Life Renewal and Reinvention Specialist

About Marie


Hello ….. I’m Marie Knapp and I am very pleased to meet you.

I would like to share with you a little bit about myself.  In a “sort of ” retired role, I have a private practice that incorporates what I know to be meaningful and important to life renewal and reinvention.  Living with purpose and balance, connecting with others in healthy ways, removing blocks and encumbrances to healthy living, living well with stress, and developing and maintaining a spiritual life connection are all part of my continuing personal learning.  I enjoy sharing as I learn.

I am a Registered Nurse, having graduated from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and completed a BScN at the University of Western Ontario. My passion for teaching nurses held my interest for many years at Georgian College in Owen Sound, Ontario and later in the Ryerson University continuing education department.  I worked for six years in management as a Director at Georgian College before retiring in 2001.  Around the same time, I became involved with the Secretan Centre (www.secretan.com) where I learned and applied principles of new leadership styles that remain with me today.  

In 1991, my doctoral dissertation (University of Toronto, Doctor of Education) examined how people make deliberate changes in their lives related to what is meaningful to them. This theme has permeated much of my personal and professional life experience since that time.

Those who have experienced my workshops and retreats say, “Marie is very grounded and creates a warm and safe environment for participants in her workshops and individual sessions. Her years of experience as a Nurse Educator and as a College Director, have given her a clear understanding from a conventional perspective of the many stresses people face in their lives. Her continual development in holistic nursing approaches is an asset to helping clients find balance. She is a safe bridge between paradigms”. 

I am a member of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and its Complementary Therapies Nurses Interest Group.  I am President of the Canadian Holistic Nurses Association and currently enrolled in the second level of the Holistic Nursing Specialization Program. I am registered in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.

Besides workshops and retreats, I work with individuals to help them with their energy balance and flow so that they have the best inner environment for health, healing, and renewal.  I have studied 3 levels of Therapeutic Touch and am a Reiki Master.  I have also taken the first level of Healing Touch.  In the Holistic Nursing Specialization Program, I have learned to also use music, sound and colour.  I help clients work with  meditation, guided imagery and breathing.

In choosing to work with those things that have most meaning for me,  I do not have an end point in mind.  The new research and science that is currently being completed and disseminated related to quantum physics, thought and intention, and energy and vibration hold my interest with amazement.  I continue to read, and take advantage of learning opportunities that fit with what interests me.

Please feel free to ask me questions.  I would love to hear from you. 

Warmly,

Marie