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Have you ever wanted to sit down with me, ask your deepest questions, and share the episodes that changed your life the most? That’s exactly what happened in this very special 700th episode. I opened up the floor to my community and invited you to reflect on the epsiodes that have impacted you most, share what you want more of on the show, and ask me the questions you’ve always wanted answered. The responses were honest, vulnerable, and so beautifully inspiring. Some of you shared episodes that carried you through huge life transitions. Others opened up about motherhood, spirituality, relationships, purpose, self-worth, and healing. This episode truly felt like one giant heart-to-heart with our amazing community.

Inside this conversation I answer deeply personal questions about motherhood, conscious relationships, spirituality, staying relevant when so much is happening in the world, and reconnecting with yourself (and your partner) after becoming a parent. I also share the books I believe every teenager should read, what I’d tell my younger and older self, and what I’m most excited about for the future of the podcast. But beyond the answers, this episode became something bigger. A reflection of you. Your stories. Your growth. Your wisdom. And the conversations that matter most to this community.

In this episode we chat about:

• The one episode that had the biggest impact on my audience (3:29) 
• The questions you wanted to ask me but never got the chance to (26:45) 
• What I would tell my 8 year old and 88 year old self today (27:26) 
• The hardest moment on my motherhood journey and the lesson I learned from it (28:33)
• How to stay relevant when so much is happening in the world (31:18) 
• The books I would put in the curriculum of every high school around the globe (39:51)
• The biggest misconception women still have about maintaining a conscious relationship (42:04)
• How Nick and I reconnected after having Prince (46:09)
• How to find a spiritual mentor (49:50) 
• Who or what you want on my show (52:17) 
• My favorite episode and what I’m most excited about for the future of the podcast (62:43)
• Plus so much more!

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• Mastering Your Mean Girl by Melissa Ambrosini (book)
• Open Wide by Melissa Ambrosini (book)
• Comparisonitis by Melissa Ambrosini (book)
• Time Magic by Melissa Ambrosini and Nick Broadhurst (book)
• Going Toxic Free & Zero Waste with Tracey Bailey (podcast)
• Mold & Metal Toxicity, Inner Child Healing, Trading Hustle For Peace with Danielle LaPorte (podcast)
• Ayurveda, Healing Traumatic Stress & Finding Your Purpose With Gunny Sodhi (podcast)
• Revive Your Relationship, Reconnect Deeply, & Reignite Your Spark | John Wineland (podcast)
• The Ancient Wisdom That’s Redefining My Life (And How It Can Transform Yours!) (podcast)
• Marianne Williamson on Choosing Love When the World Feels Uncertain (podcast)
• Manifesting Your Soulmate, Favorite Body Parts, When To Leave A Relationship, Breakup Advice, Biggest Lessons of 2021 with Melissa & Nick (podcast)
• Is It Time To Quit Alcohol with Dr Stephen Cabral (podcast)
• Want More Love & Connection? Here’s What You’re Probably Getting Wrong with Gary Chapman (podcast)
• Spirit Babies, Miscarriage, Mastering Your Psychic Abilities & Trusting Your Intuition with Emily Greene (podcast)
• The Key To Healing Trauma & Inner Peace with Dr. Richard Schwartz (podcast)
• Unlock Your Potential & Heal Your Nervous System With Breathwork with Samantha Skelly (podcast)
• This Will Reignite The Spark In Your Relationship with Dr. John Gray (podcast)
• Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus with John Gray (podcast)
• Mars And Venus In The Bedroom & How To Have Great Sex with John Gray (podcast)
• Alt her (website)
• MAE Studio (website)
• Millionaire Mindset Secrets, How To Build A Hugely Profitable Business, & Becoming a ‘Chillpreneur’ with Denise Duffield-Thomas (podcast)
• The Rain Barrel Effect by Dr Stephen Cabral (book)
• The Power of Kabbalah from the teachings of Rav Berg (book)
• Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (book)
• Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray (book)
• Heal Your Hormones With Alisa Vitti (podcast)
• Hormone Expert: The Truth About Menopause, Fertility & Your Cycle! Alisa Vitti (podcast)
• Why Entrepreneurs Fail & The 2026 Shifts You Need to Know with Jack Delosa (podcast)
• Why You Need To Be More Full Of Yourself with Glennon Doyle (podcast)

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[00:00:00] The Melissa Ambrosini Show. Welcome to the Melissa Ambrosini Show. I’m your host, Melissa, 

Melissa: best-selling author of Mastering Your Mean Girl, Open Wide, Comparisonitis, and Time Magic. And I’m here to 

Melissa: remind you that love is sexy, healthy is liberating, and wealthy isn’t a dirty word. Each week, I’ll be getting up close and personal with thought leaders from around the globe, as well as your weekly dose of motivation so that you can create epic change in your own life and become the best version of yourself possible.

Are you ready, beautiful? 

Hello, and welcome 

Melissa: back to the show. I am so excited about this episode because we are celebrating 700 episodes today. 700 episodes, almost 10 years, and over 30 million downloads, and I could not have done it without you listening [00:01:00] every single week. Truly, it means the absolute world to me to have you come back week after week and to share this journey with me for the past nine and a half years.

Can you believe it? Almost 10 years of doing this show. And we are doing something a little bit different today to celebrate. It was so beautiful to have a heart-to-heart with so many of you who listen to the show and who have been OGs since the beginning. So thank you for being here. Thank you for showing up week after week.

Thank you for your DMs. Thank you for your reviews. I am so grateful, and we are only just getting started. Buckle up for the next era of the Melissa Ambrosini Show. I am pumped. Now let’s celebrate and get this party started.

I am so pumped, guys. Welcome. Can you believe it? Over nine years of [00:02:00] doing this podcast, 700 episodes, and I finally get to see all of your beautiful, beautiful faces. So first things first, where are you joining from? Tell me in the chat. And how long have you been listening to the show? I want you to tell me in the chat.

Are you brand new? Have you been here for a year, three years, five years, or are you one of my OGs? I wanna know. Are you an OG? Have you been here from the beginning? Tell me, tell me, tell me. I wanna know. Sunshine Coast listener forever. Penny, amazing. Sydney. “I’m the OG,” Nick says. Of course you are. Two and a half years, Florida.

Constance. Hi, Constance. We’ve got an OG, Kelly, from Brisbane. Peru. Oh my gosh, “I’ve been listening to you since I first heard of you.” Len is, “I’m one of the OGs based on the Gold Coast and New South Wales prior to that. I became more consistent in the past five years.” [00:03:00] My goodness. We got Sydney, Sunshine Coast listening forever and ever.

This is so beautiful. So when I put this out there, I had no idea how many people were going to join this. So this is an experiment. This is a first for me, and I had no idea. We had hundreds of you register to come on today, so I’m so excited that you’re here. So let’s kick off with the first question.

What episode had the biggest impact on you and why? Constance, “Episode 247, Going Toxic Free and Zero Waste with Tracy. Wow. Made a huge change in my life and the way I eat, and redid my whole house.” Kelly, “The mold in my home, and went through a lot of sickness and came back to that episode about sleep health and changed all of our bedding.

