Dear Friend of Coaching: Life Matters, I hope that this finds you and your loved ones safe and well. What a journey this year has been for all of us! Perhaps you’ve felt the same as me? I’ve experienced moments of great hopefulness and other moments of discouragement as I’ve navigated through this year. Regardless […]
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Our Story
Coaching: Life Matters is a registered 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization committed to removing barriers to healthy relationships. Terry S. Smith currently serves as the Founder and President of Coaching: Life Matters. His own life experiences led him into the life-coaching field where he and his team specialize in offering services for individuals, couples, veterans and executives who feel stuck in their journey.
Terry’s personal quest for answers and his desire to help others led him to a Masters in Counseling, a Masters of Theology, and a Doctorate in Personality, Religion, and Culture from Boston University. Terry served ten years teaching and counseling on the University campus, ten years counseling and teaching in metropolitan Boston, and five years directing a counseling center. Terry also worked at Harding University and the University of Memphis.
Terry lives in Nashville, Tennessee and has been married to Charlotte Burkett Smith since 1965. In August of 2015, they celebrated 50 years of marriage. Together, they have four daughters and twelve grandchildren, and provide premarital and marital enrichment coaching for couples seeking to overcome and grow through the obstacles that commonly occur within marriage.
