Discipleship Coaches
Promised Land Living
Move Over “Stuckness!”

Our Discipleship Coaches are helping believers, across the country, live into the fullness of the abundant life Jesus intended for His followers!
Meet your Discipleship Coaches, certified through a rigorous training process. Each is ready to journey with you through the Promised Land Living Process.
Click on a state to find out who is certified in that state or scroll through the page to learn more.
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Groups meet virtually, so it doesn’t matter where you live – choose a group meeting time that works best for your schedule. Click one of the buttons below to view upcoming Cohorts for men and for women.
We are ready to walk alongside you into the Promised Land – YOUR Promised Land!
Arkansas

Cathy Lee
Conway, Arkansas
Cathy has been teaching the Bible to children and adults for much of her life. She has led Children’s and Women’s Ministries in her church, and been invited to lead women’s weekend retreats in Arkansas and Texas. She recently joined Promised Land Living as a Coach Presenter and is excited to share this journey with others.
Cathy has enjoyed a diverse career, holding executive leadership positions in a variety of companies, including a multi-million dollar business for a global technology leader serving Fortune 500 companies around the globe. Later, she served full-time on the staff of her church, one of three leaders responsible for 700 adult members, 11 staff and more than 40 volunteer leaders.
Cathy is a Professional Christian Life Coach, earning her Professional Certified Coach credential from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and her Certified Christian Coach credential from the Christian Coaches Network International (CCNI).
She’s an avid reader and lifelong learner. She loves to travel and play with landscape photography. In addition to living in Europe for several years, she has traveled to more than 20 countries on five continents, including Antarctica. She and her best friend John have been married since 1981.

Kim Fox
Damascus, Arkansas
Kim has been married to her wonderful husband for 23 yrs. Her three adult children live close to her in Central Arkansas and is expecting he first grandbaby in December 2024.
She works full time as a co-director for a non profit that sends shoeboxes to the nations as a tool to get the gospel into hard to reach places. Kim is also a part time Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach. She is passionate about seeing daughters of Christ break free and live the life designed for them.
Kim’s dreams include owning enough land to have 40 dogs, a garden, and lots of other cute animals with a creek in her back yard. She never grows tired of learning new things and being in awe of God’s creation.

Tami Lowman
Benton, Arkansas
Where’s the joy in following Christ? Why do people who don’t follow Him seem to have more joy than I do? Those were questions I often asked.
I had surrendered my life to Christ as a seven-year-old girl. I grew up in a loving, Christian home with parents who gave me a strong foundation in faith and God’s Word.
As a pastor’s daughter and later a pastor’s wife, I had lots of opportunities to grow and lead. I desired to be an obedient daughter, to serve and please the Father, but there was a lack of joy. My identity was in “doing” and when my doing did not get the results I wanted, I was confused and resentful. Nevertheless, I kept trying harder.
I knew how to define grace but did not know how to live from grace. I had never grasped how to rest in my identity in Christ as a beloved daughter.
I love the verses in Scripture that begin, “but God.” I was so off track, but God was loving, kind, tender, and faithful. He spoke to my heart through a variety of means, one of which was Promised Land Living.
Walking and resting in my identity as Beloved has restored joy to my life. I delight in coming alongside others to help them discover how to do the same.
My additional joys include time with my husband of 38 years, our children, and grandchildren (who are spread out across the world) and the simple pleasures of a cup of hot tea, a good book, a meal with friends, and a walk around the neighborhood with my mini Aussiedoodle.
California

Elizabeth McCarty
San Francisco, California
My exposure to PLL has changed me more than I ever imagined. The Holy Spirit prompted me to join Robin Fuller’s Winter 2020 PLL group where Satan’s perpetual lies were exposed. The Lord uprooted the lie that had kept me bound from leading a fruitful and full life. I came to the realization during the Heartland call with Robin that—although the people in my life who I love and care about may abandon me—my true Father, Abba, will never abandon me.
While working through the 7-Step Shift, I gained understanding regarding the lie that the evil one had been feeding me that lie since I was a small child. Years of deeply entwined and unhelpful emotions that impacted my life decisions were brought to light. I am so grateful that the Lord let me to PLL in the final chapters of my life on Earth. The desire of my heart is to help others gain clarity and move forward knowing God’s Truth.
As a Coach Presenter, I’ve witnessed other women set free from the lie that was planted in their hearts. If the Lord wants me to use my experience, talents, and truths to serve others, then I am willing and grateful for the opportunity. May the Lord use me to break chains wherever He leads me.

Marc Ottestad
Brea, California
I am a son of the Almighty. I have been given a sense of wellness and optimism that I carry and share joyfully.
I have a marriage to Kasey of curiosity, conversation, and satisfaction. I am the father of 3 unique children. 1 is very similar to her father and gifted in ways that thrill me as I watch her raise 2 wonderful granddaughters. My sons are quite different than me. Both are introverts, focused and centered. We connect regularly and love well, and I wonder how to father them better.
I am an encourager. I am very open and can hold competing ideas simultaneously. I ask good questions and am not judgmental. I want the best for others and have a challenge seeking and receiving the best for myself. I am enthusiastic and spontaneous.
At my core I am a connector. I like to connect people to people, people to resources and people to ideas. I do my connecting through several avenues. I am as an Area Director for CBMC creating teams of Christian business owners. I coach leader one to one as they seek to grow their leadership and their relationship with Jesus. I lead PLL group seeking spiritual grow and I connect leaders to growth through The Genius Path.
For fun I read, play tennis and travel.