For me personally, the [00:04:00] best episode is the episode that addresses my need at the time. For example, episode 207, because I was suffering from PTSD, and then episode 689, The Actionable Protocol for the CEO Reset. For me, this episode has actionable protocols for life.” Love that. Tanya, do you wanna jump off?

Let’s go deeper. I wanna hear you share this. 

Tanja: Yes. Hi. 

Melissa: Hello, lovely. 

Tanja: Thanks for having me here. This is so exciting. 

Melissa: Where are you from? 

Tanja: I’m on the Gold Coast. 

Melissa: Welcome. I’m so excited. So tell me about the episodes, the ones that have had the biggest impact on your life, why, and how. 

Tanja: Is it Sunny Gundi or Sunny Gundi that you had, um, talking about Ayurvedic medicine and your purpose in life?

And at the time, I had had a really severe motorbike accident, and I had horrific- PTSD. And I was so lost and [00:05:00] sad, and didn’t know what I was going to do with my recovery, my rehab. And listening to that episode really helped me to get beyond my injuries at the time, and sort through the fact that I can recover from my PTSD if I, if I use…

You know, the, here’s examples of wild harvesting and how you can get to that raw Ayurvedic medicine to actually help inside the body. So that was a whole, like I could rabbit on about that for so long. But that was an entire episode that really helped me get through a very dark time, so I’m super grateful for that one.

And the CEO Protocol For Life, 639, I feel like that might be early this year. I can’t quite remember. But it has stuck, and it’s something that I tell other people to go and listen to because you’ve made it so short, sharp, and succinct. It’s common sense. Once you actually put it into action, it becomes part of your everyday existence [00:06:00] so that you can just be present in that moment without the overwhelm.

And we all live such crazy busy lives, and for me, I was so overwhelmed with everything that was going on, that the CEO Reset Protocol was just gold, absolute magic. So thank you. 

Melissa: Oh, thank you so much. I am so grateful. I love those episodes as well, so I’m so glad that they resonated with you and had such a big impact on you.

And thank you for listening. Thank you for being here. It’s such a delight to connect with you. And like I said, like, just seeing your faces, for me, so much of my podcast is me talking to a screen by myself, or one other person, so to see all of your beautiful faces here is just so amazing. Oh, and by the way, I’ve got like, I’m getting over losing my voice, so that’s what’s happening with this very husky voice at the moment.

But thank you for being here, and thank you for sharing. 

Tanja: Thank you. 

Melissa: Lana, I’m not sure the exact episode, but when you shared about being raised [00:07:00] Catholic and finding Kabbalah. Do you wanna jump off, share with us what that episode has done for you and how it’s impacted you? 

Lana: So I was a career Catholic school teacher, and really was like all in.

Raised Catholic, my kids are Catholic. They still attend the Catholic school. I applied to be the principal of the school two times and wasn’t selected, and it was the best no that I ever received because it propelled me into launching my own coaching business. And then of course, I found you along the way, and have just been gathering up all of the goodness to become the best version of myself.

Oh, 

Melissa: I love it. Beautiful. Well, I’m so glad you’re here. Thank you for listening. Is there any others that really stand out for you? 

Lana: I mean, everything that you are always sharing just about life and business, and I think [00:08:00] one of the biggest messages that you drive home to me all the time is just whatever we desire also desires us.

And so I think that I always have that at the front of my mind with becoming braver with my offers and pitches. You know, just being in alignment and knowing that what is meant for me is finding me. 

Melissa: Absolutely. It always is. Yeah. And like you said, like, every desire that we have in our heart, it is for us.

It is put there from God or the creator or whatever we believe in. It is put there for a reason, and it’s our duty to follow that, to lean into that, because it’s not there by mistake. 

Lana: I love that. Thank you so much, Melissa. 

Melissa: You’re welcome. Robyn, tell me about your favorite episodes, the ones that have had the biggest impact on you.

You’ve said the Marianne Williamson one. Can you dive deeper into what that episode did for you? 

Robyn: Oh, look, I just [00:09:00] love hearing from Marianne Williamson. It’s been a little while since we have heard from her, and I just love all the things that she talks about, the connections of spirit, and talking about the importance of Kabbalah and some of the, the methodology that’s well-known but may not be identified as being that particular spiritual s- teaching, and how it can be very much applied to our lives today.

Because I’m with you, Melissa. I- I’ve been listening to a few of your podcasts this morning with regards to, you know, we all seem to be, you know, running on a, a treadmill very, very quickly and not really slowing down and, and taking a moment to really think about ourselves as natural beings and our connections to the earth and spirit, and I just love anything to do with that because I think we need to remember that that’s actually who we are, you know?

And I think that, uh, you know, we can live in these concrete bunkers, we can be out there in the world and, um, you [00:10:00] know, have so many things thrown at us, but the reality is that, um, you know, life should be a lot more simpler than that. And, uh, kindness goes a long way. So those are the sorts of messages that I love about, you know, your conversations with, uh, Marianne Williamson.

Melissa: Mm-hmm. And, you know, one of the things I love about the podcast is, like, there’s always moments that we can have more inspiration in our life. Like, there’s not a day goes by where you’re like, “I don’t need a reminder,” or, “I don’t need more inspiration.” Every day when we tap into my podcast or any of the podcasts, it’s, it fills us up and it’s always there, and I just, I love that.

So keep tapping into that wisdom. Okay, Finding The One with Nick Broadhurst, episode 15. “As your love story is pure magic, I still believe that my one is out there, and you are both role models when it comes to conscious couples.” I have had you and Nick on my vision [00:11:00] board on my phone screen. That is so beautiful.

Amara, is that how I say your name? I’m so sorry if I’ve said it wrong. But do you wanna jump off and share that episode with us? 

Amayra: Yeah. So it is such a pleasure to jump on here. I’ve been following you since I heard you on The Thinker Girl, so we’re talking, like, 2017 maybe. 

Melissa: Yes. Which is crazy. You are an OG.

You are an OG. 

Amayra: Yeah, so that’s when I first heard you, and then just catapulted to all these other episodes. So I think for me, I have been in, like, karmic relationships for a while, so listening to, like, all of the episodes of you and Nick is just like, it just opens my mind that he’s out there, you know?

And yeah, I think you guys have a beautiful relationship, and you guys are really like an example of what a conscious couple, you know, like. 

Melissa: Mm, thank you so much. I had lots of people say to me that they want him back on the show so much more. He’s been on quite a few times, but everyone’s like, “Get him back on the show.

He’s so fun.” And to be honest, we have so much fun [00:12:00] when we record together. It’s just logistically trying to get both of us free at the same time, where our kids are taken care of so that we can do it. But it is so much fun when we do drop in together, and we have these deep, beautiful conversations. I’m so glad that you got a lot out of that episode, and yeah, it really resonated with you.

And thank you for putting us on your vision board. That’s so sweet. Very, very sweet. 

Kelly: You’re welcome. 

Melissa: Okay, Emma. Why I Quit Alcohol with Dr. Steven Cabral. “It has given me strength and confidence to say no for what does not feel right for me.” Emma, jump off. Tell us about this episode, the impact that it’s had on you, and why.

