Meet Life Coach Linda

Linda L. Hairgrove, CEC
  
Linda brings over 25 years of working with people to help them develop life skills in order to find deeper purpose and fulfillment in their life journeys.
                               
I'm glad you're taking this opportunity to explore how life coaching can impact your life. Having a life coach myself has benefited me more than I could have imagined, brought closure to issues of the past, clarity to issues I've wrestled with in the present and discernment as to direction for the future.  You will be amazed at what this process can do to bring you closer to living your passions and attaining your goals!
         
Just over 25 years ago I began my career as a teacher, working with a variety of ages and subjects and in various cultural settings.  What I have valued most is the opportunity to invest in people's lives, not only about the subject they are studying, but in their own growth process.   About ten years ago, through navigating a time of personal crisis, I became passionate about seeking and developing tools and resources to help others at critical stages in their life journeys.  Since then I have pursued this goal by working with individuals and small groups using tools and resources to help them understand their own unique design, including abilities, gifts, skills, personality and passions. This awareness in turn gives them tools with which they can more intentionally and insightfully navigate their life journeys for greater fulfillment, growth and success, the way they design it.

My areas of expertise in life coaching include:

• Personal Design and Life Purpose Coaching - Helping you understand your own unique design and how that impacts your life purpose.
• Life Transition Coaching - Life transition can be related to relationships, career, geographical location, health, just to name a few. Change is a constant and yet an opportunity for growth. Through coaching you can find clarity and support through this process.
• Personal and Spiritual Development - Identifying your own goals for growth, establishing personal balance and finding appropriate paths and resources to facilitate this process.
• Relationship and Family Issues - "No man is an island" (Thomas Merton).  All of life is about relationships.  Coaching helps celebrate what's working and identify what could be working better; it helps develop skills and strategies to move towards your goals. 

Professional Training and Certifications

Certified Empowerment Coach (CEC), Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching
Qualified Administrator of the Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator with application to Career Transition
Qualified Life Orientation (LIFOŽ) Trainer (Identifies styles of behavior in various life roles with application to relationships, work, and life balance.)
Facilitator of SHAPE (personal design) Seminars
Masters studies in theology and cross-cultural studies,  Columbia International University
BA Music, Cornell University

Personal Information

When it comes to relaxing I enjoy engaging in heart-level conversation, reading, playing and listening to music, soaking up natural beauty, being physically active, and digging in the dirt (preferably with something living and taking root).  

I have been blessed to be married 23 years thus far to the love of my life and best friend Frank who was brave enough to marry a Yankee and bring her into a solid southern family.  That makes a cross-cultural marriage!  Life has been an adventure ever since.  We have worked at developing our own interests and abilities, but early on merged some of our interests to start a printing company (Frank's expertise at the time), and learned many lessons in the school of hard knocks.   We also love working with people and encouraging their personal development.  One of our highlights has been to work with couples in a pre-marital mentoring program.  We were thrilled as our children came along and enriched our family.  They are Preston (22), Stephen (20), Katie (18) and Peter (15).  As a family we spent twelve years in Indonesia, Frank and I teaching and doing national leadership training for development projects, and our kids soaking up another culture and going to school in an international setting.  We've learned that flexibility is the key and transition is a given - in roles, location, homes, relationships.  This lifestyle has given us some of our greatest challenges, but has been unimaginably rich as well. Even as the kids are becoming independent and spread out geographically, we still maintain close bonds and continue to appreciate the unique contribution each makes. 

Being involved with life coaching has only reinforced to me the potential in all our experiences to grow and take an active role of looking forward instead of staying stuck.  I love both experiencing and seeing others experience those amazing moments when things become clear, pieces fit together, and hope and energy for the future is reborn. Imagine how partnering with a life coach could enable you to find clarity and reach for your goals, finder deeper fulfillment in your life journey. Why not schedule a free complimentary session and take a step into your future?  

A Favorite Quote:

"We shall not cease from exploration.  And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

 ~~ T.S. Elliot

What My Clients Are Saying

"I just want to let you know what a wonderful coach you are! I always looked forward to our sessions, as I knew how great I would feel from your coaching. I would often start our sessions thinking that I was leading such an ordinary life. . . . By the time our session was over, I always felt great about my accomplishments and myself. Each and every time I got off the phone with you, I felt excited, motivated and ready to take my life to the next level. Your compassionate and caring nature was always there for me. It allowed me to feel comfortable and understood. I always knew it was safe to tell you anything and I did. Your coaching empowered me to achieve balance in my life and move forward to accomplish those things I had always hoped I could."

Theresa

"Just wanted to let you know that I think about your seminar on SHAPE all the time. It has totally affected the way I make my decisions and even the way I relate to people. You are an excellent presenter, and I hope and pray that a lot more people get to hear and experience what we did last June. Keep it up!"

Paul

"Just wanted to say thanks for coming out here and guiding us through the Shape process. It was easy to see your passion for this, as your joy in guiding us came through loud and clear. . . . Thanks for taking the time to go deep with us, hear us, put up with some of our quirks, and teach us how to discover God's design for our lives. I came away feeling like it was one of the most helpful retreats I've ever been on, and others have commented the same since coming back. I'm anxious to go deeper with the tools you gave us, as well as to see how our discoveries will be articulated and enacted upon in our work here in East Java.

Patrick

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