Cynthia Taylor
Rodeo, California
One of Cynthia’s happy places is helping to improve the lives of younger and seasoned women through mentoring, discipling, and coaching. She has an avid curiosity about the word of God and life itself. She invites other women to be curious in the areas of mentorship, prayer and relationship building through co-leading an international prayer group and other organizations. Her lifelong journey of seeking Jesus for healing from various forms of trauma in her childhood has revealed a depth of closeness and truth about Him she never thought was possible. This intimate journey led Cynthia into a long career in education where she was a teacher, coach, professional curriculum developer and elementary school principal.
Cynthia is a certified Life and Leadership Coach through PCCI. She has also received certificates in preaching and teaching from Shiloh Bible Pathways College as well as a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of California, Berkeley.
Cynthia and her best friend, Robert, have been married for over 34 years, have two adult children and one spunky grandson. They lead their church’s marriage ministry and reside in Northern California.

Andy Benis
Mission Viejo, California
Vocationally, I’ve been a marketing/communications and operations professional for almost 30 years in the higher ed and technology sectors. But far more important is my spiritual identity. I am a son of the King doing battle every day against a world that wants to define my identity for me. I’ve been involved in men’s ministry leadership for over 15 years; and I have a passion for helping men find the freedom and power that come from rejecting lies and confusion in exchange for the true identity that God has given them.
My personal journey came to a point where I had had enough of the self-built facades, the “stuckness”, and the never-ending striving to be good enough. I had to man up, armor up, and take out the spiritual trash. PLL has been a big part of that journey.
Personally, I’ve been married over 30 years to my best friend – an amazing woman. We have two grown daughters, a fantastic son-in-law, two amazing grandsons, one sweet Australian shepherd (and a partridge in a pear tree.) Born, raised and living in Southern California, we love all things beach – surf, sand, and water sports.

Karen Miller
Alhambra, California
I am incredibly grateful to God for being under His covering and for being a part of PLL. What this course offers is truly special, and I believe everyone—yes, even their moms—should experience it. I’m thankful to God for supernaturally accelerating my journey. It’s been a wild yet beautiful ride, filled with redemption, and it feels like the missing piece of the puzzle has finally clicked into place in my transformation.
As I’ve grown, I’ve gained invaluable skills as a coach, and the opportunity to tie my faith into this process has been a full-circle experience. I am a certified ICF Life Coach, a trauma-informed Mental Health and Youth Mental Health Coach, and I’m certified with the Christian Coaches Network International Board.
My passion for helping others has been woven into my life since childhood. I was first introduced to life coaching in 2009, and it has been an incredible journey empowering people from all walks of life, in various careers, and across different locations. Life coaching has always been my true calling. When I discovered it, I truly believed I was born to help others. However, through my experience with PLL, I discovered a deeper truth: I wasn’t born just to help others; I was born to be with Him and to be adored by Him and to invite others to join in on the feast.
Colorado

Debbie Fawcett
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Debbie Fawcett has been a Christ-follower since she was a little girl but going through the Promised Land Living program really stretched her faith. She said, “Promised Land Living was so life-changing for me! I can’t wait to be a Coach Presenter to help others experience this freedom as well.”
Debbie has been involved with Women’s ministry for most of her adult life. She loves to help women of all ages grow in their faith.
Debbie is a Certified Professional Life Coach, a Certified Christian Coach, and a Strengths Champion Certified Coach. She leads with her relationship strengths and sees great potential in every individual or group she interacts with. She is passionate about helping people discover their unique design and gifting so they can live a life of purpose.
In her free time, she likes to try new recipes, bake cookies at the first snow, work on puzzles, read, and explore new places (not necessarily in that order!)
Debbie and her husband live in Colorado Springs, Colorado and have two adult children and two grandchildren.
Florida

Viola Jackson
Miami, Florida
Viola Jackson is a passionate follower of Jesus, transformational coach, and leader with a deep desire to see people encounter the love, truth, and transforming power of God. She loves walking alongside others as they grow in intimacy with God, discover their identity as His beloved, and learn to recognize and respond to His voice and invitation in their lives.
As a missionary with Youth With A Mission, Viola developed a deep conviction that the Great Commission is not only about leading people to Christ, but also about authentic discipleship—equipping believers to know God for themselves and, in turn, make Him known. In 2018, she was certified as a Transformational Life Coach with Coaching Mission International and recognized a powerful connection between coaching and discipleship. Her approach is rooted in Proverbs 20:5: “The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.” When she encountered Promised Land Living and the concept of discipleship coaching, Viola discovered a beautiful convergence of two of her greatest passions.
With a background spanning coaching, discipleship, missions, education, mentoring, and ministry, Viola brings a unique ability to ask meaningful questions, encourage growth, and create space for God to transform lives. Above all, Viola loves Jesus. Her greatest desire is to see people become deeply rooted in His love, awakened to His presence, and equipped to wholeheartedly say yes to God and His purposes for their lives. She believes discipleship is not simply about knowing about God, but about truly knowing Him, walking with Him, and partnering with Him in His purposes for our lives and for the nations.
Georgia

