
Working with a trained, professional life coach can be life changing!
Stressed, living in fear, unfulfilled & can't move forward?
If you're ready to grow in new ways, & rediscover what brings you joy, coaching can help.
Through life coaching, you can get clarity, new perspectives, and the confidence to create lasting change in your life.
Tired of the same inner monologue of 'I'm not enough' & "what ifs"?
If you are ready to flip the script, embrace a new, empowering mindset, you're in the right place.
Mindset coaching helps you let go of old, limiting beliefs & unhelpful patterns. Let's rewrite your story together!
Going through change or looking for a new path forward?
At a crossroads in your life or career, and don't know where to start? Let's figure it out together.
Life coaching can help you trust yourself again, choose a new path to move through uncertainty with clarity & purpose.
About Me
Hi, I’m Laura Haywood - a certified life coach, former therapist, and champion for meaningful, intentional change.
I'm a former therapist, trained at the University of Cambridge, U.K. and I spent 10 years helping clients navigate their emotional challenges.
After moving to the U.S., I realized coaching was a 'thing', focusing more on change, empowerment and forward movement. I retrained in Raleigh and became a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). I have been working as a coach for over 8 years in Raleigh, NC & around the US. The core of how I work today is with deep presence, compassionate honesty and a belief in every person’s potential for growth (with a sprinkle of English humor).
I’m also an ICF mentor coach and faculty member for an ICF-accredited coach program, training and supporting new coaches as they become the next generation of coaches.
My approach blends the depth of therapeutic understanding with the forward-focused energy of coaching. Whether you're feeling stuck, struggling with confidence and self-doubt or feel like you should have everything figured out by now, I’m here to walk alongside you. Let's figure it out together!
When I’m not coaching, you’ll find me out in nature, enjoying cups of tea, spending time with my husband and friends, and relaxing with our two retired greyhounds (not all at the same time).
Rooted in Therapy, Powered by Coaching, Focused on You!
- Laura Haywood

Meet Laura Haywood, Life Coach, Raleigh
I had such a wonderful experience with Laura! After years of working with only a therapist, it was such a breath of fresh air finding Laura.
- Coaching client, Raleigh NC