Hi, I’m Melissa.

Before I became a transformational hypnotherapist, I lived through the exact patterns I now help people break. I will not tell you what happened to me as a child - but I'll lightly skim some of the after effects I experienced. From a young age, I felt deeply unworthy—of connection, of being seen, of having people in my life. I isolated myself, even changing schools because I didn’t feel like I deserved friendships. As I got older, that internal state turned into disordered eating, constant self-criticism, and a need to control something when everything inside felt unstable.

I would dissociate so deeply that people could be speaking to me and I wouldn’t even register it. My mind would go blank, I couldn’t stay present, and I felt completely disconnected from myself and reality. Everytime I tried to approach the work I needed and actually wanted to do, my heart would race. As I moved into my late teens, things intensified. I was dealing with anxiety, depression, self sabotage, self-harm, and extreme avoidance. I missed more school than I attended. I wanted to shine - but the moment I shined I would destroy it.  I was ambitious and capable, but completely blocked.

I was talented at saxophone and received scholarships and awards, but my perfectionism ruined it. I would tell myself to practice 5 hours, and then come a viscious judge and never see real progress. Eventually, I gave it up—not because I didn’t love it, but because I couldn’t handle the pressure I put on myself and the pain of not having improved for years. That same pattern showed up everywhere in my life. I was naturally smart and gifted at many things - but would stop pursuing it immediately, and I overworked without results, spent excessive time on small tasks, and still felt like I was falling behind. I watched others move forward while I stayed stuck in cycles of overthinking, avoidance, and self-doubt. I didn’t trust myself. I constantly second-guessed my decisions, and compared myself to everyone around me. I would hold myself back, and bring myself down to make others feel better around me. 

At the same time, I craved recognition—but couldn’t receive it. I would downplay my achievements, bring myself down in front of others, and hide myself from being fully seen. I felt unworthy of success, of being beautiful, making money, having nice things, living in a nice environment, of being happy, unworthy of love, unworthy of having a good life. This showed up in my relationships too. I experienced emotionally unavailable dynamics, attachment issues, and even dissociation during intimacy. I stayed in situations that reflected how little I valued myself and sabotaged anything that felt too good or too stable.

When it came to work or school, my body would go into panic. My heart would race intensely, my mind would go blank, and I would avoid or procrastinate. Even when I tried to push through, I would cognitively dissociate and not be able to function properly. I spent years trying to fix myself. I studied psychology in my Bachelors, went through therapy, and was given multiple diagnoses—but none of it actually changed the patterns I was living in.

No matter what I did, I kept ending up in the same place: overthinking, avoiding, starting over, and feeling like I was never reaching my potential. And most of all, my greatest fear  was that I would never get to reach my full potential and become the version that I knew I could be.

At 23, I reached a point where I knew I couldn’t keep living like that. I realized that if I didn’t change something deeply, I would continue repeating the same cycles for the rest of my life. So I made a radical decision. I left everything behind—my home, my job, my environment—and committed fully to understanding and changing myself at the deepest level. For months, I lived out of a backpack and traveled through foreign countries. I immersed myself in studying the mind, behavior, and transformation. I explored different spiritual traditions, religions, psycho-energetic healing modalities, and dedicated myself fully to rewiring my patterns—mentally, emotionally, and physically.

What I discovered changed everything.

There was never anything wrong with me.

All of the things I experienced—avoidance, dissociation, racing heart, self hate, shame, freezing, rumination, anxiety, perfectionism, self-sabotage, feeling unworthy—were conditioned patterns running automatically. And no amount of surface-level effort could override them. Once I began working at the level of the subconscious—clearing and reprogramming those patterns at the root—everything shifted. The avoidance stopped. The anxiety regulated. The dissociation disappeared. I no longer doubted myself, waited, hesitated, destroyed, or self sabotaged. I could show up, follow through, and actually move forward in my life.

I became consistent, grounded, and clear. I built a life that once felt completely out of reach—healthy relationships, financial stability, a successful practice, and a deep sense of self-worth. I became everything I ever wanted to be. I feel every moment of everyday I am in love with myself, with life, everything I do, and everyone I am around. I feel my fullest potential is simply me being my true self, and I feel absolutely comfortable doing all the things I love like researching neuroscience for hours a day, writing scripts, studying behavior, and working on my dreams. I feel enough. No more hesitation, blocks, and not moving forwards. I move steadily, in divine timing, doing the things I need to do. I am seeing real progress. I feel worthy and deserving. I have incredibly loving relationships - and.. Im comfortable shining and succeeding. 

Now, I help others do the same. 

Because it doesn't matter where you come from, or how lost - stuck - broken- or confused you might feel. You are a pure light, and I have the tools, techniques, wisdom, and lived experience to absolutely take you from wherever you are, to where you want to be.