It’s Time to Soar
Having it all together on the outside isn’t the same as feeling whole on the inside. You Deserve Both!
Coaching for High-Achieving Women, Corporate Professionals, and Executives Who Are Ready to Stop Performing and Start Living—and for Women Who Are Ready to Become the High Achievers They Know They Can Be
THE POWER OF PAUSE Reset. Reclaim. Rise.
Donna Marie Quarles, MCLC
A keynote experience for powerful leaders who lead with purpose.
A New Yorker Who Learned That Soaring Starts With Sitting Still
I'm Donna Marie Quarles—a master-certified life coach, speaker, and strategist. I spent 25-plus years in corporate sales and marketing rooms across New York and California before I ever built a coaching practice—which means I know exactly what it looks like when a high-performing woman is holding everything together on the outside while quietly running on empty underneath.
I've been her. I've coached her. I've watched her become someone she almost didn't recognize.
And for much of my corporate career, there was another word that described me:
Performer.
" Life handed me what I call my Minor Setback. The pause I was forced to take became my fuel. It didn't get to write the ending of my story... It wrote the beginning of this work and changed everything."
- Donna Q.
Who Does the Woman Everyone Depends on...Depend on?
You've built the career. Led the team. Created the business. Become the person other people turn to.
But Who Do You Call When You Need Someone?
Four Ways to Work Together
Choose the path that matches where you are right now.
VIP Private Concierge Coaching
Who Does the Woman Everyone Depends on talk to—when she needs someone she can depend on, too.
A private, highly personalized coaching relationship created for accomplished women, executives, and entrepreneurs who spend much of their lives being "on." This isn't simply another appointment on your calendar. It's having a trusted coach who knows you, understands your world, and gives you a confidential place to talk, think, reset—or simply be heard.
Private • Confidential • Personal
One-on-One Life Coaching
Private • Personalized • Real Talk
For the woman who knows something has to change but isn't sure where to start.
Reset. Reclaim. Rise!
Live • Intimate • Transformational
An intentionally intimate experience for no more than six women ready to create meaningful transformation alongside a small group of women doing the same.
Speaking & Custom Programs
Inspiring • Personal • Transformational
Your team performs better when the people in it feel whole and heard. Bring Donna Q. into your organization for a keynote, workshop, or customized program.
What Are You NOT Saying Out Loud?
You've accomplished many of the things you once thought would make you happy—but something is still missing.
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Everyone around you thinks you have it all together, while privately you're wondering, “Is this really it?”
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You're so accustomed to achieving, producing, and taking care of everyone else that you're no longer sure what you want.
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You aren't necessarily unhappy. You may simply feel disconnected, unfulfilled—or, sometimes, nothing at all.
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You know something needs to change, even if you can't quite name what it is yet.
Which Silence Are You Carrying?
The Silence
of Success
The Silence of Expectation
The Silence
of Numbness
The Silence of
the Dream You Buried
The Silence
of the Question
What It’s Like to Work With Me
Sometimes the best way to understand my impact is to hear from the women who have experienced it themselves.
Is This Really It?
For High-achieving Women Who Have Everything—and Still Feel Empty
If that question has been quietly following you, don't push it away. Download this free, private reflection guide to help you stop living on autopilot and start to ask what it may be trying to tell you.
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Is This Really It?
A Reflection Guide for High-Achieving Women Who Have Everything - and Still Feel Empty.
Having it altogether on the outside is not the same as feeling whole on the inside. You deserve both.
Straight Talk, Real Connection,
and a message that stays with you long after the room clears
I bring more than 20 years of coaching experience and 25-plus years of corporate leadership to the stage, with a direct, energizing message about moving beyond performance and into a life that feels whole.
Featured Speaking Topics
The Power of Pause
Stop performing long enough to hear yourself again.
The Five Silences
What successful women aren't saying out loud.
Stop Wishing. Start Moving
10 powerful shifts that turn the goals you talk about into the life you actually create.
Top 100 Most Powerful
Black Women Summit
Donna Marie Quarles, Keynote Speaker · The Power of Pause
Reset. Reclaim. Rise!
Three Powerful Phases, Make One Decision to Stop Performing Your Life and Start Living It
Reset. Reclaim. Rise! is an intimate group coaching experience for women who have spent so much time achieving, producing, leading, and taking care of everyone else that somewhere along the way, they lost touch with themselves.
This isn't about becoming more accomplished. It's about making sure the life you've worked so hard to build actually feels like yours.
Reset
Step out of autopilot. Get honest about where you are and what's no longer working.
Reclaim
Reconnect with yourself, your voice, your priorities, and what you truly want.
Rise
Move forward with clarity, intention, and a vision for what's next.
Intentionally Intimate. Limited to 4–6 Women
I intentionally keep each Reset. Reclaim. Rise! group small, creating the trust, connection, and individual attention that meaningful transformation deserves.
The Next Intimate Group is Coming Together Soon
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Your Tribe May Be Closer Than You Think.
You Don’t Have to Give Up the Life You’ve Built to Create the Life You Want
Maybe now it's time to ask yourself a different question:
What would happen if you showed up just as fully for yourself?
It's time to stop performing.
It's time to start living.
It's time to soar.