Marian Way

Director
A highly skilled facilitator and trainer, Marian, who founded Clean Learning in 2001, has developed and delivered training across the world. She is the author of Clean Approaches for Coaches, co-author, with James Lawley, of Insights in Space and co-author, with Caitlin Walker of So you want to be ... #DramaFree.
Marian is an expert Clean facilitator, an adept modeller, a programme writer and an inspirational trainer. She has a natural ability to model existing structures, find the connections between them and design new ways for people to learn.
Marian was a leading innovator within the Weight Watchers organisation, which included developing the “points” strategy, a local idea that went on to become a global innovation. She is a director of both Clean Learning and Training Attention CIC, world leaders in clean applications for corporate, educational and community development.
She designs our programmes and workbooks, leads workshops and teaches on all our courses. She’s trained people in Great Britain, Russia, Sweden, Germany, Australia, Japan and the USA. Marian has a Level 5 qualification in coaching and mentoring from the ILM, is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the ICF (International Coaching Federation) and is a recognised Clean Assessor.
Upcoming events
Practice Group December 2023
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 18 December 2023, 7pm to 9pm GMT
What happens at Adventures in Clean - January 2024
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Friday 19 January 2024, 1pm to 1:45pm GMT
Practice Group January 2024
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 22 January 2024, 7pm to 9pm GMT
Inner Child Jan-Feb 2024
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Wednesday 31 January, 1pm to Saturday 3 February, 12:30pm, GMT
Fine Tuning Feb 2024
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Fridays February 9, 16, 23 and March 1, 8, 15 2024 9am to 12.30pm GMT each day
Fine Tuning Advanced Feb 2024
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Fridays February 9, 16, 23 and March 1, 8, 15 2024 2pm to 5.30pm GMT each day
Practice Group February 2024
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 19 February 2024, 7pm to 9pm GMT
Practice Group March 2024
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 18 March 2024, 7pm to 9pm GMT
Fine Tuning in-person April 2024
- Places available
- 14 Anson Grove
- Friday 5, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April 2024 10am to 5.30pm BST each day
Clean Coach Certification Programme 2024 in-person
- Places available
- The Practice
- Four in-person weekends: 18-19 May, 8-9 June, 6-7 July and 7-8 September, 9:30am to 6pm BST each day. Plus 2 online sessions, Saturday mornings in October and November (see details).
Fine Tuning Advanced May 2024
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Fridays May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28 and July 5 2024 9am to 12.30pm BST each day
Fine Tuning May 2024
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Fridays May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28 and July 5 2024 2pm to 5.30pm BST each day
Adventures in Clean 2024
- Places available
- The Practice
- Sunday 21 July (2:30pm BST) to Wednesday 24 July (2pm BST), 2024
Northern Taste of Clean 2024
- Places available
- The Practice
- Saturday 27 to Sunday 28 July 2024, 9:30am to 5:30pm BST each day
Fine Tuning Aug 2024
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Fridays August 23, 30 and September 6, 13, 20, 27 2024 9am to 12.30pm BST each day
Fine Tuning Advanced Aug 2024
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Fridays August 23, 30 and September 6, 13, 20, 27 2024 2pm to 5.30pm BST each day
Clean Coach Certification Programme - Sept 2024 morning
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesdays 10 September 2024 to 18 February 2025, 9am to 1pm (UK) each day
Clean Coach Certification Programme - Sept 2024 afternoon
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesdays 10 September 2024 to 18 February 2025, 2pm to 6pm (UK) each day
Blog posts
9 Reasons to Learn and Use Clean Space
14th Apr 2019
How do you remember?
28th Mar 2019
Physicalising a Metaphor
22nd Mar 2019
Testimonials
Marian is the perfect 'teacher' of Clean. Her book Clean Approaches for Coaches, is highly readable and visual, setting out steps and with examples to support. Marian's approach when sharing the material is generous and nurturing.
Liz Whitfield
Marian and I worked together over a number of weeks, and I addressed a couple of significant issues that I had been challenged by for a number of years. I had worked with a therapist on these too, and while that had helped a great deal, the work with Marian shifted my thinking and behaviour significantly. Marian, and her work, is gentle and incredibly powerful. She is a pleasure to work with and I rate her and Clean Language highly.
Gillian McCready, Executive Coach and Business Consultant
Caitlin and Marian are a brilliant and highly skilled duo. Their style is approachable, down-to-earth and totally practical, providing insights, training and consultancy that will add value to any organisational issue or need.
Alison Bramall , Coach and Consultant