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Chantel Mathson
Chantel Mathson is a consultant, trainer and motivational speaker that's full of heart and she's traveled the country inspiring others in the areas of leadership marketing, teamwork and identifying and using their gifts and the power of positive communication. She offers Bible study retreats, workshops and seminars and she's full of joy and enthusiasm which she loves to spread around. She's also the CEO for Inspirational, Inc. and founder of Tea with Chantel, trainings and workshops where she inspires people to live their lives with purpose and passion. She is a professor at Truckee Meadows Community College where she teaches marketing, leadership and communication and Chantel shares her heart and her home with her husband, three kids and two dogs in Nevada.
She loves traveling, public speaking meeting new people and actively seeks opportunities to serve others in every task she takes on in every challenge. God gives her strength and she tries to do everything with all her heart. She is always ready for a cup of tea and a true connection and Chantel has always believed that it starts with a cup of tea and turns into a community. A Conversation with Chantel Mathson So, let's just get right into it. Tell us about your business and the type of people that you're helping. Absolutely, and thanks for having me. T. Allen, it's always a pleasure to get to connect with you and your audience as well, so I appreciate being part of the magazine.
Chantel Mathson presenting at Speak like a Champion Tour Notre Dame
You know, Inspirational, Inc. is kind of the umbrella company for the ministries I oversee. My passion is helping others to find their gifts and talents their “calling” so to speak and then giving them the tools to follow that calling with purpose and passion and kind of become a difference maker. My main ministry is called Tea with Chantel and, as you said, I think it starts with a cup of tea and grows into a community. Basically, it means that when we invest in a person and get to know them one on one we create relationships and then one cup of tea turns into another and pretty soon we have a community. Community, I think, is really important for our success. I think people thrive and become difference makers in the community, we need to surround ourselves with others and serve others. I serve others in about five different communities through speaking, and consulting and workshops. The first is the military community of course and as a military wife I have moved, lived and traveled all over the country so I have a passion and a heart for it. I love to serve that community. My second community is moms and I have three kids. My oldest just turned 14 a week ago, and I have a 10-year-old and a 5-year-old.
So, kind of spread out, and I love to serve moms at all levels. But, currently, I've been working with a lot of mom’s in the middle of motherhood that are with schoolage kids trying to find their career and find their purpose and passion as their kids move on to different endeavors. I do this through life and career coaching. And, I just love serving that community. The third community is the education community. I am a Professor in the Communication and Business department. I do a lot of speaker training symposiums and success seminars. I enjoy that avenue. The fourth community is the youth community and this I believe is really an underserved community. I have a heart for pouring into the youth and really helping them find who they're going to be, what their passion and purpose is. You know this is our future and we really need to invest in our youth. So, I love serving that community. The final community is business professionals who would like to find their authentic voice. I am a speech coach.
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Chantel Mathson and Legendary Businessman Jim Connelly "The Mayor of Notre Dame" and event host T. Allen Hanes at Speak like a Champion Tour Notre Dame
How did you get started doing this? How did you catch the bug?
We have traveled and moved all over this country. My mom and I used to have huge beautiful tea parties and it I've been speaking since I was a kid so was a time of connection in a place that kind of just happened. I started where I felt safe and loved. When we speaking following my mom around moved and I was feeling so lonely, I who was the Director for the Muscular realized that if I was lonely there were Dystrophy Association and started to probably a few other lonely people or do presentations when I was little. One lonely wives that would be in that time she was unable to speak and I military community. When we first kind of tugged on her and said, “I'll do moved, my husband was getting ready it.” I was maybe 6 or 7 and spoke to a to deploy and I realized there's about group of 500 educators. I didn't know it 35,000 troops that were going to deploy. was scary. I just started doing it. I got So, I thought there might be a few the passion right away and I was too lonely wives and I decided I was the young to know that it was a scary solution and that if I was lonely, I could thing. I've always been doing it and help somebody else. using that skill to touch lives and spread joy and encourage people. That if I connected with them, I wouldn't I love helping others find their voice as be lonely, and they wouldn't either. a speech coach. That's where the idea came from that “it The team ministry came about starts with a cup of tea and grows into a organically. I have moved 12 times as community” a military spouse.
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To read the entire interview and to connect with Chantel and to find out more about her you can go here. WEBSITE: www.teawithchantel.com EMAIL: teawithchantel@yahoo.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/teawithchantel/ PHONE: 801.712.7381 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ teawithchantel/
Chantel Mathson is a featured author in Mission Critical available on Amazon.com