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
Clean for Teams September 2026 - Afternoons
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesday 1 to Friday 4 September 2026, 2pm to 6pm BST each day
Fine Tuning September 2026 - online
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Mondays, 7 September to 12 October 2026, 9:30am to 1pm BST
1-Hour Clean Language Taster September 2026
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesday 8 September 2026, 10am to 11am BST
Practice Group September 2026
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 21 September 2026, 7pm to 9pm BST
Advanced Fine Tuning - October 2026
- Places available
- 14 Anson Grove
- Friday 2, Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October 2026, Day 1: 10am to 5.30pm, Day 2: 9am to 5.30pm and Day 3: 9am to 4.30pm
Systemic Modelling Online October 2026 afternoons
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesday 6 to Wednesday 7 and Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 October 2026, 2pm to 6pm BST each day
Practice Group October 2026
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 12 October 2026, 7pm to 9pm BST
Clean Coach Certification Programme - November 2026 - mornings
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Mondays 9 November 2026 to 1 March 2027, 9am to 1pm GMT each day
Clean Coach Certification Programme - November 2026 - afternoons
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesdays 10 November 2026 to 2 March 2027, 2pm to 6pm GMT each day
Practice Group November 2026
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Monday 16 November 2026, 7pm to 9pm BST
Systemic Modelling Online November 2026 mornings
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesday 17 to Saturday 21 November 2026, 9am to 1pm GMT each day
Clean Space Fundamentals - December 2026
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Thursday 3 December 2026, 2pm to 6pm GMT
Personal Journey - December 2026
- Places available
- 14 Anson Grove
- Saturday 5 to Sunday 6 December 2026, 10am to 5pm GMT each day
Mapping My Neurodivergent Self - January 2027 am
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesdays, 5 January to 9 February 2027, 8am to 10:30am GMT, with 2 March as a follow-up session
Mapping My Neurodivergent Self - January 2027 pm
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesdays, 5 January to 9 February 2027, 3pm to 5:30pm GMT, with 2 March as a follow-up session
Clean for Teams January 2027 - Mornings
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Thursdays and Fridays, 14, 15, 21, 22 January 2027, 9:30am to 1pm GMT each day
Advanced Fine Tuning - March 2027
- Places available
- 14 Anson Grove
- Monday 15 to Wednesday 17 March, 2027, Day 1: 10am to 5.30pm, Day 2: 9am to 5.30pm and Day 3: 9am to 4.30pm
A Southern Taste of Clean and Art - March 2027
- Places available
- Portchester Community Centre
- Saturday and Sunday, March 20-21, 2027, 9:30am to 5pm each day
Blog posts
How Metaphor can Evoke Awareness in Coaching
26th Sep 2024
9 Reasons to Learn and Use Clean Space
14th Apr 2019
How do you remember?
28th Mar 2019
Testimonials
Marian is an excellent trainer and her hospitality is second to none!
Jo Wilson, NLP Trainer
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
Marian is a highly perceptive trainer and introduced a wide mix of activities to embed our learning.
Gill Rudge, HR Consultant













