A woman who was divorced twice before the age of 30 responded to critics who mocked her for being a life coach, saying “mistakes don’t disqualify you.”
Marisa Baker, 30, from Naples, Floridashe was candid about the work she had done to heal from her failed marriages on it TikTok account. Earlier this month, she said she wanted to get married for the third time.
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Marisa Baker, 30, of Naples, Florida, was mocked for being a life coach after revealing that she had been married and divorced twice.
Earlier this month, she posted a video of people asking her if she wanted to remarry after divorcing twice.
Then Baker answered the question with a line from the song, writing: “I think it will be a very, very long time.”
The video has been viewed more than 612,000 times and some commentators have been quick to sue her for her divorce and career path.
“Life coach who has been divorced twice…. The best joke I’ve heard all day,” one man wrote, while another asked, “Did being a life coach start before or after two failed marriages?”
“Why would anyone hire a life coach [who’s] has he been married and divorced twice? It’s like hiring a teacher who failed a school twice, “someone else argued.
In a subsequent video, Baker admitted that she was puzzled by how “angry” people were that she had been divorced twice before the age of 30.
The video has been viewed more than 612,000 times and some commenters have been quick to sue her for her divorce and career as a life coach.
“I share my story, all parts of my story – good, bad and ugly – because I think it’s important for people to see the human in other people,” she explained. “We all have our things. None of us have it together. It is quite easy to judge someone for their life and the mistakes they have made.
“But I’m literally shocked by the number of people willing to judge a person without even knowing him,” she added. “But it doesn’t matter, because people’s opinions at the moment are quite irrelevant.”
Baker later turned to negative comments about being a life coach in another video, insisting, “Your mistakes don’t disqualify you.”
She claims that she is in fact “uniquely qualified” to advise others because of what she has experienced.
“I got a lot of comments like ‘You’ve been through two divorces and you’re going to be a life coach?’ Or ‘I’m taking advice from you?'” She said.
In a follow-up video, Baker turned to negative comments about being a life coach, insisting, “Your mistakes don’t disqualify you.”
TikToker claims that she is in fact “uniquely qualified” to advise others because of what she has experienced
Baker explained in another video that she speaks openly about her divorce because she wants people to learn from her mistakes.
“And I just want to offer a rethinking to all the people who judge, or to all the people who watch and wonder, ‘Do my mistakes qualify me?’ Obviously, the answer is no.
“If you paid any attention at all, anyone who teaches something or has become an expert in something. Most of the time, they practice something they have overcome. ‘
Baker said she has seen coaches who specialize in overeating or loneliness because they have struggled with overeating or spent a long time single.
She compared it to the way people become fitness trainers after learning how to sculpt their own physique through personalized workouts and diet plans.
“So what happens if – and here I am – your mistakes not only do not disqualify you, but they uniquely qualify you for what you have to do and for your purpose in this world?” She asked.
Critics call her everything from “used goods” to “damaged” because of her divorce
Baker wants her followers to know that they are not determined by their mistakes
Baker said she has “gone through a lot” and “overcome a lot” over the years, including abuse, drug abuse in her family, overeating and divorce.
“All these things I’ve been through qualify me uniquely to help teach other people not to make the same mistakes I did,” she explained.
“So, yes, maybe I could sit here and listen to these comments and say I’m not qualified. Or I can make the best of what I’ve been through and try to help other people who may not yet see the light.
“So if you’re going through something or maybe you’ve been through something and you feel disqualified, I just want to encourage you,” she added. ‘Everything is fine. We all make mistakes and guess what? You are not disqualified.
– In fact, I would say that you are overqualified.