Andrea Mathews

Andrea Mathews is a psychotherapist, writer, and teacher whose work centers on authenticity and the difference between inner conviction and inherited expectations. Letting Go of Good asks why performing an approved version of goodness can separate a person from honest motives, emotions, and values. Llewellyn published it with the expanded title Letting Go of Good: Dispel the Myth of Goodness to Find Your Genuine Self and an introductory contribution from Thomas Moore. Mathews draws on decades of clinical practice while presenting the work as an inquiry into identity rather than a list of rules. Her related writing and radio conversations return to spirituality, self-understanding, and the effort to live from a more coherent sense of self.