Mar’ce Merrell

Creator, Learner, Listener, Facilitator, Coach

Mar’ce, barefoot, on a hike to Turbine Canyon in the Forks Backcountry of Kannaskis.

Mar'ce engages in the field of reciprocity.

For 20+ years she has been facilitating conversations with individuals, groups and the natural world– through actions of deep noticing, listening, play, and trust. 

Reciprocity, conversational flow, is at the core of her design and facilitation of programs: anxiety-reduction, building confidence in the direct experience, and trusting our creative impulses. Her career includes:

  • Professional Writer– published journalist, novelist, and essayist,

  • Co-Developer and Leader of a multi-million province-wide educational initiative, funded by the Alberta Ministry of Justice and Suncor, to increase student and teacher engagement through meaningful connections to culture and the arts, 

  • Retreat and Nature adventure leader in British Columbia, Alberta, and the Northern Ontario wilderness, 

  • Small Group facilitator and Coach for individuals. 

Mar'ce collaborates in the education, human resources, oil and gas, and non-profit sectors to inspire and support leaders to excel at their strengths and the value they bring to all their relationships. 

Writing Nests

Deep Trust. Deep Listening. Deep Play.

Do you crave creating an interesting and meaningful life? Can you imagine building a foundation for a peaceful, joyful, connected life?

Writing Nests offer invitations for deep noticing to increase creativity, support at each creation stage, and the rigour of compassionate abiding with what is observed and experienced.

How much beauty is inside you? What might happen if you slow down and play with who you want to become?

We are committed to deep trust, deep listening and deep play.

Our Collaboration

Mar’ce and Christine built a friendship and eventual collaboration after a chance meeting in a program hosted by Meg Wheatley.

There was instant connection through respect for our teacher and a deep love and connection to the natural world. Within the first 5 minutes of that unlikely meeting, Mar’ce invited Christine to Canada.

One year later, we would find ourselves on unexpected adventures in the wilderness of Alberta — sensing but not fully realizing the powerful collaboration we were forming through our shared experience in going with the flow of change: connected in strength, purpose, and possibilities.

Mar’ce and Christine starting an unexpected backpacking trip in the Forks Backcountry of Alberta.

Meet Mar’ce’s Strength

  1. Positivity

  2. Connectedness

  3. Empathy

  4. Developer

  5. Input

  6. Adaptability

  7. Strategic

  8. Learner

  9. Woo

  10. Includer