Maya Balle, CPCC

Reverend Maya Balle, MCC, CPCC, is an ordained interfaith minister, spiritual officiant and Master Certified Coach. As a proud godmother, avid gardener and writer with a story in the New York Times bestselling book Modern Love Stories, Maya pursues her passions. 

Receiving the highest honor of her peers, she was inducted into the International Coaching Federation New England Chapter's Hall of Fame, which honors the personal and business coaches who have demonstrated their exemplary coaching skills and served as ambassadors for the coaching community. 

Maya is also an International Coach Federation (ICF) Master Certified Coach (MCC). This prestigious credential puts her in the top one percent of coaches world-wide. She is also certified by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) as a Certified Personal Co-active Coach (CPCC), The Center for Right Relationship, Coach U, and the Executive Coaching Institute. Maya graduated from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary as an ordained interfaith minister. As a coach to individuals and nonprofit organizations, Maya has continued to creatively help raise awareness and funds for organizations around the world.

An ordained interfaith minister and certified wedding officiant, Reverend Maya celebrates all religious and spiritual traditions. She creates original wedding ceremonies, celebrations of life, memorials, shivas, vow renewals, and baby blessings. Celebrations of love are officiated on Zoom, in Maya’s well-tended garden in Boston and in locations around the world. Traditional, alternative, non-denominational, spiritual, religious and secular ceremonies, regardless of sexual orientation, are treated with compassion and love. Blessings on request.  

Education and Affiliations

• Emerson College: BA in Speech Pathology and Audiology

• The Coach Training Institute: Master Certified Coach, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center

• Center for Mindfulness: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program developed at the Stress Reduction Clinic at UMass Medical Center trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) or Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

A lifelong learner, Reverend Maya’s experience as a seminar leader was broadened with certifications by the Chopra Center, the Mind Body Institute at Harvard, the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (CFM) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Institute for Meditation.

Past and Current Clients

Maya, co-founded Liz Walker Journey Productions, a nonprofit organization created to increase public awareness of human rights issues around the world, telling powerful stories about passionate people who are changing the world. The nonprofit organization created documentary films and educational coaching tools that promoted community conversations, involvement, and healing. The proceeds from their first project built the Kanyuk School for Girls in South Sudan.