Mateus Porter, MA, LMFT

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Mateus Porter, MA, LMFT

Mateus Porter is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist helping student-athletes and people in the community thrive.

11/17/2025

Feeding yourself goes beyond the physical.

11/14/2025

It’s Grateful Friday! 😁 This will be an example of how simple (but powerful) gratitude can be.

Today, I’m grateful for having a warm breakfast this morning with a cup of coffee. 🥐☕️
It helped me have a good start to the day and allowed me to stay focused and energized for the meetings/tasks I had to complete.

Simple maybe, but that’s the thing about gratitude. If we pause and reflect on these “simple” moments, we can find things we didn’t notice before. Things we may be grateful for.

Try it out! 😉

11/12/2025

Awareness of what you do and why you do it can be an important step in changing things for yourself.

One small step you can take could be keeping track of new situations/relationships and noticing (and maybe journaling) what you usually do when these new things come up.

Obviously, self-sabotage can be complicated and can take time to change.

Seeking professional support around this can be exactly what you need. Search for the right person to help you out!

11/10/2025

Whether it’s high school, college, or pros, it’s hard to stop doing something you love and probably created an identity around (but you’re more than just an athlete 😉).

When grief comes, it’s normal. Feel it. What you had was real.

Also, in the case of athletes, your life isn’t over now. Now we adjust and see how we apply all the skills we’ve learned to thrive in this thing called life.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

11/07/2025

This week, I’ve been thinking about 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬. It’s Grateful Friday folks so let’s get into it!

When it comes to 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 we can see different things. For me, I’m grateful I’m able to access food, shelter, healthy people, supportive people, education, entertainment, fresh water, and healthcare when I need it. I’ve actually been able to access all these things this week.

I know there are people who don’t have access to these things or if they do they can’t just access them whenever they want.

And I’m only talking about physical access. What about folks who have physical access to, for example, mental health professionals but mentally they feel like they can’t or shouldn’t reach out for help?

Access can have layers…

So the challenge is to look at and find gratitude in the access you have to different things.

*Bonus challenge is to think about helping your neighbor (not just physical neighbor) due to the access you have.

11/04/2025

Life outside of work in October! Just a couple clips here.
Birthdays, Oktoberfest, fun with friends, dressing up, etc. 😁

11/03/2025

Yes, the leaves are changing 🍃🍂 now, but change can happen throughout the year.

What helps you feel grounded when change inevitably comes?

What helps you know that you’ll be alright?

10/31/2025

It’s a SPOOKY 👻Friday and it’s still Grateful Friday!

Right now, I’m so grateful for spaces that are fun and safe for kids. I participated in a 𝐅𝐔𝐍 Trunk-or-Treat event this past week, but it’s not just about that. It’s about the different spaces I’ve seen created for kids by my supervisees.

The folks I supervise know that if a child doesn’t feel safe or welcome in their office then doing “the work” will be very challenging.

When you see a child fully being themselves then you know you’ve created an environment where they are safe enough to do that. 😁

10/29/2025

Recognize, Regulate, and Respond.

I might’ve been all over the place here but the bottom line is 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩, 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

*You may not respond from a “happy” place. That’s important to realize here. You just won’t be happy in some situations.

10/28/2025

It’s important to set goals AND after we do that we have to come back to the present to see what our small step toward those goals look like.

Btw, your goals don’t have to be physical (losing weight, gaining weight, getting stronger, getting faster, buying a house, buying a car, etc).

Your goals can include the non physical as well (Communicating more clearly and intentionally, navigating emotions in a healthy way, expressing emotions in general, restructuring your mindset, etc).

What will be your one step today?

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http://www.mateusporter.com/

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