Emma: Hello. So I have always been such a massive people pleaser, and that episode just, it just instilled in me to say no, basically. It was like, it was the one that was, yeah, the biggest one, basically. Um, sorry, I’m quite nervous. [00:13:00] But yeah, I just would drink to become a people pleaser, and peer pressure, and make myself feel way more confident, and it just wasn’t resonating with me.

It really was, like, I almost was just doing a disservice to myself, to my body, to my health, and to the people I was hanging around with. Like, it just didn’t resonate with me anymore. And after hearing that podcast, it gave me so much confidence to just start saying no. And the more I said no, the more confidence grew within me.

And now I, like, can feel like I can say no to more things, like maybe like dropping sugar out of my diet or, like- Not going to events that are just gonna put me in bad situations kind of thing. So I just keep moving up and up with it. It’s such an inspiration. 

Melissa: I hear that a lot from different people about the podcast, that once they start listening, it just, the confidence [00:14:00] snowballs, and they maybe start with their health, and then it ripples out into their relationships, and then into their work, and all areas of their life, and I feel like that’s definitely been the case for you.

So I’m so glad, and so many women are what, like you said, people pleasers. And one of the biggest things with this show is wanting to inspire women to step into their power, to stop apologizing for their desires, for how they wanna show up, and just staying really true to themselves. So I really love that this has been the case for you, and I just wanna encourage you to keep going.

Like, keep peeling back the onion layers, and keep honoring yourself, and keep moving forward no matter what. I think one of the best things that we can do is just stay true to ourself in all areas of our life. We have to let go of the people-pleasing tendencies. It is holding us back, [00:15:00] and it is blocking our manifestations, blocking our success.

And this doesn’t mean that we, like, forge forward and we push people down along the way. Like, that’s not what I’m saying. We move forward from our truth, speaking our truth, and if people don’t resonate with that, then that’s okay. We have to just keep moving forward and keep honoring ourselves. Because every time we say yes to somebody else out of fear or people-pleasing, then we’re actually saying no to ourself.

So I love that this has been such a big thing for you, and I feel like for so many women it’s huge, people pleasing. So I just wanna, like, high-five you. This is so amazing, and it starts with something like alcohol, and then it moves into another area, and then another area, and then another area. So, so well done, babe.

Emma: Thank you. And probably the biggest thing I’ve [00:16:00] noticed is people don’t care. Like, the more I did it, I was like, “Oh, these people are gonna, like, make this hard for me,” and they just didn’t even blink an eyelid. I was like, “Oh, this is easy.” 

Melissa: People do not care. People are so in their head, are worried about their own life, how they look, their own stuff, and we actually spend so much time and energy worrying about what complete strangers think of us, when truly they actually don’t care And they’re so focused on themselves, and they’re so worried about themselves, and that’s okay.

It just means we need to stop wasting our precious time and energy caring what complete strangers sometimes, complete strangers on the internet think of us. I am done. I am so bored of it. I am exhausted from it. I am just [00:17:00] over it. Is anyone else with me? Can you please tell me I’m not the only one? Okay, good.

I’m not the only one. I am just done. I am done filtering myself to make other people comfortable. You know that beautiful Marianne Williamson quote? You know, it reminds me of that. I can’t even remember the quote. You know the quote I’m talking about. That quote. It’s so true because we block ourselves so much.

We hold ourselves back so much, but we’re only doing ourselves a disservice when we do that, so we’re done. We are done people-pleasing. We are done filtering ourselves. This is the time for us to really shine, to stand out, to speak our truth, to live unapologetically the way that is true for us. Okay. Bel, oh my God, it’s so good to have you here.

Tell me, jump off. You’ve got so many episodes that have impacted you. Come off and share [00:18:00] what this show has done for you. What are your favorite episodes? I wanna hear everything. 

Belle: Okay. Oh, well, firstly, it’s very special to be here, Melissa. I’ve been in your world for 11 years, I worked out. Actually, before your podcast, when you were doing all of the courses and stuff that you put out, meditations and whatnot.

So I’ve been listening since the beginning. But, yeah, the one with Gary Chapman, I know that’s a more recent one, 641, I think it was. I think that that one’s just a standout ’cause it really highlights not just that love languages apply in romantic relationships, but also in, like, relationships with kids, with parents, with friends, even in the workplace.

And I think that’s really important ’cause it really shifted my awareness around how differently people can give and receive love. And if you just focus on your partner, then I think it limits you, so using it with friends, family, or even clients, depending on the world that you work in, and just knowing how important it is to meet people in their language and feel [00:19:00] truly seen and understood is so impactful.

Melissa: Yes. Beautiful. I love that so much. Yeah, it’s a game changer. It’s an absolute game changer to understand that, like you said, for every relationship in your life. So I love that so, so, so much, and thank you for being here for so many years, 11 years. I’m just so grateful. You are an OG, so thank you for being here.

Anything else that you wanna share? Any other big impactful episodes that have changed your life, or even, like, something that you heard 

Belle: I think just your authenticity in yourself and how you’ve given people permission to pivot and grow. You know, starting out in the health industry, moving into, you know, what you’ve done in life coaching and your focus over the years.

J- just showing up as well as a mom, sharing so openly about your journey to become a mom, your journey in your relationship. I think it just gives us all that permission to grow and evolve and not pigeonhole ourselves. And, you know, my journey has been [00:20:00] very similar, and it’s just been so beautiful to watch.

Like, I really loved your, I think it was on your journey to become a mom be- with Bambi and that struggle. That was really beautiful, ’cause that, I, um, really related to that. I’ll probably get too emotional talking about that one, so I won’t. But it’s just, you know, just being able to share that life isn’t always easy, and if you only show the good, then people don’t understand the struggle that you’re going through, and you really show both sides of your story, which I think is so beautiful and so important.

Melissa: Hmm. Thank you. Thank you for acknowledging that. It’s, yeah, nothing is all rainbows and butterflies. It’s just not how life works. And I think in my business, the more I’ve shared, you know, vulnerably and honestly, the more it has created such loyal fans and followers and listeners and people of my work.

And I’ve really tried to continue to do that along the journey because, like I said, it’s [00:21:00] not all rainbows and butterflies all the time. There’s the polarity. There are harder times, and there are flowing times, and we’re all just doing our best. We’re all just moving through and doing our best. And what I know for sure is that the more internal work that we do, the better every area of your life gets.

There’s no escaping the inner work. I’ve tried, guys. I have tried to bypass. I have tried to, like, scooch around the side. I’m like, “I really don’t wanna look at that. I really don’t wanna look at that. I really don’t wanna look at that.” But it doesn’t work. It just doesn’t work. And the more inner work that we do, the, the deeper we go within, the more transformative our life becomes.

Yeah. And it ripples out into every area of our life. Our relationships become better. Our [00:22:00] health gets better. Our, our, our career grows the more that we lean into the inner work. I am a student for life, and I say this in all of my programs, in all of my work. You don’t just read one of my books, and you’re like, “I’m done.

