Maria J Brando

About Me

I am a Psychosynthesis Life Coach and Financial Coach. After 12 amazing years in the financial world, I had built a career I was proud of, but somewhere along the way, I stopped recognizing myself in it. From the outside, everything looked great. On the inside, I knew something had to change. I decided to follow what really excited me and deepened my studies of psychology, neuroscience, mindfulness, yoga, Qi-Gong, and spirituality, and got certified as a Life Coach (CCE).

Through Psychosynthesis, I started supporting people like me who were going through challenging life transitions and were searching for alignment and authenticity. I started with Life Coaching and eventually found that there were clients who, given my background, were coming to me for Financial Coaching. They were looking for a mix of my financial and coaching skills to support them through financial challenges or through the process of aligning their financial and personal goals.

I started studying for my own search for freedom and authenticity and quickly discovered that I really enjoyed supporting people through conversations and the tools I had learned. I realized I wanted to offer what had been so supportive and nourishing in my own journey — a space where we can hold all the complexity, you can see yourself more clearly, find the courage to break out of the boxes that no longer fit, and give yourself permission to be you. I find it fascinating how complex we can be, and at the same time, how simple things can feel when we are in touch with our intuition.

Coaching with me

Results & Goals

I'm Maria Jose, a Psychosynthesis Practitioner, and I offer a supportive space for you to navigate life's transitions and challenges with more ease. Through honest, insightful conversations and tools that align mind, body, and spirit, you will reconnect to your own inner wisdom.

Together, we will create the right space so that you can:

1. Lower the outer and inner noise
2. Observe yourself with curiosity and kindness
3. Connect with your intuition — that part of you that knows the way forward

From this centered place, you will feel that there is more space, more trust, more clarity, more possibilities, more freedom, and more authenticity. And you will enjoy the inner peace that comes from feeling that your mind, body, heart, and spirit are in alignment.

This process is not about perfection — it's about recognizing and accepting who you are and allowing yourself to grow naturally into who you are meant to become.

Financial Coaching. Using Psychosynthesis and financial analysis, you will gain the clarity you need to align your financial and personal goals. From that place, you will make informed decisions that feel both supportive and authentic.

How I like to coach

I believe in letting things unfold rather than forcing them. In meeting yourself with kindness, especially in the uncomfortable moments. True transformation often begins not in spite of our imperfect parts, but through them, when we finally stop running and turn toward them with curiosity and compassion. I trust your wisdom, and my role is simply to help you trust it too. There is no perfection here, no rigid roadmap. Just an open, honest space where you can be fully yourself.

My work is grounded in Psychosynthesis and also shaped by Life Coaching, Yoga and Qi-Gong practices, breathwork and meditation. I love having a wide set of tools as different people have different needs in different moments in time. I meet you where you are and we explore the tools that feel supportive and you feel comfortable with.

The goal is to tap into the different ways in which you experience life and carry wisdom in your system. For this, we might use different tools to open the door to your thoughts, emotions, sensations, desires/longing, imagination, and intuition (The Psychological Functions of Psychosyntheis).

Some of the tools we may explore together include:

1. Insightful Conversation
2. Awareness Practices
3. Guided Meditations
4. Guided Visualizations
5. Parts work
6. Somatic Tools
7. Breathing Exercises

Financial Coaching. In addition to the tools above, we will work with numbers and financial concepts in a way that feels clear and accessible, serving as a practical tool for decision-making.

Offerings

Coaching

Psychosynthesis Coaching Sessions (75 mins - $150): We partner to bring more space, clarity, and alignment to whatever situation you are dealing with. From this place of insight, change unfolds naturally.

Financial Coaching Sessions (75 mins - $150): We work on aligning your financial and personal values and goals, and we bring the appropriate financial tools into the session to support you in understanding the numbers and creating a plan.

Build your Rooted Presence Practice Sessions (60 mins - $120): Through 4-6 sessions, we partner to build your own daily practice for finding Rooted Presence in your life. We design a set of practices tailored to your needs and preferences that will help regulate your nervous system and help you feel centered and grounded.

Experience, Certifications & Training

Certifications and Degrees

• Board Certified Coach
• Psychosynthesis Life Coach
• MBA-Columbia Business School

Training and development

Professional and life experience

My own life has been my greatest teacher. Motherhood, divorce, finding love and getting married again, a career change, relocating to a new country, and navigating my father's Alzheimer's. Each of these experiences has shaped who I am and deepened my understanding of what it means to go through profound change. They have taught me about resilience, about letting go, and about the courage it takes to keep searching for what is true and authentic, even when the path is uncertain.

I bring that same depth of experience to the financial side of our work. Finance can feel overwhelming, the jargon, the numbers, the endless options. With 12 years of investment experience and a Master's in Business, I know this world well, and I know how to make it feel less intimidating. In our sessions, I translate complexity into clarity, so you can understand your options and make decisions that truly align with your goals.