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What happens when life shatters you physically, emotionally, and mentally?

Three-time Miss Olympia champion and single mom Whitney Jones has faced it all—18 surgeries, a broken neck, painful loss, and setbacks that could have ended her career.

In this episode, Whitney shares how a shift in perspective turned obstacles into opportunities, why self-care isn’t selfish, and how her story has inspired countless others to keep fighting—even saving lives along the way.

🎧 Tune in now to hear Whitney’s powerful journey and learn how to uncover the strength in your struggles.

✨ About the Host & Ways to Work Together

Melissa-Sue Methven hosts Not Alone with Melissa-Sue Methven, and is an author, speaker, and breathwork facilitator guiding emotional, nervous-system, and spiritual healing. She uses storytelling, expert conversations, and lived experience to help people reconnect with their body, release stored emotions, and return to wholeness.

Available for:

• Speaking engagements & keynotes
• Breathwork & nervous system workshops
• Podcast guest features & collaborations
• Faith-based, wellness, and integrative health events

🔗 Inquiries: Breathwork Coach & Speaker | Mélissa-Sue Methven | Phoenix, AZ

📘 The Truth Behind the Smiles explores grief, emotional suppression, faith, and the journey back to self.

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🌱 Coming Soon: The Gut God Connection & Gut God Blueprint Coaching Program, focused on gut health, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and faith-aligned living.

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Stabbed 7 times. Less than a 10% chance to live.

Brickman Allen’s journey goes beyond survival, it’s about forgiving the unforgivable, rebuilding from rock bottom, and finding purpose on the other side of pain.

🎧 Hit play to hear how he turned a life-shattering moment into a mission of hope.

✨ About the Host & Ways to Work Together

Melissa-Sue Methven hosts Not Alone with Melissa-Sue Methven, and is an author, speaker, and breathwork facilitator guiding emotional, nervous-system, and spiritual healing. She uses storytelling, expert conversations, and lived experience to help people reconnect with their body, release stored emotions, and return to wholeness.

Available for:

• Speaking engagements & keynotes
• Breathwork & nervous system workshops
• Podcast guest features & collaborations
• Faith-based, wellness, and integrative health events

🔗 Inquiries: Breathwork Coach & Speaker | Mélissa-Sue Methven | Phoenix, AZ

📘 The Truth Behind the Smiles explores grief, emotional suppression, faith, and the journey back to self.

📕 Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mSAcEt

🎧 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DG5ZZN5C

🌱 Coming Soon: The Gut God Connection & Gut God Blueprint Coaching Program, focused on gut health, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and faith-aligned living.

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Two moms. Two losses. One powerful conversation about surviving suicide loss and raising kids through grief.

When MaKela lost her husband to suicide, just as life was beginning to feel hopeful again, everything changed. In this raw and compassionate episode, we talk about navigating the unthinkable—processing our grief while parenting young children, finding moments of joy in the midst of heartbreak, and holding space for the signs that remind us our loved ones are still near.

From therapy to solo concerts, deep questions to flickering lights—this is what healing really looks like.

If you’ve experienced a suicide loss or love someone who has, this conversation is for you. 

Listen in and remember: you’re not alone.

✨ About the Host & Ways to Work Together

Melissa-Sue Methven hosts Not Alone with Melissa-Sue Methven, and is an author, speaker, and breathwork facilitator guiding emotional, nervous-system, and spiritual healing. She uses storytelling, expert conversations, and lived experience to help people reconnect with their body, release stored emotions, and return to wholeness.

Available for:

• Speaking engagements & keynotes
• Breathwork & nervous system workshops
• Podcast guest features & collaborations
• Faith-based, wellness, and integrative health events

🔗 Inquiries: Breathwork Coach & Speaker | Mélissa-Sue Methven | Phoenix, AZ

📘 The Truth Behind the Smiles explores grief, emotional suppression, faith, and the journey back to self.

📕 Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mSAcEt

🎧 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DG5ZZN5C

🌱 Coming Soon: The Gut God Connection & Gut God Blueprint Coaching Program, focused on gut health, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and faith-aligned living.

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Grief, healing, and the breath that brings you back home!

