ABOUT Melissa
life coach, hypnotherapist, and mama
Hi I’m Melissa!
I’m a Life & Mindset Coach for women who know they’re meant for more, and want to rediscover who they are, what they’re purpose is, and believe they can have it so that they can manifest the life they were meant for.
from corporate girl to beauty boss to boudoir photographer to life coach
I know what it’s like to want more in your life, and not know how to get it.
Growing up, I was always taught to be the “good girl”. I felt like I was always supposed to be nice, pleasing to others, never rock the boat, never make anyone mad, and follow the path that all good girls are supposed to follow.
For me this looked like getting good grades, going to college, getting a respectable job and never asking for too much.
I followed this path all the way to landing the job that everyone wanted- being a pharmaceutical sales rep. But inside I felt like I was playing a role. I had this rebellious side of me that was dying to come out, but I felt like I couldn’t because I didn’t want my parents to be disappointed in me, or to be judged by the people around me.
After 7 years in the pharmaceutical industry, I needed to get out. I was tired of keeping myself small and settling for what I was supposed to do and be, and I wanted to start being my unapologetic, authentic self.
I quit my job to pursue my passion of beauty and helping women look and feel more confident in themselves.
After building a successful makeup business, I realized that it wasn't what I thought it would be, and I was meant for more. After some deep soul searching, learning everything I could about photography to add being a boudoir photographer to my creative business, and a lot of personal development work, I became clear on my purpose and mission in life.
I wanted to a Life Coach and help other women who have felt as stuck as I’ve been. I signed up for a Life Coach training, and fell in love with coaching.
When I first started my coaching business, I didn’t tell anyone for the longest time I was a coach. My thoughts would spiral around fear of not being good enough, who was I to coach people when I was still figuring myself out, and why would someone hire me when they could hire the women I wanted to be like?
These negative thoughts and stories I would tell myself kept me stuck in indecision, in feeling scarcity, and being so afraid of all the “bad” things that might happen that I was too afraid to do anything. And so I stayed in this awful place of unhappiness with my life, feeling like I was afraid to be the real me do the work that I really wanted to do.
I started working with mindset practices and uncovering what was underneath all these old stories and beliefs, and doing the inner work to start to work on my thoughts and beliefs about myself and what was possible for me.
I realized that I couldn’t just wish and hope my way to creating a thriving coaching business and feeling confident in myself as a coach, I had to build the thoughts, beliefs, actions and IDENTITY of a successful coach to actually become her! Once I realized this, everything shifted in how I saw myself, the actions I took, and how I showed up for my business.
I’m a certified in Life and Transformation Coaching, Trauma Informed Intimacy Coaching, and in Human Design reading. I’m certified in the tools of NLP, EFT, and Somatic Techniques such as Neural Energetic Encoding and Hypnosis.
I work with intuition and energy, and the subconscious mind to re-pattern the thoughts and programs that have been running most of your life that are no longer serving you, so you can step into the woman who creates the life and business she dreams of.
I help you heal the long held stories of not being good enough, or being too much, and understanding who you truly are, so you can create a life that you love.
a little more about me…
I consider myself a seeker and a visionary, and have been on a journey to uncover who I really am and what I’m meant to do in this life for as long as I can remember. I’m fascinated with the great mysteries of life and spirituality, and have been expanding my knowledge lately with the divine feminine and the sacred.
I love live music, and listening to classic rock on vinyl. I spend most of my downtime reading the latest psychological thriller or historical fiction, or watercolor painting flowers, landscapes and cute critters to give as gifts.
I’m a powerful manifestor, and I’ve manifested some incredible things and opportunities in my life, including my adorable son after struggling with infertility.
I’m a 5/1 Manifesting Generator in HD, and INFJ.
My soul craves traveling to new places, and spending cozy time with my husband, beautiful son and chihuahua Daisy. I also love a good trip to Target browsing the aisles with Oliver and an iced coffee from Starbucks.
After 12 years in the hustle and grind of the Bay Area, I now live in beautiful, sleepy Folsom, CA.