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The Mindfulness Counselor

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About Matt

My life’s work is to help people build full lives they can be fully present within. I use science, story, and practice to make modern behavior science fun, accessible, and real. 

In my life, mindfulness became an essential tool for helping me navigate through challenges with ADHD, anxiety, depression, addiction, and suicidal ideation.

 

As a school counselor, I built a relationship-centered, mindfulness-based, and values-driven counseling program that served as a driver for transforming our school culture, empowering us to become needs-focused and trust-filled.

 

As a mental health counselor, I've worked with clients as young as four and as old as eighty-four who have struggled with trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and burnout.

 

As a business coach and entrepreneur I've helped businesses from preschools to software sales companies design collaboration systems that empower sustainable performance and organizational mindfulness. 

My work is rooted in Empowered Wellbeing Theory, which means that I work to expand our world's ability to create systems that empower people to show up as their whole selves, connect, and do things that matter well. 

 

TheMindfulnessCounselor is a space for anyone who wants those kinds of systems in their life or this world. 

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Services

Individual Mindfulness Coaching 

Team Trainings & Event Speaking

Services

Mindfulness is nonjudgmental awareness of your present moment experience. Simple, but not easy. Coaching can help. 

  • Understand Key Performance Science

  • Optimize Workplace Culture

  • Improve Employee Retention

  • Enhance Team Innovation

  • Learn Systems For Supporting Employee Wellness

  • Develop Mindfulness-Based Burnout Prevention

  • Expand Understanding of Accountability Systems

Message me, let's set a time to talk! 

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School Kids Meditating

This video was produced by Hanover County Public Schools as part of their "I Can" campaign. 

“Mindfulness practice builds foundational skills that all of our children need to navigate the world.”

- Matt Shenker

Testimonials

Testimonials

"...Matt's passion for mindfulness is contagious. He always manages to turn a complicated concept into something tangible and simple to implement. Lastly, Matt's speaking style is relatable, hilarious, and engaging; I could listen to him for hours. Matt gets it, and has a gentle way of helping other people get it, too..." 
 

Julia V. Taylor, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor, University of Virginia

School of Education and Human Services, Counselor Education Program

Contact Matt

Are you ready to learn more about building systems that empower people to live fuller lives? Message me. 

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