Andrea puts it all out there in this honest and humbling tale of survival in today’s world. Life has struggles. Being able to understand those struggles as a process and recognize what it takes to successfully recover is what stops most of us from fully enjoying the beauty life has to offer. Andrea openly shares her most personal struggles and what it finally took for her to win at life. Highly recommended for those suffering from eating disorders, addictions, or just overwhelmed and losing hope. There CAN be a light at the end of your difficult journey! -Cynthia L. (Amazon Review)
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Andrea has been a Motivational Speaker for over 30 years with experience from grade school to college level, conferences to educators, hospitals to treatment programs and spiritual environments! Her original work founded in 2001 Find Your Voice Project is the foundation for her work that followed. Her ability to adapt her talk 'Authentic Living: Owning Our Stories' to each venue is a true gift. Andrea is available to speak to many different topics around wellness, recovery and living a journey to its fullness. You won't be disappointed with her diverse ability to capture any room that she is offered through her storytelling and passion.
Andrea's powerful story of healing and recovery is truly inspirational. She is resiliency and strength personified. I'm so thankful for her willingness to practice vulnerability and speak about her lived experiences in order to ignite a torch of hope for others." |
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Past Anam Nostos House Retreats Awakening One's True Beauty & Embracing Body Wisdom Retreat, January 2018 Topsail, North Carolina Hungry Souls, Starving Spirituality Women's Retreat, January 2019 North Topsail, North Carolina Walking in Mindfulness Meditation Retreat, August 2019 Piney Creek, North Carolina 'Children of God, Are You Listening?' Women's Retreat (Private) October 2019 St. Thomas Episcopal Church Sylva, North Carolina Owning Our Stories Retreat, January 2020 North Topsail, North Carolina Mandala Visioning Workshop One Day Workshop, August 2020 Abingdon Vineyards, Abingdon, VA Finding Presence in Mindfulness One Day Retreat, September 2020 Jubilee House Retreat Center, Abingdon, VA Owning Our Stories Women's Retreat, January 2021, North Topsail, North Carolina Standing in Sacredness Retreat, November 2021 Sylva, North Carolina be still & breathe Meditation and Yoga Day Retreat May 2022 Abingdon, Va Finding Your Voice & Embracing Body Wisdom Retreat October 2022 Sylva, North Carolina Heal the Healers Retreat January 2023 Topsail Beach, North Carolina Call of the Dark Moon Retreat April 2023 Topsail, North Carolina Solstice on the River Yoga & Meditation Retreat Damascus, Va October 2023 Awakened Living Retreat Sylva, North Carolina November 2023 Heal the Healers Topsail, North Carolina January 2024 Owning Our Stories Topsail, North Carolina April 2024 Coming Home to Self Topsail, North Carolina November 2024 Becoming Topsail, North Carolina March 2025 Healers Topsail, North Carolina January 2026 |
Previous Speaking EngagementsAcalanes High School, Moraga, CA Eating Disorder Awareness Week Student Body Blue Oak School, Napa CA 6th Grade Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley CA Freshmen Health Classes Student Body Evening Parent Program College of Marin, Kentfield, CA, Communications Classes Convent of the Sacred Heart High School, San Francisco, CA, Frosh-Soph Student Body Dominican University, San Rafael, CA Student Body Eating Disorder Awareness Week Emory & Henry College, Emory VA Student Body Eating Disorder Awareness Week Drew College Preparatory, San Francisco, CA Sophomore Psychology Classes Gateway High School, San Francisco, CA Freshmen Psychology Classes Hamlin School for Girls, San Francisco, CA Seventh Grade Health Education Immaculate Heart Academy, Oro Valley, AZ 5 ,6, 7, 8th Grade Classes Julia Morgan School for Girls, Oakland, CA Eighth Grade Class La Salle High School, Yakima, WA Religion Classes McAteer High School, San Francisco, CA Freshman-Sophomore Classes Mercy Catholic High School, San Francisco, CA Mercy Catholic High School, Burlingame, CA Freshman-Sophomore Religion Classes Montera Middle School, Oakland, CA. Eighth Grade Notre Dame Belmont High School Belmont, CA Junior Class (Annual) Piedmont High School, Piedmont CA Student Body Sacred Heart College Preparatory San Francisco, CA Religion Classes San Domenico School- Upper Campus San Anselmo, CA Freshman Class (Annual) San Francisco Day School, San Francisco, CA 7th Grade Health Classes S. San Francisco High School S. San Francisco, CA 'Days of Respect' Student Body St. Gregory's Elementary School, San Mateo, CA, 6,7,8th Grades St Mary's College, Moraga, CA. Freshman Dormitories Eating Disorder Awareness Week St. Monica's High School, Santa Monica, CA, Student Body UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Student Body Eating Disorder Awareness Week University High School San Francisco, CA Sophomore Health Education Classes Urban School, San Francisco, CA, Health Classes Washington High School San Francisco, CA Frosh-Soph Class Peer Counseling |
Other AppearancesYale University, New Haven, CT Student Body Association of Professionals Treating Eating Disorders Eating Disorder Conference 2006, San Francisco, CA Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorders Association, 18-25 Project Conference, Bath University, Bath, UK thebodypositive "Alterations" Premiere, Berkeley, CA Blue Hills Health Foods Market, Abingdon, VA Feeding Our Bodies, Feeding Ourselves: Mindful Eating & Living Community Youth Center China Town, San Francisco, CA Emory & Henry College Emory, VA, Love Your Body Fair Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA "Pastoral Approaches to Recognizing Problems and Finding Paths to Recovery" Student Body International NO DIET Day 2005, 2006, San Francisco, CA International NO DIET Day 2007, Tucson, AZ Jubilee House Retreat Center Abingdon, VA Seminar Love Your Body Day 2005,2006, San Francisco, CA Love Your Body Event 2022 Wytheville Park and Rec Community, VA Mayor's Young Women's Health Conference 2005, San Francisco, CA Mirasol Eating Disorders Treatment Program, Tucson AZ 2003-2007 St. Charles Catholic Church, San Carlos, CA, Youth Confirmation Class St. Dominic's Young Adults Group, San Francisco, CA St. Mary's Hospital & St. Dominic's Church, San Francisco, CA Health Fair St. Mary's Hospital Health Fair, San Francisco, CA University of San Francisco Nursing Program Unitarian Universalist Church of the Highlands, Meadowview, VA: Diversity in Prayer 2015 Unitarian Universalist Church of the Highlands, Meadowview, VA Feeding Our Bodies, Feeding Ourselves: Living Mindfully 2018 Unitarian Universalist Church of the Highlands, Meadowview, VA 'OWNING OUR STORIES' 2023 National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2005, 2006, 2007 San Francisco, CA Voices Not Bodies Candlelight Vigil 2005 Washington DC People Need People Talk Show, Walnut Creek, CA San Francisco State University News Program, San Francisco, CA |
