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When Prayer Alone Doesn't Quiet the Anxiety

You pray. You go to Mass. You're doing everything "right"—so why do anxiety, fear, control, and restlessness still consume you?

Because you're praying while clutching to your attachments.

The issue isn't your faith or your prayer life. It's what you're attached to—outcomes you can't control, worldly validation, digital patterns, perfectionism. You're asking God for peace while refusing to surrender what's stealing it.

The Marian 12-Step Journey is a Catholic coaching program that addresses the spiritual root of anxiety—teaching you to release your attachments and build a daily protocol of prayer and detachment that brings lasting interior freedom.

Download the Intro 7-Day Marian Protocol

Meet Your Coach

Catholic Spiritual Coach – Founder of the Marian 12-Step Journey

I’m Joséphine, a Catholic life coach helping people find interior freedom through surrender, prayer, and holy detachment.

For years, I guided clients through nutritional balancing and detox—and still do. But I kept seeing the same struggle: faithful, disciplined people still gripped by fear, still exhausted from trying to control every outcome.

I realized the root wasn’t physical—it was spiritual. The body is temporary. The soul is eternal. And no wellness routine can bring peace when we’re attached to control, approval, or comfort.

That’s why I created the Marian 12-Step Journey: a soul-first path anchored in prayer, the Rosary, sacramental grace, and daily surrender to God’s will.

Each session is a sacred pause to release what’s stealing your peace, renew your rhythm of prayer, and walk with Mary toward clarity, grace, and true freedom.

Josephine, Catholic spiritual coach and founder of the Marian 12-Step Journey

The Marian Journey

 

Still anxious despite praying? Still controlling despite "trusting God"?

You're not weak. You're not failing. The issue is attachment—and there's a structured path to freedom.

The Marian 12-Step Journey is a Catholic coaching program specifically designed for people who:

✗ Lie awake at 3am replaying conversations and worrying about things they can't control
✗ Snap at their kids, then drown in guilt
✗ Serve everyone else but feel empty inside
✗ Know intellectually that "God is in control" but emotionally are still white-knuckling life
✗ Check their phone compulsively, need everyone's approval, or can't handle uncertainty without spiraling

Sound familiar?

Walking with Mary through four sacred phases—The Annunciation, The Cross, The Visitation, and Pentecost—you'll identify what's stealing your peace and build a daily "protocol" of prayer, reflection, and surrender.

This isn't just stress management. This is spiritual formation that transforms your soul.

How It Works

Reflect & Explore

Recognize what's holding you back
Steps 1-3: Surrender & Trust

Gain Insight

Examine patterns with compassion
Steps 4-7: Purification & Humility
 

Create Practical Steps

Build your daily protocol
Steps 8-12: Repair, Practice & Mission

Areas of Focus

Daily Routines & Habit-Building

Let prayer and detachment renew your daily rhythm.

Anxiety & Fear Management

Let Go & Trust

Mind-Body-Soul Alignment

Let your faith shape your life—from thought to action.

Life Purpose & Growth

Through Mary: purification, repair, and a life renewed

Download the Intro 7-Day Marian Protocol

Self-Reflection & Life Balance Quiz

Discover where you are on your Catholic journey.

This reflective quiz helps you understand your current patterns — whether you’re a Grounded One, a Seeker, or an Overgiver — and provides insight into how to create more alignment, peace, and purpose in your life.

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Client Reflections

Janet Johnson – MA, USA

“The nutritional balancing program is a lot of work, and takes time, but my body is healing — and life is just so much more fun!

Joséphine has been my miracle worker.”

June D. – ON, Canada

“I felt so good after our session yesterday. You really understand the way no one else does — and that’s rare.

All the information you provide is so valuable.”

Joseph G. – B.C., Canada

“I feel peaceful most of the time now. I’m going through huge changes I never thought possible — it’s amazing and truly one of the best experiences I’ve ever had.

Thank you so much, Joséphine.”

Teresa G.

“I had no idea your guidance would lead me through the journey I’ve been on today — changing my life inside and out.

I was searching for answers and healing, and the Lord knew just who to send me to — you!”

Insights & Inspiration

Tips, reflections, and exercises to support your personal growth.

Ready to Break Free?

If you're exhausted from trying to pray your way out of anxiety while refusing to release your attachments—let's talk.

I help Catholics recognize and surrender the worldly patterns stealing their peace through the Marian 12-Step Journey—structured spiritual coaching combining daily Rosary, sacramental life when accessible, and practical protocols for detachment.

In your free 30-minute consultation, we'll explore:

  • Where your attachments are showing up (control, perfectionism, digital patterns, worldly success)

  • Your spiritual life and current prayer practices

  • Whether this Catholic framework aligns with your readiness

  • What working together would look like

 

No pressure. No obligation. Just an honest conversation about where you are and where you want to be.

Fill out the form and I'll respond within 24 hours.

Oh oui! Je parle français! 

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