Hi, I'm Coach Karla
Bio
Karla J. Noland is a wife, working mom, award-winning author, speaker, and certified Life Coach. She is also trauma-informed and passionate about helping others live with purpose and resilience. Karla resides in Durham, North Carolina, with her family.
She is the founder and CEO of Reveal Heal Thrive LLC, a personal development company established in 2020 after the loss of her mother. Through her work, Karla empowers trauma survivors to move beyond simply surviving life's storms and instead embrace healing, growth, and thriving. Guided by her core values of spirituality, creativity, uniqueness, personal growth, and helping people, she equips individuals to discover their true selves and live in alignment with their God-given purpose.
Karla's first book, The Day My Heart Turned Blue: Healing After the Loss of My Mother, along with its bereavement companion journal, won the 2022 Eric Hoffer Spiritual Book Award. This deeply personal project chronicles her healing journey after her mother's passing and continues to inspire readers navigating grief and loss.
Karla is a YouVersion Bible App Content Partner whose devotionals have reached a global audience of 58,000 subscribed readers. Her Bible plans, like Lifting the Weight of Shame with God's Love, show her passion for integrating faith, healing, and practical tools to help people connect with God's Word and find hope.
Through her coaching, writing, and speaking, Karla seeks to inspire others to give themselves permission to pursue their dreams, release the weight of shame and trauma, and embrace a purposeful, thriving life.
Reveal Heal Thrive
Coach Karla established Reveal Heal Thrive LLC in October 2020 after the untimely passing of her mother. She spent much of her life holding on to pain, trauma, and anger, and as part of her healing process, Karla recognized that she was merely surviving in life but was not thriving. She wanted to live a more purposeful life and let go of any attachments that no longer served her. Over time, Karla turned her adversity into opportunity, and thus Reveal Heal Thrive LLC was born.
Core Values: Spirituality, Creativity, Uniqueness, Personal Growth, & Helping People
Vision
Coach Karla J Noland seeks to inspire trauma survivors to give themselves permission to pursue their goals and dreams. Our goal is to build confidence, provide clarity, and increase capability with each breakthrough that happens by helping trauma survivors combine their unique superpowers and values to achieve their goals.
Purpose
I stand on the principle, we cannot heal what we are not willing to reveal... suppressed emotions, the dreams we have set aside, and any other attachments we are holding on to that require us to be perfect in order to be happy.
As a trauma survivor, I believe overcoming trials and tribulations has made you resilient and made it possible for you to manifest your purpose through your pain. Maybe you’ve lived in survival mode and believed the lies you’ve told yourself. You’ve held onto the false narrative that it’s too late, you don’t have what it takes, or you’re selfish to pursue your dreams. I’ve been there. I put everyone else ahead of me and forgot who I was until I got help. If this is your struggle, I can help.
Allow me to coach you on how to give yourself permission to discover your true self, visualize the life you desire after trauma, and create actionable steps in achieving your goals.
Fun Facts About Coach Karla
Experience & Credentials
*Certified Personal Development & Executive Coach -The CaPP Institute™ Coaching and Positive Psychology Institute founded by Valorie Burton.
*International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and member of ICF & Raleigh Area ICF Chapter.
*Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Louisiana Tech University and 21 years of experience as an IT analyst in the IT Services Industry from two Fortune 500 companies.
*Award-winning title holder for multiple Toastmasters International Speech & Evaluator Contests 2019 - 2020 and TableTopics 2022.
*Certified Positive Intelligence ® Coach
*Surviving and Thriving Trauma and Resilience Basics Training by ChildSavers
Primary Sparketype ®
The Nurturer - Core driver of purpose, passion, expression and flow in work and life!
As a Nurturer, giving care is your call. You are deeply empathetic. You've been this way as long as you can remember. You see others in need and you feel called to help, in whatever way you can, take care of them, relieve suffering. Sometimes to the point where you give so much, there's nothing left for you.
The Maven - Shadow Sparketype ®
You latch onto a topic, field or industry and devour everything you can know about it. Staying "surface level" just isn't an option for you. It's no fun. You are driven to learn, to discover, to ferret out information, wisdom and knowledge. But, for you, when you're really being honest, that drive is almost always in service of doing the work of your Primary Sparketype at the higher possible level. It's more a means than an end.
Spiritual Dominant Gifts
#1 Encouragement: counsel, model, and encourage people through one's personal testimony, life, and scripture so people are comforted and encouraged to action.
#2 Giving: give liberally to meet the needs of others and support God's ministry with the resources which God has entrusted to you.
#3 Apostleship: articulate the Gospel in places that are geographically, socially, ethnically, or culturally different from one's background.
#4 Mercy: empathize with those in need (especially those suffering and in trauma) and to manifest empathy so those in need are strengthened.
VIA Character Strengths
#1 Creativity, ingenuity, and originality
#2 Gratitude
#3 Love
#4 Spirituality, sense of purpose, and faith
#5 Hope
Enneagram Type 2
The Helper. Twos are empathetic, sincere, and warm-hearted. At their Best: unselfish and altruistic, they have unconditional love for others.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®
ENFJ: Warm, empathetic, responsive, and responsible. Highly attuned to the emotions, needs, and motivations of others. Find potential in everyone, want to help others fulfill their potential. May act as catalysts for individual and group growth. Loyal, responsive to praise and criticism. Sociable, facilitate others in a group, and provide inspiring leadership.
New YouVersion Bible App Devotional
I never imagined writing a 30-day devotional, but here it is: Authentic Faith in Action: From the Book of James. James reminds us that trials and temptations can grow our faith when we choose to trust God. This devotional was born from my own seasons of uncertainty and learning to lean fully on Him. My prayer is that it helps you live with authentic faith, grow in maturity, and put your faith into action each day.