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
Systemic Modelling August 2026 - Marian’s House
- Places available
- 14 Anson Grove
- Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August 2026, Day 1 10am to 5:30pm, Day 2 9am to 5:30pm and Day 3 9am to 4:30pm
Clean for Teams September 2026 - Afternoons
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesday 1 to Friday 4 September 2026, 2pm to 6pm BST each day
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
Systemic Modelling Online November 2026 mornings
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Tuesday 17 to Saturday 21 November 2026, 9am to 1pm 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
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
I thoroughly enjoyed and felt fascinated and stretched and stimulated by learning Clean Language. I need more practice but am already using bits of it in psychotherapy to good effect. Amazing. As an educator I have also learned heaps about effective training; I had forgotten what it is like to be a learner in a group. Marian facilitates so well.
Mary McIntyre, psychotherapist
Marian has an easy and relaxed teaching style, utilising a variety of fun processes that assist in getting the material anchored in your system. Even in the relaxed atmosphere there was continued attention to detail, so that we all got what we came for.
Amy Trezona
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