Andrea Mathews, LPC, NCC

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Andrea Mathews, LPC, NCC Andrea Mathews is a psychotherapist, a writer, a speaker.

Andrea Mathews is a psychotherapist, a writer and a speaker whose unique brand of doing all three brings one central focus: Authenticity. For example, her consultations and executive coaching efforts assist upper managers with Authentic Leadership, and her Effective Communication presentations teach participants how to communicate from the Authentic Self. Her inspirational and motivational topics all direct participants to their own authenticity, so that they may find inner wings and learn to fly. Her books teach readers how to live authentically from both a psychological and spiritual base, and in her Psychotherapy practice she assists her clients in finding and living the Authentic Self. She has over 24 years experience as a Professional Trainer and Motivational Speaker, having come from both a clinical and a management background. Commonly selected topics in Corporate Training include: Stress Management, Leadership Development (Authentic Leadership), Team Development, Conflict Resolution, Effective Communication, Personality Types and Teams, Diversity Training, Talent Management and more—all designed to meet the needs of your organization. Commonly selected Motivational and Inspirational Topics include: Authentic Living, Authentic Relationships, Raising Your Flag, Living Your Dream, Metamorphosis, The Mystic Journey and more. As an NBCC approved provider of Continuing Education, Andrea also provides a Home Study, entitled "The Soul of Therapy," for 21 contact hours and offers training in several different topics of Counselor Education. With almost 30 years experience in the Mental Health/Human Services field providing and supervising others in the provision of therapy, Andrea Mathews provides therapy to adults and adolescents, families and couples,for a wide variety of diagnoses and issues, including supportive therapy for alternative relationships and GLBT issues.

11/03/2026

Forgiveness is a grief process that, like grief, continues through acceptance. It does NOT mean inviting toxicity back into your life.

Yes!
11/01/2026

Yes!

Anne Carson: The Point is to Tell Your Story—

Living in quiet dissonance with your true self creates an internal burden that gradually erodes personal peace.

The need for absolute candor builds within, seeking an outlet regardless of whether anyone else is there to listen or understand.

Anne Carson captures this truth when she wrote: “If you are not the free person you want to be, you must find a place to tell the truth about that.”

When expression is freed from the demand for an audience, the act of honesty becomes its own quiet sanctuary.

Reclaiming personal agency does not depend on external validation, but on the willingness to acknowledge reality as it is.

Giving form to your internal landscape restores clarity and anchors an enduring sense of sovereignty.

Anne Carson is an acclaimed Canadian poet, essayist, and translator known for her innovative blending of classical literature, personal reflection, and profound explorations of human emotion.

Just recently, Carson won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her bold and inventive body of work.

Thank you Edd Wayne:
11/01/2026

Thank you Edd Wayne:

In this article:  How Do I Become the REAL Me?
10/27/2026

In this article: How Do I Become the REAL Me?

The single most important, impactful, question we will ever ask is, “Who am I?” Generally speaking, however, we are not taught how to answer that question.

10/21/2026

Stop trying to figure out why they treat you that way. They are not showing you who you are. They are showing you who they are.

10/16/2026
If you want better mental health:1. You don’t have to tell everything hoping this time they’ll listen and hear you.2. St...
10/16/2026

If you want better mental health:

1. You don’t have to tell everything hoping this time they’ll listen and hear you.
2. Stop explaining yourself to people who are determined to misunderstand.
3. Notice who you become around certain people.
4. Count the cost BEFORE you say “yes.”
5. Notice what is allowed access to your soul. Guard that door with your growth.
6. Let tomorrow come tomorrow not today.
7. Find and treasure at least one person who will always tell you the truth.
8. Pay attention to what your body is saying to you. It speaks volumes if only you will listen.

THIS!!!
10/11/2026

THIS!!!

"You are not your age,
Nor the size of clothes you wear, You are not a weight, Or the colour of your hair.
You are not your name, Or the dimples in your cheeks, You are all the books you read, And all the words you speak, You are your croaky morning voice, And the smiles you try to hide, You're the sweetness in your laughter, And every tear you've cried,
You're the songs you sing so loudly, When you know you're all alone,
You're the places that you've been to, And the one that you call home, You're the things that you believe in, And the people that you love, You're the photos in your bedroom, And the future you dream of, You're made of so much beauty,
But it seems that you forgot, When you decided that you were defined,
By all the things you're not... "
Erin Hanson - Not.

Vojtěch Preissig - Young Woman Dreaming/ Meditation, 1873-1944.

07/30/2026

If you are doing all the work, bridging all the gaps, aren’t you really the only one in the relationship?

05/09/2026

Guilt was never meant to run your life. It was not meant to make your decisions. Guilt does not grow things, it shrinks them.

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