About Maria Khalifé
Maria Khalifé is a renown, international business woman. Beginning in the hospitality industry, with a strong passion for business development, Khalifé’s education in Leadership Integrative Coaching was quickly morphed into the Soufra Daimeh television series and world class magazine of the same name. Her passion for food and Her experience in the media field led her to begin a cooking magazine and it was the first and only Arabic cooking magazine in the Middle east.
Positioning herself as Lebanon’s Paradigm Shift Visionary to create peace, strength and prosperity for citizens in the country to which she was born, and then to augment the same mission in the next country, and the next, Khalifé is currently participating in these laudable efforts internationally.
Maria’s Accomplishments:
- Founder/Owner of Soufra Daimeh Network
- Editor of Soufra Daimeh Magazine
- Author of Middle Eastern CookBook & The Mezze Cookbook
- Professor – Graduate Hotel Management School
- Certified Master Coach, Ford Institute
- Certified Mind Mapping Teacher – Buzan Center
- Certified Train the Trainer
- Participant – Women’s Peace Initiative, Ghandi/Indian Natl. congress
- Participant – The Women’s Conference Minerva Awards
- Weekly Radio Show Hostess – Sawt El Ghad
- Member, International Coaching Federation
- Founder/Owner of Change Coaching Institute
- Founder/Owner of Idea Integration Pro
Maria’s Life Purpose:
Maria Khalifé has chosen M. Gandhi as her role model. He said “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Maria has done this in her own life with great success and her life purpose now is to share her understanding about how to change with all who are interested in progressing successfully in their lives. She says “That’s truly how so much of my happiness and my life purpose is generated.”
Khalifé is convinced that one’s purpose in life is best augmented through service to others, like her role model, Gandhi. Maria says: “I know that the techniques I teach will work for you because they have each been tried and found true by me in my life. I believe in walking my talk. I have set myself as an example of what can be accomplished. I am passionate about leading by example, and I have provided here my entire tool chest for you so that you will exceed my own successes, and then you will come back and help me add tools I didn’t think of myself to the tool chest for those who follow you at the Change Coaching Institute.”
Maria Khalifé is a proven versatile manager, a visionary leader, a creative marketing expert and public relations expert, an event producer and organizer, a change coaching visionary, an enlightened workshop trainer and a prolific TV producer and concept creator, as well as an inspirational radio producer and host of both radio and TV programs.




