Features & Media Appearances

Durham Mental Fitness Coach Explains Steps to Help Overcome Grief During the Holidays
A local feature on navigating grief and building emotional resilience. 

Meet Karla J. Noland
A deep dive conversation about personal confidence and self-esteem journeys. 

“The Best Advice I’ve Been Given”
Empowering insights shared in this national publication. 

I was honored to collaborate with Melanie Warnes’ brand, SWAG, in a photo shoot that celebrates confidence, healing, and feminine strength. As I shared during the feature, “You can live through grief and still celebrate the wins while honoring the one you love.”

How I’m Celebrating and Learning of the Untold Stories of Black History

The quest for learning about my family’s history has left me with different pieces of history, tied together for the making a historical drama of the life of my great-great-grandmother. 

Death of famous DJ, Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, puts renewed spotlight on suicide prevention

 I was featured on ABC11 WTVD (Durham) discussing depression, mental health awareness, and the emotional weight many people silently carry following the loss of Stephen “tWitch” Boss. 

Durham woman helps people cope with trauma over the holidays

Coping with the loss of a loved one over the holidays can be tough for a lot of families, but one Durham woman has turned tragedy into healing by helping those who are.

Expert Round-Up: How do you know if your nonfiction book idea is a good one?

I shared perspective on creating meaningful books that educate readers and stand out in a crowded publishing landscape.

How to Begin Your Healing Journey After the Loss of a Parent

 I contributed an article to Amendo about how to begin the healing journey after losing a parent. The piece shares insights from my own grief experience and encourages readers to give themselves permission to process loss. 

Collabs.io Mag

Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in personal development but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Karla J. Noland, Founder of Reveal Heal Thrive LLC., located in Durham, NC, USA. 

  
MOTHERHOOD & MENTAL HEALTH - LiveYourDream.org

May is the time of Mother’s Day and Mental Health Awareness Month. One of the greatest blessings in my life has been motherhood. I couldn’t image life without my children. I often miss squeezing and kissing them as babies and still call them my babies. But each day, I am amazed by their growth, strength under pressure, and achievements as young men.  

When I was a young child, I always knew I wanted children. Five, to be exact! I imagined my home being a safe place with a constant atmosphere of fun. What I wanted was the exact opposite of how I grew up. I thought to myself that when I grow up things are going to be different. Little did I know, I would repeat the same patterns as my mother.

NOT MUCH TIME LEFT 

A week before Thanksgiving, my aunt called me and said my mother didn’t have much time left, and the nurse on call at the hospice facility said I should come right away. I booked a flight to Houston the next day for my husband, our youngest son, and myself. We stayed at my mother’s house as we traveled back and forth to the hospice facility to sit at her bedside. 

 Grief didn’t strike me the moment my mother died. Instead, my grief began when I realized my mother was dying, which was on her 78th birthday. Shock, disbelief, and sadness weighed on me from that moment on because I knew the inevitable would happen.  

 I had a smashing time speaking with Ron Clark from the UK on Chat and Spin Radio about my latest book, The Day My Heart Turned Blue: Healing After the Loss of My Mother.

The Day My Heart Turned Blue book and Bereavement Companion Journal is available worldwide everywhere books are sold and at https://revealhealthrive.com/books

Find out more about Chat and Spin Radio at https://chatandspinradio.com/ 

Today on the Motherlove Project, Karla shares her story of losing her beautiful mom to cancer.  

Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. ❤

We all have a story, and it’s never too late to share your story. Our shared human experiences bring us together and let’s know we are not alone.

Check out my article Grief Reminds Us, Love Never Dies on Grappling with Grief as I share my grief story about how losing my mother changed my life forever.

 As a working Mom, I am grateful for all the early learning and development teachers who took care of my children as I went to work. I could go to work with a peace of mind knowing my sons were in excellent hands all while learning, growing, and having fun!

It was an honor to facilitate and lead a discussion as a PQ Coach on Mental Fitness with the teachers, staff, and administrators of Ivy Kids- Hobbs in League City, Texas.

So nice I had to do it twice this week!   

It was a pleasure today leading a discussion on Toastmasters International Public Speaking Tips with the Greater Metropolitan Jack & Jill Chapter!  

To learn more go to https://jackandjillgmac.org/  

I had the pleasure of speaking to the young ladies of Girls in Technology about Toastmasters International Public Speaking Tips!  Topics covered: - How to manage your fear of public speaking? - How to organize and prepare for your speech? - How to handle impromptu speaking We had a wonderful interactive group discussion with future leaders in STEM.  

Learn more about GIT at https://www.womenintechnology.org/girls-in-technology 

Research your family history 

 “As a second generation American born to West Indian/Caribbean parents, every day is a celebration of my blackness, culture, and heritage. As we celebrate the achievements of African Americans this month, I submitted my DNA and found matches with hundreds of people who share my DNA — but unfortunately, because of the slave trade, we couldn’t figure out how we are related. 

—Karla J. Noland, personal development coach, Durham, NC

 Check out the latest podcast episode of Purpose Without Apology: Behind the Book with my Editor Lisa C Gant (wherever you get your podcasts). 

 How do you feel during the holiday season? For many, the holidays can be a very sad and lonely time triggering depression and grief. Today on Conversations with Coach, I am joined by Author and Coach Karla James Noland of Reveal Heal Thrive LLC to have a much needed discussion.

 When we can address stress in the moment, we can move on instead of dwelling on the issue. 

Create 80/20 buckets

“I stop and take a moment to do a five or ten-minute breathing exercise to center myself. Then, I take the thought captive and create 80/20 buckets. 

—Karla J Noland, personal development coach, Durham, N.C.

@peacefournine Our conversation with Karla J. Noland on the loss of her mother, her grief and healing process, and newly released book “The Day My Heart Turned Blue”. 

You can purchase her book at https://revealhealthrive.com/books 

@revealhealthrive

How often have you set a big goal for yourself and then get overwhelmed by everything you have to get done? Once you are overwhelmed, your vision gets smaller and feelings of anxiety grow larger. You believe you have bitten off more than you can chew and now goal fatigue has set in. How can you move forward if you have goal fatigue?  

I recently took part in a Positive Intelligence Coaching exercise where I looked at my childhood picture several times a day in efforts to show more self compassion, empathy, and unconditional love for myself.  

 5 Steps to Goal Attainment

1. Vision & Goal Setting
2. Tools and Resources
3. Feedback
4. Mindset
5. Celebrate

Your neck feels stiff

“One small way my body tells me to slow down is when I feel tension at the base of my neck. The tension is the warning signal, but if I ignore it, the tension can turn into a knot. 

—Karla J. Noland, personal development and executive coach, Durham, N.C.

For the longest time, my mental health suffered from the lasting effects of grief and unhealed trauma. My earliest childhood memories are riddled with parental domestic violence, walking

on eggshells so as not to provoke my father and vying for the attention of others to feel needed. As a result, I found myself in a constant state of restlessness, hyper-

vigilance and self-loathing.

 I established Reveal Heal Thrive LLC in October 2020, after the untimely passing of my mother. When I picked up my mother’s belongings, I experienced a self-realization moment in how I would live my life from that point forward. I spent much of my life holding on to pain, trauma, and anger. As part of my healing process, I recognized I was merely surviving in life but was not thriving. 

Karla James Noland created an initiative to help working mothers prioritize themselves and their dreams. Karla provided pro bono coaching for five pro bono clients 1:1 from January to July 2021 and was the only coach for the initiative.