The Captivatingly Confident Podcast

Mellisa Reeves is your resource and guide on the motherhood journey. She is an intuitive motherhood coach, holistic doula, sacred ceremonialist, mother to two earthlings plus three angels and the oldest of 10 kids! She is a powerful and vibrant woman who is focused on healing and transformational journey through the lens of motherhood. She is also passionate about bringing awareness to the power of a womans body, specifically through the menstrual cycle.

In this packed episode, we talk about her story of loss and and grief (*Trigger Warning for those who have lost a baby) and how she now uses that experience to help other women learn to trust their body again. We also talk about how using the moon to synch your cycle can help you amplify your life and business.

How much time each day do you spend thinking about food? For a lot of people, it's a LOT! So much mental and emotional energy can go toward thinking about food. It can be draining, exhausting and frustrating especially if you are an emotional eater. In this episode, I share three ways to stop thinking about food less which not only helped me in my journey, but are tools that I use every day with my clients. Let's free up some of that mental and emotional space spent on food so you can put it toward living life how you WANT!

Conscious Parenting and Positive Discipline Parenting Coach Vibha Arora is back on the show for the 5th installment of the Confident Parenting Summer Series!!!

Join us as we discuss how mom guilt holds us back and how to move past it so you can enjoy your life and parenting more fully!

Dr Danielle LaSusa has a Ph.D in Philosophy and has been a passionate teacher and coach for the past thirteen years. She loves helping people use their philosophical thinking to transform their lives.

In this episode, we talk about her amazing journey with postpartum psychosis helped her move into the space of helping women understand the philosophical side of motherhood. She brings a fresh perspective to understanding how this transformation of women is so much more than meets the eye.

Tressa is a former neurocognitive pathologist specializing in the psychology and neuroscience of interdependent function and communication. She is a published author of developmental cognition and language books for children, Mom of 5 daughters, Hemp CBD CEO, international speaker, mentor and corporate elite leadership and teams onsite and retreat facilitator.

In this episode, we talk about SO much good stuff, but the takeaway is all about using breath to breathe in more self-compassion.

Helping your kids move beyond saying just "sorry" is what OATMEAL is all about!! Join me as I team up with Life and Parent Coach, Vibha Arora, for our fourth installment of the Confident Parenting Summer Series! I am thrilled to have her on the show sharing her expertise with Conscious Parenting and Positive Discipline.

You may be wondering what bear poop, glaciers and guilt all have in common. In this episode, I share my harrowing near-death story (ok, not exactly near-death, but it felt like it) of overcoming anxiety, fear and shame. We talk about:

-Having boundaries around your energy and letting go of relationships you "SHOULD" be in.

-Viewing failures as findings.

-Letting go of shame around medication and support.

-Seeing mistakes as learning and growth opportunities.

-How NOLOs are the greatest teachers.

In this episode, Tara McCann, Fertility Coach, shares with us not only her own moving story of struggling to get pregnant for two years, but also her incredible insights into what it means to trust your body. There is SO much good stuff in this episode, so make sure you tune in!

Vibha Arora is back on the show for the third episode in our Confident Parenting Summer Series!! She is an amazing Life and Parenting Coach who utilizes Positive Discipline and Conscious Parenting to help you be the kind of parent/child role model you want to be .

In this episode, we talk about how to handle lying and tattling and how you can use Conscious Parenting to check yourself before you wreck yourself with frustration and struggle.