I am healed. I never have to do any more internal work ever again.” That is not how it works. It is a forever thing, a student for life thing But what I do know is that it doesn’t have to be stressful, it doesn’t have to be serious, it doesn’t have to be traumatic. We can have fun along the way. We can laugh along the way and bring joy to it along the way, which is definitely what I try and do as much as I can.

So it’s not always just one-sided. There is that polarity, and I’m so glad that that has really allowed [00:23:00] you to see yourself and to grow. So I’m so glad. I love and adore you. Thank you for being here for so long and for just all of your support and love. So thank you, Belle. Sarah, do you wanna jump off? I wanna hear your favorite episodes, the biggest things that have impacted you.

What have you loved so much? 

Sara: Hi. 

Melissa: Hi, beautiful. 

Sara: Hi. Well, I’m here today really as your hype girl, ’cause I’m just so proud of you. That’s my number one reason for being here. I wanted to share in this with you and celebrate you, and congratulations on 700 episodes. We’re all just so happy for you. And when you just said then, it is joy.

I love how the podcast feels for me. I love the energy of it. I love soaking that in. And your solos are probably my favorites because that’s what helps us love you even more and, and feel they expand us in so many ways, and you always give such great actionable steps [00:24:00] to take, so I think it really, they really help a lot of people.

And I put Emily Green’s episode with Spirit Babies because that was just so beautiful to me, and that’s something I practice every day in my life. And I just love how, how she shared it and how she made that feel accessible for everybody, and that was just a beautiful episode. And then I also put Dr.

Dick Schwartz and his work with IFS. That is something I practice in my life. Oh, it has been so healing. You agree? Yeah. Oh, that was such a good one, Melissa. He is just wonderful, and together I thought the two of you were really great. And what else? Samantha Skelly, you know, she, with her pause breathwork, that was just a really lovely episode with lots of good takeaways and, you know, the power of breathwork and how we can bring that into our life and how nourishing it is for our nervous system and all those things.

And anything, you know, Dr. John Gray says is always just so amazing because it makes me just wanna be better in my relationships, and he has… [00:25:00] H- The way he says things, it just, it just lands so Clearly, and it’s just, you know, I just love how he, his message, and you’ve had him on so many times, and every time is even better than the last.

Yeah. 

Melissa: Yes. Oh, my gosh. When I was thinking about some of my favorite episodes, John Gray definitely comes up. He’s just such a legend. He’s such a legend and such a beautiful person. So I love that you got so much out of all of those episodes, and you love my solos, and thank you for being here. You’re such a beautiful person, and I’m just so glad that the podcast has impacted you in so many ways.

So thank you, my love. 

Sara: Yeah, and I just wanna share with everyone, I’m a private client of Melissa’s at the moment, too. So if any of you are thinking about doing that, don’t hesitate. I mean, it is, it’s so far, it’s been the most beautiful experience, and I just wanted to say that, too, that I wanna thank you for that.

And if anyone is thinking about diving into that, yeah, you won’t regret it. It’s the most wonderful experience, so I’m really enjoying that, too, at the moment. 

Melissa: Aw, thank you, my love. [00:26:00] Thank you so much. Yeah. It’s such a pleasure to work with you, to support you, and, you know, truly, like, this is, this is such a highlight for me is, like, actually getting to talk to you guys.

If I could have you all over into my living room, I would, but maybe next time we should do that. 

Sara: But the podcast feels like that because you do bring us together like that, and I know that’s one of your favorite things is to gather people together, women together, create that, you know, container, create that sacredness.

And you do do that in the podcast, you know. As much as we would love to be in your living room, yes, but you do create that feeling. It does feel like that, and that’s why I’m talking about the energy of it, how it feels. So you do, it’s still there. 

Melissa: Aw, thank you. I’m so glad. That means the absolute world to me, so thank you.

All right. Let’s move to the next question because we’ve got a lot to get through. What have you always wanted to ask me but never had the chance? I’m scared for these, guys. I’m scared, but drop them in the chat. What have you wanted to ask [00:27:00] me but never had the chance, and I will pick the most intriguing ones and pull them off, and we can dive deeper, and I will answer it, but I am nervous.

I am nervous over here. No, I’m not really. Come on, give me your best questions. What have you always wanted to ask me but never had the chance? Ooh, this is good. Okay. Amaria, do you wanna jump off, and I’ll answer it? You can ask me. 

Amayra: What would you tell your eight-year-old and 88-year-old self? 

Melissa: Okay. My eight-year-old self, I would tell her that she is perfect exactly the way that she is, that she matters, that she is worthy of all of the love and desires in her heart, and to always stay true to herself.

And then my 88-year-old self, I would say, “You did good.” [00:28:00] You did really good. I’d give her a little pat on the back and I’d say, “You did good, babe. You did well. Just enjoy. Enjoy these precious years. Enjoy them. Soak them up. Be around the people that you love. Do more of what you love.” That’s what I’d tell her.

Beautiful question, I love it. 

Amayra: Thank you for answering. 

Melissa: Thank you. No problem. Briana, jump off, hon. 

Brianna: Good morning, beautiful. 

Melissa: Good morning. 

Brianna: Okay, so my question was, what has been the hardest moment of your motherhood journey, and what was the lesson that came from that? 

Melissa: I think the hardest moment was definitely post Prince, when you are incredibly sleep deprived, and if it’s not one child waking you up, it’s the other child waking you up.

I honestly am like, how do people [00:29:00] with, like, three, four, five kids, I’m like, do you get any sleep? One night I get sleep, and then the next night it’s the other kid, and then the other kid, and I’m like, how do you guys do it? But I think it’s definitely been post Prince and the lack of sleep, and we’d moved house three times and there was just, like, uncertainty around that.

When are we moving into our house, and all of this uncertainty, and it was just moving through the day, really. Like, in that postpartum sleep deprivation haze, and that was really hard. That was very, very hard to get through. Like, being up all night and then moving through my day and thinking, “How am I going to get through the day?”

And you just do. And what it’s taught me, what the [00:30:00] lesson that has come from that is that we are incredible. Like, mothers are incredible. What we endure, what we put ourselves through for our children is just awe-inspiring, and it reminded me of my strength. It reminded me that even though sometimes I doubted my mind that I couldn’t get through the day or whatever it was, that no, I have this inner strength within me, and no matter what, the sun shines the next day and you just get through it.

So that’s probably been one of the biggest things for me, and thank you for supporting me through that postpartum journey. Briana is an incredible woman’s postpartum birth worker. She’s incredible, and she held me so beautifully through that season, so thank you so much, and I hope that answers your question 

Brianna: That’s such a beautiful answer, and you’re normalizing [00:31:00] something that I see time and time again.

And women think they’re doing it, you know, different or wrong or alone, and you saying that on this platform is just, it changes people’s postpartum. So appreciate you so much. 

Melissa: All right, Robyn, do you wanna jump off and share yours? 

Robyn: Okay. What I find is really interesting is there’s so much noise out there at the moment, Melissa.

And you’ve got such a pedigree of work that you’ve been doing over the past 10 years. And for me, it sort of, I, I look at a lot of the offerings out there. How do you maintain your cut-through and, and your relevancy in a world where we seem to be inundated with messages from new people hitting the road, saying they’re experts, AI pretending to be people?

