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Anxiety no longer gets to control your life. Being a survivor of trauma no longer has to hold you back. You Can Do It, You Can Live Free from the Grip of Anxiety and Free from Your Past.
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As Your Coach, I’ll Be With You,
Every Step of the Way
What better way to start the journey of taking back what’s been stolen from you, than to work with a trauma-informed coach, who knows what it means to be a survivor, and knows what it means to be stuck with anxiety, and finally break free!
Weekly Podcast
Listen each week as I talk with Certified Coaches, Licensed Clinicians, and Amazing Advocates who are using the power of their story and their work, to help inspire and encourage you.
Daily Recovery Support
Daily, interactive, group calls on topics such as anxiety, healthy boundaries, eating disorders, life skills, self-care, dissociation, and much more! In collaboration with CPTSDfoundation.org
Anxiety Coaching
Working together to help unlock the power that’s already inside you, so you can overcome the anxiety that’s ruling your life and break free from the debilitating and helpless feeling that’s been holding you back.
Trauma Recovery
We start with where you are right now, taking into account how trauma affects your daily life, and work towards helping you achieve your goals, feeling empowered, and living free from your past.
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Serving Clinicians, Coaches, Advocates, and the Mental Health community with web design services, podcast editing, and social media images to help promote your online presence effectively.
What’s Shakin, Great to Meet You!
Matthew Pappas, CLC, MPNLP
Hey, this is Matt! I’m so glad you stopped by to check things out, and learn more about working with me as your Coach.
As a Certified Life Coach & NLP Master Practitioner, as well as a Blogger, Podcaster, and Advocate, I’ve made it my mission in life to help people just like you discover their true, authentic self, regardless of their past. To retake their life by kicking anxiety to the curb and moving forward with a renewed sense of peace and confidence.
I’m not your typical coach, I take a fresh approach to our time together and see things differently than you might be used to, or expecting. A way that makes the changes you want to implement seem not so intimidating, and a way that helps you to feel empowered and encouraged every day.
That’s the basics, so click down there if there you’d like to learn a bit more … (go for it!)
Start Fresh, It’s Never Too Late
Anxiety Kicking Empowerment!
Self Exploration and Discovery
See the Possibilities, Not the Dread
Breaking Free from Your Traumatic Past
Figure Out Where You're Headed
Learn & Enforce Healthy Boundaries
Move Past Those Pesky Blocks
Look at yourself in a new way, free from negativity
Focus & Live Mindfully, in the Moment
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Written from my experiences in learning how to grieve my lost childhood and lost innocence as a survivor of childhood trauma, Surviving Grief takes you through the process in a personal way that is validating and offers hope for even the most troubling of circumstances.
The grieving process can be discouraging, confusing, and disheartening. For abuse survivors, grieving a traumatic past brings up an endless supply of emotions that can be difficult to sit with and work through.
Each stage brings it’s own unique set of challenges, but also an opportunity for self-compassion and growth. I created this resource for you, Friend. What you are experiencing is real, but that doesn’t mean that all Hope is lost.
After completing therapy I knew I needed support but of a different kind. A Life Coach seemed like the next step. I was hesitant at first, not sure what to expect.
Matt made it easy. His relaxed demeanour made him easy to talk to and his patience was appreciated. He made me feel heard and validated. He gave me hope. He provided a listening ear and posed questions that helped me reflect and find the answers within myself.
I am grateful for the coaching I received from Matt at Beyond Your Past and I can see the outcome of our time together making a difference in my life.”
Lynn S.Matt speaks about difficult, stigmatized topics with warmth and keen insight that lets clients and podcast listeners know they’re in good hands. As someone who began his healing journey long after the traumatic events of his childhood and early adolescence, I know that Matt’s voice and his story will resonate with so many people out there feeling lost.
Matt’s first hand understanding of trauma and anxiety allows him to relate to people at any point on their own healing journey. The evolution of his blog into a full-blown advocacy website is proof of his passion and commitment to helping others. I look forward to more collaborations with him in the future.
Beth Rogerson
NLP Basics: Intentionally Dissociate to Gain Perspective, Help with Anxiety
If you think about the word, "dissociate", what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Maybe it's nothing more than just wondering what that means exactly, so you hit up Google to find out. Or, if you are a survivor of trauma, it may conjure up fear, confusion,...
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NLP Basics: Strategies for Dealing with your Inner Critic
The inner critic, that little nagging voice (or perhaps bullying voice) in our head that loves to do everything it can to demean us, steal our joy, minimize accomplishments, and generally keep us from ever feeling good about who we are and what we're doing. Psychology...
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Sustainable Life Satisfaction, with Dr. Jennifer Guttman
One of the big things that so many of us seek in life is simply the desire to feel good, to feel happy. We want that feeling of being totally relaxed, not a care in the world...or the high of something exhilarating that gives you such a rush of being on top of the...
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