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Sign up for Transform Your Business, my 5-week course with the Center for Transformational Coaching here: https://centerfortransformationalcoaching.com/transform-your-business Book a connection call: bookwithmelina.as.me 1:1 Coaching: melinacharis.com/coaching   In this episode, I share: How to find a price for your coaching or services that feels fully aligned to you My story around pricing in my business and what I've learned What goes into determining your pricing Pricing pitfalls and where we get stuck Putting your pricing on your website vs. leaving them off Sharing pricing on sales calls Making your pricing accessible  If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I'd love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I'd be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I'm so grateful that you're here.

Book a connection call: bookwithmelina.as.me 1:1 Coaching: melinacharis.com/coaching   In this episode, I share: My highs and lows from 2021 Lessons I learned through failure, anxiety, pivots, and surrender Deepening trust in myself and Spirit How my podcast grew 2x this year (after I took 3 months off!) What I'm looking forward to in 2022 in life and business My new business course through the Center for Transformational Coaching launching in February   Links I mention: Join my email list for early access to spots in my course: melinacharis.com/email-list If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I'd love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I'd be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I'm so grateful that you're here.

Leon VanderPol is widely acknowledged as a master teacher and pioneer in the field of transformational coaching, and has spent thousands of hours training and mentoring coaches, healers, leaders and others from all over the world. He is the founder and Managing Director of the Center for Transformational Coaching, and the author of A Shift in Being: The Art and Practices of Deep Transformational Coaching – a paradigm of coaching which invites people to drop below surface-level engagement, explore the boundaries of their existence, and tap into their deepest sense of self.    In this episode, we chat about: Bringing your full self into the workplace and what it actually means to embody your values as an organization Trusting the path when following your dreams and the importance of becoming the person for whom your big dreams are possible The difference between surrendering and giving up Mistaking our highest purpose and potential for the form we desire it to take and releasing attachment to that Trusting in the flow of our creations and perceiving the bigger picture when we feel stuck in the specifics Allowing an organization to evolve and shift with the collective passion, interest and energy The judgments we place on growth vs. decline and “success” vs. “failure” in business and releasing control Mistaking surrender for being passive when it's really about trusting that you will be guided and then acting on it   Leon's links and links we mention: Website: Center for Transformational Coaching Deep Coaching Intensive A Shift in Being by Leon VanderPol Follow the Center for Transformational Coaching on: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn   I'd love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I'd be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I'm so grateful that you're here.

Pilar Lesko (@pilarlesko) is one of my greatest mentors and teachers, and I'm so grateful to have her on the podcast today for Part 2 of our 2-part conversation. Beginning her studies with Astrology and consciousness exploration at the age of 15, Pilar has spent nearly 15 years immersed in the worlds of energy medicine, consciousness studies, the healing arts, the Mysteries, and her own integration and remembrance journey. Pilar is devoted to supporting people through mentorship and training in the realms of energy, emotional, and practical mastery; business alchemy; and wealth creation.   In this episode, we chat about: - The importance of working with reality organically rather than finding things to constantly “work on” and heal within yourself - Allowing yourself to be a clear vessel for all of your desires and creations - The difference between searching for the next healing modality and trying to do what others are doing vs. being organically guided to what's meant for you - Bringing fun, joy and playfulness into your business and life - The importance of trusting in your frequency and inner guidance when it doesn't make logical sense and when you haven't seen proof yet - The “doing to get” trap and the more subtle “being to get” trap - Allowing yourself to embrace the full spectrum of your humanity and bringing the multidimensional into the 3D   Pilar's links and links we mention: Projector Magic ReSource Pilar's website EMAIL LIST GOLD $TANDARDS PROGRAM Own Your Magic podcast listeners may use code OWNYOURMAGIC for a $111 discount off of Pilar's Gold $tandards program launching 10/10/21 (live program runs from 10/21/21 - 11/11/21 while enrollment for the recorded program will remain open until 1/11/22).   I'd love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I'd be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I'm so grateful that you're here.

Ep. 33 ✨Owning Your Frequency First with Pilar Lesko - Part 1   Pilar Lesko (@pilarlesko) is one of my greatest mentors and teachers, and I'm so grateful to have her on the podcast today for Part 1 of our 2-part conversation. Beginning her studies with Astrology and consciousness exploration at the age of 15, Pilar has spent nearly 15 years immersed in the worlds of energy medicine, consciousness studies, the healing arts, the Mysteries, and her own integration and remembrance journey. Pilar is devoted to supporting people through mentorship and training in the realms of energy, emotional, and practical mastery; business alchemy; and wealth creation.   In this episode, we chat about: - The gift of sight and learning when to share what's coming through for you in clear ways - Moving through and moving beyond hierarchy, codependence, and power games in the coaching space - Exiting the spiritual entrepreneurship matrix and the importance of finding what works for you rather than following what everyone else is doing - Honoring and living from your “frequency first” and how Pilar embodies that template in the entrepreneurship space - Allowing your business to unfold in its own time and trusting it completely without rushing, pushing, forcing, or needing it to happen on your timeline - The magic of trust, surrender, and letting go of all the things we think we need to be doing in business and our identities around what we “do” - Allowing clients to be on their own journeys and sit with their discomfort rather than rushing to help them get where they want to be   Pilar's links and links we mention: Projector Magic ReSource Pilar's website EMAIL LIST GOLD $TANDARDS PROGRAM Own Your Magic podcast listeners may use code OWNYOURMAGIC for a $111 discount off of Pilar's Gold $tandards program launching 10/10/21 (live program runs from 10/21/21 - 11/11/21 while enrollment for the recorded program will remain open until 1/11/22).   I'd love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I'd be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I'm so grateful that you're here.