“When I lost my husband, I didn’t know how to breathe.” That moment sparked a life-changing journey into the power of conscious breathing with Jerame Mudick, founder of Reconnect MindBody and creator of Resurrect Breathwork.

From anxiety-ridden bodybuilder to breathwork facilitator helping thousands, Jerame shares how breath can unlock healing, release trauma stored in the body, and gently reconnect you to your inner calm.

This episode is a reminder: your body remembers how to heal—you just need to give it space

✨ About the Host & Ways to Work Together

Melissa-Sue Methven hosts Not Alone with Melissa-Sue Methven, and is an author, speaker, and breathwork facilitator guiding emotional, nervous-system, and spiritual healing. She uses storytelling, expert conversations, and lived experience to help people reconnect with their body, release stored emotions, and return to wholeness.

Available for:

• Speaking engagements & keynotes
• Breathwork & nervous system workshops
• Podcast guest features & collaborations
• Faith-based, wellness, and integrative health events

🔗 Inquiries: Breathwork Coach & Speaker | Mélissa-Sue Methven | Phoenix, AZ

📘 The Truth Behind the Smiles explores grief, emotional suppression, faith, and the journey back to self.

📕 Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mSAcEt

🎧 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DG5ZZN5C

🌱 Coming Soon: The Gut God Connection & Gut God Blueprint Coaching Program, focused on gut health, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and faith-aligned living.

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Two kids. One unimaginable loss. And a conversation that will shift how you see childhood grief.

When Mateas (9) and Sophia (11) opened up about losing their dad to suicide, their honesty, faith, and deep connection left me speechless. From heart-shaped bubbles underwater to flickering lights they believe are signs from him—this episode is full of magic, meaning, and the raw truth of healing through a child’s eyes.

They share what’s helped: cold plunges, prayer, therapy dogs, and simply talking about it.

If your family is walking through grief, this is the episode to hear together. Listen, feel, and know you’re not alone.

✨ About the Host & Ways to Work Together

Melissa-Sue Methven hosts Not Alone with Melissa-Sue Methven, and is an author, speaker, and breathwork facilitator guiding emotional, nervous-system, and spiritual healing. She uses storytelling, expert conversations, and lived experience to help people reconnect with their body, release stored emotions, and return to wholeness.

Available for:

• Speaking engagements & keynotes
• Breathwork & nervous system workshops
• Podcast guest features & collaborations
• Faith-based, wellness, and integrative health events

🔗 Inquiries: Breathwork Coach & Speaker | Mélissa-Sue Methven | Phoenix, AZ

📘 The Truth Behind the Smiles explores grief, emotional suppression, faith, and the journey back to self.

📕 Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mSAcEt

🎧 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DG5ZZN5C

🌱 Coming Soon: The Gut God Connection & Gut God Blueprint Coaching Program, focused on gut health, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and faith-aligned living.

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What happens when being the “strong one” starts to break you?

Dr. Trevor Nichols seemed to have it all: thriving practice, picture-perfect family, nonstop achievements. But behind the scenes? Burnout, pressure, and the quiet unraveling that so many men face but rarely talk about.

In this episode, Trevor gets real about what finally helped: morning routines, breathwork, emotional check-ins, and redefining what strength really looks like. He also shares game-changing insight on kids’ airway health—and how something as simple as how a child breathes can affect behavior and development.

This one’s for anyone who’s ever felt like they had to hold it all together. Tune in, pass it on, and let’s talk about the stuff that actually matters.

✨ About the Host & Ways to Work Together

Melissa-Sue Methven hosts Not Alone with Melissa-Sue Methven, and is an author, speaker, and breathwork facilitator guiding emotional, nervous-system, and spiritual healing. She uses storytelling, expert conversations, and lived experience to help people reconnect with their body, release stored emotions, and return to wholeness.

Available for:

• Speaking engagements & keynotes
• Breathwork & nervous system workshops
• Podcast guest features & collaborations
• Faith-based, wellness, and integrative health events

🔗 Inquiries: Breathwork Coach & Speaker | Mélissa-Sue Methven | Phoenix, AZ

📘 The Truth Behind the Smiles explores grief, emotional suppression, faith, and the journey back to self.

📕 Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mSAcEt

🎧 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DG5ZZN5C

🌱 Coming Soon: The Gut God Connection & Gut God Blueprint Coaching Program, focused on gut health, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and faith-aligned living.

