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Small steps. Bold moves. Limitless potential.

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Live WelL

Modern therapy and coaching

Welcome to The Empowerment Edit

Hi, I’m Andrea – a licensed therapist, certified coach, and passionate advocate for women who want to achieve more, stress less, and feel truly confident in their personal and professional lives. My mission is to help women like you break through barriers, rediscover your strengths, and create a life that feels aligned with your values, goals, and unique talents. Whether you’re navigating a career pivot, seeking clarity on your next steps, or striving to lead with confidence, I’m here to guide you every step of the way.

At The Empowerment Edit, I offer tailored coaching and counseling services designed to meet your unique needs. My career coaching programs help professionals and entrepreneurs gain clarity on their direction, develop strategies for success, and build the confidence needed to thrive. For leaders, my executive and leadership coaching focuses on unlocking your potential, refining your leadership style, and driving meaningful impact in your organization. Additionally, I offer personal coaching to support you in navigating life transitions, overcoming challenges, and achieving your goals with resilience and purpose.

With a background in both psychotherapy and coaching, I bring a unique blend of expertise, empathy, and evidence-based strategies to every session. Whether you’re seeking a safe space to work through challenges or a results-driven framework to achieve your aspirations, you’ll find support here. Together, we’ll uncover what truly lights you up, align your actions with your vision, and create lasting transformation.

You don’t have to do it alone. Let’s work together to design a life and career that feels aligned, authentic, and fulfilling. Explore my services or schedule a consultation today to take the first step toward your next chapter.

Career, Confidence & Wellbeing Counselling

Clarity for your next chapter. Confidence for what's ahead.

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Introducing

Are you an ambitious woman juggling career, motherhood and the pressure to do it all in today's world?

It’s no wonder you feel stressed, overwhelmed, or stuck. Whether it’s workplace stress, family-guilt, or the quiet ache of burnout, you don’t have to figure it out alone. I’m Andrea Laurie, licensed therapist and certified coach, and I help women like you move from stress and self-doubt into clarity, confidence, and fulfillment. With a unique blend of counselling and career coaching, I guide you to manage stress, set boundaries, and rediscover what truly lights you up — at work, at home, and within yourself. Because you deserve more than just coping — you deserve to thrive.
Empowered to Live well

Coaching for Career and Life Success

At Live Well, I offer tailored coaching and counselling services designed to meet your unique needs. My career coaching programs help professionals and entrepreneurs gain clarity on their direction, develop strategies for success, and build the confidence needed to thrive.

Refine, Lead, Succeed

Lead with Confidence, Live with Purpose

For leaders, my executive and leadership coaching focuses on unlocking your potential, refining your leadership style, and driving meaningful impact in your organization. Additionally, I offer personal coaching to support you in navigating life transitions, overcoming challenges, and achieving your goals with resilience and purpose.

Working with Andrea changed everything!

I needed someone to help me uncover my purpose and push through my mental barriers. Andrea’s unique background of counselling, coaching, and teaching was exactly the right fit for me. Through thought provoking conversation, soul searching exercises and drawing attention to details in my life story, Andrea has helped reveal how I can make a difference and serve with passion."

Jennifer Bonnevie
Training Executive, Halifax
Andrea is like a breath of fresh air

She is fun to work with and extremely intelligent and knowledgeable. Since I began working with Andrea, my business has had a 43% increase in sales revenue. Andrea inspires me to look outside of the box and create new opportunities for my business.

Working with her has motivated me to grow and better myself by learning new skills and ideas to apply to my life and business. Andrea has no time for negative thoughts and only resonates with positive outcomes. She is very kind and caring as well."

Bernard Arsenault
President, Reliable Power Systems Inc
Thank You For The “Kick Start” Andrea!

I recently worked with Andrea and she has been an excellent source of information, guidance and encouragement. Andrea helped me make the decision to leave a 12-year career that no longer brought meaning or enjoyment to my life.

I am now in the process of starting my own business."

Melanie Macfarlane
Entrepreneur, Chester NS
Andrea Has A Presence And Awareness Unlike Anyone Else I've Met.