Book a connection call: bookwithmelina.as.me 1:1 Coaching: melinacharis.com/coaching In this episode, I share: - Why I took a break from podcasting and why I'm excited to be back! - My new segment coming next month: Meet My Mentors - Why I started trauma therapy recently and how it's allowed me to be with my pain and big feelings in deeper ways than ever before - My part-time job at Center for Transformational Coaching, my new pivot to transformational business coaching and what that means for my work and my business - How I got more aligned clients than ever once I completely let go of posting on instagram, sending newsletters, podcasting and creating content of any kind - Hitting the two year mark in my business and remembering how last year hitting the one year mark brought up a lot for me - this year I feel so celebratory and proud of myself! If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I'd love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I'd be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I'm so grateful that you're here.

Book a session with me here: bookwithmelina.as.me 1:1 Coaching Container: melinacharis.com/coaching   In this episode, we chat about: - The importance of creating space for ceremony in your daily life - What tea and tea ceremony is, its historical and cultural lineages, and how it's different from just “drinking tea” - The deep emotional release and healing I've received during tea ceremony - Tea as a plant medicine and meditative practice connecting us deeply to nature, Spirit, and our own bodies and sensory experiences - How each ceremony is different from the next, and how tea meets you exactly where you are in the moment - How tea clears the stagnant energy in the body to allow for more flow and ease in life - Tea as a gateway and activator for our own channel, wisdom, and creative expression and a bridge between the mundane and the sacred - Tea as a grounding practice, as a way for us to connect to our own energy and the subtleties of our human experience   Christina's links and links we mention: - A Shift in Being by Leon Vanderpol - Use Christina's code TEACOMMUNITY for 10% off at Living Tea!  - Tea Medicine by Wu De - Christina's website - Christina's instagram I'd love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I'd be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I'm so grateful that you're here.

Irene Lyon, MSC. and nervous system expert (@irenelyon), teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives. To date, her online programs have reached over 4000 people in over 60 countries. Irene has a Master's Degree in Biomedical and Health Science and also has a knack for making complex info easy for ALL of us to understand and apply to our lives. In this episode, we chat about: - The difference between the central nervous system and the autonomic nervous system and what happens to our bodies when we feel fear, anxiety, or trauma - How a succession of injuries and unexplained pain led her to begin studying the body-brain-environment connection - How trauma can get trapped in the body during a survival response and what affect that can have on us even years later - How to unlock and heal trauma that's trapped within us - How childhood adversity and how safe we feel as a child is linked to both physical + mental health later in life - What “trauma” actually means and how microtraumas affect us all - Neuroplasticity and how to build our nervous system regulation to heal later in life Irene's links: https://irenelyon.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBkXgr0E9ZWUg4iSDEUKqVA https://www.instagram.com/irenelyon/ I'd love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I'd be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I'm so grateful that you're here.

