Linda May is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her passion for coaching and positivity.

She brings a lifetime of real world experience into her work. After many years as a registered nurse supporting people through fear, grief, and uncertainty, Linda developed a deep understanding of how emotional pain shapes our reactions, relationships, and sense of self.

She now uses that insight to guide women toward greater emotional awareness and inner peace. By combining reflection, journaling, calming practices, and compassionate guidance, Linda helps her clients uncover the roots of their emotional triggers and build healthier, more intentional responses in their daily lives.

She is a coach who believes that emotional reactions often carry deeper stories beneath the surface. Through her program From Shadow to Shine, Linda helps women understand the hidden emotional patterns behind their triggered responses so they can move from shame and frustration toward calm, clarity, and self compassion. Here is what she said…

Meet Life Coach Linda May:

Name: Linda May

Pillar: The Heart

Who is this coach for: Women who struggle with emotional triggers, intense reactions, and self doubt and who want to better understand their emotions and create more inner calm and healthier relationships.

How they can help: Through her program From Shadow to Shine. She is utilizing various tools and techniques like guided reflection, journaling practices, calming exercises, emotional awareness training, and structured learning through her Calm Response Method.

First of all, how are you and your family doing in these “crazy” times?

My family and I are doing well, and for that I am deeply grateful.

Like many people, we feel the sadness and heaviness of what is happening in the world.

We have extended family connected to Ukraine, so world events are not just headlines to us.

They touch the heart in a very real way.

Over time, I have learned that while I care deeply about what is happening around me, I also need to protect my peace.

I try not to live in the constant noise of fear and conflict.

Instead, I anchor myself in kindness, family, creativity, and the quiet things that bring healing.

I believe that even in painful times, we can choose how we show up in our own homes and communities.

We may not be able to solve everything in the world, but we can be gentler with one another, stand up for what is right, and refuse to feed more anger.

I find joy in simple things.

I enjoy my cozy creative space, warm lighting, peaceful routines, beautiful surroundings, memories of beloved pets, and meaningful connection with the people I love.

That is how I stay grounded.

How did the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?

The pandemic affected me deeply.

At the time, I was still working as a registered nurse, and I witnessed firsthand the fear, grief, confusion, separation, and emotional strain that so many people experienced.

It was an incredibly heavy season, both professionally and personally.

What impacted me most was not only the illness itself, but also the emotional atmosphere surrounding it.

There was fear, uncertainty, division, and many ways people became disconnected from one another.

I saw how fragile people can feel when safety, routine, and human closeness are disrupted.

That period reinforced something important for me.

Emotional well being matters deeply.

People need calm, connection, compassion, and safe ways to process what they carry inside.

I believe many of the emotional struggles people face today were intensified during those years, and that is one reason this work feels so meaningful to me now.

The Origin:

Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?

I have always been a deep thinker, a creative soul, and a quiet observer of life.

As a child, I was shy and imaginative.

I loved crafts, books, music, and quiet time more than noise or crowds.

For many years, I misunderstood myself and assumed I was simply too quiet or too different.

Professionally, I became a registered nurse and worked very hard through many seasons of life while raising a family.

Nursing taught me compassion, resilience, communication, and how deeply emotional pain affects people.

I have supported patients and families through fear, grief, anger, uncertainty, and crisis.

That experience shaped me in profound ways.

Over time, especially after retirement, I began looking inward more deeply.

I reflected on my own emotional patterns, self doubt, sensitivity, and the hidden wounds that can quietly shape a person’s reactions.

As I began healing parts of myself, I felt called to help other women do the same.

That is how my coaching path began.

It grew not only from study, but from lived experience through marriage, motherhood, nursing, emotional struggle, inner healing, and learning to understand myself more honestly.

What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?

My biggest obstacle was not one dramatic event.

It was the lifelong fear of being judged, misunderstood, or not enough.

At times it was also the fear of being seen as too much because of my excitement and enthusiasm for life.

For much of my life, I worried about what other people thought of me.

I carried self doubt quietly.

I often felt deeply sensitive, deeply thoughtful, and deeply capable, but I did not always believe in myself.

I was far more comfortable supporting others than standing fully in my own voice.

What changed me was slowly realizing that many of the painful beliefs I carried about myself were stories I had internalized, not truths.

As I began understanding my own emotional patterns more clearly, including the impact of ADHD traits, sensitivity, and old emotional wounds, I started to meet myself with more compassion instead of criticism.

That journey changed everything.

It made me softer with myself, stronger in my voice, and more committed to helping others heal what has been silently shaping their lives too.

What are the biggest lessons that you learned overcoming your greatest obstacle?

The greatest lesson I learned is that healing begins when you stop making war with yourself.

I learned that self worth cannot be built on constant fear of judgment.

I learned that what I believed about myself mattered more than the stories I imagined others were telling about me.

I learned that sensitivity is not weakness, introspection is not brokenness, and a quiet woman can still carry tremendous strength.

I also learned that lived experience has value.

We do not need to be perfect to help others.

We need to be honest, reflective, compassionate, and willing to share what we have learned.

My life has taught me that pain can become wisdom, and wisdom can become service.