I had the opportunity to work with Andrea Laurie during private mastermind events where she has shared her insights and suggestions about my personal and business goals. If you are ready for the challenge of personal, career, and business development, Andrea is a wonderful sounding board and inspiring guide who will lead you to your best life. I do not hesitate in recommending her as a personal or professional coach."

Catherine Crosbie
Founder and CEO, Body Works Med Spa & Wellness
Andrea is one of the most dynamic coaches.

Andrea is one of the most dynamic coaches. She helped my team understand complex concepts and how the internal team dynamic influences our opportunities and challenges. This workshop resulted in improved communication throughout our team and deeper understanding of the overall goals of the company. Andrea's enthusiasm and dedication to coaching is evident in her delivery and presentation."

Mark Hobbs
CEO, Fundmetric
Working with Andrea changed everything!

I needed someone to help me uncover my purpose and push through my mental barriers. Andrea’s unique background of counselling, coaching, and teaching was exactly the right fit for me. Through thought provoking conversation, soul searching exercises and drawing attention to details in my life story, Andrea has helped reveal how I can make a difference and serve with passion."

Jennifer Bonnevie
Training Executive, Halifax
Andrea is like a breath of fresh air

She is fun to work with and extremely intelligent and knowledgeable. Since I began working with Andrea, my business has had a 43% increase in sales revenue. Andrea inspires me to look outside of the box and create new opportunities for my business.

Working with her has motivated me to grow and better myself by learning new skills and ideas to apply to my life and business. Andrea has no time for negative thoughts and only resonates with positive outcomes. She is very kind and caring as well."

Bernard Arsenault
President, Reliable Power Systems Inc
Thank You For The “Kick Start” Andrea!

I recently worked with Andrea and she has been an excellent source of information, guidance and encouragement. Andrea helped me make the decision to leave a 12-year career that no longer brought meaning or enjoyment to my life.

I am now in the process of starting my own business."

Melanie Macfarlane
Entrepreneur, Chester NS
Andrea Has A Presence And Awareness Unlike Anyone Else I've Met.

I had the opportunity to work with Andrea Laurie during private mastermind events where she has shared her insights and suggestions about my personal and business goals. If you are ready for the challenge of personal, career, and business development, Andrea is a wonderful sounding board and inspiring guide who will lead you to your best life. I do not hesitate in recommending her as a personal or professional coach."

Catherine Crosbie
Founder and CEO, Body Works Med Spa & Wellness
Andrea is one of the most dynamic coaches.

Andrea is one of the most dynamic coaches. She helped my team understand complex concepts and how the internal team dynamic influences our opportunities and challenges. This workshop resulted in improved communication throughout our team and deeper understanding of the overall goals of the company. Andrea's enthusiasm and dedication to coaching is evident in her delivery and presentation."

Mark Hobbs
CEO, Fundmetric
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With a background in both psychotherapy and coaching, I bring a unique blend of expertise, empathy, and evidence-based strategies to every session. Whether you’re seeking a safe space to work through challenges or a results-driven framework to achieve your aspirations, you’ll find support here. Together, we’ll uncover what truly lights you up, align your actions with your vision, and create lasting transformation.

Mindset

Let’s Talk About Making Decisions!

Do you find yourself overthinking, spinning your wheels, sitting on the fence for too long or asking the opinions of friends and family on matters that only YOU can really know the answer to? What this comes down to, at the end of the day, is not trusting yourself.

"This is your day. This is the time to go after it all."

— Me, Yesterday

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My Top 5 Secrets to Boosting Your Inner Confidence Revealed!

5 key actions you can take today that will really boost your inner sense of self confidence that already resides within you. We are going to bring it out and let you shine.

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Career Counselling & Coaching · Nova Scotia and Canada

Clarity.
Confidence.
Direction.

A thoughtful space for professionals navigating burnout, career change, leadership challenges and the question of what comes next.

