About Dr. Marina Oster, PhD


​Marina Oster is a climate scientist and transformational life coach on a mission to get to the core of what holds us back. If we thrive, so will our planet. By honoring and empowering individuals who are ready for positive change, she facilitates the creation of a new reality. Wherever you are in your life, she provides practical tools to unfold your unlimited potential.  

​Dr. Oster has worked with individuals, organizations, and universities alike to create meaningful change from the inside out. She has extensive expertise in working with clients remotely and has led workshops and trainings both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Oster founded her private practice over a decade ago and received her PhD in Biology from Stanford University and her BS in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Self-worth is the only difference between success and failure


​Core Beliefs

​Everything You need to flourish, all of the answers You are searching for, are inside of You (already). I facilitate Your empowerment by honoring how You feel, showing You Your truth wherever You are in Your life. You see, life is a courageous journey because growth is unavoidable  - we are endlessly becoming. At this point, however, we have a choice: we either welcome change or resist it, our life thus being a joyous dance or constant struggle. Your perspective - which is subconscious and formed by past experiences, limiting (false) beliefs, and upbringing - is inextricably linked to self-worth. Self-worth is the only difference between success and failure, happiness and worry, joy and discontent. Between the struggles of selflessness and selfishness dwells Self Love - discover it. Self Love guarantees true power, because it comes from within and is unaffected by external (changing) circumstances. And success is absolutely the amount of happiness You feel. Let's take You there!
"It never stops to amaze me how Marina is different from other people I know. She is a very careful listener and not only understands what you are saying, but also feels what you are feeling. Marina is always ready to embrace and accept you as you are, having her heart and mind open."

​                                                       - Lera Nikolaenko, Software Engineer
 This work is who I am and so I deeply love what I do

My Journey
For the last decade, I have studied climate change on both land and sea. Whether diving for sea urchins to examine the effect of ocean acidification on their calcium skeleton, tranquilizing running wolves from a helicopter to understand if their RNA expression patterns are ecotype-specific, or examining the vulnerability of plant chemicals crucial for insect interaction under elevated greenhouse gases, I have studied Life Itself, driven by a passion to shift the human relationship to its planet.
 
Throughout my years of academic training, Stanford University teaching, and cutting edge conservation research, I have come to an incredible conclusion:

                    The state of our planet is but a reflection of our selves.

Our self-worth, or its painful absence. Planetary dis-ease begins with our internal world, in the minds and hearts of mankind. It is an extension of our internal disharmony seen on a larger scale. You see, when we are in our true power (and thus truly happy) we would never imagine destructing our home which is inextricably linked to our wellbeing.

My personal & professional philosophy is to go to the root cause rather than complain about the symptoms. With this knowing, I have healed my own life and created a new reality. Coming from this journey, I stand confident and assured that we can, and will, change our life and its future. By moving from fear and into Love, we transform our inner, and thus outer world.
 
May you carry Joy inside,

Marina.