And you know, I was even accused… I, I, I– somebody thought I was AI the other day, which was really funny. And it was [00:32:00] the, probably the most natural thing of me actually talking to camera, which I don’t really enjoy. But it was so funny. So, you know, how, how do you do that? Like, what, what, what do you- what’s your thought process towards where you’re going in terms of being able to still deliver that message on a, you know, mammoth scale, um, despite what’s happening out 

Melissa: there?

Mm-hmm. I’m actually gonna share something at the end of this that you’re really going to love in particular because of this question. But the way that we stay relevant, the way that we stay at the front of what is going on, because, like you said, AI, there is so much saturation. When I started my podcast over nine years ago, so this coming January, or next year, it’ll be 10 years.

So it’s been over nine years, right? I was one of the only female podcasts in Australia, and it [00:33:00] was like, people were like, “What is a podcast? What is a po-” You know. And so there’s been a few reasons of how I’ve been able to grow the podcast, and I’ll, I can share all of that with you. But what we have to do, to stand out, we have to do what I call authority content, which is where we share our proprietary methodologies, our frameworks that are uniquely ours.

Because there are so many business coaches out there. There are so many health coaches out there. There are so many spiritual coaches out there. There are so many relationship coaches out there. But there is no one that is you. There is no one that is you, that has your life experience, that has been through everything that you have been through, that has done all of the training that you have done.

That has been born to the parents that you had, that had had the life that you’ve had. And so the only way that we are going to stand out now [00:34:00] is by actually speaking our truth, putting ourself out there. Like, you will notice I’m doing a lot more talking head content at the moment because I’m challenging myself to do this.

And I am sharing my frameworks, my methodologies, and you’re gonna expect to see a lot more of this from me now because it is the only way that we are going to stand out in this saturated AI market. So I wanna encourage you and everybody listening to put yourself out there, to remember that you don’t need to be fully healed.

You don’t need to be a billionaire. You don’t need to have the perfect relationship. You just need to share your wisdom and your knowledge. You just need to be 10% ahead of someone else in order to share what you know. That is it. So share your authority content, your [00:35:00] proprietary, your legacy, what you believe, your frameworks, your methodologies, and share them with the world because that’s what’s going to make people lean into you and wanna work with you and buy from you and over someone else, you know, over picking another coach or another program.

They want to hear you. And that’s another thing, like this podcast has allowed me to really share my voice. Like, people do feel like they know me because I share what I believe and, you know, you can only get so much across on social media. And having a long form platform like a podcast is amazing ’cause you can dive so much deeper.

But sharing your truth and your methodologies, this is how we’re going to make people lean into us, trust us, buy from us, follow us, and listen to us. So does that help? 

Robyn: Well, look, it’s amazing, and thank you so much for doing that because I think often we falter [00:36:00] because we go, “Well, what do I know?” And do I have something of value that I can add that’s gonna be different from other pe- from what other people hear, through other people, you know?

And I think it’s, it’s really nice to hear that’s validated by somebody that’s been in this path for so long and I, I really appreciate your comments and feedback. Thank you, Melissa. 

Melissa: You’re welcome. Kelly, do you wanna jump off? 

Kelly: Hi, Melissa. Hi, everybody. It’s really, really nice to be here and share this milestone with you, and I think you had another milestone recently.

I just wanted to say happy 40th birthday as well. Yeah. 

Melissa: I know. It was two days ago. So on Monday was my birthday and I got my ears pierced. I got this one up here and this one, and I felt so rebellious. Like, it was- My friends and I joking, we’re like, “We’re gonna get tattoos. We’re gonna get piercings.” And I was like, “No, but I’m actually getting a piercing.”

So I went and got my piercings, and all my friends couldn’t believe it, and they’re like, “Oh, no, [00:37:00] she’s gonna get a tattoo.” I’m like, “I’m not getting a tattoo, but I’m, I keep joking about getting one.” Well, 

Kelly: there’s another question. We’ll have to ask that one next. The questions that you love to ask your guests, and I’ve always been really curious to ask you those same questions.

So shall we fire away with 

Melissa: those? Go for it. Go for it. 

Kelly: So question one is, Melissa, what did you have for breakfast this morning? 

Melissa: So I am a creature of habit, and I always have a smoothie. Always, always, always have a smoothie. It’s easy. I don’t have to think about it. I’ve got two other breakfasts to make, and they’re different because they’re, you know, different ages.

So I, I just need to not have to think about my own breakfast. I’ll tell you what was in it this morning. So a cup of organic wild blueberries, some banana, some flax, some chia, some activated almond milk, [00:38:00] a pinch of cinnamon, some vegan protein, some creatine. I’ve just started taking creatine. I’ve never taken it.

I haven’t spoken about it on the podcast, but I’ve just started taking it because Nick kept on sending me all of this information on creatine for postpartum, and he’s like, “You need to start taking it.” And I … He literally, he was trying for about seven months to get me on creatine, and then I was like, “Okay.”

My whole algorithm was just creatine, creatine, crea- And I was like, “Okay, I get it.” So I started taking creatine, so I put that in. And then one of my girlfriends, she created the most beautiful product called Alt Her. Mm-hmm. And it is so beautiful, and I’ll link to it in the show notes as well. Alt Her, and it’s a beautiful powder, and it’s got, like, the most delicious things in it, like greens and vitamin C, and it’s very good for postpartum healing, and just for women in general.

And [00:39:00] so I put some of that in it, so that’s what I had for breakfast this morning, and I love it. And one of my other girlfriends, she gifted me the most beautiful ceramic mug with a flower on it that she made, and it’s got gold leaf around it. Mm-hmm. Anyway, I pour it into there, and I sip it like I’m the queen, and it was just so luxurious.

And Nick goes, “Why are you using the good mugs?” And I’m like, “Because I’m worth it.” 

Kelly: Absolutely. Yes. I love that. 

Melissa: And I’ll just say my friend’s pottery, it’s called Mae, M-A-E Studios. Go and look her up. She is beyond amazing, and I’m gonna get the entire set of her stuff, but that’s what I had this morning.

Kelly: Yummy. It’s so good. I love smoothies too. You know, just rewinding there a little bit about, you know, your best mug, that reminded me of another episode that you had with Denise [00:40:00] Duffield-Thomas, and I wanted to thank you because I followed her work after listening to that interview with her, and it was all about that, like, money mindset, but also, like, not being afraid to wear your best underwear and, and use your things.

So yeah, there’s so much good that you share. Second question is, oh, and because this one is really meaningful for me because as a, a teacher I work with children and, and through that line of work I’m really curious to know, if you could put one book in the school curriculum, what would it be? 

Melissa: Oh, can I have a couple?

Kelly: Go on. 

Melissa: I would definitely put Mastering Your Mean Girl, and I’m not just tooting my own horn here, but I would definitely put Mastering Your Mean Girl in the curriculum because if I had of only known that everything that I had believed about myself that was in my head was all my inner mean girl and not my truth, if I’d have known that, I would’ve saved myself so much [00:41:00] pain and suffering along my journey.

