Linda Larson Schlitz

Drug addicted, alcoholic and suicidal at 21, Linda was going to end it all until a 16-year-old girl told her that God had a purpose for her life and now, 47 years later, Linda has been a licensed counselor for over 30 years and is an international best-selling author, and award winning speaker, and life coach bringing transformation to broken lives.

Linda has trained professionals across the globe including the chief judges in the state of Wisconsin to help them learn how to better understand and cope with stress, mental illness, and substance abuse and how to help others do the same.

Linda has been a founder of several organizations helping homeless veterans, criminal offenders, substance abusers and mentally ill people in Wisconsin and beyond. She is the owner and CEO of Purpose Driven Recovery Academy LLC , her new education and training school and Faucet of HOPE Ministries LLC her professional counseling and consulting company.

Linda believes that every single human being is an unforgettable, irreplaceable asset to the world and we just need to know how to tap into their unique offerings to find common ground and change the world as we become Faucets of HOPE to those dying of thirst.