Our Team
Mary Uible Crowson
A native of Southwest Ohio, she graduated from Wilmington College and Asbury Theological Seminary with a Bachelor then Master of Arts in Music. Spanning three decades, Mary led successful music ministries in Kentucky and Georgia where, more importantly, she observed and was led to focus on relationships. Music created beauty and honors God but was actually a means to help people learn to love each other and grow closer to Christ. In 2010 continued working full-time while following a call from God to return to Seminary and begin work toward a Doctor of Ministry which she completed in 2020 with her research focusing on coaching relationships.
Mary, like many, attempted a variety of diets since adolescence but always “fell off the wagon” eventually and would regain the weight while adding more to her waistline. Walking has long been a love for her and with it, she embarked on her most recent journey to health — and her goal weight. At first this was done through a self-assigned diet that focused on high fiber, low carbs and lean protein to 60 lbs. in eight years. It wasn’t until 2018, with the lifestyle change ending all diets to plant-based whole foods that she finally reached her goal weight, losing more than 100 pounds in the process.
Retiring in April 2020 to pursue her dream of life coaching, she has joined with her mentor and coach, Tammy Than, to form WHOLE Coaching to help others set goals, quit dieting to start healthy lifestyles and, through the grace of God, to become WHOLE in Christ! She is the proud mom of two amazing adult children, Virginia and Christian.
Tammy Than
Tammy has a Master of Science degree in physical chemistry from West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. She worked in animal pharmaceutical research for several years prior to going back to school to obtain her Doctorate of Optometry degree from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN. Following a residency in Tahlequah, OK she spent more than two decades teaching in optometry schools where she was a professor receiving numerous local and national teaching awards. She also spent several years in direct patient care as an optometrist at a VA Medical Center in Dublin, GA before retiring. Tammy is a nationally recognized lecturer on various topics in eye care. She is now embarking on her third career forming half of the Whole Coaching team. Fitness has been an important part of her life teaching corporate noon-time calisthenics to co-founding several running/walking clubs to teaching karate. She holds a black belt in Goju-Ryu karate and has run a marathon in all 50 states. She also enjoys biking and weightlifting. Healthy eating is also a priority and she has been a vegetarian for several decades and switched to completely plant-based eating two years ago. Tammy has been an informal wellness coach for friends, colleagues and students for decades. She has seen the numerous benefits of being fit mentally, physically and spiritually including less chronic disease, weight loss, improved mental outlook and improved stamina. She enjoys helping others reach goals that would be unobtainable without these healthy lifestyle changes. Tammy holds a holistic nutrition certification from the American Fitness Professionals & Associates (AFPA). Joining forces with Mary Crowson, they will address the WHOLE person helping clients transform to become all that God would have them to be.