Eavesdropping: Conversations with two Life Consultants

Children repeat the stories they see, so what does that mean for the kids who are witnessing terrible stories? When a child has a loving consistent adult, they begin to see that a different story is possible. Compound the number of consistent adults, and you're helping this kid build resilience. On this Episode of Eavesdropping, Melanie and Aaron discuss the critical role a mentor can play in the life of a child AND the role in the life of an adult. We may not be able to change the trauma a child experiences, but we can help a child build resilience and create a new narrative. We can do that for adults as well. 

In this episode we discuss:

Thank you so much for listening! We would be so encouraged to hear from you. Please reach out if this episode helped you in any way.

You can find Melanie:

At melaniehuggard.com

or her personal Instagram @melanie.huggard

and you can email her at: [email protected]

Follow her journey with writing a book with her daughter, @momdaughterconnection

You can learn more about Aaron on his website aaronhayesconsulting.com

Follow him on Instagram @aaronhayesconsulting

In today's episode, Melanie and Rachel talk about how our pain in bonding with God can be connected to the pain we have with our family. Rachel shares a tool that will help you discover if there's a connection between the two for you. They discuss the journey of wiping the face of our fathers off of the face of God. 

What does a secure relationship with God (and people) look like? 

Melanie and Rachel share ways that they have bonded with their parents and how that affected their bond with God and then share how they now bond with God outside of the typical Christian themes of reading the bible and worship with music. 

You can find Melanie:

At melaniehuggard.com to book a session with her.

On her personal Instagram @melanie.huggard

and you can email her at: [email protected]

Follow her journey with writing a book with her daughter, @momdaughterconnection

You can find Rachel:

On Instagram @rachelhughesconsulting

You can book with her at [email protected]

Send us your questions or just a message to say hi! We would love to hear from you!

Disclaimer: we are just having fun and don't want you to do ANY of the things mentioned in this podcast.  

On today's episode of Eavesdropping, Melanie and her friend Aaron and fellow life-consultant answer questions and give advice on the topics of dating, and conflict.

Tyler wants to know if his expectations might be getting in the way of seeing clearly in his dating relationship. Aaron reminds Tyler of the importance of lowering his expectations, foregoing his morals and values and trusting his urges. Additionally, we look at the vital role dating a "looker" plays in any relationship and the classic, Isolate Yourself and Listen to Nobody method.

Susan wonders what she can do about her husband who shuts down and constantly avoids conflict. Aaron and Melanie discuss the building blocks of bitterness and explore the specifics of cultivating blame. They look at the importance of living in the past and tell Susan how she can keep a detailed list of the wrongs her husband commits in order to cut him down. The next time that bastard leaves his underwear on the door handle, you know what to do.

We hope you enjoy this episode of Eavesdropping and could laugh along with us. Every 5 weeks or so we will do an Opposite Advice Day episode where we give really bad advice to questions listeners ask. If you want to submit a question to be used in future episodes email us with SUBJECT: OPPOSITE DAY QUESTION. In the body of the email share your question along with the name you want us to reference on the episode at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you!

You can find Melanie:

At melaniehuggard.com

or her personal Instagram @melanie.huggard

and you can email her at: [email protected]

Follow her journey with writing a book with her daughter, @momdaughterconnection

You can learn more about Aaron on his website aaronhayesconsulting.com

Follow him on Instagram @aaronhayesconsulting

This episode has been labeled explicit due to the use of one f-bomb.

Melanie has Aaron share one of the concepts he learned while getting his Master of Education, he calls it The 5 Chemical Washes. He shares how at five different times in our life our brain will experience a chemical washing and with each stage, there are new questions and new realities a person walks out.

Here are the life stages that this happens:

If you're a young person being overly hard on yourself and how you should be further in your life, or a middle-aged person that feels like a teenager in their processes of life, then take a listen, and let us know your thoughts and questions. 

We will make a second episode answering any questions that we get. 

You can learn more about Aaron on his website aaronhayesconsulting.com

If you like hearing from Aaron, Follow him on Instagram @aaronhayesconsulting To watch his daily videos of encouragement.