Book a session: bookwithmelina.as.me 1:1 Coaching: melinacharis.com/coaching In this episode, I share: - A celebration of ONE YEAR of the Own Your Magic podcast and an update on my life as I recently moved into a new home with my husband! - What moving has brought up for me in life and in business and navigating the unknowns - Shifting my perspective on my business and realizing the stories I was telling myself about it that weren’t helpful or true - Allowing myself to experience the lows and the compassion I’ve found for myself in those places - The difference between giving up and surrender, and how I’m leaning into true surrender and am exploring deeper layers of letting go in my business (which feels SO good!) - Going after your dreams in an aligned way that flows WITH what life is presenting you, not fighting against it - The importance of releasing pressure and need around your dreams to look a certain way or happen on a certain timeline, and how I’m releasing this pressure in my own life - The beauty and sacredness I’ve found in daily tea ceremony, and how tea ceremony is a practice that deeply connects me with myself and Spirit If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Sign up for my Eclipse Workshop, Sunday May 23 at 2pm PST with Astrologer Lauren Hansen here: bookwithmelina.as.me/eclipseworkshop Book a session with me here: bookwithmelina.as.me 1:1 Coaching Container: melinacharis.com/coaching   In this episode, we chat about: - What “energy work” actually means and how our paths to bring energy work in to our businesses have been so different - Opening yourself up to connection with the divine and trusting in the messages you receive - The energetic difference between adding spiritual practices to your to-do list and organically feeling called to them (and finding the right ones for you!) - The importance of working with your own energy first before helping others - Understanding if you’re ready to begin working more deeply with your own energy - How allowing yourself to go into the darkest depths and be with yourself through your pain is what helps you unlock your greatest potential - What do when others’ energy is affecting yours - The importance of shadow work in helping you take responsibility for your reactions and your energy - More info about our workshop this Sunday for the Eclipse! If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Lauren (@astrobetch). I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Book a session with me here: bookwithmelina.as.me 1:1 Coaching Container: melinacharis.com/coaching Trust Your Frequency video course: melinacharis.com/trust-your-frequency   Cassandra (@thecalmcollective_) is an intuitive living advocate who shares radical vulnerability both on her instagram and through her podcast, The Calm Collective. She's also a newly found Grief Support Coach where she offers intimate, nourishing 1:1 sessions with her clients to help lift the veil and stigmas behind a life with grief, supporting you through integration into your every day so that you can both lean into and honor your loss, yet still live a life you love - the life that you deserve.   In this episode, we chat about: - How her father’s passing changed her life and catalyzed her to share her story around grief and loss - How she discovered energy healing and the ways in which spirituality has allowed her to flow with her grief - Releasing yourself from the projections of others in a gentle and loving way - Honoring your energy and allowing yourself to show up authentically when it feels good for you - The importance of allowing yourself to fully feel your grief and pain at all points of your journey - The power of holding space for others in every area of your life - Speaking and listening from an intentional and open space and allowing the flow - Releasing the pressure of “keeping up” in business  - The traps of comparison, perfectionism, and procrastination    If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Cassandra (@thecalmcollective_). You can find her website here.  I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Book a session: bookwithmelina.as.me 1:1 Coaching: melinacharis.com/coaching Trust Your Frequency Video Course ($111): https://www.melinacharis.com/trust-your-frequency   In this episode, I share: - My process deepening into trust after launching Trust Your Frequency and not getting sign-ups - My experience with failure and worthiness growing up and how I’ve transformed my relationship with both - How this launch allowed me to TRULY embody what I preach around trust and worthiness - Why I decided to speak on this vulnerably and openly rather than sweeping it under the rug, which so many of us do and which I’ve done before - My experience with past launches and how this one was completely different (in so many amazing ways) - Pivoting Trust Your Frequency to an evergreen video course (so you can still purchase now at the link in my bio for $111, yay!) - Why I’m ALWAYS going to keep going and keep trying things (that feel aligned) no matter what, because I KNOW this is what I’m meant to do  If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Book a session with me here: bookwithmelina.as.me 1:1 Coaching Container: melinacharis.com/coaching Follow me on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@melina.charis?lang=en   As a certified Master Coach and heart healer, Ashley Mondor (@ashley.mondor) helps clients repair deep cuts, longstanding wounds from this life and others, and she specializes in making broken hearts feel new again so that they heal, gain clarity on their soul desires, and act on their inspirations.    In this episode, we chat about: - How a traumatic event completely changed Ashley’s perspective on listening to her intuition - How she learned to feel safe in her body again and began to heal after trauma - Ashley’s journey of getting connected with and channeling the Akashic records and how she weaves that into her work with others - Why she believes that the heart is the portal to the soul and why living from the heart is so central to her mission - What starting her own business has brought up for her in her healing journey around being seen and trusting that if she left her full-time job, she would be supported - The importance of truly embodying what you’re teaching to others - Human Design and how it’s helped us find greater alignment in our lives and businesses - Trusting the void as a way to come back to trust and your Being If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Ashley (@ashley.mondor). You can find her website here.  I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Learn more and join us in Trust Your Frequency, a group container to help you tune into and TRUST in your unique energetic frequency + deepen your connection to your Truth! https://www.melinacharis.com/trust-your-frequency   In this episode, I share: - An exciting announcement - my new group container, Trust Your Frequency, is open for enrollment now until April 4th! - Details of the program and how to feel into if this container would be supportive for you at this point on your journey - Why I’m using the word frequency and what your true frequency actually is  - How to understand and recognize what gets in the way of us being able to tune into and hear our unique frequency - The importance of accepting, rather than running from or getting angry at, false frequencies and shadow parts of ourselves - How to tell what is or isn’t your true frequency - The beauty of acknowledging and accepting exactly where you are in this process - A short guided meditation to feel into the frequency of my new container   If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Book a session with me here: bookwithmelina.as.me 1:1 Coaching Container: melinacharis.com/coaching   This is a special episode all about love, relationships, and growing together with my husband, Steve Yang, on our two-year wedding anniversary, You can find Steve’s music on Spotify here.   In this episode, we chat about: - How we met in college and how we complemented each other from the beginning, even though we were completely different people with very different backgrounds and journeys - How we navigated the changes of our 20s and grew together with freedom and trust in each other’s path - Supporting each other through periods of anxiety and dark nights of the soul and the importance of learning how to navigate conflict - How we both helped each other grow both explicitly and implicitly in our relationship - Navigating our interracial relationship and the joys and challenges that come with bringing different cultures + perspectives together - How we’ve supported each other in following our dreams, and realizing that following your dreams can look different than you originally thought - Supporting each other in our creativity and the different paths your passions can take    If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Book a session with me here: bookwithmelina.as.me 1:1 Coaching Container: melinacharis.com/coaching   Jessica Da Silva (@thejessicadasilva) is a former Marriage and Family Therapist and current Relationship Recovery Coach specializing in helping single adults end their toxic dating patterns, reconnect to their true essence and create healthier, strong relationships.   In this episode, we chat about: - Accepting the shifts and embracing all parts of yourself in your entrepreneurship journey - Being okay with not always having clarity in your business and allowing yourself to rest and reflect - The trap of trying to find answers outside of yourself, especially in the beginning of your entrepreneurship journey - Distorted marketing tactics in the coaching industry + why they’re harmful - Releasing shame around where you are and the importance of not comparing your business journey to others’ - The importance of running your business in flow rather than force in a way that feels authentic to you - Finding other means of financial support so you can release the pressure of immediately making money in your business - Allowing your voice and content to come from the essence of who you are, not who you think you should be    If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Jess (@thejessicadasilva). You can find her website here.  I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Liz Sanders (@lizsanders_creates) is an artist and designer living and making in Los Angeles, CA. Shop goods for vibrant living and read her blog, Consciously Transforming, where she shares ideas, practices and tools for empowerment through creative living on her website, www.lizsandersstudio.com.    GIVEAWAY Details: ⁠- One winner will receive Liz's Collage Doodle No. 15 ($25 value - swipe to see) and a free one hour Higher Self Activation coaching session with me ($88 value).⁠ ⁠- To enter:⁠ Listen to this episode; rate + review Own Your Magic and email a screenshot to hello@melinacharis.com; follow @melinacharis and @lizsanders_creates⁠; comment on my latest instagram post when you're done and let us know how you connect with your higher self ⁠- **Giveaway closes February 16 at 12pm PST**⁠   In this episode, we chat about: - The importance of friendships in helping you grow and consciously transform - How unacknowledged trauma can manifest physically in your body and obstruct your connection with your higher self - How art and creative expression can help you connect to, express, and release your stored emotions - The importance of slowing down and putting your mental + physical health FIRST - What creativity really means beyond traditional definitions and how many of us lose our inherent creative nature as we get older - Creativity + burnout and how to prioritize self-care, rest, and set clear energetic boundaries - Creating for joy and the importance of a personal creative practice - Supportive tools and practices to help you slow down, connect more deeply with your body + listen to your higher self   If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Liz (@lizsanders_creates).  I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Episode links: - Book a Human Design reading: bookwithmelina.as.me/humandesign - Human Design for Business Guide: melinacharis.com/shop - Find your Human Design type + get your chart: https://www.jovianarchive.com/get_your_chart   Alexandria Rollet (@alexandria.rollet) is a Business Alignment guide who offers guidance and holds space for your alchemical journey toward embodied alignment in both life and business. She combines the wisdom of Astrology with the functionality of Human Design to help you find alignment with your natural energetics and your highest purpose.    In this episode, we chat about: - What Human Design is and how you can use it to find alignment in life and business - Why following the old ways of doing business is no longer working and how to find your own way - An overview of the five energy types and the unique gifts of each - A discussion of the nine energy centers and the difference between open, defined, and undefined centers - Why not all types are designed to initiate even though we’re all culturally programmed to think we should - A deep dive into the five strategies and the subtle energetic nuances (and myths) of each of them - The different kinds of Authority and how your Authority helps you make aligned decisions - Where to start if you’re new to Human Design and how to begin to experiment with your type, strategy and authority If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Alexandria (@alexandria.rollet). You can find her website here: www.alexandria-astrology.com.  I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Book a session - receive 50% off any of my new sessions with code NEWYEAR through 1/22! Own Your Magic 1:1 Coaching Program Book a Human Design reading Free Trust Meditation Get on the Cosmic Clarity Waitlist! Happy New Year, loves!  In this solo episode I share:  My organic and authentic new year ritual and ways to align yourself with the energy of the new year The importance of checking in with your energy this time of year and releasing the pressure + comparison of the new year Why I took a 3-week social media break over the holidays and the importance of winter rest My personal definition of growth + healing and why I believe that growth is never linear The importance of slow + sustainable growth and deeply connecting to your inherent worthiness regardless of outward success Unhooking from the never-ending cycle of “more-more-more” and “I’ll be happy when…” The difference in energetics between pushing and forcing in your business and opening to receive guidance The difference between happiness and joy and which I’m committed to cultivating this year If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode!  As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here.

