CoachDrew.ca is the faith-based healing destination for parents, families and communities committed to learning and growing together successfully in Christ-centred peace and harmony.
Ready to build life skills and lead with purpose?
Explore and engage with life-changing tools and resources designed to elevate and equip individuals and groups with the essential communication skills needed to successfully listen, love, learn and lead with love-centred confidence, emotional intelligence, compassion and purpose.
CoachDrew.ca is the faith-based healing destination for parents, families and communities committed to learning and growing together successfully in Christ-centred peace and harmony.
For over 2 decades Dr. Andrew L. Blackwood, affectionately known as "Coach Drew"—the Healing Communication Coach—has been connecting deeply with individuals, parents and teens to support their growth and healing through individual and group counselling, coaching, workshops, and a wide range of guest appearances in the media and across North America.
Coach Drew's ability to engage and bring clarity to the complex challenges of healing in relationships has set him apart as a true facilitator of change, subject matter expert, and well sought after guest speaker for television and media groups including 100 Huntley Street and 700 Club Canada and The Perspective with Mike Sherbino.
His desire to deeply impact relationship culture around the world has culminated in the launch of the life-changing faith-based communication courses and resources shared on CoachDrew.ca, is reflected in his ground-breaking book The Art of a Genuine Apology, and is lived personally everyday as he continues to learn, heal, and grow in his most prized relationships—with his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, his beautiful wife and daughters, family, friends and global community.
"I know anxiety and trauma from the inside out. Being bullied, witnessing acts of violence, and fearing punishment of all kinds kept me silent for a long time.
Anxious, scared, sad, and unsure are emotions that dominated my childhood. I was the smart kid who showed a lot of promise but kept my fears inside.
Growing up in church, being talented, athletic, and well-liked by most didn't stop my silent fears from turning into depression as a self-loathing teen. I played it safe as best as possible, but still had a hard time making decisions and living life courageously.
Yet out of these struggles came hope, strength and change. It was this journey from insecurity and sadness to confidence and joy that enabled me to journey with others with greater insight and compassion.
Things are much, much different now. I am a husband, father, inspirational speaker, life coach, and community leader. It feels good to be free—free to speak, to write, to laugh, to cry, to care, to live.
Helping others live freely and without fear—this is what I do today and I am grateful for every page of my story that brought me here to this moment now."
"We were all created to live confidently and with great joy! Each tragedy that unfolds in our world presents an opportunity for us to respond with compassion, strength, and love. However, most of us are slow to respond, if we respond at all, because we are burdened with our own fears and unaddressed emotional wounds.
If everyone in the world was able to address emotional pain with care and competence—their own pain and the pain of their loved ones—we would heal sooner and stop passing our pain to the next generation. If we practiced healthy and healing communication, much of the tragedy we see on the news, in the streets, and in our homes would be replaced with patience, understanding, and true peace.
This is what inspired the vision to launch CoachDrew.ca as the faith-based healing destination for parents, families and communities committed to learning and growing together successfully in Christ-centred peace and harmony.
Ready to build life skills and lead with purpose?
Explore and engage with our life-changing tools and resources designed to elevate individuals and groups with the essential communication skills needed to successfully listen, love, learn and lead with love-centred confidence, emotional intelligence, compassion and purpose."
"Despite my challenges with anxiety, I've been helping people all of my life. As a child, people confided in me. As a teen, I counselled kids at camp. Helping people is my assignment and calling.
While my roles have changed over the years, my purpose hasn't. I've served in virtually every setting imaginable—from youth detention centres to family living rooms.
To date, all of these life experiences along with my formal education prepared me for my most meaningful and challenging role— fatherhood—in a way that I could have never anticipated.
My intimate understanding of worry and fear is helping me to cultivate calm and confidence in myself and now also in my children. This is the greatest gift I could give to them; and its my joy to share this gift globally with parents, families, community leaders, and congregations."
Shared with love, now and always,
Dr. Andrew L. Blackwood
CoachDrew.ca
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