Shape what
comes next
You've grown. You've "done the work." You know yourself better than ever, and much of that growth has already changed the way you live. But facing something new has a way of pulling old habits back into the room. Now the real work isn't understanding yourself - it's trusting yourself enough to shape what comes next.
COACHING FOR THE WOMAN AT A POINT OF CHANGE
ICF
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED COACH
WHOLE PERSON
CERTIFIED COACH
25+ YEARS
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Sometimes the change is easy to name:
a career shift, an empty nest, or considering retirement. Other times, nothing obvious has changed yet—you simply know something no longer fits. Changes like these can shift how you see yourself, how others see you, and the roles you’ve grown accustomed to carrying.
And you don't arrive at these moments as the woman you were ten or even five years ago. You’ve grown, questioned, and learned a great deal along the way.
You've questioned some of the beliefs you were handed. Let go of a few that no longer fit. Become more honest about what matters to you, what you want, and what you no longer want to organize your life around.
You've done a lot of work cleaning your mental closets.
That growth is real. It just doesn't move through every part of life at the same pace.
Some of the habits, expectations, roles, and ways of responding that still shape your days were formed before you knew what you know about yourself now.
Some served you well. They likely helped you build the life you have.
They simply don't all fit with how you see yourself today. But familiar ways of responding don't disappear just because you've outgrown them. They linger.
And because your life still works, you can live with the distance between who you are and how you carry your roles.
You notice the gap. Make an adjustment. Think about changing something. Keep moving.
Until something puts pressure on the gap between who you've become and the ways you still respond and show up.
When something important is at stake.
An opportunity you actually want.
A decision with consequences you can't neatly predict.
A conversation with someone whose opinion matters
A change in work, family, relationships, or life stage that could alter what the next few years look like.
That's often when familiar responses get louder.
You find yourself over-analyzing the decision, even though you're decisive in most of your life.
You can't seem to say what you need to say to that one person, when communication is usually one of your strengths.
The reactiveness you thought you'd mellowed—and deleted from your operating system—makes an unexpected return.
Or the reasons something can't work suddenly become much louder than the reasons it can.
And it can be disorienting to know how much you've grown and still find yourself responding in a way that feels surprisingly familiar.
Those moments aren't proof that your growth is fading.
They show you where an old response still has influence.
Some things don't get clearer by thinking about them more.
Overthinking can be the shadow side of being smart, capable, and used to managing multiple worlds at once.
And that can be hard to accept when your intelligence has served you well.
Sometimes what helps is enough space to slow things down, notice what you're thinking and sensing, and hear yourself more clearly—and another person who can help you see what is difficult to see from inside the situation.
That's where coaching comes in.
Together, we look more closely at what's happening in the moment you're in and notice where familiar responses may still be shaping what you do.
Coaching helps you bring what you already know about yourself forward. Good Coaching gives you a place to practice living from that knowledge—and support you as you carry it into your life.
I simply couldn't say no to requests for my time at work, even though I knew I needed time to mentally reset after spending seven days working with clients. My work with Linda helped me understand what my automatic ‘Sure, I'll come in’ was protecting. Once I made that discovery, I had to practice maintaining a boundary around my time away. It became easier and easier as I integrated what I had learned in coaching into my life.
— A.K.
Every time we meet, everything just snaps into focus. Linda has a unique way of helping me cut through the noise, clarify what truly matters, and move forward with confidence.
— G.B.
What change can look like
Hi, I'm Linda
I'm Linda Rhoads, an ICF Professional Certified Coach and founder of The Soul Spot.
I work with women at points of change—some obvious, some quieter shifts—who want thoughtful support as they figure out what comes next.
Before becoming a coach, I spent more than 25 years in leadership, including strategy, confidential executive advising, Chief of Staff roles, and a great deal of time helping people think through things that mattered. Much like coaching.
I also know something about being exceptionally good at creating healthy conditions for the people around you while being considerably less practiced at doing the same for yourself. My own leadership years included perfectionism, self-doubt, over-responsibility, and some very well-developed ways of pushing past what I knew.
My coaching draws on whole-person and somatic approaches, and Wayfinding—a way of paying attention to the signals that can help us find our way when the path ahead isn't obvious.
I'm curious, I listen closely, and I'm comfortable with complexity and questions that don't need to be tidied up immediately. I'll challenge you when it's useful without assuming I know what your life should look like—and we can do serious work without being serious every minute.
WAYS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
Private coaching
Some shifts require a single, focused engagement. Others need time and support to renovate old patterns and begin responding differently. And some need more room—to test-drive new choices and live more fully from what you've learned and who you've become.
Retreats
Sometimes stepping away is part of the work.
There are things we see differently—including ourselves—when we step outside the routines, responsibilities, and expectations that usually shape our days and our lives.
The Soul Spot's small-group retreats for women create room to rest, explore, have meaningful conversations, listen more closely to yourself, and consider what you want to carry forward.
A retreat can stand on its own or become an immersive part of a longer coaching experience.
You don't need to have it all figured out before we talk.
You may come with a specific decision, conversation, opportunity, or change you want to work through.
Or you may simply know that something in your life deserves more attention than you've been giving it.
Maybe that something is you.
That's enough.
Ideas for living and leading on your own terms.
Every other week, I share observations, research, and practical ideas about self-trust, navigating change, and bringing more of what you know about yourself into the choices you make, the boundaries you keep, and the way you live.