Counselling that considers your whole life
Career change
Burnout
Leadership
Work–life transitions
Hello, I’m Andrea

Counsellor. Coach.
Thoughtful strategist.

I help accomplished professionals make sense of the moments when the old definition of success no longer fits—and create a career that feels clearer, more meaningful and more their own.

When success no longer feels right

Your career looks good on paper. But something has shifted.

You may feel depleted, disconnected from your work or unsure whether the next expected step is truly right for you. Career counselling gives you room to understand what is happening beneath the decision—and move forward with intention.

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Should I stay, leave or change direction?

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How do I recover from workplace burnout?

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Do I actually want the leadership path?

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Who am I after this major life transition?

Counselling depth

Understand the whole story.

Make room for burnout, confidence, identity, anxiety and the emotional reality beneath a career decision—not just the decision itself.

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Coaching momentum

Move insight forward.

Translate greater self-understanding into choices, conversations and practical next steps that feel both ambitious and sustainable.

The reflective depth of therapy. The forward movement of coaching. One integrated conversation.
The approach

Insightful support.
Practical movement.

Understand what is really happening

Look beyond the surface problem to the patterns, pressures and priorities shaping how you feel about work.

Clarify what matters now

Reconnect with your strengths, values and definition of success at this stage of your life.

Choose your next step

Turn insight into a grounded decision and a practical direction you can move toward with confidence.

Work that fits your life

Success can be both meaningful and sustainable.

Career counselling for leaders

Lead with confidence—without losing yourself.

Leadership is often part of the career question. This focused support is for professionals stepping into greater responsibility, deciding whether leadership is truly the right next move or wanting to feel more assured in the role they already hold.

Leadership confidence
Executive presence
Communication
Boundaries
Workplace challenges
Meet Andrea

Where counselling depth meets career strategy.

Clarity for
what comes next.

I’m Andrea Laurie, a Canadian Certified Counsellor and certified coach with a background spanning counselling, education, leadership and organizational wellbeing.

I work particularly well with thoughtful, capable professionals who are used to holding a great deal—and who want a confidential space where they can stop performing, hear themselves clearly and make a decision that fits.

My approach is warm, direct and psychology-informed. We will make room for the emotional reality of your experience while also creating meaningful forward movement.

  • M.Ed. Counselling
  • Canadian Certified Counsellor
  • Certified Coach
  • Virtual across Nova Scotia
Work that creates movement.

Work that creates movement.

Thoughtful support can change not only the decision you make, but the confidence with which you make it.

Andrea helped me make the decision to leave a 12-year career that no longer brought meaning or enjoyment to my life.”

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Melanie · Entrepreneur

Andrea has a presence and awareness unlike anyone else I’ve met—an inspiring guide for personal and professional development.”

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Catherine · Founder & CEO
Whole-person counselling

Because work is rarely the whole story.

Career uncertainty often intersects with anxiety, confidence, relationships, identity and the expectations you carry. Counselling offers space to understand the deeper patterns shaping your choices—not only at work, but throughout your life.

Anxiety & overthinking
Relationships & connection
Boundaries & confidence
Career & life transitions
Good to know

Questions,
answered.

Is career counselling different from career coaching?

Career counselling can address both the practical decision and the emotional factors underneath it—including burnout, confidence, identity, anxiety and major life transitions. Coaching strategies may be incorporated when useful, but the work is grounded in a counselling relationship.

Are sessions covered by insurance?

Sessions may be eligible for reimbursement through extended health benefits. Because plans differ, please confirm that your plan covers services provided by a Canadian Certified Counsellor before booking.

Do I need to know what career I want?

Not at all. Many clients begin with uncertainty, exhaustion or simply the sense that their current situation is no longer sustainable. Creating clarity is part of the work.

Where are sessions available?

Sessions are offered virtually to clients located in Nova Scotia and throughout Canada. Coaching sessions can be offered worldwide. Virtual appointments provide privacy and flexibility without travel time.

Your next chapter can be intentional

You don’t need the whole plan. You need a clear place to begin.

Request a complimentary consultation to see whether working together feels like the right fit.