New England · Est. In Purpose

Maráe
Hoover

Advocate · Writer
Community Builder
Mental Health Coach

Thirty years of pain taught me what no textbook could. Now I teach others — through coaching, writing, and community — that the nervous system can be understood, the body can be believed, and healing is not a destination but a practice.

Certified Coach Creative Neurodivergent Advocate Community Director Direct Response Writer
Marae Hoover

A life built
from the hardest
chapters.

“For thirty years, I was told ‘your pain couldn’t possibly be that bad.’ But it was. Finally a few believed and helped me. And now I help others find what took me decades to learn: that they deserve to be believed.”

I am a certified Mental Health Coach (Abide Network, Level 2 & Light University), a psychology student at Liberty University, a direct response copywriter, a community director, a homeschooling mother, a wife to Dave — and a person who spent three decades fighting to be believed about her own body.

In 2026, I was formally diagnosed twice with Central Sensitization Syndrome — a neurological condition that rewires how the brain processes pain caused by trauma and multiple brain injuries. . After completing the Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center program in April 2025, I walked away with something I'd never had before: a language for what my nervous system had been doing all along. And a mission to share it.

My work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, faith, and lived experience. I specialize in neurodivergent individuals and complex health situations — the people medicine has often left behind.

Through my Sophrosyne Method — a coaching framework drawing on nervous system literacy, Acceptance and Commitment Coaching, and faith integration — I companion clients into lives that are bigger than their diagnoses. I also serve as a patient advocate, including over two years of advocacy work alongside clients who cannot navigate them alone.

I believe the most credentialed thing about me is not a certificate. It is the fact that I have lived this — and survived it with resilience, curiosity, hard-earned insight, and a continued ability to question, learn, and rebuild.

Six roles.
One throughline: people.

01 —

Mental Health Coach

Certified Level 2 coach from Abide Network & Light University - specializing in neurodivergent individuals, complex chronic health conditions, and faith-integrated healing. Creator of the Sophrosyne Method — a framework grounded in nervous system literacy and ACT principles.

02 —

Patient & Systems Advocate

Over two years of intensive advocacy navigating international healthcare systems, welfare programs, and psychiatric evaluation pipelines — producing clinical documentation packages, translating foreign medical records, and filing formal complaints on behalf of clients who cannot advocate for themselves.

03 —

Direct Response Copywriter

Specializing in ministry and faith-based organizations. Long-form sales pages, email sequences, event campaigns, and social content that converts — for organizations like Abide Network. Known for the "Agent 2" approach: copy that feels human because a human wrote it.

04 —

Community Director

Co-founder and Director of One Accord: The Guild — a Discord-based faith and gaming community of 875+ members built around discipleship, not performance. A space where people belong on purpose.

05 —

Psychology Student & Researcher

Academic break from a B.S. in Psychology at Liberty University. Deep academic and personal study in CSS, the HPA/SAM axes, NMDA receptor function, TBI history, and the neurological underpinnings of chronic pain — treated not only as curriculum, but as a calling.

06 —

Public Voice & Writer

Sharing the unvarnished journey of chronic illness, neurodivergence, advocacy, and recovery — publicly, unapologetically, and with the precision of someone who understands the neuroscience behind their own story. An anti-stigma voice in a space that needs it.

Formalities behind
the things I do

Education & Certification

Certified Mental Health Coach, Level 2 Abide Network · Active Certification
B.S. in Psychology Liberty University · On break
Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center Graduated April 2026 · Phoenix, AZ · Intensive patient multi-disciplinary program, with over 115 hours of applied patient training through Mayo Clinic PRC curriculum
Continuing Education: Neuroscience of Pain HPA/SAM axes · NMDA receptor function · Central Sensitization Syndrome · TBI & neuroplasticity

Professional Experience

Co-Founder & Director — One Accord: The Guild 875+ member Discord community · Faith, gaming, discipleship
Direct Response Copywriter — Abide Network Marketing campaigns, event copy, long-form content, social strategy
Private Advocacy Work 2+ years · Foreign healthcare & welfare system navigation · Clinical documentation · Formal complaints & representation
Creator — The Sophrosyne Method Ancient balance grounded in faith and modern neuroscience. A coaching framework integrating functional neurology, polyvagal science, and CBT/ACT across every domain of life.
Diagnosed: Central Sensitization Syndrome 30-year journey · CSS confirmed independently by multiple medical teams · Public advocate under #maraescssrecovery

Work that matters,
with people who mean it.

42 Design Co. One Accord: The Guild Abide Network Digital Missionary Academy Mayo Clinic PRC Coach Marae Pray with Marae Family First Radio Independent Private Advocacy Work Liberty University

In the press & in the conversation.

Press clips, interviews, and feature mentions — updated as they happen.

Podcast / Interview

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Feature / Article

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Press inquiries welcome — see contact section.

Community / Platform

One Accord: The Guild

875+ members · Active since founding · Faith & gaming discipleship community

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Dispatches on nervous system science, advocacy, faith, chronic illness, and what it means to be believed after thirty years of not being. Real, researched, and occasionally unruly.

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Nobody builds alone.
Nobody.

“God always seems to bring the right people into one’s life at the right time.
These brilliant minds and kind hearts are the people who helped shape me in ways they probably still do not fully realize.
Mad respect honestly does not cover it. But it is a start.”

