Paula R. Eder

Paula R. Eder, 81, of Francestown, New Hampshire, passed away peacefully at home on July 24, 2025, held in love and grace.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Samuel and Rose Eder, Paula was a deeply curious soul from the very beginning- a thinker, a feeler, a trailblazer. Paula lived a life of deep purpose, spiritual curiosity, and unwavering authenticity. With a heart equal parts fierce and tender, she dedicated her life to guiding others towards clarity, transformation, and healing.

An accomplished educator, therapist, author, and mentor, Paula held a Doctorate in Early Childhood Education from UC Berkley, as well as degrees from the University of Michigan. Her early career included work as a teacher, counselor, and associate professor, but it was her decades-long private practice in Francestown where she pioneered her signature Heart-Based Time Management system, which helped thousands of people align their time with their deepest values. She empowered heart-based entrepreneurs, creatives, and seekers to not just manage their time, but reclaim it.

For over 40 years, Paula ran a thriving international coaching practice. Her blog, The Time Finder, and her Finding Time Success Kit offered insight into how time can become not a burden, but a gateway to freedom and fulfillment, as she once wrote, “Time holds the most profound and most mundane moments simultaneously”.

Paula found profound joy in the arts. She moved through life with a dancer’s grace, a poet’s heart, and a musician’s soul. A lifelong lover of modern dance and ballet, she spent her summers as a child at Interlochen and carried the spirit of expression into everything she did. She played and recorded original piano compositions, embracing the quiet intimacy of music as both mediation and a gift. Poetry was a reflection of how she saw the world, layered, honest, and luminous.

Paula is survived by her husband of over 50 years, Christopher Linell, and their son, Aaron Eder-Linell, and his wife, Rebecca. Her legacy also lives on through her grandchildren, Madalynn, Liam, and Peyton, who lit up her world. Paula’s life was boundlessly generous. Her strength, brilliance, and grace were only matched by her willingness to meet people exactly where they were and help them grow.

The family would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to Sandy, Kay, Amy, and Liz of the Home Healthcare Hospice team, whose compassion and care were invaluable to Paula’s final weeks.

In every life she touched, Paula offered the same unwavering truth: “The obstacle is where the miracle happens.” To know Paula was to know love. She believed that fear could be a teacher, that time could be a doorway, and that love, above all, was life’s greatest offering.

At her request, no services will be held. Instead, those wishing to honor Paula are encouraged warmly to make donations to Planned Parenthood or the ACLU, organizations she championed throughout her life.