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Helping kids heal after suicide loss: real tools, gentle truths, and the power of connection.

When my kids lost their dad, we turned to play therapy, memory boxes, calming spaces, and honest conversations to guide their healing. This episode shares the tools that brought comfort, strength, and emotional resilience, one moment at a time.

If you're supporting a grieving child, this conversation is for you. 

Listen, share, and know you’re not alone.

✨ About the Host & Ways to Work Together

Melissa-Sue Methven hosts Not Alone with Melissa-Sue Methven, and is an author, speaker, and breathwork facilitator guiding emotional, nervous-system, and spiritual healing. She uses storytelling, expert conversations, and lived experience to help people reconnect with their body, release stored emotions, and return to wholeness.

Available for:

• Speaking engagements & keynotes
• Breathwork & nervous system workshops
• Podcast guest features & collaborations
• Faith-based, wellness, and integrative health events

🔗 Inquiries: Breathwork Coach & Speaker | Mélissa-Sue Methven | Phoenix, AZ

📘 The Truth Behind the Smiles explores grief, emotional suppression, faith, and the journey back to self.

📕 Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mSAcEt

🎧 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DG5ZZN5C

🌱 Coming Soon: The Gut God Connection & Gut God Blueprint Coaching Program, focused on gut health, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and faith-aligned living.

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Burnout, cancer, and silent struggles, how Dr. Arvind Petrie hid pain behind professional success (until he couldn't).

What does it take for a high-achieving man to finally say, “I need help” ?

For Dr. Arvind Petrie, it started with cultural pressure, unchecked hustle, and a crushing secret: the dental practice he just bought was bankrupt. With no mentors and bills piling up, he pushed harder until cancer, divorce, and suicidal thoughts forced him to stop pretending.

In this raw and powerful episode, Arvind opens up about what it really looks like to hit bottom while looking like you've made it. He shares how therapy, spiritual reconnection, and men’s groups helped him peel off the mask and reclaim his life.

Now engaged and healing, Arvind speaks to every man who’s been told to be strong by staying silent. 

His story is a reminder: vulnerability is strength, and asking for help might just save your life.

Listen now and if this resonates, share it with someone who needs to hear they're not alone.

 👉 Connect with Dr. Petrie on Instagram and Facebook: @dr_arvind_j_petrie

✨ About the Host & Ways to Work Together

Melissa-Sue Methven hosts Not Alone with Melissa-Sue Methven, and is an author, speaker, and breathwork facilitator guiding emotional, nervous-system, and spiritual healing. She uses storytelling, expert conversations, and lived experience to help people reconnect with their body, release stored emotions, and return to wholeness.

Available for:

• Speaking engagements & keynotes
• Breathwork & nervous system workshops
• Podcast guest features & collaborations
• Faith-based, wellness, and integrative health events

🔗 Inquiries: Breathwork Coach & Speaker | Mélissa-Sue Methven | Phoenix, AZ

📘 The Truth Behind the Smiles explores grief, emotional suppression, faith, and the journey back to self.

📕 Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mSAcEt

🎧 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DG5ZZN5C

🌱 Coming Soon: The Gut God Connection & Gut God Blueprint Coaching Program, focused on gut health, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and faith-aligned living.

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Child behavior issues? It might be breathing. Discover how airway problems mimic ADHD, anxiety, and more.

In this powerful episode, Dr. Michael DeLuke uncovers a hidden root cause affecting millions of kids: undiagnosed airway obstruction. From snoring and mouth breathing to bedwetting and school struggles, these signs often get mislabeled as “bad behavior” or ADHD—when in reality, your child might just be struggling to breathe.

Dr. DeLuke shares how traditional orthodontics and medicine often miss the mark—and introduces Orthodontics 3.0, a game-changing approach that supports proper facial development starting as early as age 3.

You’ll learn what questions to ask your pediatrician or orthodontist, what symptoms to watch for, and how early intervention can completely change your child’s life.

If you're a parent, teacher, or caregiver—this is a must-listen. Tune in, take notes, and share it with someone who needs answers. It could be the best gift you give a child this year.