Claudia Cantrell
Kennesaw, Georgia
After working for over 30 years in the medical field as a certified Physician Assistant, Claudia believed there was more to the “abundant life” than what she was experiencing daily. God led her to Promised Land Living (PLL). During this discipleship group coaching course, she realized she had been stuck for decades in lies that our enemy had both given her and affirmed during those years. These lies caused her to make less than optimal decisions and believe that she would never be enough and that God was not enough to handle her circumstances. After PLL, Claudia knew her unique identity in Christ, how to recognize the lies that the enemy was trying to make her believe, and had the tools needed to “take every thought captive and renew her mind.”
Claudia is a Spiritual Formation and Discipleship Coach, an ICF PCC accredited coach, a Certified Professional Leadership Coach, a Strengths Champion Certified Coach and a Certified DISC Trainer and Facilitator. She founded Cantrell Christian Coaching and is a Christian Conference Speaker. Claudia authored the book, Sacred Love; A Journey of Singleness, Belonging, and Finding True Love.
Claudia’s career experience both inside and outside the corporate world allows her to have a rich and varied perspective when coaching clients. She coaches clients one-on-one and in group settings. Her personal mission statement is “to help others know the one true God, grow in their spiritual journey, and discover their unique design so that they can live out their deepest passion and purpose.”
Claudia kept her Physician Assistant certification in order to use her clinical skills when she and her husband, Dr. David Cantrell, go on medical mission trips. They live in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia with their two King Charles Cavaliers. Claudia enjoys traveling, snorkeling, walking, baking, and interior design.
Colossians 4:17: “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord that you may fulfill it.” NASB

Mark Johnson
Watkinsville, Georgia
I have balanced business and ministry throughout my entire career and continually sought to integrate the two, eventually realizing that everything I do is a form of ministry. I have previously started multiple companies and worked with small business owners and entrepreneurs through the University of Georgia and Kennesaw State University. During that same time, I attended Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Richmont Graduate University, where I learned to apply modern psychological theories and spiritual practices to the leadership training of pastors and entrepreneurs. I am continuing my studies in leadership training at Regent University, where I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Counseling and Psychological Studies with a concentration in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. By applying my passion for Christian psychology in a business setting, I am also training at an ICF-approved school to become a Certified Professional Leadership Coach and a Professional Certified Coach.
Currently, I serve as a leadership coach through Intaba Coaching, a company I launched to support redemptive leaders and non-profits. Convene fuels Intaba, encompassing the work I do as Director of the C-Suite and Key Leader Program, as well as Chair of multiple virtual Convene teams. I regularly work with assessments such as DiSC Work of Leaders, DiSC Agile EQ, DiSC Productive Conflict, and the Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. I am also certified with the WiLD Toolkit and as a Discipleship Coach through Promised Land Living.

Denis Keith
Sharpsburg, Georgia
Denis found that the PLL provided practical tools and a process to support his desire to lean into God and hear his voice. During the journey, Denis realized that he had regained the heart and voice to sing again – the new song that the Scriptures promised. With a calling to come alongside and develop leaders, he eagerly sought the opportunity to become a Discipleship Coach. Recently, he completed a Doctor of Ministry degree with the focus of “Measuring the impact of coaching on developing spiritual emotional health,” and the data was very clear: “Coaching matters.” He and Valerie, whom he met in their early days with CRU, have been married for 51 years and have three married children and nine grandchildren.
Idaho

Erin Bader
Post Falls, Idaho
Erin is passionate about helping women discover who they are in Christ and embrace the abundant promises found in His Word. She finds deep joy in walking alongside others as they uncover their God-given identity, step into their unique purpose, and experience the freedom that comes from living fully in His calling.
With a heart for service, Erin has spent her career in the helping professions. She began as a Registered Nurse and later served as a clinical director, supporting both patients and staff. Her desire to support others through life’s deeper emotional challenges led her to become a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist.
Today, Erin brings together her clinical experience and deep faith as a professional coach. She is an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), a certified professional leadership coach, a Strengths Champion Certified Coach, and an Executive Coach with WeAlign.
During a season of significant transition, Erin was introduced to the Promised Land Living community. Through it, she encountered the healing love of Christ in new ways and is passionate about helping others know that Jesus never leaves us—He walks with us through every valley and brings us to the other side.
Erin has been married to her best friend for over thirty years. They live in the Pacific Northwest and are the proud parents of two adult daughters.
Illinois

Sacha Hannig
Coal City, Illinois
Sacha considers it a privilege to walk alongside others as they pursue healing, freedom, and deeper intimacy with God.
Sacha graduated with a BA in Christian Formation and Ministry and a minor in Bible from Wheaton College. She served as a Children’s pastor before having children.
She is a Biblical Trauma-Informed Coach, passionate about helping individuals experience healing that integrates faith, story, and nervous system awareness. Her work is rooted in the belief that God cares deeply about both our spiritual lives and our embodied experiences.
Sacha has also received training through Neuroscience Informed Christian Counseling® (NICC) to integrate biblical truth with brain science to foster emotional healing, relational growth, and spiritual transformation. In addition, she holds a certificate in Trauma-Informed Care and Coaching through the AACC and Light University, equipping her to walk gently and wisely with those navigating the effects of trauma.
She has completed Discipleship Coach Training through PLL, which shapes the way she guides others in growing in identity, freedom, and spiritual maturity.
Sacha weaves together biblical truth, trauma-informed care, and practical tools for transformation — creating a safe space where individuals can slow down, listen to their story, and experience deeper connection with God and others.
She is passionate about helping others find connection, freedom, and joy both in Christ and with others. She has been leading a variety of small groups for the past 5 years!
She has been married to her husband Tim for 30 years, and together they facilitate small groups through re|engage marriage ministry at their church. They have eight children (ages 10–26), and Sacha has been a homeschooling mom for over 20 years.
In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, embroidery, watercolor, reading, and worshipping God.
Maryland

