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  • "You can deeply trust Melissa as a powerfully skilled and compassionate guide for opening to new life."
    ~ Jeanne Achterberg, Ph.D., past President, Association for Transpersonal Psychology

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    ~ Barbara Fischer, MSW

  • "Melissa is awesome! I feel heard and held by her compassion, acceptance and clarity. She always has just the right exercise or reflection that guides me toward my own intuition and authenticity. She has been invaluable in helping me build and uncover the path I will walk in this next phase of my life."
    ~ Basha Brownstein, MSW

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Ever feel like trading yourself in for a new model?

Your lights have dimmed. Life's just not as interesting as it used to be. You feel frazzled, frayed, overburdened, overwhelmed. You're a prisoner of your to-do list and everyone else's needs.


Wondering when the blazing heck it gets to be your turn?


You're running on fumes from decades of caring for kids, parents, partners, friends, co-workers. You used to get juice from the challenges of work and getting ahead, finding your own power in the world.

But now, you're just wondering how it got to be that everyone and everything else is more important in your life than you. You're waking up at 3 a.m. wondering, Is this all there is?

You want nothing more than to check out of your life and be left alone with no one to take care of. No deadlines. No lists. And lots of chocolate.


Sister, listen: it doesn't have to be this way.

When my kids left home the wind went out of my sails. With Melissa's compassionate help I created a life that celebrates who I genuinely am now (rather than everyone else's ideas of who I should be). I've revitalized my marriage, rediscovered happiness and delight, and am setting a wonderful example for my fledgling adult kids. Who would have thought life could be so rich and so good? Thank you, Melissa!  ~ Marianne Delorian


Imagine flourishing in your messy, luscious, precious life

I've helped thousands of women flourish after forty five. If you're tired of a wilted body and overburdened soul, and ravenous for your own luscious life, you're in the right place.

Imagine how deliciously alive you could feel again:

  • letting go of struggling and trying harder, living instead with ease and grace
  • meeting challenges - plenty of those after 45! - with new resilience and strength
  • caring for others from overflow instead of that awful sapped-out emptiness
  • offering kindness and deep compassion to yourself no matter how you feel or look


    Hungry to blossom again?


    All of my Flourishing Programs — Flourishing After Forty Five teleclasses or individual coaching program, and psychotherapy or coaching — will inspire and support your own unique blossoming.


    There's plenty of free inspiration and help on this site. Come on in with your latte, put your feet up, and make yourself at home.

    Enjoy the website! Please feel free to call (206-427-1325) or email me if you have any questions.

    With love and pleasure,

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