Miki Maruko
Private advisor for high-achieving women redesigning life and business
| Hourly rate range | $80 to $140 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | Purpose and directionLife transitionsStress and overwhelmWork-life balanceRetirement and midlifeStress and burnoutWomen in leadershipBurnout and resilience |
| Works with | Women, Founders and business owners and Professionals |
| Also coaches | Health coach and Executive coach |
| Practice | Miki Maruko Performance Optimisation and Mid-Life Success |
Miki Maruko is a private advisor for high-achieving women who have built successful careers and businesses and want a life that fits them better. She uses a four-phase process called the Expansive Method. Before this work, she spent fifteen years in international corporate leadership and eight years building her own business. Her sessions are private and unhurried. The work focuses on identity, not productivity tricks.
What Miki helps with
Miki works with women who look successful but feel worn down and out of step with their own lives. The focus is on what they want now and how to build a life around it.
- Feeling constantly tired despite a full, successful life
- Not knowing who you are outside of what you do
- Letting go of clients, roles and obligations that no longer fit
- Getting clear on what you want at this stage of life
- Breaking old patterns and inherited expectations
- Redesigning both life and business together
- Finding an approach after other programs did not last
Who Miki works with
Miki works with high-achieving women who have built successful businesses, careers and full lives. Many are the capable person everyone relies on. They feel private exhaustion under a composed surface. They have tried frameworks and routines, and those did not hold. Clients need privacy and do not want to share their process publicly.
How Miki works
Miki uses the Expansive Method, a structured process with four phases. The first is the Honest Baseline, a look at where energy goes across sleep, nutrition, movement and time. The second is Vision, which clarifies what the client wants now. The third is a phase of eliminating, delegating and restructuring. The fourth works on identity, default patterns and grounding practices that fit into existing days. Sessions are private and unhurried, and the process is shaped around each client.
Background and qualifications
Miki Maruko brings fifteen years of international corporate leadership to her work. She also spent eight years building her own business. She knows the pressure of being the capable person others turn to, and the private exhaustion that can sit under a composed exterior. She now runs a private advisory practice for women who want to redesign how they live and work.
Miki Maruko pricing
Programs and services
- Private advisory sessions
- The Expansive Method, a four-phase process
- Private intro conversation
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The CoachVouch take
Miki combines fifteen years of international corporate leadership with eight years of running her own business, and works at the level of identity instead of productivity.
Best for successful women who feel out of step with their own lives and want a private space to rethink what comes next.
Common questions
How much does Miki Maruko charge?
Coaching with Miki runs $80 to $140 an hour. Message Miki from this page for an exact quote.
What does Miki Maruko help with?
Miki Maruko helps with feeling constantly tired despite a full, successful life, not knowing who you are outside of what you do, letting go of clients, roles and obligations that no longer fit and getting clear on what you want at this stage of life.
Is Miki Maruko's work the same as burnout recovery or stress management?
No. Miki describes her work as a private, structured process of recalibration that focuses on identity, not on stress management or productivity.
Does Miki work only on business issues?
No. Her process covers the client's whole life, including but not limited to her business.
How do I contact Miki Maruko?
Send Miki a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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