Book a session - receive 50% off any of my new sessions with code NEWYEAR through 1/22! Own Your Magic 1:1 Coaching Program Monique Glover (@moniquerglover) helps entrepreneurial women bring their personal brand back into alignment with their values and purpose, so they can reach the right people. She brings 15 years’ experience working in the Marketing and Graphic Design field, supporting clients in the private, public and government sectors. Recognized for her expertise in visual branding, content marketing, copy writing and publication design, with a focus on authentically engaging audiences with visual and written storytelling. In this episode, we chat about: The power of surrender and embracing change, both in life and in business Why it’s so important to release the illusion of control and how to trust that the universe is preparing you for whatever comes your way How she embraced her identity as a multi-passionate entrepreneur and didn’t force herself to follow one passion  Stepping off the prescribed path to follow your dreams + the fear (and liberation) that comes along with expanded possibility Why it’s imperative to make decisions with your intuition that are truly in alignment with you rather than making decisions with your mind alone The strength in surrender and feminine energy (especially when they’re traditionally seen as weak), and the parallels between birth, parenting, and business  Why storytelling is the key to real + authentic content Using social media as a tool for connection rather than allowing it to control you and burning out If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Monique (@moniquerglover). You can find her website here.  I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode!  As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Book a session - receive 50% off any of my new sessions with code NEWYEAR through 1/22! Own Your Magic 1:1 Coaching Container Join the Cosmic Clarity waitlist Creator of the blog adventures & anxiety, Lisa Poe (@adventuresandanxiety) is a proud mental health advocate. She has struggled with anxiety her entire life, and was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder in 2010. Lisa created the adventures & anxiety platform as an outlet to share her story, and to be a resource for others struggling with anxiety disorders. She shares mental health tips and tricks, her anxiety "toolkit", and encourages others to get vulnerable and share their stories, too.  In this episode, we chat about: Why she created her blog about anxiety two years ago and why she believes that sharing her story set her free The relationship between social media and anxiety and how to disconnect if social media feels overwhelming  How a combination of therapy, medication, and holistic practices have helped her ease her anxiety and how she’s working to end the stigma around taking medication The four main tools in her anxiety toolkit: expression, food, movement, and a solid support system Her experience with criticism and negative feedback as her audience has grown Why building a brand, a business, or a community takes TIME and the false “get rich quick” narratives we see in the online space If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Lisa (@adventuresandanxiety). You can find her website here. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode!  As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

