Reclaiming Melissa

Reclaiming Melissa Your body’s out here treating a Tuesday like a grizzly attack. I help with that. Somatic therapist, 2x author. Calm’s a scam, connection’s the goal.
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09/04/2026

You just did something weird with your face and made a noise that probably concerned anyone nearby.

And now your brain is more available to you than it was 30 seconds ago. You’re in your body. You’re present. The loop isn’t running.

This is the window. The one where you can actually choose something different instead of just reacting the way you always react.

Use it.

09/03/2026

“That’s just how I’m wired” is the most expensive lie you’ll ever tell yourself. Because it costs you every version of yourself you could become.

You’re not wired wrong. You’re well-practiced at patterns that made sense once and don’t anymore. And you can practice something else.

That’s what Unleashed is. 90 days of building new pathways. Not just understanding the patterns but actually rewiring them. One rep at a time. One choice at a time. One moment where you don’t take the old road and you build a new one instead.

Something else is coming alongside it. You may want to join now 😉

L!nk in b!o or comment UNLEASHED

11 years ago at 11:11am, my favorite person in the world was born.I could not wait for this boy’s arrival. I could not w...
09/01/2026

11 years ago at 11:11am, my favorite person in the world was born.

I could not wait for this boy’s arrival. I could not wait to be a mom. Literally ask anyone who was around the last month of my pregnancy… I could NOT wait. Somewhere during labor a nurse told me it takes an average of two hours to push without an epidural. At 10:45am I pushed for the first time, looked right at that nurse, and declared “I’m not f*cking doing this for two hours.” Twenty-six minutes later he arrived, and they said his time of birth was 11:11. I said, of course.

While there’s always a little nostalgia, there’s never any sadness in watching him grow up. Honestly, I’ve always kept a bit of that “can’t wait” in me, because I can’t wait to see what he does next.

Cannon is fiercely competitive, a gentle spirit, and an absolute joy to parent. I could not be more grateful or more honored to be his mom.

Happy birthday, CCR ♥️

August slips away like a moment in time… here are a few of mine 🫶
08/31/2026

August slips away like a moment in time… here are a few of mine 🫶

08/31/2026

That feeling you keep pushing down? The one that says there’s more? It’s not going away.

You can keep being grateful for what you have. You can keep telling yourself this should be enough. And it can still be true that there’s a bigger version of your life waiting for you to stop playing small.

Both things are true.

How does that feeling show up for you? Restlessness? Irritation? That hum underneath everything that won’t settle?

08/28/2026

You’ve been accepting every thought like it’s fact. Like just because it showed up in your head, it must be true.

It’s not. Most of what’s running in there is an old recording. A voice that got installed before you had any say in it. And you’ve been letting it narrate your whole life.

Befriending Your Nervous System teaches you how to hear the voice without believing it. How to notice what’s running without letting it run you. How to finally create some separation between who they said you were and who you actually are.

L!nk in b!o or comment BEFRIEND

08/26/2026

Your body has been clenching for years. Bracing for the next thing.

Fight braces forward. Flight braces to run. Freeze braces inward. Fawn braces to please.

Which one has your fists tight? Take the quiz. L!nk in b!o or comment RESPONSE

08/25/2026

This is why a small thing can level you.

It’s not just this. It’s everything that ever felt like this. Your body doesn’t file by date. It files by feeling. One thread gets pulled and the whole web lights up.

You’re not overreacting. You’re feeling the entire network.

And here’s the thing no one tells you - healing works the same way. When you actually let one moment complete, you’re not just healing that thing. You’re healing everything connected to it.

Unleashed teaches you how to work with the network. Not just manage the moment. Actually heal the pattern underneath it.

90 days to transformation. L!nk in b!o or comment UNLEASHED

08/22/2026

You’ve been calling it processing. It’s not processing. It’s leaving.

The story your brain hands you three seconds after something hits isn’t insight. It’s an escape hatch. And you’ve been taking it every time because staying in the feeling is unbearable.

But the loop never closes. Your body knows. That’s why you’re still tight hours later. That’s why you’re replaying it while you’re trying to fall asleep. Nothing completed. You just narrated your way out of it and called it done.

The A in the S.A.F.E. Method™ is Acknowledge - but acknowledge the sensation, not the story. The story is the exit. The sensation is the door.

S.A.F.E. Method™ Quick Guide. L!nk in b!o

08/21/2026

This is the thing. Too often we’re pathologizing natural responses to the situation at hand.

You’re not broken. You’re thirsty. You’re not anxious. You’re hungry. You’re not dysregulated. You didn’t sleep.

I’m not interested in life coaching you to rise above all human need, emotion, and desire. I’m interested in you being a human having a human experience. Knowing the difference between a trauma response and a Tuesday. Learning to read yourself well enough to know what you actually need instead of spiraling about what’s wrong with you.

That’s what Unleashed builds. The ability to read your own body. To know which quadrant you’re in. To respond to what’s actually happening instead of pathologizing every signal.

Unleashed: From Protection to Power in 90 Days. L!nk in b!o or comment UNLEASHED

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