I'd heard of sleep consultants but thought it was only for nurses or healthcare professionals. When I realized regular moms like me could actually do this work, something clicked.

Within a week, I was enrolled. Two months later, I was working with real families and experiencing something I'd never felt in 13 years of corporate: pure joy in my work.

The moment that changed everything? A text from my first client: "Clara slept through the night for the first time in nine months. I didn't think this was possible. You gave me my life back."

I cried reading that message. Not because of the success—but because I realized I'd found my calling.

Not because I had to, but because I'd built something better.

In 2023, I took over The Cradle Coach Academy. Since then, I've helped hundreds of women make this same leap from corporate survival to meaningful work that actually fits their lives.

Now I wake up excited about my work. I pick up my kids from school. I take vacations without checking email. I help exhausted families while building the life I always wanted but never thought was possible.

Marli

👋 Hi, I’m Marli — and I’ve helped 600+ women launch careers in sleep consulting.

After 13 years climbing the corporate ladder, I had everything that looked like success on paper. The salary, the promotions, the corner office. But every Sunday night, I'd get that sick feeling in my stomach knowing Monday was coming.

After 13 years climbing the corporate ladder, I had everything that looked like success on paper. The salary, the promotions, the corner office. But every Sunday night, I'd get that sick feeling in my stomach knowing Monday was coming.

I was missing my kids' childhood for meetings that didn't matter. Spending my life building someone else's dream while my own family got whatever energy I had left.

Then one day, sitting in yet another pointless conference room, it hit me like a brick wall: Is this really all there is?

Was I going to spend the next 20 years chasing the next promotion, getting further away from the only thing that actually mattered—being present for my family?

That question haunted me. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't focus. I knew I had to find another way.

So I started researching every business opportunity I could find. MLMs that felt slimy. A cookie decorating business that barely broke even. Career coaching that left me empty.

I was missing my kids' childhood for meetings that didn't matter. Spending my life building someone else's dream while my own family got whatever energy I had left.

Then one day, sitting in yet another pointless conference room, it hit me like a brick wall: Is this really all there is?

Was I going to spend the next 20 years chasing the next promotion, getting further away from the only thing that actually mattered—being present for my family?

That question haunted me. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't focus. I knew I had to find another way.

So I started researching every business opportunity I could find. MLMs that felt slimy. A cookie decorating business that barely broke even. Career coaching that left me empty.

Nothing felt right. Until I discovered
Sleep Consulting.

Seven months later, I walked away from my $150K salary.