Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Mariamely Leoni. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi Mariamely, thanks for joining us today. If you had a defining moment that you feel really changed the trajectory of your career, we’d love to hear the story and details.

For 15+ years I dedicated my professional career to digital marketing and in 2013 I decided to go my own way into helping small local businesses build their digital presence. I offered a variety of services such as social media management, website development, logo/branding, etc. When my son was born I decided to partner with my best friend, we merged our business and became one brand, it was great until I started feeling that I couln’t find a fulfilling purpose in what I was doing, I started lacking in my performance and having dissatisfied clients (and partner). I didn’t feel like I was changing anyone’s life or giving anything valuable to my client’s.

Long story short, ever since my son was born I had this urge to get to understand him better and I decided to study astrology, I created the Parenting Guide For Your chile based on children’s astrology, I developed a personalized version (based on the child’s natal chart) and one book for each star sign (non personalized). It was and still is a very successful product, but I was still missing something. I couldn’t call myself a parenting expert because I didn’t have any credentials so I decided to pursue my Conscious Parenting Coach certificate with Dr. Shefali and many other certificates from institutes and coaching schools.

I am currently launching a 12 week program for mother who have lost themselves in motherhood and would like to reconnect with their needs, their children, their partners, and their life purpose. And have never felt so satisfied, I finally feel like I am living my purpose and helping other women find theirs.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I am originally from Venezuela and moved to Miami in 1998 when I was 15, graduated from NOVA Southeastern University with a bachelors in Business and Marketing. When I was about 19 I was working at the marketing office of a well known Latin Nightclub and the owner of the nightclub also owned an email marketing company and that is where my digital marketing career started, I worked for different corporations and agencies through the years. Met my husband in 2012 and in In 2013 I decided to go solo and launched my own agency helping local businesses build their online presence offering services such as brand design, social media management, web design, and email marketing. In 2017 my son was born and as for most or every woman, it changed everything. I started feeling that my job wasn’t giving me a purpose and decided to listen to my instincts and intuition and leave everything to my business partner and go find my purpose.

Ever since my son was born I felt this need to understand him better to raise him in a way that is coherent with his essence and nature and avoid imposing my own wants and needs on him, so it only took an appointment with my astrologer to find out I wanted to do something related to parenting or child psychology. Being an astrology fan and believer I decided to study astrology, I got my natal chart reading certification during the pandemic and launched my brand Elev8them (conscious parenting tools based in astrology) along with my first product “The Parenting Guide For Your Child” based on the child’s natal chart. I launched this product in 2020 (it was initially called “Your Child’s Instruction Manual”) and a couple of years later I decided to launch The Parenting Guide based on the child’s star sign in book format (print version in Spanish, and digital version both in Spanish and English). These guides help parents and care takers understand their children’s innate behaviors and the way in which they express their emotions in order to raise the child as close to their nature as possible. The English digital version of these products can be found on Etsy.

As I was developing these products I was also getting myself certified in Child Psychology and other topics such as emotional intelligence, mindfulness and finally got my certification as a Conscious Parenting Coach with Dr Shefali in 2023.

As I was doing the coaching program I lived a transformational experience and decided to help other moms go through that transformation through a 12 week coaching program called “Más Que Mamá” (More Than Mom). I launched this program on March 15th 2024 in which I teach moms how to enjoy motherhood by reconnecting with their identity, their needs, their partner, children, abundance, and life purpose. In this program I integrated all the tools I learned in 5 years (including the conscious parenting method) in 5 Modules. Module 1 is called “Self Recognition”, during this module I use astrology and the conscious method to help moms reconnect with their Identity (most authentic self), accept that identity, and empower them to live courageously being who they are meant to be. Module 2 is called “Enjoy Motherhood”, in this module I teach them the basics of Child Psychology and what to expect from their child at each of their developmental stages, I also teach them about Conscious Parenting and provide them with tools, techniques and strategies to deal with day to day parenting situations. Module 3 is called “Protect your home” in which I teach them the importance of setting healthy boundaries, communicate assertively, emotional intelligence and self care. Module 4 is called “Connect with your abundance” and here we learn the differences between abundance vs lack mindset as well as fixed vs growth mindset and how to practice abundance and growth. And finally Module 5 is called “Live with Purpose”, in this final module I use astrology to guide them into finding a life purpose and also other tools to help them find their strengths and talents. Throughout the 12 weeks we use flower essences to support the emotional processes of each stage, and also work on chakra balancing, breathing, meditation, journaling and bioenergetic harmonization of their quantic field with the Healy.

My intuition, organizational skills, marketing experience, my husband’s support and my need to find a purpose and to make the world a better place has pushed me to make all this happen while being a full time stepmom and mom to 3 wonderful children, working only 4-5 hours a day while they are in school or not working at all during school breaks and summer.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

I kind of gave this up in the last sentence of the previous question.

I started working in Mail Boxes Etc. when I was 16, I actually didnt even have a work permit at the time as I was still an international student, but that didn’t stop me. I never stopped working ever since, when I was in college I used to work full time (8am -4pm), go to school full time (6pm-10pm), and party full time as well haha. I have no idea how I did it.

Every job, every experience, every book, podcast, class, and everything I have EVER learned since then (which is a lot since I am always listening to something new while I do my house chores or driving) has taken me to where I am today.

I have been a step mom of 2 for 12 years and have taken care of them ever since they were 3 and 5 years old, became a mom almost 7 years ago and have not used my reality or time as an excuse to keep growing, learning, and achieving my goals.

My full time job is my house, husband, and children, but that has not stopped me from following my dreams and my purpose.

I had never taken anyone or anything that has ever given to me for granted, I spread love and empathy to every person that crosses my path and have learned from every single bad experience in life, turned it around and grown from each of them.

Do you think you’d choose a different profession or specialty if you were starting now?

Someone asked me this question recently and I said if I knew what I know now I probably would have gotten a degree in psychology, but then I wouldn’t have learned all the tools I have now to build my own brand and business.

I went from digital marketing and the corporate world to a parenting coach and start all over just for the sake of finding a fulfilling life purpose. But, my previous corporate experience and profession has definitely played a huge roll in how quick I have been able to achieve everything I have in the past 5 years since I started this new career.

Being able to design and manage my own social media, websites, courses, webinars, online program, etc would have not been possible if it wasnt for all the years I dedicated my time to serving others through my digital marketing services. I also wouldnt have met my husband.

So, If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: masquemama.club
• Other: My website and Instagram are both in Spanish so I don’t know if I should include those This is the etsy store where I have the English version of my products https://elev8them.etsy.com This is the link to a masterclass for my 12 week program https://www.masquemama.club/777f56a5-11f46ff2 And this is my Spanish Website http://elev8them.com

Image Credits
Maria Andrea Casado @mareacasadophoto