Tom Mabie
Rockville, Maryland
Tom is passionate about helping people live into their God-given design and experience the fullness life has to offer.
Promised Land Living was life-transforming for Tom. Many people living in discouragement and defeat, believing the lies of the enemy, as though they are wondering in the desert. They are held in bondage and not experiencing the fullness and freedom of Jesus. This is true of most people, including many followers of Jesus. PLL offers a group experience where, as we grow together, we discover our desert (core) lie- that which holds us back from living in fullness. We also discover God heart for us in the Promised Land. The Promised Land is the place God wants us to live, a place of abundance, and fullness and freedom.
Tom has been in pastoral ministry, serving fourteen years in New Hampshire, two years in a Korean-American church and then parttime as Pastor of Discipleship for 13 years. During those thirteen years, Tom served with The Navigators serving in the neighborhood, churches and as a Life and Leadership Coach. He received his Coach Training in 2010 and is currently a Professional Certified.
Tom and his wife, Susan, lead Rooted, a discipleship experience helping people develop the rhythms of the spiritual life at their local church. They have an adult son with special needs living in apartment with support.

Ann Harrell
Bowie, Maryland
Ann’s life was forever changed by her own Promised Land Living journey. What began as a personal breakthrough led to a deeper calling—becoming a Certified Discipleship Coach to walk alongside other women as they leave behind desert living and step into the abundance God promises.
Ann is an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and Certified Professional Leadership Coach (CPLC), with a practice rooted in conflict coaching, mediation, and Organizational Development facilitation. Her heart for peacemaking and reconciliation is personal, shaped by a childhood marked by trauma, division, and relational pain. She believes those early scars became the soil in which God cultivated her deep capacity for joy. Today, joy is her choice—every day, in every season.
Ann has been married to her best friend, Tim, for over 30 years. Together, they’ve raised four adult sons and are now savoring the gift of three grandchildren and life with their furbaby, King.

Reggie Perry
Baltimore, Maryland
I am living in Baltimore MD and currently working on completing my Level 2 Coaching Certification for PCCI. My background includes leadership, mentoring and coaching. I have been at my current church for over 8 years and hold a leadership position as the Community Serve Coordinator. I took the PLL Course in the fall of 2024 through an invitation sent to me via someone else from GOD. The scripture verse below really describes what I believe is God’s PURPOSE for me. His will be done not mine! Excited to see what he has in store for me in the future on this coaching journey.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. -Proverbs 27:17
Michigan

Shelley Jacobson
Sylvan Lake, Michigan
Shelley is fully alive when she is partnering with women who are invested in a purposeful process toward their fashioned path! She provides space, stillness, and safety for women to give themselves permission to be present in their lives, to rest, and maybe for the first-time dream about possibilities.
Shelley has been discipling, mentoring, teaching, leading, and training women for nearly 30 years in various Ministry to Women environments. She is a Professional Life Coach, trained through Professional Christian Coaching Institute and a Certified Coach with PLL. She is the founder of Shelley Jacobson Coaching where she gets to help women flourish in steady seasons
and in shifting seasons.
She makes her home in Michigan and is married to her high school sweetheart, Ken! Shelley travels often to be with her three adult children and their families who live throughout the US.
Her four grandchildren bring overwhelming joy and a lightness to be able to notice the extraordinary in the ordinary. Shelley’s happy place is on a beach with toes in the sand and breathing in the majestic expanse of the water.
Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts ~ Ecclesiastes 4:9
Minnesota

Pam Mertz
St. Michael, Minnesota
Pamela is ICF and CCNI certifed as PCC, CPCC as well as a Strengths Certified Coach. She has been a coach since 2015 and enjoys the intentional “one-anothering” with clients in the C-suite, Executive Teams, and individuals who are wanting to explore the more God has for them. She integrates faith into her coaching and provides sacred space for clients to discover, discern, design and deploy God’s plan for them.

Tiana Schoen
Mora, Minnesota
Tiana is a certified Christian life coach with a foundation in psychology and training through PCCI, AACC/Light University, and the International Board of Christian Care (IBCC). Her coaching was born out of her own spiritual rebirth in her early forties — through seasons of tragedy, surrender, and transformation — and she now walks alongside women with compassion, honesty, and hope. Tiana offers gentle, reflective coaching and intimate retreats for women seeking space to slow down, listen, and reconnect with God. A mother, grandmother, and devoted wife to her husband Mike, Tiana has a heart to help women feel seen, supported, and spiritually anchored as they grow into who God created them to be.
Missouri