So I think definitely Mastering Your Mean Girl. In terms of health, let’s go through categories. A health book, I would put Dr. Steven Cabral’s The Rain Barrel Effect. Like, if you wanna understand health from an Ayurvedic medical perspective, holistic perspective, I would definitely read that. Spiritually, you know, the last two years I read The Power of Kabbalah, and it’s so easy to read, uh, and there are just so many incredible spiritual concepts in that that have changed my life.

It’s a very easy read, and I feel like that would do really well in the schools, so that would kind of be, like, a spiritual one. A money book, maybe, like, Think and Grow Rich. Relationship books, it would be Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray. I’ll leave it at that. I’ll leave it at that.

Thank you for your beautiful questions. 

Kelly: Thank you. Someone else can ask about the tattoo. [00:42:00] 

Melissa: Okay, Belle, do you wanna jump off again and ask your question? 

Belle: Yeah. Question I just would like to know, and I think I, I don’t just wanna refer to romantic relationships, but also friendships, ’cause I think that it’s, um, really important, especially as adults, that sometimes we lose friendships as adults as well.

So what do you believe is the biggest misconception women still have when it comes to attracting and maintaining a deeply aligned and conscious relationship? 

Melissa: The misconception. I think that it should be easy, or that it should not take any effort, and there’s a degree of ease that comes from aligned relationships.

Definitely, there is a degree of ease. And it does take energy, showing up. It takes work. But you’re doing it because you want to do it, not because you think you [00:43:00] should. We’re not people-pleasing here. We’re doing it because we want to nurture that relationship. We wanna foster that deeper connection, you know.

Like, my girlfriend messaged me yesterday. Her little boy was in hospital. They thought he had croup. They ended up finding out he has RSV, and she’s got two little kids. She’s got no family support. She’s got no nanny at the moment. And I said to her, “What can I do to help you?” She was like, “Nothing. You’ve got two sick kids.

You don’t have any time.” And I was like, “Tell me what I can do.” And she was like, “Babe, it’s all good.” I was like, not taking no for an answer, I drove to the organic shop yesterday. I bought her an organic beautiful vegan curry and a loaf of organic gluten-free sourdough, and I dropped it to her door. And like, did that take me effort?

Yes. Did it take me time? Yes. Did it take me money? Yes. But I want to nurture that relationship with her. She means a lot to me. She shows [00:44:00] up for me, but I wanted to invest in that. And did I have to organize my kids so I could go and do that? Yes. But I wanted to. So I think the misconception is that it is effortless, and it’s not effortless.

It does take intention and energy. D- so does that make sense? 

Belle: Yeah. I think that’s just beautifully put, and it just reminded me of just recent times I’ve had doing similar for friends because… And the reason I asked it in that sense of not romantic really, as you become a mom, um, you know, and it’s harder to maintain those deep aligned friendships, and they’re the ones so that you still really wanna have, not just your partner, and often so many fall away.

But doing what you said, those small actions that really mean something to a friend to keep that connection is so powerful, and yeah, I recently did a similar thing for a friend of mine whose dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Just making a meal, just showing up, just being [00:45:00] like, “Here,” and she was in tears with it.

But it is those little things that matter, and yeah, it’s too easy ’cause we can all just be, “I’m busy and I’m on the rat race,” but those little things really do keep friendships alive. 

Melissa: 100%. It’s the most basic things like, you know, sharing some food or dropping some food, you know. It’s, they just really do foster that deeper connection, and it’s- Mm

like you said, it’s so easy to not do them and to go, “Oh, I’m too tired,” or, “I don’t have the time.” But it just, you know, she messaged me, and she was like, “Far out, you’re an angel.” And I was like, “All good. Enjoy. Now go get some sleep and cook the curry and go to bed.” And she was like, “Thank you so much.” Like, it just meant she got home from the hospital, and she didn’t have to do anything.

So- Yeah. Just make the effort. Make the effort. All right, Constance. Oh, where are you, my beautiful friend? Where are you? 

Constance: I’m here, I’m here. [00:46:00] Do 

Melissa: you wanna ask your question? 

Constance: Absolutely, and happy birthday, and congratulations on 700. You are amazing. 

Melissa: Thank you so much. 

Constance: Okay, how did you and Nick really, really, really connect again after having Prince and going through that harder postpartum journey?

Because as a mom of three, and crazy life, crazy schedule, the reconnection of the husband, because it’s like, who, the prioritizing, and, like, and the time during the day. 

Melissa: Yeah, such a good question, and I know so many women can relate to this. So there’s two things that really helped us reconnect after that harder time.

One of them was studying Kabbalah. Kabbalah has changed our marriage so deeply. It’s changed the way I show up as a mother. It’s changed our relationship. So we both started studying Kabbalah, as you know, and it was literally [00:47:00] like, “Oh, my gosh.” Yeah. Like, I’m so sorry. And I see you, I really see you. So doing some internal work, and it doesn’t have to be Kabbalah, it’s just any internal work that you do on your own.

So we both were doing our own internal work, which then in turn allowed us to really see each other. And then we just made a flat-out commitment that we do a date every two weeks, no matter what, no matter how full our life is. If we, like, don’t have a nanny, we’ll find someone, my mom or Nick’s mom. We’ll make it happen.

So we do a date, and then also every evening, I think I’ve shared this with you privately, but we do TEAMS, which is where we do… TEAMS is an acronym. And so once the kids are in bed, we get into bed and we do TEAMS. And T stands for touch, so we’ll just, like, massage each other. [00:48:00] Like, literally two minutes. It doesn’t have to be a lot.

Sometimes it’s longer. And then E is education. What is one thing you learned today? So we each share one thing that we learned. “Oh, I heard this on a podcast. Oh, I heard that creatine is really good for you,” or whatever it is. “I learned this about creatine today.” So we share one thing that we’ve learned And then A is acknowledgement.

So we acknowledge each other for want, you know, something, “I just want to acknowledge you for the way that you handled that situation today when, you know, Bambi did this,” or whatever. “It was really inspiring the way that you handled that. I just want to acknowledge you for that.” And then we do that each.

And then M is metric, which means what’s one area where they could have grown. So, “Hey, you know, when I asked you this and you responded that way, like, that didn’t feel good to me. Maybe you could have said it in a different way.” So we go through TEAM every night, and sometimes it just takes five minutes, and sometimes it [00:49:00] goes longer, but that is our anchor every evening to just say to each other that, “I love you, I see you, and I acknowledge you.”

And it doesn’t have to take long, but what it says to both of us is that, “I see you and I appreciate you.” Because during the day we’re like, “I don’t have time.” Like, we’re just both doing our thing. So that has helped. The date every two weeks and doing the internal work have been a game changer. Oh, 

Constance: I love it.

I agree. The Kabbalah has just really changed, like, my whole life, kids, mothering, relationships, friendships. And obviously you’ve helped me find that with having Monica and everything, so I thank you so much. 

Melissa: You are welcome. Okay. Shall we do one more from Emma? Let’s do one more, and then I’ll move to the next question.

Emma: Yes. So I’m at a point in my life where I’m really wanting to get more help, and I’m wanting to find mentors spiritually, [00:50:00] self-development, potential business relationships, all the areas, but mainly spiritually at the minute. And I’m just, there’s a lot out there, but I just would like if you could help cancel out the noise and where I could focus and what I could do to find that.