*Cosmic Clarity, a 4-week energetic journey into the new year co-led with Astrologer Lauren Hansen (@astrobetch) is OPEN for enrollment until December 7th! Learn more and sign up here.*  In this solo episode I share: All the fears that come up when sharing your story and your message online How we get caught up in the rat race of growth (website views, followers, email subscribers...the list goes on) and how to get out of it Why constantly producing, creating, and sharing isn’t sustainable and how toxic productivity leads to burnout How to check in with yourself around WHY you’re sharing and how to share your message in a sustainable and aligned way The importance of internal validation and tapping into your inherent worthiness to help you unhook from the constant desire for external validation How slowing down and letting everything go helped me completely reset the way I shared and showed up on social media How to share from a grounded and embodied place and how to check in with yourself if sharing something is truly aligned If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode!  Book a coaching session Book a connection call for 1:1 coaching As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here.

Astrologer Lauren Hansen (@astrobetch) and I are SO excited to finally share that our first group coaching container, Cosmic Clarity, is OPEN for enrollment until December 7th! Learn more and sign up here.  Cosmic Clarity is a 4-week energetic journey into the new year. This program includes a detailed cosmic overview of 2020 + 2021 and an individualized report comparing your birth chart to the major cosmic events of both year. It also includes activations, guided meditation + energy work to help you reflect + release the energy of 2020, and reimagine + rebirth as you enter into the new year. In this episode, we chat about: Our new group coaching container Cosmic Clarity and why we are so excited to bring this program to you! Who our program is for and how to feel into whether or not this container is right for you A detailed breakdown of the major astrological events of 2020 (eclipses, Pluto/Saturn conjunction, Mars retrograde, etc.) and how they influenced the collective experiences we had this year Major astrological + energetic themes of 2020 and what is most important to reflect on this year How 2020 has been for us and what’s helped us the most this year A peek into a few of the major astrological events of 2021 and how those will likely affect us next year If you’re craving a deeper dive into any of this, we hope you’ll join us in Cosmic Clarity! Sign up here. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Ellie Thomas (@deeplynourished_ellie) is a Deep Transformational Coach based in Milwaukee, WI.  Through her work with clients from around the world, she embraces her inner alchemist and medicine woman to lead and guide individuals on their journey to nourished and vibrant states of being, where they can live in-tune with their deep inner knowing and embody their true essence. She is also the host of the Deeply Nourished for Life Podcast and the Co-Founder of the Well Together Collective, a soul-nourishment community for women entrepreneurs & creatives.  In this episode, we chat about: Her journey from nutritionist to discovering her true calling as a deep transformational coach How she’s released deep emotions, fears, and conditioning and has learned to live from her true essence (and why the word essence resonates with her in her life and in her work with her clients) Why she believes that pain is the opening that will allow you to experience your essence Why integration and making space to feel our emotions are essential in allowing us to recognize and release all parts of ourselves that are not us How a coach can help you hold space for your pain when you’re learning how to hold space for it on your own Being with what is and releasing the need to intellectualize and control The willingness to be with, recognize, and honor your needs For anyone desiring to reconnect to nourishment and being to their physical body in a non-judgemental way, download Ellie's Nourished & Connected Daily Practice & Journal Template For anyone desiring to connect with & live from their essence on a day to day basis: Download Elllie's Holding Light Meditation here If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Ellie @deeplynourished_ellie. You can find her podcast here and her website here.  I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode!  Book an energetic coaching session Book a connection call for 6-week or 12-week container As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

