Start Your Business Right in Birmingham
Mari works with men, women, and families who are ready to take a proactive approach to their health, life, and business.
Elev8 Your Health's business coaching pairs entrepreneurship guidance with the same functional-health lens. Mari applies to her other services. Most business coaches only look at the spreadsheet and the sales funnel. Mari also looks at sleep, stress, and how a client's body is holding up under the weight of a new venture. This is for all in Birmingham, Hoover, Tuscaloosa, and surrounding communities who are starting a business or already running one and feel like their health or personal life is the thing being sacrificed to keep it going. Mari will sit down with you at your kitchen table, in your office, or at hers, wherever you do your best thinking.
A Business Coaching Engagement Follows a Clear Path.
Step 1—We start with a real conversation.
Mari sits down with the client at their kitchen table, in their office, or at hers, to hear where the business stands today: an idea on paper, a business already running, or something in between. She asks about the client's health and daily schedule in the same conversation, because both shape what's realistic.
Step 2 — We build a plan that fits your actual life.
Mari maps out next steps for the business, pricing, structure, marketing, or whatever the client needs most, while building in the rest, meals, and boundaries that keep the client from burning out in the process.
Step 3 — We meet regularly to adjust as things change.
Follow-up sessions happen in person, on a schedule that works around the client's job, kids, or health needs, so the plan keeps pace with real life instead of falling apart when things get busy.
Mari Has Built the Business She Coaches Others to Build.
Mari Handley founded Elev8 Your Health in 2022 and spent more than 13 years working hands-on in functional nutrition and health assessment before that. She didn't learn business coaching from a textbook. She built her own practice from nothing in Birmingham while managing her own health and family demands, which is exactly the tension her clients are trying to navigate. This lived experience is what separates her coaching from a generic business consultant's. She has made the same tradeoffs and mistakes, and she coaches from that vantage point rather than theory.
Elev8 Your Health is woman-operated and locally owned, and Mari's business advice is grounded in the same in-home, relationship-first model she built her own company on. Clients get a coach who is physically present, not a call-center voice.
Common Questions About Business Coaching With Elev8.
Do I need to already have a business idea before I book a session?
No, you don't. Many clients come to Mari with just a rough idea or a frustration they want to turn into something. The first session is built around figuring out what you're actually working with, then shaping a realistic next step from there.How is this different from a regular business coach?
A regular business coach usually only looks at your numbers and your marketing plan. Mari also looks at your sleep, stress, and daily schedule, because a business built on top of exhaustion rarely lasts. You get a plan that accounts for your whole life, not just your spreadsheet.Where do the sessions actually happen?
Sessions happen at your home, in your office, or at hers, wherever you do your best thinking. Mari comes to you with a notebook and a plan.
How often will I meet with Mari once we start?
That depends on where your business stands and how much support you need right now. Some clients meet weekly during a launch phase, others check in monthly once things stabilize. You and Mari set the pace together during your first session.
Book Your Business Coaching Consultation in Birmingham.
Mari comes to you in Jefferson County or Tuscaloosa County, by appointment only, and booking takes just a few minutes.
