and empower your growth.
FEATURED RESOURCE
PAUSE FOR 5 ON 5™
Overwhelm doesn't have to win.
You just need to learn to pause and return.
Pause For 5 On 5™ is a simple, Scripture-centered rhythm for the overwhelmed Christian woman — silence the noise in your mind and come back into alignment with God, five minutes at a time.
Born out of real burnout and the quiet realization that strength isn't found in pushing harder, but in returning and resting in God.
Book MERLINE for YOUR NEXT EVENT
Speaking That Reaches the Woman Beneath Survival Living
Merline delivers Scripture-centered messages that stirs faith for provoking life change unto the glory of God.
Key Notes
Workshops
Retreats
Breakouts
Church Groups
Ministry Support
Military Spouses/Veterans Events
Testimonials
HEAR FROM WOMEN WHO ARE WALKING THE JOURNEY
I'm an accomplished real estate professional, but I was completely ensnared by crippling anxiety. One day you're closing deals, the next day everything falls apart. I was exhausted from trying to stay strong and keep performing while falling apart inside. I was recommended by a friend who had worked with Merline, everything shifted. She didn't just understand my anxiety—she saw beyond it. She saw through the "successful professional" mask I was wearing and spoke to the woman underneath who was barely holding it together. She taught me that my identity wasn't tied to market fluctuations or my last commission check. For the first time, I learned what it meant to rest in who God created me to be, not what I could produce. The anxiety didn't just get managed—it got replaced by genuine peace. Merline didn't just help me cope with the chaos. She helped me find my center in the storm. I'm still in real estate, but now I'm operating from a completely different place inside. — Jennifer R., Real Estate Professional
I was an executive who looked successful on paper but was drowning internally. Stuck in shame, broken identity, hiding behind my achievements while just surviving each day. Working with Merline changed everything. She shame is gone. I'm more aware of who I actually am—not who I thought I had to be. I've learned to surrender to the Lord instead of trying to control everything. For the first time in years, I'm walking a clear path. This isn't just coaching. This is life transformation. Oner of the best investments I've ever made in myself." — BDH., Executive Leader
Merline has a genuine heart for the Lord and has always cared for the wellbeing and success for women. Her life, voice, and presence reflect both compassion and Kingdom Purpose.