In this solo episode I share: Some words of encouragement if you’re experiencing fear in your life or business How I’ve moved from distorted masculine to divine feminine in my business and am now connecting with the divine masculine aspects of myself as well Why I completely stopped “doing to get” in my business, how I began activating my Divine Feminine, and how this created space for me to truly listen to my body and my innate wisdom  How I worked through shame wounds around achievement, money, worth, and productivity How your capacity to hold space for yourself through pain rather than avoiding or numbing allows you to hear your body’s wisdom more clearly How I’ve deepened into my power as an energy worker and how I bring that into my sessions and coaching containers If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode!  You can book a free energetic coaching session here (offer ends Oct. 31): bookwithmelina.as.me/freesession and set up a free 45-minute connection call for 6-week or 12-week energetic coaching here: bookwithmelina.as.me/connectioncall. Book a paid energetic coaching session here: bookwithmelina.as.me/energeticcoachingsession. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here.

Jess Palmer (@halfmoonhealings) is a Spiritual Guide, Self-Compassion Mentor, Intuitive Card Reader, Reiki Master Teacher, and Creatrix behind Half Moon Healings. Jess teaches how we can meet ourselves with more compassion, awareness, and acceptance by rooting ourselves into grounded self-care and a strong spiritual practice. She actively speaks on her podcast You Are Not Alone about mental health and the importance of taking care of ourselves during every phase of life and how we can begin to come back home to ourselves through embodiment, mindfulness, and surrender. Jess offers Intuitive Card Readings, 1:1 Supportive Services and Mentorships,  and weekly live collective readings that you can tune into on Instagram live. In this episode, we chat about: Her bipolar disorder diagnosis and how she’s open with her community about her highs and lows to reduce the stigma around mental illness How community has played a huge role in her healing journey How creativity and sharing her story openly has helped her connect with others and feel less alone in her healing journey Her spiritual journey, why she initially closed herself off from her gifts, and her experience with channeling and connection to higher realms The importance of shadow work, being able to hold ourselves through pain, and asking for help when we need it  Why she feels intention is so powerful and how she uses intention in her daily life If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Jess @halfmoonhealings. You can find her podcast here and her website here.  I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode!  You can book a free energetic coaching session with me here and set up a free 45-minute connection call for 3, 6, or 9-month energetic coaching here. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Christina Echevarria (@stellarshift) is a Transformational Guide, Breathwork Facilitator, and Ceremonialist who helps humans connect to their hearts, claim their power, embody their radiance and remember who they are at a soul level. She utilizes medicines such as breath, movement, energy work, ceremony, Human Design, and the healing essence of nature to empower others to come home to their bodies, activate their intuition, commune with the Divine, and courageously walk their authentic truth guided by LOVE. Christina is devoted to living in harmony with the cyclical nature of transformation, to flowing in alignment with her sacred, Spirit-led path and to creating art, healing and beauty as a way of life. In this episode, we chat about: Creating space to drop into your body, surrendering to your breath, and connecting to your deepest truth Her journey of transformation with breathwork and how breathwork allows you to process and release stored emotions, relax your mind and access an expanded state of consciousness What embodiment means to her and how she guides others to tap into their bodies + deepen into their emotions to broaden their range for experiencing their full human-ness How to set a daily container to connect to yourself + the universe and allowing yourself to flow with whatever you’re being guided to experience Allowing yourself to slow down and integrate the messages you receive so you can truly embody them and embracing the cyclical nature of life Opening to the mystery of life rather than fearing it and trusting in the divine timing of your path  If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Christina @stellarshift. You can find more information on her upcoming retreat here, her long-term mentoring here, and sign up for her free breathwork meditation here.  I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode!  As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so grateful that you’re here.

