MEET MARISSA

My Journey: Becoming M

Early Life & Education

Raised in Tottenham, North London, I grew up rooted in community, culture, and resilience. Coming from a mixed Caribbean family, shaped by the early separation of my parents, I learned the value of emotional strength, integrity, and navigating life with self-awareness.

I completed my BSc Psychology at Bournemouth University, where I first began exploring how the mind shapes behaviour and personal outcomes. During this time, I also launched my first business in 2018, becoming a Director at 21, a milestone that ignited my passion for entrepreneurship, leadership, and empowering others.

I continued my academic journey at Queen Mary University of London, earning a MSc in Forensic Psychology & Mental Health, deepening my understanding of mental health, human behaviour, and wellbeing support systems.

Professional Experience

With 8+ years in the mental health sector, spanning both the NHS and private sphere, I have supported children, teens, and adults through some of life’s most overwhelming moments. Recently, my work has focuses on helping young people navigate emotional burnout, trauma, anxiety, social pressures, and identity challenges, supporting them in finding their voice, confidence, and personal power.

Personal Challenges → Purpose

My own journey hasn’t always been linear. Living with anxiety and PMDD has given me first-hand insight into what it means to function through internal storms while striving for excellence. Rather than allowing challenges to limit me, I learned to transform them into fuel; building systems, habits, and tools that strengthened my emotional resilience and mindset.

Through coaching, journalling, CBT-informed strategies, NLP techniques, affirmations, and other wellbeing practices, I rebuilt myself from the inside out, proving that transformation is possible even when it feels invisible, slow, or overwhelming.

The Birth of M Inspires Practice

My experiences shaped not just my career, but my mission. That mission became M Inspires Practice, a coaching and wellbeing movement designed to help young females transform their mindset, build resilience, grow in confidence, and navigate life with clarity and emotional strength.

Our focus is simple: Mindset. Wellbeing. Transformation.

I created this practice to empower the next generation to level up from within, unlock their potential, and approach their lives with self-belief, emotional awareness, and intention.

My Commitment

I believe meaningful growth begins when young people feel equipped with the right tools, supported in a safe space to understand themselves, and empowered to grow without shame, pressure or judgement.

My commitment is to continue supporting young girls and women as they build confidence, strengthen their emotional wellbeing, discover their sense of purpose and create lives that feel authentic and aligned with who they are becoming. Growth isn’t about having everything figured out. It’s about giving yourself the space, support and permission to evolve one step at a time.​​