Melissa: So I mean, for me, how I find my mentors is, well, I have to resonate with what they’re teaching, so that’s the first thing. Like I, I have, I’m, I’m drawn to someone because I believe in the methodologies or the frameworks that they teach. So that, you have to find someone who you resonate with what they’re teaching, whether that is like Vedic wisdom, whether that’s Kabbalah, whether that is Buddhism, whatever.

But you have to find someone who you resonate with their teachings. That’s the first thing. And then you have to resonate with that person. You have to like their energy, their vibe. And also, whenever I’ve employed any mentor into my life, [00:51:00] I also look at how they live their life. Like for me, I just, you know, if I’m gonna have a business mentor or business coach, like, they have to be a mother.

They just have to be, because it’s very different running a business as a mother. And so I want someone who is in that with me, you know, who understands- The running a business and being a mother terrain, you know? It’s very different. So you definitely have to look at that aspect as well. So you’ve gotta resonate with their methodologies, resonate with them as a person, and then look at their life.

Look at their life. Are they living the life that you want? Like, if you are hiring a relationship coach, do they have a relationship that you potentially admire? Or if you are hiring a business coach, do they have a business that you aspire to? So they’re kind of like a few of the credentials that I run myself through when I am looking for someone.

And [00:52:00] then ultimately, you’d come back to your intuition, and your intuition will always tell you. 

Emma: Yeah, 100%. Intuition is such a big thing when it comes to, I guess, employing people into your life. 

Melissa: Definitely. It always knows. 

Emma: Beautiful. Thank you. 

Melissa: You’re welcome. Okay, last question, guys. Let’s move to this one.

Who or what do you want more of on the show? Who or what? Who or what? Constance, “Deep-diving into how a child’s astrology can help you better parent.” Yes. “The show has a perfect recipe for success already, so hard to pick what I would want to see more of other than trying, tying in all the episodes with a gut health expert which further supports through the vagus nerve and breaking the blood ba- brain barrier for sleep, mind health, manifestation, and decision-making process and everything that has been delved into on your show.

We’re only able to [00:53:00] achieve all we do with a flourishing garden of microbiome that feeds our brain the right nourishment for our decision-making process. Maybe you have done this and I’ve missed it.” I’ve definitely, Tanya. I’ve done a lot of gut health episodes, so they are there. Okay. Gloria, do you wanna jump off and share what you would like more of?

Gloria: Thank you. Melissa, congratulations on 700 episodes, and happy birthday. I would love to hear an episode around post-traumatic growth. It’s a term that, I’m a nurse and I work in pediatrics, and I do staff education, and we do a lot of resiliency training for our teams, and it’s a term that I’ve found in studies just turning up more and more regularly as a different approach to addressing not only post-traumatic experiences, but just the idea of how do we move forward with the wounds, with the trauma [00:54:00] that we’ve experienced, and how do we turn that into our strength?

And- That’s definitely something I work very hard to empower my staff and my teams with, is their stories matter, and how they allow their story to integrate into the care they provide patients really can impact their patient’s wellbeing and healing process. So it’s a little clinical, but also curious just how that changing your mind on one term or an idea where we have, you know, we look at trauma or, or wounding, and maybe there’s still a lot of negative connotation around that.

But the opportunity for it to be seen as power and something that you can actually turn into growth, that it can impact another person because of your experience, and really articulating that well and what the research says about that. I’m just curious. 

Melissa: That sounds [00:55:00] amazing. If you do have anyone you would recommend me to get on, please let me know, because I think that is, yeah, really important to cover.

Gloria: I do have an idea. I don’t know if you’ve ever thought about having Gabor Mate on. 

Melissa: I have definitely. He’s on my dream list. So I have a dream list. It’s called my dream guest list, and he is on there. We have tried many times, and it’ll happen. It will happen. So yes, incredible. I love that. I will keep trying to get him on.

Thank you. I love that idea. 

Madeline: Thank you. I’ll put that into the energy field too. 

Melissa: Yes. All right. Madeline, do you wanna jump off? 

Madeline: Hi. Happy birthday. 

Melissa: Thank you so much. 

Madeline: Happy 700. It’s exciting. 

Melissa: Thank you, beautiful. I 

Madeline: loved seeing the dancing at your 40th. It just, like, gave me so much joy. So I was wondering, I’m not sure if you have done it and I haven’t seen it, but one on, like, end of life, [00:56:00] celebration of life, different ways.

There’s a Instagram that I started following called Paperbark Death, and, and just, like, different ways of, yeah, celebrating life and just, yeah, talking more about that sort of thing as well. 

Melissa: I have had someone on. She was a, a death doula. I have had someone on, and I don’t remember the exact number. Her name is Yaz, and I don’t remember the number, but definitely go and listen to that.

But I feel like that conversation does need to be had, you know, from different perspectives and different lenses. So I love that idea. Thank you for sharing. 

Madeline: Thank you. 

Melissa: Belle, do you wanna jump off and share what or who do you want more of on the show? 

Belle: I also wanna say happy birthday. I felt so bad. I’m like, “Ah.”

I’ve been on twice now. I’m like, “Happy, happy 40th,” and I loved that pink dress and the dancing. Yes, so much joy there. I just think just following on from what I’ve sort of been saying in the crux, just more [00:57:00] conversations around motherhood, especially, I mean, I know you’ve mentioned the juggle now with two children, with Prince and Bambi, but yeah, how to just stay connected to yourself through that season.

I know I struggle at times with that, and my spiritual practice, and my morning routine used to be so long. But just how you kind of maintain that in this season, and how you maintain that kind of inner alignment, nurturing friendships, relationships along the way, and whether that’s, um, you know, we love as a, uh, the solo episodes that you do of sharing, sharing how you do it, or guests that you can bring on that are also mothers that are navigating this season and how they do it.

Melissa: Yes, I love this. Absolutely. I will definitely be doing a lot more of those sorts of episodes because I know for me, like, when I hear other women that are running businesses and they share their tips and their tricks, I’m like, “Oh, I can do that.” Like, you get so many little nuggets, so I will definitely do more.

And, [00:58:00] and maybe I can do, yeah, a couple more with some other female entrepreneurs who have children and how they do it. Like, how do they literally move through their day? So I love that idea. Thank you for sharing. That’s brilliant. We’ve got a couple of recommendations from people. Women’s health as we approach our 40s, navigating perimenopause, if you haven’t already done that.

I have not spoken a lot about perimenopause and menopause, and I will definitely get on some more experts to talk about that. And I think mainly because I’m just not there, like, I haven’t spoken about it because it’s just not the season I’m in. So as you know, like, when I was trying to get pregnant, it was all about the pregnancy episodes and, you know, I go through my own seasons.

And I do have friends that are approaching perimenopause and menopause, and it is such an important topic, so I’ll definitely get some more of those on for you guys, for sure. Kelly, do you wanna jump off and share what you would like more of on the show? [00:59:00] 

Kelly: Okay. So I was thinking maybe Brene Brown. Um- 

Melissa: Yes, she’s on my dream list.