Brenton Dearing
O’Fallon, Missouri
Brenton Dearing, is the Founder & President of Wealth Ambassadors, LLC an Investment Advisory Firm, headquartered in Lake St. Louis, MO with clients around the country. Brenton is a Certified Financial Planner™ Professional and a Certified Mutual Fund Specialist who has been in the Financial Services industry since 1993. He has been a business steward for over 30 years. He has been coaching clients since 2005 and is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC). Brenton has a passion for training an army of givers to collectively give a billion to faith-based organizations. He wrote the book, God’s Eye is on the Sparrow – Experiencing Divine Provision. He received a PhD in Leadership & Personal Development from Klemmer & Associates. Brenton is a Certified Professional Leadership Coach, Certified Professional Life Coach and a Competent Toastmaster (CTM). He is married to Cassendra (a PLL grad) and they have a teenage son, David.
New Jersey

Doreen Steenland
Spring Lake, New Jersey
Doreen is passionate about helping others discover a deep, meaningful connection with Christ, others, and their own unique essence in Christ. She loves helping women understand how they can become free from people pleasing, comparison and the lies that keep them from living in a place of rest where there is nothing to prove.
Doreen is an ICF Certified, Professional Life coach, trained through the Professional Christian Coaching Institute. As a Registered Nurse, trauma informed applied neuroscience coach, she brings nuggets on how to leverage the superpower of the brain, your emotions and your thinking, into the Promised Land Living experience.
She has been teaching, discipling, and mentoring women for the last 25 years with the Word of God; adding coaching to her skill set several years ago. She is Founder of Living Full Life Coaching and she lives in NJ with her husband Richard, and her three college-aged young adults.
Doreen is the author of Transform Your Brain, One Thought At A Time: Stress Patterns, Anxiety and Overthinking Rewired.
In her spare time, she loves to golf, hike, bike, walk and play tennis! All things outdoors! Her favorite place at her home is her front porch!
North Carolina

Cheryl Scanlan
Raleigh, North Carolina
Cheryl Scanlan is the founder and president of Promised Land Living. She has been involved with coaching and ministry during the last 20 plus years. It is a true honor and joy for her to see people set free while going through the Promised Land Living journey. She is a master certified coach (MCC, CMCC, CPLC, BCC) with 7000 hours of coaching experience and has trained almost 1000 coaches. Through her love of the Lord, He has brought revelation upon revelation into His true nature. Through the inductive study of His Word, Cheryl’s heart burned to bring this truth to His people. Freedom, abundance, abiding – these are not distant concepts – these are already ours in Jesus
And I am inviting you to come with me to this place of ALL new! It is a place where you are fully known, deeply loved, eternally secure and made completely new! If any of these changes seem impossible to grasp, yet deep down, something inside you informs you that this is true, then you are in the right place! Cheryl lives in Raleigh, NC. She is married to her loving husband, Tom Scanlan and is the mother of two adult sons.

Todd Overpeck
Gastonia, North Carolina
Todd Overpeck loves to help Christian brothers and sisters level up in their relationships with God, their spouses, families and fellow believers.
In the past six years of his involvement with Promised Land Living, Todd has seen this happen firsthand in his own life and in the lives of other men. As an experienced certified PLL Coach Presenter, Todd’s desire is to humbly facilitate and encourage your walk with Christ in true freedom.
Todd and his wife, Julie (who is a PLL Host), helped develop the PLL marriage content in 2022 and now lead PLL marriage courses together. Through the PLL marriage course, couples discover the joy of combining their faith journeys together hand in hand.
Todd is also passionate about Christ followers’ financial freedom and stewardship. He is a personal finance coach for married couples and individuals through Andrews Financial Coaching services. He is a certified coach by Christian Financial Counselors, Compass Financial Discipleship Ministry, FaithFI and Ramsey Solutions’ Financial Peace.
Todd and Julie have two adult children, Allison and Ian. When he’s not coaching, Todd and Julie enjoy hiking and canoeing together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and supporting Todd’s various soccer, hockey, football and racing teams while Julie is reading a good book or two.

Wende Gaikema
Wake Forest, North Carolina
Hard things happen in this fallen world. I believe that we can contend with the Lord and let those things define us. Or we can cooperate with Him and let those same things refine us. My passion is to journey alongside others to help them gain freedom from lies, and discover the Promised Land that the Lord has for each of us.
Everyone has a story and the Lord longs to work through each of our stories for our good and His glory. But that is rarely an easy and smooth process. That’s why I’m honored to be part of Promised Land Living. I’ve experienced firsthand and seen in many others how the Promised Land Living tools and community can literally change your life and help you step into who God made you to be.
I’m a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). I have other certifications as well in leadership, brain-based coaching and other areas which basically mean I love to learn. I worked for many years at Procter & Gamble, in leadership roles in Brand Management, Field Marketing and Sales. I now coach leaders and coaches across a variety of areas, helping people lead themselves, their people and their workplace.
My husband, Jeff, and I have been married for 31 years and have three sons, one in heaven, and two on earth. We recently relocated from Houston, Texas. I love to travel and enjoy nature by hiking, biking and kayaking. I have trained two of my dogs to be therapy dogs and we have worked with Alzheimer’s patients, special needs children, and emerging readers, to name a few.

Jennifer Grote
Raleigh, North Carolina
Jennifer Grote is a transformational coach and the founder of Jennifer Grote Coaching. With a passion for helping individuals and groups to Feel Better, Shine Brighter, and Live Bigger she offers expertise in three roles: Certified Health and Wellbeing Coach, Certified Strengths Champion Coach, and Certified Coach Presenter with PLL. Jennifer focuses on guiding her clients to feel better in body, mind, and emotions. She empowers her clients to experience greater clarity, alignment, and empowerment from the inside out.
Whether she is working with individuals, teams, or groups, Jennifer’s coaching approach is grounded in guiding her clients toward truth, freedom, and victory. She creates a nurturing and supportive environment for exploration, development, and transformation. With a deep belief in God’s transforming power and the potential within the person in front of her, Jennifer is committed to helping her clients Feel Better, Shine Brighter, and Live Bigger.