The Coaching Style:

How do you innovate with coaching your clients?

I bring together emotional insight, practical reflection, and real life understanding.

My approach is not overly polished or distant.

I want people to feel that they are learning from a real woman who has lived, struggled, reflected, and grown.

My program is designed to help women explore what is underneath their emotional reactions.

The focus is not only managing behavior on the surface, but understanding the pain, fear, shame, or unmet needs driving it.

I use teaching, guided reflection, journaling, calming practices, supportive language, poems, mantras, and community support to create a healing experience that feels both grounded and heartfelt.

I am also building my business in a very modern way by using digital tools, online learning, Zoom support, and guided content systems that allow women to access growth in a flexible format.

I am still growing as an entrepreneur, and I think that honesty is part of my innovation too.

I am willing to learn openly, adapt, and create in a way that feels human and authentic.

What’s unique about your coaching approach?

What makes my coaching approach unique is that it comes from real life.

I am not trying to present myself as a perfect expert speaking down to people.

I am someone who has lived through emotional pain, self doubt, relationship struggles, deep reflection, healing, and growth.

My work focuses on emotional triggers and the hidden shadows underneath them.

These include old hurts, fears, stories, and unmet emotional needs that influence our reactions.

I help women look inward with honesty, but also with gentleness.

My approach is compassionate, intuitive, practical, and deeply human.

I also bring creativity into healing.

I use reflective prompts, poetry, calming language, symbolism, emotional insight, and supportive teaching to help women feel seen rather than judged.

I want healing to feel safe, thoughtful, and empowering rather than cold or clinical.

What benefits do your clients get after working with you?

My clients gain greater emotional awareness, more inner calm, and a stronger ability to pause before reacting in ways that damage their relationships or leave them feeling ashamed afterward.

They begin to understand what is truly underneath their emotional intensity.

Instead of only asking why they reacted in a certain way, they begin to uncover deeper roots such as hurt, fear, abandonment, rejection, self doubt, invisibility, or old emotional pain.

As they move through the work, they can become more grounded, more self aware, more compassionate with themselves, and more intentional in how they communicate.

That can lead to healthier relationships, less emotional chaos, more peace in the home, and a stronger sense of self worth.

My goal is not perfection.

My goal is helping women become calmer, clearer, and more connected to who they truly are.

Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?

Yes, I use a variety of tools to support both my creativity and my clients’ learning experience.

I often use digital tools such as Microsoft Word for writing and organizing material.

I also do a great deal of voice dictation because ideas tend to flow quickly for me.

I create structured teaching content, reflective exercises, support documents, poetry, and guided prompts to help clients process their emotions in a meaningful way.

I also incorporate Zoom support, journaling practices, calming reflection tools, community support spaces, and written resources that help women continue their growth between sessions.

My tools are not only about efficiency.

They are about creating a supportive emotional environment where learning feels accessible, comforting, and real.

The Impact:

If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?

Be kind.

Be yourself.

Stop judging so quickly.

Every person you meet has lived a life you cannot fully see.

We all carry different histories, wounds, perspectives, and ways of understanding the world.

Humanity does not need more cruelty, more division, or more fear.

It needs more compassion, more empathy, more curiosity, and more respect.

If people could learn to love more, judge less, and allow one another to be human, I believe the world would become a gentler place.

Kindness may sound simple, but it is powerful.

It changes homes, relationships, communities, and lives.

What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?

The greatest lesson I have learned is that many of the harshest limitations in our lives are created by the beliefs we repeat to ourselves.

For years, I underestimated myself.

I did not fully see my strengths, even when others did.

But as I began exploring my own mind, my patterns, and the emotional roots underneath them, I realized that I had been carrying false stories about who I was and what I was capable of.

That realization was powerful.

It taught me that self understanding is life changing.

When you begin to untangle old beliefs, you create room for truth, confidence, and peace.

That inner shift can affect everything.

It can transform your relationships, your choices, your voice, and your joy.

Your final thoughts?

At this stage of my life, I feel that I am becoming more fully myself.

I am deeply interested in emotional healing, inner growth, spirituality, intuition, and the unseen ways life shapes us.

I believe we are all more connected than we often realize.

I believe healing happens when we begin listening more honestly to our inner world.

My path is still growing, and I am open about that.

I am not here to pretend I have every answer.

I am here to share what I have lived, what I have learned, and what I know can help other women feel less alone in their emotional struggles.

If my work offers anything, I hope it offers this.

Permission to heal.

Permission to reflect.

Permission to soften.

Permission to become who you truly are without shame.

Where Can You Find Linda May?

If you liked this interview and if you would love to dissolve your shadow through your heart’s love so you can shine with you full intensity, go to lifepathpositivity.com and see how Coach Linda can help you do that.

She is so generous that she have created a FREE GIFT for you that you can claim here.

If you’d like to peak a glimpse into her coaching, follow her Instagram and Facebook accounts. Feel free to subscribe to her YouTube channel and watch her videos.

And if you’d like to connect more personally with her, you can do that through LinkedIn or by sending her a direct message on her Email [email protected]. It was an honor having this interview with her.