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Michelle Layne
Founder | Pastor | Educator | Chaplain | Author | Coach

With over 30 years of ministry leadership, 30 years in education, and advanced training in trauma-informed care, neurodiversity, coaching, and emotional wellness, I have dedicated my life to helping individuals heal, grow, and thrive. As an Ordained Pastor, retired educator, Chaplain, Certified Transformational and Spiritual Life Coach, author, and Pastoral Care Counselor at the Family Peace Center of Rockford, IL, I support individuals navigating trauma, crisis, life transitions, and personal development. Through Manifest Destiny Ministries International, I currently offer online counseling, pastoral care, and coaching services. Destiny Cares Resilience & Empowerment Collective represents the next step in this lifelong mission—integrating spiritual care, emotional wellness, vocational training, and community-based programs. Our expanded facility is scheduled to open in 2026.


Credentials:

  • Ordained Pastor

  • Pastoral Care Counselor – Family Peace Center, Rockford, IL

  • International Association of Chaplains

  • Retired Educator

  • BA in Education

  • Certified Teacher for Individuals With Disabilities

  • Specialist in Neurological & Perceptual Impairments

  • Certified Transformational Life Coach

  • Certified Spiritual Life Coach

  • Certified Neurodiversity Coach

  • ADHD Coach Certification

  • Neuroplasticity Practitioner

  • Positive Psychology Practitioner

  • Grief Coach

  • Author

Skills:

  • Trauma-Informed Care

  • Chaplaincy

  • Pastoral Counseling

  • Emotional-Wellness Coaching

  • Neurodiversity Support

  • ADHD Coaching

  • Crisis Intervention

  • Life-Skills Training

  • Vocational Readiness

  • Spiritual Leadership

  • Community Outreach

  • Educational Leadership

  • Nonprofit Development

  • Program Management

  • Grief Support

  • Conflict Resolution

  • Public Speaking

  • Faith-Based Mentoring

"Drawing on decades of experience as a pastor, educator, author, and trauma-informed coach, our Founder provides compassionate, knowledgeable leadership rooted in service, integrity, and community care…"

Founder’s Message

Welcome to Destiny Cares Resilience and Empowerment Collective.

 

For more than three decades, I have witnessed the deep need for spaces where people can heal, be supported, and be given real opportunities to rebuild their lives. I created Destiny Cares REC because individuals and families deserve more than temporary help—they deserve long term pathways to hope, stability, and purpose.

 

Our work is rooted in compassion, faith, and a deep belief that every person carries potential waiting to be unlocked. Through trauma informed support, emotional wellness services, vocational training, life skills education, and pastoral care, we walk alongside those who are rebuilding their stories. We meet people where they are, honor their dignity, and help them rise.


As we prepare to expand into our full facility in 2026, I invite you to join us—whether as a participant, supporter, partner, volunteer, or friend of this mission. Together, we can transform pain into progress, adversity into empowerment, and dreams into reality.

 

Thank you for being part of this vision.

 

With compassion and purpose,


Michelle Layne

Founder, Destiny Cares REC