Shealyn Ivany (@living.embrace) is not only an amazing and kind-hearted human but she holds a very special place in my heart because she  was one of my very first coaching clients! She started her personal development blog, Living Embrace, in 2019 and is now is a Self-Empowerment Coach who helps people enhance their sense of self so they can live with more meaning, fulfillment, and purpose. Through her writing, public speaking, and coaching, Shealyn’s mission is to help people awaken and empower their true self. In this episode, we chat about: What self-empowerment means to her and her own journey of awakening and empowering her true self Her recent launch of her coaching services and how she’s feeling about the leap into entrepreneurship Her period of painful reflection and growth after she graduated from college in 2017 and how she began to listen to her intuition to face her fears and find true alignment The importance of rest and worthiness regardless of productivity How she started her personal growth blog, Living Embrace, in 2019 and discovered her true life calling of coaching The power of coaching and how she overcame the fear of investing in herself How she helps others embrace and awaken their true selves with her new coaching services If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Shealyn @living.embrace. You can schedule a session with her here and sign up for her email list here.  I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode!  As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here. Xoxo

In this solo episode I share: I’m getting vulnerable about what’s been going on with me and my business as I approach my one year business anniversary (and how I’ve been feeling about approaching the one year mark)! Some big shifts + announcements around what I’m letting go of in business (and a new way you can work with me)! How and why I pulled back from social media How I’m fully surrendering + sitting in a space of deep uncomfortable transition (and why that’s a good thing) Why I’m no longer hiding behind things like breathwork and Human Design and how I’m stepping more fully into my own unique brand of magic  How the kind of work I’m doing with clients is shifting + I’m laser-focusing on who I am here to help You can purchase A Shift in Being by Leon VanderPol here If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! You can also find my free IG live training series there - every Wednesday in August at 12:30pm PST.  If you’re interested in a free energetic coaching session you can book one here: bookwithmelina.as.me/freesession or apply for 1:1 coaching here: bookwithmelina.as.me/connectioncall. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here. Xoxo

Zoe Graman (@zoegraman) is an Empath Empowerment Coach, Certified Intuitive and host of the Wisdom Within podcast. In this episode she shares her journey from overachieving perfectionist to following her wisdom within to launch her podcast and eventually her coaching business. Zoe is such a soul sister and her energy is infectious. I know you’ll love this episode! In this episode, we chat about: Her journey from people-pleasing perfectionist to taking the leap, sharing her story and starting her own business  Why she felt unfulfilled following a traditional path and how she began to follow the little nudges from her internal guidance system to create a new life Why she feels that  starting a business is the ultimate personal development journey and how to tune in to the innate wisdom of our body How she works with unseen energy such as thoughts, beliefs, and programming in her work with clients and how to tell when energy is not yours If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Zoe @zoegraman. You can also listen to Zoe’s podcast The Wisdom Within here.  I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode!  As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here.   Xoxo

Jacqui Chiari (@tfg.jacqui) is the Founder + CEO of Tidy for Good, Spiritual Organizing and Sustainability Coaching, and KonMari Consultant In-Training. In this episode she shares how her mental health + money blocks almost stopped her from starting her business, how she found the courage to finally invest in herself, and her journey of creating her organizing + sustainability coaching business. In this episode, we chat about: The relationship between the tidying + organizing movement and sustainability How she brings Human Design + spirituality in to her business How she’s healing anxiety around money and the importance of taking care of your mental health The moment she decided to invest in her first coaching program and how that helped her embody the role of business owner and CEO Why community is so important when you’re just starting out Connect with Jacqui at https://www.tidyforgood.co/, on instagram: @tfg.jacqui, on Facebook www.facebook.com/tidyforgood and join her private Facebook group ABUNDANT: The Tidy for Good Community for more community + support! If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Jacqui @tfg.jacqui. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! To work with me, you can head to bookwithmelina.as.me - I’m currently offering 15% off Human Design readings, breathwork sessions, and one-time coaching sessions all through June + July to celebrate the launch of the podcast! Use coupon code “MAGIC” to redeem. Offer expires July 31. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here. Xoxo

Em Scimeca (@emscimeca) is an Animal Intuitive, NLP Practitioner, and certified Life + Success Coach. She’s magical, hilarious, down-to-earth, and I know her story will resonate with many of you. In this episode she shares her journey from growing up in a religious household to discovering her gifts as an animal intuitive to now teaching others how to communicate with animals in her new program, Animal Magic. In this episode, we chat about: How she realized she could communicate with animals when her beloved guinea pig, Winnie, passed in April 2019 The self-doubt she felt when she discovered her gifts and how she’s finding the confidence to own her magic How she channels messages from animals in her Sacred Animal Intuitive Sessions How to follow what feels good to you + strengthen your connection with yourself to tap into your unique gifts  For information on having a Sacred Animal Intuitive Session with Em or if you want to learn to communicate with animals yourself in her #AnimalMagic program, visit www.emscimeca.com or follow her on Instagram at @emscimeca. If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Em @emscimeca. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! To work with me, you can head to bookwithmelina.as.me - I’m currently offering 15% off Human Design readings, breathwork sessions, and one-time coaching sessions all through June + July to celebrate the launch of the podcast! Use coupon code “MAGIC” to redeem. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here. Xoxo