Hannah Strach
Clayton, North Carolina
Hannah Strach obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from East Carolina University and is a Certified Health and Well-being Coach through Wellcoaches, as well as a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. In her role as a coach, she emphasizes creating a positive, safe and compassionate environment that fosters learning, growing, and forward momentum. She is passionate about helping others live in alignment with God in mind, body, and Spirit. She seeks to help others courageously walk in clarity and truth, and find freedom from enemy lies. Below is her favorite verse and testimony from participating in Promised Land Living.
“The Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” -Ephesians 3: 17-20
Promised Land Living connected me with Christ on such a deep level. Because of promised land living, I have a deep trust in God and deeper understanding of WHO God is. I know He will always show up for me and that I am never out of His sight. I have learned to walk in His light and truth. I have learned how to tune in to HEARING from God. I have learned how he communicates with me. I have learned how to stand in authority in JESUS! How to identify lies from the enemy and replace them with TRUTH from the Lord. It has made me a better coach, listener, and most importantly a better disciple of Jesus. I am deeply honored to be a Certified Coach Presenter and help guide others on this journey into the same freedom.
Pennsylvania

Lara Silvis
Drexel Hill, Pennyslvania
Lara loves walking alongside others to live with intention, adapt with wisdom and discover greater fulfillment in the life that God intends for His children. Through her coaching practice, she helps others define their path, develop their vision and walk their journey. She attained her CPLC through Professional Christian Coaching Institute, is an associate certified professional life coach with the International Coach Federation and co-founder of Planning for Purpose Life Coaching, LLC, along with her husband, Jasper. In their 27 years of marriage, God has given them three sons who bring them great joy and continuously stretch them to be better parents and people. They live in the suburbs of Philadelphia.
Lara has been called to support the development of the prayer ministry within their local church and to serve in the women’s ministry as a vision team lead. She is blessed to work with and pray for many brothers and sisters in Christ who love and serve with her. Her most recent growth within the church setting has been connected to coaching church leaders for revitalization of faith communities through evangelism, outreach and discipleship.
Earning a bachelor’s degree in Biology concentrating in genetics and development, she spent 18 years in academic research at a renown non-profit Children’s Hospital, where she conducted research and published several peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. This experience has given her keen insight into how God created and wired His children for special work. Her minor in Psychology supports her path into life coaching and ministry.
Some of Lara’s favorite places are the beach, the mountains and the garden, where she can take in the glory of God’s creation. She also loves family time, baking, and her newest passion, making fig jam.

Nancy Miller
Philadelphia, Pennyslvania
Nancy L. Miller has been a helping professional most of her life. As a registered nurse, she served people in hospitals, homes, and high school settings. She currently enjoys serving others through life coaching, grief recovery, facilitating workshops, and speaking.
Nancy is a certified life coach who holds the credential of Professional Certified Coach from the International Coaching Federation. She is also a Wellcoaches Certified Health & Well-Being Coach and a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist.
Her desire to help others continue moving forward despite unplanned life events was born out of her own experiences and led her to establish Navigate Life Coaching, LLC. It’s Nancy’s goal to help individuals live their best possible lives, discover well-being, and fulfill the great commandment including the charge to “love yourself”. She is especially passionate about coaching those in helping professions so they can be whole in body, soul, and spirit to fulfill the work they’re called to do.
Nancy has been a Christ follower and member of her local church for several decades where she has served in prayer, small group, and other ministries. Her introduction to PLL enriched her understanding of the unique way God created her and because of that, she’s passionate about helping other women discover their unique identity.
In her spare time, you’ll find Nancy biking, hiking, reading, or searching for healthy delicious recipes as part of her own self-care practices. Traveling to the beach, the mountains and the nations brings her great joy.
South Carolina

Keisa Capers
Tega Cay, South Carolina
Keisa Capers is an experienced international cross-cultural ministry leader with over two decades of experience working across Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Captivated by the beauty of different cultures and the power of human connection, Keisa is dedicated to unlocking destinies and influencing the Kingdom.
As a certified professional coach with the International Coaching Federation, Keisa holds a B.S. degree in Organizational Leadership & Management. She invests wholeheartedly in the growth and development of the women she encounters, equipping them with personal tools that create lasting impacts worldwide. Keisa’s heart goes beyond giving people personal tools for development. With 18+ years of training others by using adult learning principles, Keisa desires to see hearts transformed across the nations.
Turning her side hustle into the international nonprofit Capture the Nations in 2022, Keisa is honored to come alongside women and vulnerable populations globally. Participating in Promised Land Living (PLL) has taken Keisa’s passion for discipling the nations to a whole new level. She wants to offer others the gift that has been offered to her.
When not coming alongside others, Keisa enjoys cooking international dishes, sitting by the ocean, and having a good cup of coffee.

