About Maria T. Finch, Clarity Catalyst & Strategic Guide
I guide high achievers who are ready to quiet their minds, tune into their intuition, and use it strategically to find clarity and take aligned action toward their personal and professional goals.
My work is about staying true to yourself while creating a life that feels both purposeful and fulfilling. You can do that and still kick ass and take names.
Why do I talk about mindcluck?
(Yes, “mindcluck” means what you think it means. 😉)
In my experience, mindcluck is a daily battle for everyone. It shows up as overthinking, self-doubt, and that relentless inner critic. Left unchecked, it makes even the best moments harder, and who needs that?
When you silence the mindcluck, you can tune into your intuition (your gut sense, inner intelligence, whatever you want to call it).
From that place, clarity emerges. You will be able to move forward with calm confidence and take aligned, strategic action to set and meet the goals that matter most.
Have you ever wondered if you are in the wrong job, wrong relationship, or wrong situation?
Do you feel unsatisfied and unsure how you got here or what to do next?
You are not alone. And you do not have to keep spinning in confusion or self-doubt. Together, we will cut through the mindcluck so you can find clarity, trust your intuition, and take aligned action toward a future that excites you.
When mindcluck rules your mind, it’s easy to repeat patterns that make life suck.
Mindcluck can come from self-doubt, second-guessing, other people’s opinions, what you watch, read, or listen to, fears, assumptions, past experiences, trauma, and the irrational reasoning that goes along with all of it.
Sometimes we need to silence our mindcluck in the moment so we can deal with whatever is in front of us. I will teach you a variety of ways to do this.
We can also explore the deeper roots of mindcluck. Together, we can uncover the origins of the mindcluck that plagues you and the limiting beliefs that come with it. This opens the door to deeper healing and to shifting limiting beliefs into empowering ones.
You determine the depth you’d like to explore. No matter how deep you go, silencing your mindcluck will make it easier to tune into your intuition and take strategic, aligned action to set and meet your goals.
Silence mindcluck, listen to your own wisdom, and go for it
It becomes much easier to strategically:
- Get clear on what you really want in any situation,
- Set and achieve the goals that matter most to you,
- Create new patterns that make you thrive and feel fulfilled.
Ready to free yourself from mindcluck?
Book a complimentary strategy session and start moving forward with clarity and confidence.
What Clients Say
Maria’s ability to guide me to new ways of thinking was invaluable, especially during these challenging times. Lizette N.
What I found most helpful were Maria’s tips about networking approaches and ways to stand out – this advice helped me to feel more confident in my outreach and in their chances of success. -Erica B
How I Guide High Achievers to Clarity and Aligned Action
- I have guided and coached a wide variety of people throughout my 30+ year career. This has been my natural role for my entire adult life.
- I am highly intuitive and creative, as well as logical and strategic. (I was born this way, and I have steadily honed my ability to use both right- and left-brain thinking together.)
- In my coaching practice, I incorporate principles from Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic Experiencing, and other coaching and therapeutic models. This allows me to guide people in a holistic way, addressing both the mind and body for deeper self-awareness, healing and transformation.
- I have lived in 6 US states and in Europe, Africa and Asia.
- I hold a BA in biology from Vassar College and a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (I created my own concentration: international economic development and entrepreneurial business).
- I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo, West Africa and an Associate Peace Corps Director in Lesotho, Southern Africa.
- In addition to being an entrepreneur, I have experience working across sectors including for-profit, non-profit, the federal government, a foundation, and a liberal arts university. I draw from the depth and breadth of my experience as I guide people to create effective strategies.
- I created an e-commerce business, Tedderfield, LLC, which has been running successfully since 2016 and sells premium mosquito nets that I design.
Despite many successes by society’s measures, before I dedicated myself to silencing my own mindcluck (healing at the deepest levels) and operating from intuition as much as possible, I spent too much time feeling unfulfilled.
I faced many big life challenges and often got caught up in the accompanying rollercoaster of stress and frustration, which made navigating those times harder.
As I did the work to heal from my traumas and shift limiting beliefs to empowering beliefs, I grew better and better at trusting my intuition. As a result:
- I began approaching life with calm confidence.
- I began making decisions more easily, no matter how complex they were.
- I learned to recognize and leverage my strengths, while developing new ones.
- I became better at clearing out the emotions stirred up in stressful times.
- My overall sense of satisfaction and fulfillment increased.
- I began to feel like I am the queen of my own existence–a truly wonderful feeling!
As a Clarity Catalyst & Strategic Guide, I will meet you where you are now, and help you get to where you’d like to be. I ask a lot of questions for many reasons…to gather insight, to identify the mindcluck that may be holding you back, to guide you to your own inner wisdom, to help you see what you truly want in the situations you face. Together, we will create effective and efficent strategies to set and meet the goals that matter most to you, ensuring that increased satisfaction and fulfillment go hand in hand with success.
Having lived and worked in diverse international cultures and across many microcultures in the US, I bring unique and dynamic perspectives on life, work, relationships, and more.
My keen intuition and the breadth and depth of my life experience enable me to see more options and possibilities in any situation than might be immediately apparent.
I am a natural strategic thinker. I love guiding people to figure out the best path forward no matter the obstacles.
And I bring very deep empathy and compassion to all that I do.