Currently living in Jupiter, Florida, but having been around the block, from New York to California and back again, Marnie’s professional and personal life has come full-circle. A student of Slavic Language and Literature at UCLA, Marnie graduated with a BA and an understanding of Russian Literature as “purification through suffering”. Years later, after several jobs in publicity and production, most notably for the Moscow Circus, she began to see that, at least in her own life, suffering was optional. After marrying and giving birth to her first child, Marnie started coaching with her sister, Lauren Zander, creating the dream of who she wanted to be as a mother. However, her work with Lauren took everything in her life to a much deeper level. Eleven years later, she is now a mother of two, a trained coach in The Handel Method, a freelance columnist for the Palm Beach Post and the Sun Sentinel, and under management of a literary agent while working on her first book.As with every area of her life, Marnie’s coaching is characterized by joyful honesty and courageous commitment. She brings lightness and levity to her work with her clients. “I have zero problem telling on myself. I use my jerk to point out theirs.” Consequently, she is continually inspired by the difference that telling the truth offers to her clients. For Marnie, it’s about building the muscle of personal integrity, where what comes out of your mouth is so. “In this way, you can really go from ‘I will go to the gym,’ to ‘I will win an Emmy’.” Having been married for 14 years, Marnie particularly enjoys working with wives and mothers, as she is well-acquainted with the challenges they face. Aware that ‘there isn’t a mother around that doesn’t use her kids as an excuse’, Marnie offers her clients the tools they need to author the life they want, with wit, sincerity, and her occasional truck-driver mouth.Specialties: Creative Writer, Columnist and Life Coach