Louise Wright
Louise Wright is a Master Certified Life Coach and grief counselor based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where she serves clients through Wright Living Coaching and supports individuals navigating loss, life transitions, and emotional healing. She provides one-on-one coaching primarily via Zoom, allowing her to work with clients across the United States, and also offers volunteer counseling for women through her church. Her approach is rooted in compassion, presence, and faith-based encouragement, creating a safe space for people to process grief and life challenges.
Louise’s professional journey began as a birth doula, where she supported women through the experience of childbirth in a wide range of circumstances. She later spent four years working at a pregnancy center, counseling women facing difficult and often life-altering decisions, gaining early experience in emotional support and crisis care. After years of hands-on service in these settings, she received a scholarship to Light University, where she completed her master-level certification in life coaching with a specialization in grief and loss.
Her calling deepened through personal tragedy, after the loss of her daughter, whose life ended five weeks after birth. That experience became the foundation of her work and her book in progress, Five Weeks: When Love, Loss, and Heaven Collide, a memoir reflecting on grief, faith, and healing. Today, she is frequently sought out by others who naturally open up to her, whether in coaching sessions, church ministry, or even everyday encounters, and she continues to expand her reach through media appearances, podcast interviews, and plans to launch her own podcast to support others walking through loss.
• Certified Birth Doula Training
• Master's Certification in Life Coaching with a specialization in Grief & Loss Counseling
• Light University
Life Coach Certification, Grief and Loss
• Scholarship recipient from Light University
• Recognition at pregnancy center management conference
• American Association of Christian Counselors
• Church counseling (volunteer)
• Pregnancy center counseling (nonprofit)
What do you attribute your success to?
I would attribute my success to going back to school and earning my master's certification, which gave me the confidence and strength I needed as an older graduate. It reminded me that I can still do this, that I'm still very smart, and that I still have my mindset. Sometimes I struggle with feeling like I'm not good enough - that imposter syndrome - but then I have to remember how many people I've helped and guided through difficult situations, especially when I was working at the pregnancy center. Going back to school and accomplishing that goal made me realize that I've accomplished so much in my life - being a birth doula, counseling women at the pregnancy center, helping them decide whether to keep their baby or place them for adoption. Over the years, people just seem to come to me and talk. I'm friendly but quiet, and even in random places like the grocery store, women will turn around and suddenly start telling me their life story. I think that natural ability to connect with people, combined with my formal education and my personal experience with profound loss, has shaped my success in helping others navigate their grief and difficult life transitions.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
If you have a story, you need to share that. There's somebody out there who needs it. You need to write it, even if you self-publish it and just share it with certain people that you think it could really help, or even your family. Write up your memories and remembrances of a loved one, maybe add some pictures. A lot of people share their stories with me, and I tell them, 'You have a story to tell. I would love to read that.' So I would say to just go ahead and do it - write your story. Because when people talk to me and share their experiences, it's clear they have something meaningful to offer, and there's always someone out there who needs to hear it.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
My biggest challenge is dealing with imposter syndrome - sometimes feeling like I'm not good enough. I think we all go through that at some point. It's like, I know I've helped people a lot, but for some reason, I still feel insecure a little bit around that. I feel like I need to study more, I need to get into more books. But when I went back to school and became an older graduate, it gave me my confidence and my strength back and made me realize that I can do this and I still have so much more to offer. I have to remind myself of how many people I've helped and guided through difficult situations, especially when I was working at the pregnancy center.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
The most important value to me is helping others through grief and loss, because I've gone through it myself for 10 years and I know firsthand how difficult it can be. You don't always get over grief - it's not like you work through it once and then you don't have to grieve anymore. Memories are still going to pop up on birthdays or on the day someone died. We all go through loss at some point, whether it's losing a loved one, a job we loved, a pet, or a good friend. What matters most to me is learning how to help others who are going through grief, because I know when I went back to work after the loss of my daughter - barely a month after she passed - no one really said anything. It was like, 'Oh, okay, she's back to work. She's fine now.' But I wasn't fine. People are very uncomfortable around someone who's grieving, and I want to change that. I want to write more on how to encourage others and how to be a help and a strength to others who are going through that issue. My faith is also central to everything I do - it's what carried me through losing my daughter when God took her home after five weeks.