You can find Melanie:

At melaniehuggard.com

or her personal Instagram @melanie.huggard

and you can email her at: [email protected]

Follow her journey with writing a book with her daughter, @momdaughterconnection

 Melanie and Rachel get back together after weeks of not podcasting together. Rachel shares about accepting her humanity with a God is regulated and securely attached. Come listen as they discuss if there is a difference between being broken or having brokenness and how either way, it's a piece of the puzzle of the human soul. 

Melanie is currently taking clients. Book with her here:

https://melaniehuggard.com

Rachel is currently taking clients. Email her here:

[email protected]

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Social media:

Melanie on Instagram 

MomDaughterConnection on Instagram 

Rachel on Instagram 

Email: @[email protected].

We would love to hear from you. What questions do you have? Any aha moments. Send us a message! 

On this episode of Eavesdropping, Melanie and her friend Aaron literally just laugh the entire time. 

If you need a break from the endless passive consumption of serious media, we hope hearing Melanie and Aaron laughing together brightens your day. Enjoy!

You can find Melanie: 

At melaniehuggard.com

or her personal Instagram @melanie.huggard

and you can email her at: [email protected]

Follow her journey with writing a book with her daughter, @momdaughterconnection

You can learn more about Aaron on his website aaronhayesconsulting.com

Follow him on Instagram @aaronhayesconsulting

“Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” - Tony Robbins

On this episode of Eavesdropping, our host, Felony Melanie chats with friend and fellow life-consultant Aaron Hayes who works as a consultant and guide to high-level leaders and organizations. This week, we take a break from our usual episodes with Rachel while she's out changing the world, to discuss the challenges and benefits of a big move across the country. 

Join us as we discuss:

You can find Melanie :

On her journey with writing a book with her daughter, @momdaughterconnection 

or her personal Instagram @melanie.huggard 

and you can email her at: [email protected]

AARON HAYES BIO

Aaron Hayes spent the last 21 years working with students and teams as a coach, mentor, teacher, pastor, entrepreneur, and consultant. He has a passion to empower leaders to step into dreams and passions and sustain them through powerful workshops and trainings. 

Aaron and his wife, Sarah, have five rambunctious children from the ages of 10 to 27 and haven’t slept in ten years, but are still very happy. Aaron is the founder of Catalyst Mentoring and alumnus of Leadership Redding.  Currently, Aaron works as a consultant and business coach working with teams across the country.

You can learn more about Aaron on his website aaronhayesconsulting.com

Follow him on Instagram @aaronhayesconsulting

Melanie is flying solo today and shares some thoughts around motherhood. 

Melanie is currently taking clients. Book with her here:

https://melaniehuggard.com

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Send me a message! I would love to hear from you. What questions do you have around today's episode? 

I'd love to hear from you. 

Social media:

Melanie (https://www.instagram.com/melanie.huggard AND

https://www.instagram.com/momdaughterconnection/

In today’s episode, Melanie and Rachel discuss being addicted to God. Melanie processes what it was like for her when she recently felt a strong increased desire for God to move supernaturally. Why was she feeling that? Was it completely about have more of God, or what there pain behind it? Take a listen. 

Melanie is currently taking clients. Book with her here:

https://melaniehuggard.com

Rachel is currently taking clients. Email her here:

[email protected]

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Send us a message! We would love to hear from you. What questions do you have? Any aha moments?

Social media:

Melanie (https://www.instagram.com/melanie.huggard AND

https://www.instagram.com/momdaughterconnection/

Rachel (https://www.instagram.com/rachelhughesconsulting/)

In this episode of Eavesdropping, Melanie introduces her new friend and fellow life consultant, Rachel Hughes! Rachel is passionate about helping clients find breakthroughs from codependency and eating disorders.

Join us as we explore:

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Melanie is currently taking clients. Book with her here:

https://melaniehuggard.com

Rachel is currently taking clients. Email her here:

[email protected]

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Send us a message! We would love to hear from you. What questions do you have? Any aha moments.

Social media:

Melanie (https://www.instagram.com/melanie.huggard/

https://www.instagram.com/momdaughterconnection/, email: @[email protected]).

Rachel (https://www.instagram.com/rachelhughesconsulting/)