Testimonials

What My Clients Have To Say

Working with Melissa leaves your heart blown wide open. She shines light where before was darkness, leaving you feeling enlivened with self accceptance, inspiration, and a deep connection with something much larger than yourself.

~Jennifer Epiphany Long, Founder of Epiphanies Wellness Centers and Vara Healing Arts Center, Holistic Health Consultant, Spiritual & Clairvoyant Coach, Berkeley, CA

I got clarity on so many things I didn’t even expect!  In addition to being wise, insightful, and compassionate, Melissa completely accepts you wherever you’re at, and from that comes freedom in moving toward what you want in your life.   She sees things about you and your behavior patterns that you can’t, and points them out gently yet firmly in a way that makes them totally clear.  I felt that she was *always* in my corner.  She helped me stay in touch with my own power when the circumstances were completely stacked against me.  One of the most amazing things about her is not just the insights she gives you, but that the way she listens to you has YOU come up with things you never thought of before.  This woman is truly a gem!

~Karin Wertheim, Massage Therapist and Mother, Oakland, CA

Working with Melissa has changed my life. That may be a dramatic thing to say, but I feel that is the honest truth. With Melissa’s coaching I have been able to get to the core of where so much of my personality and behavior’s began. We were in the middle of coaching when my Dad died. That can be hard in and of itself, but by having this already ongoing trust and coaching relationship I was able to accept a lot of things that were unchangeable, and understand how I got to be the person I am. I am now a different person, more confident in my self, more present in my daily interactions with everybody. Melissa keeps bringing me back to being present and not judging a person or a situation through my ‘lens of expectations’. With this lens of expectations dropping away I am becoming more present and more appreciative and curious of others and their uniqueness. I sometimes think back to the way I was before Melissa’s coaching and can hardly recognize that person.

~Harry, Engineer, Virginia

Melissa brings depth, insight and compassion to her practice with a style and methodology that is uniquely her own.  She was able to see through my usual patterns of resistance to reveal for me more basic underlying drives and motivations.  I came away with a new appreciation for the things that I love about my life and access to enhancing them even further.

~David Niebauer, Attorney, San Francisco, CA

By staying with me, challenging my avoidance and dishonesty, by openly and honestly responding, by pulling me back to the here and now – I eventually began to want to meet her in the authentic place that she was holding for me. I believe I was able to open up and drop my defenses because of her willingness to model this way of being for me. I cannot emphasize enough how important this experience is to me and that it is a major step forward in my bid for freedom. If you are considering working with Melissa I suggest you be prepared to go up to and beyond your growing edge.

~Robert Hewitt, Psychotherapist, Melbourne, Australia

You’ve insightfully picked up on things that even I have been unable to articulate myself. Thank you for taking a few moments to step into my shoes and really get it.

~J.M., Writer, New York, NY

I question where I would be or if I’d even be alive right now given the past year of my life, and coaching with you has a lot to do with that.  You have consistently been a source of hope for me every time we’ve been together.

~M.R., Technology Sales, Oakland, CA