In this solo episode I share: Why I’m recording a Part 2 to this series on white privilege + antiracism and why we need to continue this work for the long term A quick guided meditation to ground + relax into your being How to do antiracism work in a way that feels aligned for you and how you can use your Human Design to guide you Why rest is an important component of the unlearning process How to handle anxiety + shame around being called out or making mistakes in this work which is absolutely a part of the process Brene Brown’s podcast episode with Ibram X. Kendi - How to be an Antiracist @andrearanaej on Instagram - I highly recommend following her if she resonates with you Erica Chidi’s IGTV on antiracism work and mental health @lisaoliveratherpy on Instagram “We Need to Rethink Our ‘Pics or It Didn’t Happen’ Approach to Activism” by Vogue UK The importance of private antiracism work and going inward to examine the racism within yourself Why seeking support + allowing yourself to feel all your emotions is so key in sustaining this work for the long-term If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! To work with me, you can head to bookwithmelina.as.me - I’m currently offering 15% off Human Design readings, breathwork sessions, and one-time coaching sessions all through the end of July to celebrate the launch of the podcast! Use coupon code “MAGIC” to redeem. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here. Xoxo

In this solo episode I share: Why I’m speaking up on issues around racism, white privilege and white supremacy Why it’s important to listen to the stories and uplift the voices of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and pay them for their work (full list of resources below), but know that it is not their job to educate white people My story of waking up to my white privilege, participating in white saviorism and the mistakes I’ve made in this work What white fragility is and how to work through it so we as white people can get to work The definition of white supremacy and how to recognize it within yourself if you identity as white If you are a BIPOC doing antiracism work and you would be open to coming on the podcast for a conversation, please DM me @melinacharis or email me at hello@melinacharis.com Resources on reflecting on and dismantling white supremacy within yourself: Rachel Ricketts’ (@iamrachelricketts) Anti-Racism Resources (free but you can pay her here), purchase her Spiritual Activism Webinars here Read and work through Layla Saad’s (@laylafsaad) Me and White Supremacy, listen to her podcast The Good Ancestor Podcast, visit her website here and follow her on instagram Take Rachel Cargle’s (@rachel.cargle) free 30-day #dothework course, purchase her webinar Unpacking White Feminism and become a part of her Patreon community The Great Unlearn here Read White Fragility by Robin D’Angelo Follow @theconsciouskid here Donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, your local chapter of Black Lives Matter, The Loveland Foundation Please share this episode with a white friend who needs to hear this. We cannot stay silent - the time is now.

In this solo episode I share: A quick guided meditation to ground + relax into your being My definition of toxic productivity + my experiences learning to unhook from it The importance of focusing on being rather than doing Balancing your divine masculine + feminine energies and how to tell when you’re operating from the distorted masculine or distorted feminine How Human Design can help you manage your energy + make aligned decisions My journey healing PCOS naturally and syncing with the energy of my menstrual cycle My definition of rest + how to work with feelings of guilt when you rest If you want to work 1:1 around releasing toxic productivity + embracing rest, sign up for a 60-minute session here: bookwithmelina.as.me/session If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! To work with me, you can head to bookwithmelina.as.me - I’m currently offering 15% off Human Design readings, breathwork sessions, and one-time coaching sessions all through June to celebrate the launch of the podcast! Use coupon code “MAGIC” to redeem. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here. Xoxo

Lauren Hansen (@astrobetch)  is one of my best friends and one of my favorite humans on the planet. Lauren is your all-love, no bullshit Astrologer - her wit, authenticity, and honesty is infused throughout her brand and business. In this episode she shares her journey to finding voice as an Astrologer and her advice for tapping into yourself + the messages from the cosmos. In this episode, we chat about: How she sees her authenticity as part of her magic and how she’s weaved that into her business as an Astrologer Her spiritual awakening and the lessons she’s learned on the journey of discovering her voice How to connect with your gut + learn to trust that the universe will give you exactly what you need How the cosmos support your growth + transformation throughout your life If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis and Lauren @astrobetch. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! To work with me, you can head to bookwithmelina.as.me - I’m currently offering 15% off Human Design readings, breathwork sessions, and one-time coaching sessions all through June to celebrate the launch of the podcast! Use coupon code “MAGIC” to redeem. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here.  Xoxo

Welcome to the first episode of the Own Your Magic podcast!  In this solo episode I share: My journey from anxious overachiever to burnt out teacher to unfulfilled higher education professional to finally owning my magic as a writer, blogger, coach, mentor, and now...podcaster! Why I started this podcast and how I hope it will help you share your story and own your magic What I think it means to truly own your magic and why I think it’s so important to reconnect to yourself, your creativity, your pleasure + play, your intuition, and your spirituality Read the latest on my blog at https://www.melinacharis.com/journal If you loved this episode, share it on social or with a friend and tag me @melinacharis. I’d love to connect and hear what you thought of this episode! To work with me, you can head to bookwithmelina.as.me - I’m currently offering 15% off Human Design readings, breathwork sessions, and one-time coaching sessions all through June to celebrate the launch of the podcast! Use coupon code “MAGIC” to redeem. As always, I’d be so grateful if you subscribe, rate, and review the show if it resonates with you. Thank you thank you thank you! I’m so glad you’re here. Xoxo