Matthew Detrick
In a time when nearly 40% of students report feeling persistently sad or hopeless (CDC, 2023), today’s youth are battling more than just academics—they’re overwhelmed by pressure, plagued by self-doubt, and searching for purpose.
Matthew Detrick meets students where they are, combining faith-based insight with real-world strategies to guide them from confusion to clarity. His dynamic, interactive keynote presentations empower students to break through obstacles, silence the inner critic, and turn personal struggle into lasting strength.
With a mission to impact 1,000,000 students worldwide, Matthew inspires young people to open their hearts and lead their lives with aligned purpose—anchored in hope, resilience, and ownership.
About Matthew
Just because you made a mistake does not mean you are a mistake. Matthew Detrick learned this the hard way - and lives to tell the story.
As a promising high school athlete at the top of his conference in the Triple Jump, Matthew succumbed to the normal peer pressures of a young student, discovering raves and destructive behaviors that ultimately blew his track scholarship. With this sudden change and no direction for the future, Matthew made the pivotal decision to join the Marine Corps.
From 2000-2004, Matthew served in the Marines, away from the pressures that ended his athletic career. Just when he thought he moved past these behaviors, his deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom introduced significant emotional events that led him down yet another destructive path.
After battling on and off for years, Matthew surrendered it all to God and vowed to transcend these patterns once and for all.
He spent the next 10 years studying and applying wisdom from his certifications - Practitioner of Excellence (Strategic Intervention) and Dual Elite Neuroencoding Specialist in Coaching & Presentation (Neuroencoding Institute) - into his own life and the lives of others.
Today, Matthew is on a mission to help students gain clarity about their identity and wisdom so they can thrive from these lessons without experiencing the destructive paths. He possesses the skills to be real, raw and relatable - being that caring adult we all wish we had when we were younger. By helping your students transcend overwhelm and self doubt, he helps them cultivate a healthy self image so they can lead with aligned purpose and have the best chance at success.
Outside his professional life, Matthew enjoys being outside in Southern Oregon with his wonderful wife Tiffany and two Morkie puppies, Wyatt and Opal. He enjoys rafting, hiking, rock climbing - he even mountaineered for the first time in his life to reach 10,500 feet on Mt Shasta in California. He loves to jam to Celebrate Good Times by Kool and the Gang. One day he wants to skydive.
Matthew's Talks
I equip students and young adults with self leadership skills to transcend overwhelm and self doubt so they cultivate a healthy self image and lead with aligned purpose.
The Power of Identity:
Developing The Champion Inside
Your identity shapes everything—your choices, emotions, and future. Listen to negative voices or anxiety's lies and risk choosing a destructive path. Create an encouraging reality by developing the champion inside. Drawing from his own experiences, Matthew authentically demonstrates the fact that if you make a mistake you're not a mistake. Discover how to reboot your self-image and align with your true purpose.
Key Learning Outcomes
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Equip students with the wisdom to manage emotional states, challenge self limiting beliefs and cultivate a healthy self image to grow with purpose.
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Turn challenges into opportunities to fuel for success and overcome adversity
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Promote resilience and personal growth to foster an encouraging environment
Mastering the Mind Game:
Overcoming Negativity & Self-Doubt
Your thoughts shape your reality. What you think creates how you feel, how you feel creates what you do while what you do creates what you have – good and bad. If you make a mistake, that doesn't mean you're a mistake. What if you could eliminate the mental monster weeds before they take root?
Imagine the impact on your self image, decisions and the world around you. You will discover how to break free from the negative thinking loop, imposter syndrome, and self-doubt so you can lead with proactive proficient purpose.
Key Learning Outcomes
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Develop awareness of the behavior that drives your results and direct positive character development.
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Discover the emotional circuit breaker to stop overwhelm and self doubt in their tracks and redirect for a positive productive outcome
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Declare vision for your life using supportive actions that drive you forward for the long term
The Young People's Guide To Living A Life of Awesomeness
Are your people overwhelmed by everyone else's expectations for their life!? Are they confused about themselves and managing their emotional states!? Do they hesitate because self doubt and imposter syndrome are legit monsters causing inner turmoil!?
All commonalities shared by youth and young adults but what if there was a way to transcend the usual and live an extraordinary life?
During this voyage, Matthew will equip your people with the superpower to break free from the stinking thinking loop, develop a positive self talk propulsion machine and create the awesome leader within to lead with proactive proficient purpose.
Key Learning Outcomes
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Discover the emotional circuit breaker to stop negative thinking in its tracks then move towards your desired outcome
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Catapult your results to go further, faster with the combined power of mentors, modeling and mental movies to make your vision your reality
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Develop leadership skills through active listening and empathetic communication, enabling students to support peers and cultivate a culture of understanding.
Let's Connect
Just because you made a mistake does not mean you are a mistake. Matthew Detrick learned this the hard way - and lives to tell the story.
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