Kelly: Yes, vulnerability and self-compassion. But my second thought was Bambi, your daughter. This- I’m not sure if you’ve ever thought about having her on. 

Melissa: That is such a good idea. I should definitely do that, but I don’t know if she’d probably just sit there and be like, not say anything. But maybe if I just sat her, ’cause she does sit here and she sings into my microphone, so maybe I could just record it one time and ask her a couple of questions and see what she says.

Kelly: Yeah, I mean, kids have, children have so much insight, and I think maybe, like, you could h- Give her some time to think about what she would want to share, ’cause she sees you, and I know she looks up to you so much. I think she would absolutely love to do what her mama does, and may- maybe interview someone, or maybe she could do, like, an interview of you [01:00:00] 

Melissa: Yes.

Oh my God, I love that idea so much. Such a beautiful idea. Yes, yes, yes. I love that. Mm-hmm. Thank you for that recommendation. 

Kelly: No worries. 

Melissa: All right, Brianna, do you wanna jump off and share what or who you would like more of? 

Brianna: Ooh, yes. I mean, all of them are yummy. Is it Alyssa Bitty? She was my favorite episode.

Mm. Okay, so I would love, uh, a few people. So Dr. Vanessa Lapointe. She’s a child psychologist turned adult psychologist, ’cause she just saw that everything that her child clients were bringing in was all parents. All parents needing to do work, which is amazing. And she’s also got some really beautiful, I guess, information for working mothers without the guilt, so I love her.

And Dr. Helen Ball. She’s an anthropologist, and she’s also the chair of the Lullaby Trust, which is the equivalent to, like, the Red Nose Association here in Australia. But she’s also, [01:01:00] um, a professor of infancy and sleep science, so she is just amazing. And I also love, she’s an Aussie, she’s in Western Australia, her name’s Louise Herbert, and, um, she is, uh, a, a researcher and an academic in infant mental health.

So she has some fascinating things to share, and I just think that these women are really targeted towards mothers who want a really big life and a really big experience of motherhood. And I just think that that’s the impression I get from you and, and these beautiful episodes that you’ve shared so far, and I just think they would be incredible guests to have on.

Melissa: Mm. Thank you. I’m so excited to dive into those women. I’ve never heard of them, so, mm, thank you, thank you, thank you. I love that. 

Brianna: They’re all incredible. 

Melissa: Thank you, my love. Emma, do you wanna quickly share what you would love more of? 

Emma: Uh, yes, so the episode you did with Jack Delosa was amazing, and you guys [01:02:00] talked a little bit about homeschooling and the Bali Green School, is it?

And I was like, “Oh, I’d love to hear more about schooling options.” I know Bambi goes to, like, a Steiner School. Yeah, I’m not sure on people yet, but yeah, any areas in there would be super exciting. 

Melissa: I get asked about homeschooling, Steiner, micro-schooling, world schooling. I get asked about this all the time, and I just haven’t found the right person to come on to talk about it.

But yeah, I will talk more about that, ’cause I get asked all the time about schooling options and, and to do an episode on that. So I love that, Emma. Thank you for the reminder. I will definitely add that to the list. 

Emma: Thank you 

Melissa: Okay, my friends. So I wanted to answer some of these questions for you guys because I thought it would be fun.

And thank you all so much. Like, that was just so insightful and so much fun to hear where you guys are [01:03:00] at and what you loved, and so thank you, thank you, thank you. And when I think about what episode has had the biggest impact on me, it’s so hard to articulate and pick one because there have been so many that have deeply impacted my life.

But because I have to give you one answer, one of the first episodes that pops into my head is Glennon Doyle. And h- who’s listened to that episode? Yes, lots of you. And for a few reasons, like, her simple mantra of, “I can do hard things,” has become my mantra in business, in motherhood, in life, and it’s so simple, yet it is so profound.

And I say it with my daughter, I remind myself of it daily, and it has carried me through moments that I did not think I could get through, like the postpartum experience after Prince. I would say that to myself all the time, “I can do hard things, I can do hard things.” And on top of that amazing mantra [01:04:00] that she shared with me that has become my mantra, she was so kind, funny, generous, and just an all-around beautiful human.

And one of the things that I treasure so much about this podcast is what happens before and after the recording that no one gets to hear. Because it’s in those moments I get to go deeper with the guest, and I get to really see who they are. So when the camera’s off, the pressure is off, and I get to see a, sometimes a completely different side of that person.

And when it came to Glennon, what you see is exactly what you get. She is so real and just so authentic. So that is my answer to that question, though if you ask me tomorrow, it might be a completely different answer. But that was the first one that came to my head when I was thinking about this question.

And then the next question, what am I… Well, I kind of flipped this one for me. What am I most excited about for the [01:05:00] next 700 episodes? And when I was thinking about this, honestly, I am so excited to step more fully into my own power in this show. I’m gonna be really vulnerable and honest and r- raw with you right now, because I absolutely love and adore you guys, and I’m so grateful that you’re here.

But there has been a little part of me that has been hiding behind these incredible guests. And I say that with so much love for every single person who has sat across from me. Because they are all extraordinary, but there is a l- little tiny part of me that has used them to shield without fully even realizing it until recently, and I’m so done with that.

I am ready to bring you more of me, more solo episodes, more of my honest, unfiltered perspective on [01:06:00] things that matter, more of my wisdom, what I think, what I believe, and how I have, you know, moved through things and what I’ve lived through. And I think it is time that I trusted that my own voice on its own is enough.

So that is what is coming, more of me unfiltered, unguarded, and I cannot wait. I just cannot wait. So I hope you guys are excited for that as well. So we have gone over time, and I want to honor every single one of you for just staying here till the end and being here, celebrating with me. I’ve been doing this for over nine years, and I have never felt anything quite like what has just happened today.

So thank you for being here. Thank you for being real with me, for sharing everything. I am so grateful. And thank you for being the reason that there are 700 episodes to [01:07:00] celebrate. When I was thinking about what I wanted to do to celebrate, I was like, “Oh, I’ll just bring Nick back on, and we’ll do a Q&A episode,” and I’m like, “We’ve done that so many times.

I wanna get you on the show.” So thank you for being here. I adore you, and I am beyond grateful for all of your love, your support. Thank you for making this show what it is. Thank you for being here, guys. Lots and lots of love always, and have a beautiful rest of your day. It’s been such a delight to share this time with you and to celebrate my 700th episode and turning 40 all in the one week.

So exciting. So thank you, guys. Lots and lots of love always.

I hope you really enjoyed this conversation. I loved chatting with so many of you, and if you loved this conversation, if this podcast has changed your life, shaped your life in any way, please do me a favor and leave me [01:08:00] a review. And take a moment now to share your favorite episode on Instagram. I would be so grateful.

Make sure you tag me. Tell me your biggest takeaway and your favorite episode. Tag me, and I will re-share it. And I wanna thank you again from the bottom of my heart for being here every single week, for dropping into my DMs, and for just being the most amazing community. I am truly so grateful. I could never have imagined starting a podcast all those years ago, I would be where I am right now, and that is because of you showing up every single week.

So thank you for being here. I love you, and here’s to the next 700.

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