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Everything I ever accomplished was in the middle of personal chaos. Stuffing trauma from domestic violence, sexual assault, and divorce nearly destroyed my life and career. I suffered in silence. After decades of abusive and toxic relationships, stifled professional growth, and financial devastation, I was forced to face the dysfunction that ruled my life.

My personal and professional backgrounds give me a unique ability to address trauma-resilience from the individual and organizational perspectives. I equip leaders and teams with tools that empower individual change that results in real and sustainable outcomes to personal well-being and organizational productivity.

"Losing sight of hope and purpose is like falling asleep at the wheel, you don’t know you’re asleep until you’re waking up."

I facilitate trauma-Resilient and Trauma-Informed organizations through coaching, consulting, and speaking. Because employees are fighting a silent battle about which nobody else knows. As a survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault, and even homelessness, I recognize how trauma erodes personal well-being. As an Award-Winning Change Agent, I know how trauma erodes organizational culture and productivity.

QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Social Work (Policy and Administration)

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Master of Social Work (Advanced Clinical)

Western Michigan University

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Graduate Certification in Alcohol and Substance Abuse Couseling

Western Michigan University

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Bachelor Degree (Organizational Leadership)

Calvin University

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Member of the American Psychological Association

"The only effective change is sustainable change." 

As a Trauma-Resilience Consultant, I leverage my professional experience as an Award-Winning Change Agent to facilitate trauma-resilient and trauma-informed organizations through coaching, consulting, and speaking. As a federal leader, I received the prestigious FNCS C.A.R.E.S. Award for Excellence in Cultural Transformation. The award was conferred for for demonstrated leadership in facilitating and promoting partnership and the goals of Cultural Transformation.

Other remarkable accomplishments include:

Within a 3-years, turned a historically adversarial and contentious labor-management culture into a thriving partnership of mutual respect, honest communication, and alliance.
Negotiated the largest reorganization in agency history affecting over 100 employees and involving national field office closures. Won full-time telework option for employees, reduced disruption to work-life, and maintaining standard performance requirements for teleworkers.
At the national level, reengineered processes and procedures for compliance with federal labor laws and negotiated multiple national collective bargaing agreements.

Dr. Williams is a nationally recognized lifestyle and emotional trauma expert who has been seen in national news outlets. She has also contributed to, or has been profiled in, major business and lifestyle publications including:

O-Magazine

Madame Noire

Glamour Magazine

American Express Open Forum

Brides

Dr. Linda is a certified trauma-resilience consultant, trained psychotherapist (advanced clinical), consultant, and motivational speaker. She is the founder of Whose Apple Dynamic Coaching and Consulting Services and creator of The Whose Apple Dynamic GPS Transformation RoadMap.

She is the author of Burnout: The New Mental Health Crisis, Whose Apple is it, Anyway: Empowering Purpose to Achieve Your God-Ordained Destiny and Too True to Tell (Why What We Don’t Say is Leading Us Down the Path of Stolen Vision). Contact Dr. Linda for a powerful motivational speaker or to schedule your first coaching or consultation appointment.

One day I was invited, by a studio musician I knew, to attend a recording session. I had no idea how accepting that invitation would result in one of my proudest accomplishments. I walked into a Universal Recording Studio session where Tyrone Davis was recording "How Sweet it is to be Loved by You!" I was hooked! Having full access to this major and historical recording studio, I could drop in any time; and so I did.

During one of those visits I stepped into Studio A while the Chilites were recording their "Hot on a Thing" project. I met the producer (Eugene B. Record), and there I was for the next 3-years. I was the cowriter and protégé of Grammy-Winning Songwriter and Arranger, Eugene Record. Mr. Record was the lead singer for the Chilites and wrote the international hits: "Oh Girl," "Have You Seen Her," "Soulfil Strut," and "For God’s Sake We’ve Got to Get More Power to the People."

Writing under the name of L. F. Butler and L. Frances Butler, I had three releases by the Chilites:

You Take the Cake

Do What You Want

Hard Act to Follow