Linda Tonnesen

Spiritual and Emotional Growth Facilitator

Linda Tonnesen has a B.S. in Education from Taylor University. She holds certifications as a Shadow Work® Facilitator, Coach, Couple’s Coach, and Group Facilitator. She is a certified Trainer for the Basic and Advanced Shadow Work® Courses. She is certified in Shadow Types® and holds workshops teaching about personality traits and how they help define who we are in our relationships.From 2001-2014 she was the founder of Gracing Experience, a private practice in Illinois, which offered a customized approach to facilitate people who want to get unstuck in life and relationships.

In 2006, Linda co-founded WOMEN REVEALED, a not-for-profit organization created to help women find emotional healing and freedom. She created and co-led the initiatory and advanced experiential weekends in WI, IL, CO and TX and has touched the lives of more than two thousand women over 90 weekends. She was the Executive Director for the organization until she resigned in 2020.

She continues to lead workshops and to help people find freedom to be all they were created to be.  She has written a two-year emotional growth curriculum for small groups and has a passion for helping women find connection and community.  These groups, now known as Growth Groups, are offered in South Florida and online. 

She uses Biblical truths combined with her Shadow Work® training to help clients find peace and freedom.  As a Facilitator, she works with men, women, couples, families, and young adults, helping them navigate challenges in their personal lives and relationships to find deeper levels of personal growth. She specializes in individual and couple’s intensives, for marriages and relationships in crisis.

Linda’s wisdom and understanding comes, in part, from her own personal journey.  She has been married for forty years, has four adult children and seven grandchildren.  She has battled the addiction cycle within her own family system. She has overcome cancer and walked alongside her daughter as her grandchildren fought a rare genetic blood disorder. She is best known for her powerful ability to speak truth while fully offering grace as she walks alongside people, guiding them toward hope and freedom.