If you’ve been craving a way to bring in income without sacrificing your family, your energy, or your sanity, you need this episode.

Melissa from Busy Bee Advisors is back on The Seed, and her story is one you’ll feel in your bones—because it’s not just about bookkeeping. It’s about the moment you realize you’re allowed to build a life that fits.

Melissa spent years in a demanding corporate role, barely taking time off. Then, while on a long-overdue vacation, she checked her voicemail and heard message after message of her boss screaming—blaming her for a mess she didn’t create. She made a decision right then and there:

She quit.

What happened after that (including a major running accident that forced her to slow down and rethink everything) led to the creation of Busy Bee Advisors, built from her dining room table with one simple goal: earn enough to contribute financially and be present for her kids.

And she did. Fast.

From there, Melissa built a bookkeeping business with real systems—then the pandemic made something crystal clear:

The small businesses that survived were the ones that knew their numbers.

That’s also when Melissa began training others, especially stay-at-home parents and military spouses, to build stable income from home.

Melissa created One Hour Bookkeeper to teach beginners how to launch their own bookkeeping practices—even if they don’t consider themselves “numbers people.”

Her line says it best:
If you can read a recipe, she can teach you bookkeeping.

Inside the program, students learn:

bookkeeping fundamentals (beginner-friendly)

how to find clients while they’re learning

support through office hours + community

Melissa also created a free ebook to help people get clear on what they want—and how to build a plan to get there.

This conversation is packed with the kind of real-life clarity you only get by hearing it straight from Melissa.

🎧 Listen now, then check out her program + free ebook here:
1HourBookkeeper.com

Website: 1HourBookkeeper.com
When you call in, you may speak with Christopher (Melissa’s son). Tell him you heard Melissa on The Seed.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, behind, or like your time is constantly slipping through your fingers, it’s not because you’re doing it wrong.

It’s because no one ever taught you how to manage time in a way that honors:

Energy

Priorities

Real life

That’s why I host my live-only Time & Productivity Session — focused on implementation, not theory.

And if you’re craving connection, accountability, and honest conversations about building something that lasts, you’ll find that inside The Patch, the Dandelion-Inc membership.

Because staying in the game?
That’s the work — and it’s enough.