David Hoover

Husband · Best Friend · Comedian · Caretaker · Safe Harbor · Home

David entered my life during one of the most broken and uncertain chapters imaginable. Before he was my husband, he was my friend - steady, patient, thoughtful, and willing to sit with the complicated parts of my story without turning away. He loved me long before I felt healed, worthy, or stable. Somehow, through all the chaos, God gave me the safest place I had ever known in another person.

Every season of this journey, including the seasons where ‘journey’ was a polite word for survival, Dave was there holding us and our family steady. He made space for this version of me to exist and continued loving me through every difficult chapter. He taught me to preach, to give, and to serve in ways I never thought possible. More than that, he taught me the truest meaning of ministry.

Dave - Some people choose each other, but I know as you do, that God was writing our story long before we met. Thank you for every way you love and shepherd this family with humility, steadiness, and care. You have my love Dave, Always & Forever × Eternity + 1.

Andrew Carroll

Creative Architect · Designer · Encourager · Visionary Groupie

At a time when I deeply needed trustworthy collaboration in difficult ministry spaces, Andrew arrived ready to serve, create, and build alongside me. What began as creative partnership became true friendship and brotherhood. Good collaborators make you better and Andrew continually does that - iron continues to sharpern iron.

Caitlin Musgrave

Collaborator · Inifinite Ideas Groupie · Cheerleader · Bright Light

What started as ministry collaboration became a deeply meaningful friendship built on creativity, loyalty, humor, and mutual understanding. Caitlin has supported me through some incredibly rocky seasons while always bringing lightness, laughter, and the kind of friendship that lasts. Our ADHD minds have been causing beautifully organized chaos together ever since.

Emily Weaver

Confidant · Cheerleader · Encourager · Kindred Spirit

This incredible woman is not just family — she is one of my safest and most enduring friendships. Through shared journeys and separate ones alike, we continue showing up for each other through every difficult and beautiful season life brings and I trust her with my life.

Dr. Jennifer Schwirzer

Teacher · Shepherdess · Collaborator · Equipper

I met Jennifer before I understood how difficult my journey would become. She trusted me with opportunities I never asked for and helped equip me with tools I would later desperately need. Her continued presence through some of the darkest moments of my TBI journey reflects both her compassion and deep sense of calling.

Dr. Sam Neves

Mentor · Pioneer · Innovator · Builder

I first met him through game development as a creative builder, not as a ministry leader. Somewhere in those early conversations with God's help, he helped awaken innovation, courage, and persistence in me before I even understood where God was taking my life.

Jamie Domm

Fellow Neurodivergent Mom · Visionary · Creator Extraordinaire · Inspiration Groupie

The woman I jive with no matter what we talk about and inspire each other to do and accomplish. She encouraged and inspired me before she even knew me, and continues to call me a friend through this perilous life.

The OAG Co-Founders

One Accord: The Guild · 875+ Strong

Justin Inostroza, Jay Razzouk, Pr. Michael Soto, Ernie Hernandez, Roque Rojas, Pr. Daniel Maher, and many more — you showed up when a Discord server was just an idea. You stayed when it became something real. This community is one of the best things I've ever had the privilege to help build.

Justin Khoe

Mentor · Friend · Collaborator · Innovation Groupie

The man who help me see my unconventional ministry approaches are possible. He carries a rare mix of brutally kind honesty and truth-telling grace needed in ministry.

The Mayo Clinic PRC Team

Pain Rehabilitation Center · Phoenix, AZ · Genious Whole Self Disruptors

Such an amazing place to be learning and start to heal. And where I was treated as a whole person with a complicated nervous system — not a complicated patient. They gave me the language, the know-how and skills I needed to move forward and continue healing.

But it would be improper for me to not mention my main General Practitioner, Gastroenterologist team, Urology team, Gynocology team, Endocrinology team, Rheumatologists, Ophthalmologist and Retina Specialist, and every nurse and physician that has brought me through some seriously hard times and dire moments and succeeded in helping me to live and thrive again.

The Prayer Warriors

Friends · Family · Colleagues · Leaders

I could never name them all, but here are a few... 247UnitedInPrayer.com team, Abide Network friends, Kyleen Booe, Christa McGuire, Amanda Carman, Jacqlyn Andolfo, Raellen Hudson, Emily Weaver, Sunday Kazas, Ken Knoechel, Sue Chasse, Claire Entwistle, Season Cromwell, Alyssa Truman, Marilyn Ravina, Vanesa Esteche, Paul Coneff, Petter Vetne, Paul Nelson, Kim Wright, Fatima & Joseph Piresson, Nancy & Duane Andersen, Cruzmaria & Bruce Knight, Sean Brizendine, Enoch Leffingwell, David Dennis, John Amoah, Anthony Wagner-Smith, Fletcher Pride, Jeanine Goodwin, Michelle & Joalexis De La Cruz, Suzy Muñiz, Nate Skaife, Ron Price, John Kilmer, Miguel & Tara Tello, Joanitza Aparicio, Paul & Jeanne Maziarz, Barbara Hemingway and last but not least, my amazing mother Valerie Sabo - who is forever in my corner.

Voices of Hope & Resources

Resources.

Voices of Hope

God always inspires — sometimes through a sermon that finds you at 2am, a book that rewires how you see Scripture, or a community that refuses to let you go under. Some of these voices did open heart surgery on me, and some of them may never know it until heaven. These are their websites, their work, their words. Take what you need.

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the work lives.

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