✨ About the Host & Ways to Work Together

Melissa-Sue Methven hosts Not Alone with Melissa-Sue Methven, and is an author, speaker, and breathwork facilitator guiding emotional, nervous-system, and spiritual healing. She uses storytelling, expert conversations, and lived experience to help people reconnect with their body, release stored emotions, and return to wholeness.

Available for:

• Speaking engagements & keynotes
• Breathwork & nervous system workshops
• Podcast guest features & collaborations
• Faith-based, wellness, and integrative health events

🔗 Inquiries: Breathwork Coach & Speaker | Mélissa-Sue Methven | Phoenix, AZ

📘 The Truth Behind the Smiles explores grief, emotional suppression, faith, and the journey back to self.

📕 Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mSAcEt

🎧 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DG5ZZN5C

🌱 Coming Soon: The Gut God Connection & Gut God Blueprint Coaching Program, focused on gut health, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and faith-aligned living.

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What happens when five authors gather on one island to reflect on their work, their lives, and the deeper purpose behind it all? In this inspiring episode of Not Alone, host Melissa Sue Methven welcomes a panel of writers for a heartfelt conversation about storytelling, healing, and living with intention.

From the challenges that shaped their voices to the passions that drive their pages, this episode invites you into the minds and hearts of authors who believe writing can be both a lifeline and a lighthouse. Whether you're a reader, a writer, or simply someone seeking meaning, this episode will remind you that purpose is powerful—and no one walks this journey alone.

Kristy Crabtree

Kristy Crabtree is a licensed therapist, author of Sacred Revolution, and founder of Innerlight Counseling. She bridges psychology and spirituality to guide others through deep healing and expanded states of consciousness. Through her writing, retreats, and ceremonial work, Kristy helps individuals transmute trauma, awaken soul memory, and reclaim their divine power. Her work is rooted in ancient wisdom, modern therapeutic practices, and the remembrance that healing is a sacred act of revolution.

Website: 

Www.sacred-revolution.com

Instagram: 

@kristy_sacred_revolution

Podcast: 

https://open.spotify.com/show/7aHmCCc09pXe6gUEIjlhrJ?si=9d0RmcwFSL2gZvYBAfDjAw

Kristin Merwin

Podcast bio

Kristin Merwin is a resilience coach, author, and the founder of Magic Inside, where she supports women and youth in releasing limited beliefs and creating the life they dream of.  Through her children’s book Magic Mountain and 7 Magic Mindsets curriculum, Kristin offers grounding tools for healing and growth. Her work blends storytelling, nervous system awareness, and nature-based practices to help others remember this truth: the magic they’re searching for has been inside all along.

Website: www.magic-inside.com

Social media: 

Instagram @therealmagicinside

Lindsay Taylor

IG: @_soul_soldier

Website: https://soulsoldiernetwork.com/

Soul Soldier Speaks Podcast-www.youtube.com/@soulsoldierspeaks

Link to Book- https://a.co/d/bK1j3qc

Bio:

Lindsay Taylor is a licensed therapist, speaker, author, and founder of the Soul Soldier Network. Specializing in grief, suicide treatment, addiction recovery, incarceration ministry, and parent support, she brings over a decade of soul-centered care to those in crisis.

After losing her 17-year-old son to fentanyl poisoning, Lindsay turned her grief into a mission to help others break free from life’s priso

✨ About the Host & Ways to Work Together

Melissa-Sue Methven hosts Not Alone with Melissa-Sue Methven, and is an author, speaker, and breathwork facilitator guiding emotional, nervous-system, and spiritual healing. She uses storytelling, expert conversations, and lived experience to help people reconnect with their body, release stored emotions, and return to wholeness.

Available for:

• Speaking engagements & keynotes
• Breathwork & nervous system workshops
• Podcast guest features & collaborations
• Faith-based, wellness, and integrative health events

🔗 Inquiries: Breathwork Coach & Speaker | Mélissa-Sue Methven | Phoenix, AZ

📘 The Truth Behind the Smiles explores grief, emotional suppression, faith, and the journey back to self.

📕 Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mSAcEt

🎧 Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DG5ZZN5C

🌱 Coming Soon: The Gut God Connection & Gut God Blueprint Coaching Program, focused on gut health, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and faith-aligned living.

✨ Join the waitlist: Melissa Methven

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