About Merline

Where brokenness becomes beauty. Where pain becomes purpose. Where survival becomes Spirit-led wholeness.

This didn't start with a framework. It started with survival.

There was a season where my life didn't look anything like what you see today.

After a life altering accident... after the trauma... after the physical pain and emotional weight —

I was overwhelmed in my body, exhausted in my mind, and weary in my soul.

I knew how to keep going –– broken pieces and all. I knew how to function. But I didn't know how to be whole.

I thought healing was the goal — that if I could just feel better, I'd be okay.

I was so use to functioning while wounded that this should not be any different. But, soon enough I would learn God wasn't calling me to function. He was calling me to be made whole.

Scripture began to show me something deeper: God's desire for me isn't just relief. It's wholeness. "May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thessalonians 5:23)

And then — He did it.

I literally saw God fulfill the promise of His divine exchange: brokenness for beauty. pain for purpose. survival for surrender. Oil of joy for mourning. The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.

Not as a metaphor. Not as a sermon I once heard. As the actual story of my life.

Everything began to Changed When I Learned to pause AND Return to god in truth....

not just survive in strength. Not in long, perfect moments — but in small, intentional decisions to bring what was hidden into the light, to renew my mind through His Word, and surrender what I could not carry.

This is where cycles began to break. This is where identity was restored. This is where real transformation began — not from effort, but from learning to surrender in truth.

And then women began to ask.

They had seen the change in me before I had words for it. They wanted the formula. They wanted to know who prayed over me — by name. Who laid hands on me. What my husband's role was in any of it.

They wanted something specific. Something they could trace. Something they could replicate. I had no receipts to give them.

Just one name.

Jesus

I am evidence of His goodness — not a method.

OUT OF THAT WALK — THESE WERE BORN.

I didn't sit down to design a framework. I returned to Scripture. I asked the Holy Spirit to teach me what He had walked me through.

And what He gave me was a rhythm of rest, a pathway, and a posture for staying there.

Pause for 5 on 5™ — five quiet minutes a day, pulled straight from my journals where I return and rest.

The A.C.T. Pathway™ Acknowledge. Confront. Transform. The S.O.A.R. Posture™ Surrender. Obey. Abide. Rest.

Both are anchored in the Word. Both have been tested in real lives — including mine.

Neither belongs to me. They're given.

They are taught in depth inside the Coaching program.

Why you can trust me.

I don't teach from theory. I teach from the Word of God — and from a life that has been

shaped by it.

My life has been marked by breaking and shaking, pressure and refinement, rebuilding and

being renewed — all through truth. I know what it is to carry pain silently — but I also know

what it is to be restored by God.

To have God meet you in the middle of the fire. To rebuild what felt lost. To renew your mind

and reclaim your voice.

I make it a priority to:

  • Tell the truth — even when it's uncomfortable

  • Lead with both compassion and clarity

  • Create spaces that are safe, but not stagnant

  • Point you back to God — not dependency on me

who & how I serve others...

If you've been carrying more than you can explain. If you've learned how to function in survival, but not how to fully heal.

If you love God, but feel tired, overwhelmed, or disconnected.

You're not stuck or missing out. You're being invited.

Invited to pause. Invited to return. Invited to be restored from the inside out.

This is a space where you don't have to perform healing — you can actually walk it out. So take a breath... and step in.

My HOPE FOR YOU...

That you'd let God exchange

brokenness for beauty. pain for purpose. survival for Spirit-led wholeness.

Not from striving. From surrender.