Welcome!
I´m Maya, a creative breakthrough coach and adaptation specialist who helps collapse-aware people disrupt their doom habits and go deep into their inner strength, innovation, and integrity.
As the founder of Collapse Forward, I work with those who are weary of waiting and worrying and ready to start creating, connecting, and living fully NOW.
In 30 days, you can:
🌼 learn ways to feel balanced despite the chaos
🌼 build new habits and patterns that spark creativity
🌼 tap into what you are longing for, and
🌼 kickstart your plan with clarity and joy
...all with daily personal support and encouragement.
¨I was literally talking to Maya from my bed, unable to get up to deal with the world.
My new perspective became the scaffolding that allowed me to rise.
I can´t say that joy is my constant companion, but it visits me regularly now. :-)¨
R. - communications director for a climate non-profit organization
¨I lost the job I had loved for twenty years. I spent months at home, watching terrible news. I hit rock bottom, fearing for myself and the world.
Maya guided me through a creative re-imagining process. This inspired me, made me see things differently, and led to being offered an amazing new role!
I feel like a different person now. I honestly believe that this experience with Maya saved my life.¨
Maria - director of a community-building organization
¨I got to the point where I could barely look at my kids without getting weepy. It felt impossible to protect them. I watched them become fearful. It broke my heart.
Maya helped me pour my sadness about the world into loving action. She offered support as I moved with my children to France. I feel calm and happy here, and so grateful for this new life.¨
Lisa - county administrator and single mother of three
Despair and paralysis have become our new normal.
Waiting to act deepens worry.
Procrastinating in the name of protection prolongs pain.
Delaying the aligned work and life you are longing for amplifies despair.
And the creativity we so desperately need to inspire and uplift us gets buried.
If you are a:
🔶change-maker seeking balance and energy to continue your work in more aligned ways
🔶leader recognizing your pivotal role in this transition and wanting to rise to the challenge
🔶thinker longing to do something tangible and meaningful with your knowledge
🔶dreamer ready to turn your ideas into creative and collaborative action
...staying in despair and waiting for a clear sign to act is blocking your creativity.
The Doom to Bloom™ process can open your eyes, mind, and heart to what is possible for you, and break through that block to allow your imagination to soar.
Friendly reminder: waiting for a clear sign to act is what got us here.
It´s time to embrace curiosity, courage, and connection as your collapse companions.
Let´s begin where you are, and go where you´re longing to go.
I'm not a typical coach.
And I'm certainly not a therapist.
I am an accidental grief worker.
How did I learn how to embrace and disrupt grief?
VOLUME...and a very early start.
Rather than processing your emotions, you might feel numb and disconnected, or choose to distract yourself to avoid becoming overwhelmed.
That´s understandable.
After all, we humans are not designed to deal with this continuous flood of both daily triggers and distant threats.
🌼We are designed for collaboration and care, and we can return to that.
🌼 Your grief is a clear sign of your love for living things, and we build on this foundation.
🌼 Your anger can be converted into energy for creativity and thoughtful action.
🌼 Your fear can be stabilized by learning how to view uncertainty with curiosity.
🌼 Your guilt can be turned into inspiration to live fully within planetary limits.
🌼 You can experience a deepening and a breakthrough, and reconnect to wonder and joy.
¨Becoming aware of our metacrisis was a rude awakening for me. Then, my dad died. I questioned everything I was doing, how I was living, and certainly how I pictured the future.
Maya´s process helped me reclaim my choices. I committed to big changes, and took action immediately. I quit my job, sold my apartment, and moved to a two-bedroom cottage on two acres. It has enhanced every thought, every relationship. I have a simple small-town life, but it feels so much richer."
Michael - former media consultant
¨I had not realized how much I had pulled away from people. I could barely get up to face the day. Anything social felt like a farce.
So, I was surprised by how much I actually laughed with Maya. With her encouragement, I started a small group to talk about our crises. That changed everything! I no longer feel alone, and we are actively plotting and laughing together."
Monica - public library employee
When I was a child, my grandmother taught me about the power of marigolds as companion plants in the garden, keeping aphids, tomato worms, and squash bugs away.
She told me, "Marigolds are friends that help other plants grow strong."
What I offer is wise companioning rather than coaching or counseling, so I use marigolds as a beautiful symbol of this work.
I spent the pandemic stuck in a studio apartment in Buenos Aires for months during one of the longest and strictest lockdowns in the world.
I knew there were people who were suffering terribly all over the world.
And I longed to help.