Kathy Maurer
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Originally from Ohio (Go Bucks!), Kathy is a passionate advocate for developing others and advancing God’s Kingdom. With a heart for nurturing spiritual growth and a wealth of experience in both local and global ministry.
In 2000, Kathy expanded her horizons into the global mission field, embarking on a journey that has taken her to over 30 countries. Her international experience has deepened her understanding of cross-cultural dynamics and enhanced her ability to connect people with God’s purposes in diverse contexts. Throughout her global missions work, Kathy has been dedicated to building authentic relationships, sharing the love of Christ, and equipping others to live out their faith in impactful ways.
Kathy holds a B.A. in Counseling, which has equipped her with valuable skills in understanding human behavior, guiding personal development, and supporting individuals through life’s challenges. She also possesses a Professional Coach Certificate, a credential that reflects her commitment to providing effective coaching that inspires growth, transformation, and alignment with God’s vision for each person’s life.
As the co-founder of Capture the Nations, Kathy’s mission is to empower women and vulnerable populations through discipleship and coaching. She thrives on coming alongside others, helping them to uncover their unique gifts, set meaningful goals, and achieve their full potential in God’s Kingdom.
When she’s not coaching or leading mission initiatives, Kathy enjoys savoring a great cup of coffee, meeting new people who quickly become friends, and exploring the world. Kathy also cherishes moments by the ocean and finds joy in bike riding, which allows her to reflect on God’s creation and stay connected with the beauty of the world.
Kathy’s own PLL journey has taken her to a new level of freedom in her personal life and in her relationships. She invites you to join her in exploring how discipleship coaching can be a powerful tool for Kingdom growth and personal transformation.
Tennessee

Teresa Phelps
Millington, Tennessee
Over the last six years I’ve been on a path of healing and really digging into my relationship with God. He has been leading me through the storms, through green pastures and everything in between! Promised Land Living has played a vital role in identifying and dealing with the experiences and emotions that have kept me from true healing. I am so blessed to be part of this community and look forward to all God is doing in this work!
Texas

Laura Sanders
Powell, Texas
Laura is passionate about helping people draw closer to God by making His Word come alive in practical, transformative ways. She has spent countless hours at the feet of Jesus, inductively studying Scripture and learning to live as a modern-day “Mary.” Through Promised Land Living, her book Your Daily Companion to the Bible (available on Amazon), and the trainings she leads, Laura delights in sharing what the Holy Spirit teaches her, so others can discover all that God desires for their lives.
An Executive Certified Coach trained through the ICF-approved Coach Approach Ministries, Laura has served in church and ministry leadership since 1987. She has used her spiritual gifts of teaching, speaking, organization, and administration to encourage and equip others. After a 30+ year career as a Financial Investigator, she now finds great joy in aligning her vocation with her calling as she walks out her own journey in the Promised Land.
Laura lives in Texas with her husband, Brad, celebrating 40 years of marriage. Together, they’ve navigated the adventure of an empty nest and now savor the joy of being grandparents. While Brad, a retired police officer, enjoys the ranching lifestyle, Laura continues to disciple women in Promised Land Living, coach pastors’ wives, train evangelists, and travel. She has followed in the footsteps of Paul in Greece and Turkey, walked the Holy Land, explored Reformation sites in Germany, and looks forward to more adventures.

Vicki Terrill
San Angelo, Texas
As a life-long follower of Christ, Vicki thought she understood what trusting in God and walking with Him daily meant, until her world as she knew it came crashing down. As everything she’d taken for granted in her life began to slip through her fingers, God graciously connected her with Cheryl Scanlan and Promised Land Living. With the lessons and tools she learned during the PLL journey, she was able to face the unexpected with a deep sense of peace as she placed her dreams and her family into the hands of a faithful, trustworthy God.
Vicki’s dream is to see Christians joyously embrace how they’ve been uniquely created and how God has used their life experiences to prepare them for their calling. Her role is to help people gain clarity on their calling and how it may be fulfilled through a particular career path that ignites their passion, maximizes their strengths, and provides a sense of fulfillment. She also works with businesses to equip leaders to hire, place, and develop their employees in a climate of trust and a shared desire to make a difference.
She is a Certified Career Services Provider, a Highlands Personal Vision Coach, a Certified Professional Life Coach, a certified DiSC and EQ trainer and facilitator, and a Strengths Champion coach.
Vicki loves leading mission teams to Peru every year with her husband, Kent, and when it’s warm she can frequently be found at Lake Amistad on the border of Texas/Mexico where he is a fishing guide, sitting on the porch watching hummingbirds and reading. She also love creating jewelry and scrapbooking.

Amy Miller
Austin, Texas
Introduced to PLL during a challenging period with my teenage children, I’m grateful to God for leading me towards newfound freedom! Certified as a PCC level ICF Life and Leadership Coach, EQi-2.0 and EQ360 assessor, and trauma-informed Mental Health and Youth Mental Health Coach, I’m deeply passionate about empowering others towards lasting transformation!
With 22 years of ministry experience in the amazing city of Chicago, IL, I’ve had the privilege of serving diverse backgrounds and cultures. As an Asian American, mother of four, and happily married for over 22 years, I understand the unique challenges faced by women in similar situations. In 2022, my family relocated to Austin, TX, where we now call home.
I am eagerly anticipating walking alongside women in this life changing journey, witnessing Holy Spirit bring freedom and transformation in a way that only He can!

