About Marquel- Strategic Advisor

Life, Home, and Meaningful Decisions - Thoughtfully Navigated

I’ve spent much of my life in spaces where decisions carry weight—homes, finances, and life transitions. I’ve realized most people aren’t lacking options—they’re lacking clarity before they take the next step.

Through my writing, clarity sessions, and consulting, I help people and professionals navigating life’s great challenges. Purchasing and selling homes, remodeling - or deciding between the two. Navigating the practical of administering the estate of someone they love. Deciding what the next big step in life is. No matter the problem: I’ll help you put together a plan and the right resources to solve it.

I’m a Midwest-based writer, business owner, former attorney, and someone who cares deeply about people, community, and building a life that actually works—not just one that looks good on paper.

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Author, speaker, momma, wife, 
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A little about me

Hey there! I’m Marquel. I like to think I am an ordinary Midwest gal but fitting in has never exactly easy. Not odd but not usual either. I think deeply and love deeply but outside that there are walls I've spent years of therapy trying to break down to love those around me better by simply letting them in. Writing unveils a little piece of that, which I hope you can both relate to and find your own healing in.

​I am passionate about being a good neighbor, supportive wife, and ever-learning mom and business owner navigating life after law on our new-to-us homestead in the Midwest. I love the idea of a slower life but have yet to master it with active involvement in local networking, coaching volleyball, and church engagements.

​A few things you'll likely find here: references to personality tests (enneagram and sacred pathways are two of my favorites), boundaries, faith in an endlessly-loving Jesus amidst a messy world full of imperfect humans, motherhood after infertility, hosting and being a good neighbor, lessons from coaching, my dogs and future farm animals and perhaps a few homesteading experiments along the way.

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More Than Enough

Finding God’s Provision In Our Unmet Longings

More Than Enough dives into our deepest needs to be seen and heard by God when we are sitting in the ache of our heart’s unmet longings and guides the reader on a journey to shift their perspective from resentment and bitterness to openness, joy, and gratitude for the good in our lives.

Book debut expected Fall 2026.

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THE BLOG

Fresh eyes to see the good, from any circumstance.

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Too Much for One Mind: How A Simple Chore Showed Me I Was Taking In Too Much
Too Much for One Mind: How A Simple Chore Showed Me I Was Taking In Too Much

The other night, I was outside as the sun slowly faded below the horizon after casting a beautiful show of deep oranges and warm moody yellows behind the blue backlight of the sky, fading darker and darker. The task was a tedious one - reassemble the 96+ pieces of hardware around the new raised garden bed that I failed to fully assemble a previous night, now paying the price for my half-stitched effort. The endless whipping gusts of the last two days of brutal spring wind did its best at pulling apart and flapping the metal pieces upon itself, pulling out one screw at a time until only about half remained in place, and still half of what was left, hanging on by only a few threads.

It was a rare, quiet moment. Just me….

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“Painters Paint”
“Painters Paint”

Shifting from the high-demands of law school and practice, to motherhood, and now into a hybrid-like entrepreneurial path has been a lot of hard pivots, as you can imagine. 

At this point, I am a difficult person to define, at least in the typical “what do you do, exactly?” sense. 

Ironically, something that is difficult to grasp from the outside has never been more harmonious internally, but that’s been hard-fought over time -  packed with lots of therapy, coaching, and identity shifting. 

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"Oh, Honey Girl"
"Oh, Honey Girl"

I knew that the treasures stored away in the family attic were hardly without webs, and critters, and dust… perhaps that’s putting it nicely. The thing about the treasures in the attic, is that they aren't all just physical dust and decay. Some of these things hold memories of their own and have lived many years to tell a story.

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A sparkle of light in your busy day, with stories of transformation, local connection points, and resources to guide you along the way.

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Let’s gather together

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One of my favorite things is connecting with women face to face and sharing encouragement for the seasons of life that often go unspoken. Through speaking at events, retreats, and gatherings, I have the opportunity to share stories of faith, waiting, growth, and the ways God continues to meet us in the middle of real life.

If you are planning an event for women and are looking for someone who will speak honestly, encourage deeply, and point people back to the hope we have in Christ, I would love to be part of that conversation.