Sherrie Brown
Katy, Texas
Sherrie lives in the Houston area and is on staff at The Open Bible Academy. She also works with the Covenant Bible Institute of Theology in Mbale, Uganda.
She loves the word of God and helping others see the truth it brings them. Helping bring the Light into the lives of others is her passion, as she sees the application of all we get “in Christ” in those she works with. One by one, she gets joy in pointing people to “the more”.
Having served in decades of ministry of all ages, she is passionate about freedom in Christ. She believes knowing our true identity in Christ sets believers free to live out their calling. Helping to bring this to others is one of her favorite things to do in life!
She and her husband Greg travel often to Uganda for months at a time and love working with the people there.

Danielle Kuznetsov
Huntsville, Texas
Danielle is an ordinary woman who has been given an extraordinary life. After coming to Christ in her early 20s, the Lord sent a “spiritual mother” who re-parented her setting the stage for Danielle to be able to think critically, heal emotionally, and grow spiritually. Because of God’s grace and faithfulness to her, Danielle loves to help others connect to God’s heart for them and improve their lives.
Danielle is wife to Alex, mother of four children, and, now, Gigi to her five grandchildren. The family spent 25 years living overseas where a ministry mindset gave them a deep-rooted spirit of service and community outreach. Using her ICF PCC certification and training, combined with life experience homeschooling four children, navigating services to improve the lives of the disabled, and a growth mindset, Danielle is especially passionate about coaching young adults’ spiritual, personal, and professional lives.
Currently, Danielle lives between Texas and Wisconsin. She is completing a Supernatural Lifestyle certification with Encounter School of Ministry and her certification in Ignatian Spirituality, and Spiritual Direction through Springs Hill College. Danielle especially enjoys supporting others to develop a deep and personal life of prayer.
Virginia

Melissa Williams
Barboursville, Virginia
Melissa is a life and leadership coach, author, and the founder of A Cageless Life, a faith-based coaching practice dedicated to helping women live with purpose, freedom, and authenticity.
Her own journey to and through Promised Land Living revealed the quiet lies that had kept her caught in cycles of striving and self-reliance—and invited her into a loving, Spirit-led relationship marked by rest, trust, and deeper connection with God. That transformation brought clarity and beautifully reinforced her passion for helping others uncover the truth of who they are in Christ.
With more than 30 years of experience in corporate leadership and change management, Melissa brings both strategic insight and spiritual wisdom to her coaching. She gently walks alongside women who feel like something is missing or sense they’re meant for more—guiding them to reconnect with what matters most and step into the life God uniquely designed for them.
Melissa lives in Virginia with her husband and three dogs and finds joy in nature, meaningful conversations, and encouraging others to live more fully, freely, and faithfully.
Wisconsin

Pamela Peterson
Mason, Wisconsin
Among my many blessings are my wonderful husband, Loren, and the family God has given us. Between us, we have four children and seven grandchildren.
Ways I have been called to serve are worship and prayer, deliverance and inner healing and life coaching.
Many years were spent helping troubled youth in treatment centers and deaf/hard of hearing children as a special education teacher.
God has placed my husband and me in the Chequamegon-Nicolet Forest in northern WI on the Marango River in a newly built timber frame home. I have chickens, rabbits, two small dogs, one calico cat and four canaries.
I enjoy music, writing, quilting and painting.
Life is so beautiful that I praise Him continually.

Lori Heitrich
Wanham, Alberta, Canada
Lori’s passion and purpose are to make a difference in people’s lives, pointing them to the only real source of hope–Jesus.
As a wife, mother of three on earth and three in Heaven, grandmother, and caretaker of her elderly father, she firmly believes in the value of the ordinary moment and the domino effect we each have on the lives around us.
She is a certified grief recovery specialist, life coach, author, and speaker whose message encourages others towards hope, healing, and the realization that everyone is valuable and important in the Kingdom of God.

Reupah Philips
Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, Germany
Reupah is a dedicated Counseling Psychologist with dual Master’s degrees in Psychology and Christian Studies from India and a Doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision from the USA. She has completed her coaching credentials as a Life Coach. With extensive experience in the mental health care industry, she is passionate about helping individuals live to their fullest potential and equipping them with tools for personal growth and healing.
Reupah works closely with her church, where she plays an active role in the healing and deliverance ministry. Her recent passion has been supporting pastors and church leadership, equipping them to thrive in their roles and navigate the challenges of ministry. She also brings a wealth of experience from her involvement in seminars on marriage, parenting, premarital counseling, and youth empowerment. In addition, she has facilitated numerous Christian leadership workshops, empowering leaders to embrace their God-given potential.
A devoted mother of two, Reupah loves to travel and finds joy in exploring new places, drawing inspiration from God’s creation.
Reupah firmly believes in the transformative power of truth and prayer, embracing the promise from Scripture: “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32, NIV). She applies this belief in her practice, helping individuals discover the freedom that comes with living in alignment with God’s truth.

Kelsey Hendrix
Tbilisi, Georgia
Kelsey Hendrix is a ICF Professional Certified Coach and Professional Life and Leadership Coach for people in transition across the globe. Having lived on three continents, Kelsey has learned to thrive across cultures and through professional and personal transitions. She uses powerful coaching tools and pulls from her own experience to help others thrive along their journey. Beyond coaching, Kelsey has had a 15-year career in nursing and public health and speaks multiple languages. She and her husband, Jeff, have four boys and a dog who keep them learning and growing too.
