The Melrose Show
42 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsSEASON 2 - PERMISSION TO GROW & CHANGE coming 2024! Season 1 explores different career paths of inspiring women. List hacks galore! Season 2 is all about giving ourselves, our stories, and each other Permission to change and grow ourselves and our stories. Tune in to hear new episodes from season 1 guests and their growth. Also new guests!
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Female Founders/Executives; The Seastars,
Wellness Experts; The Goddesses,
Sustainability Pros + Permaculturists; The Naiads
Special Male Guests in unique professions that are allies to women; The Neptunes
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Episodes
The Seastar of Kindness; Anna Dravland Session 2
March 09, 2022 01:04 - 55 minutes - 51.7 MBAnna Dravland, founder and CEO of Spread Goodness Day is back. Growing her mission to it's 5th year, Anna is doing amazing with her non profit. Anna, who has made it a mission to Spread Goodness from state to state and is now a recognized state holiday in MI and in many cities across America. Hopefully one day SGD will be a National and International holiday. The day is all about, you guessed it, spreading as much goodness as you can. Through schools, communities, and companies, the impact i...
The Seastar Goddess of Business Training for Women & WINC; Myka McLaughlin
December 07, 2021 02:51 - 1 hour - 86 MBMyka McLaughlin is a really powerful business woman who has mastered communicating and leading with softness and genuine care for others. This is no easy feat in life. Myka is a business owner. Her career and her own business is helping other women with rigorous business training and a platform for building a feminine business culture. She helps women survive doing what they love to do. Myka wasn't always sure that this would be her path and it took some trust of the universe and letting go ...
The Seastar of Television Journalism, Novel Writing & Founding Women of Tomorrow; Jennifer Valoppi
December 07, 2021 02:50 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBJennifer Valoppi is a very special guest on the show. It is an honor to have her speaking to Mel and our community about her incredible career. Jennifer is a former Broadcast Television Journalist with over 28 years in the industry as an investigative reporter, science editor, anchor, and producer. Jennifer is also the author of Certain Cure, a sci-fi thriller novel (the first of a trilogy). She is also the founder and leader of Women of Tomorrow, a scholarship program which provides aid for...
The Naiad Seastar of Questing for Beauty & Documentary Film Making; Cris Saur
December 07, 2021 02:50 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBCris Saur was in college studying to become a civil engineer when she was scouted to be a model. Cris became a successful Brazilian model and while on the outside it seemed the tables had turned for this shooting star who was bullied in school for being taller and skinnier than the rest of the girls, like most models are, something was not right. The pressure to be perfect for decades left her with very low self-esteem and she only realized how damaged her self-esteem actually was after bein...
The Seastar of Instructional Design, Consulting Firm Owning & Doing the Hard Work; Nicolina Delgadillo
December 07, 2021 02:50 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBNicolina is a super smart woman and consultant firm business owner. She is a woman who isn't afraid of doing the hard work and over the course of her life so far, that mindset has paid off. After majoring in finance with a full ride scholarship, after being told she wasn't smart enough for college, and having some really solid mentoring in her career path, Nicolina decided to open her own consulting firm to design instructional resources for organizations. Her decision to enter into an indus...
The Seastar of Business Development & Yogini Lifestyle; Alexandra Schueler
December 07, 2021 02:50 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBAlex Schueler is a full package when it comes to being multi dimensional. She is a professional woman with financial certifications and connections including top minds in the world. And she is also a 500 hour certified Yogini who comes packed with life lessons and spiritual wellness at her core. Alex is sweet and strong and genuine: real Seastar vibes. She is easy to talk to and a testament to the bad stuff in life bringing on the good stuff (and perspectives). Alex and Mel talk about the ...
The Naiad Seastar of Vanity 2 Humanity & Fashion Goddessing; Jodi Sandman
December 07, 2021 02:50 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBJodi Sandman is one of a kind fashion goddess and one of Mel's mentors, friends, and former bosses! She put in her time as Director at TSE, VP at Elie Tahari and VP of Escada, SVP at Sachin + Babi/ANKASA before founding and running Crescala Fashion Development. Crescala is a firm that helps emerging fashion designers design, enter major retailers, market, strategize sales and scale. Jodi recently has also founded Vanity 2 Humanity with a partner and is brining ROC and purpose to fashion as a...
The Seastar Goddess of Tarot Reading and Celestial Guide Vibes; Niketta Scott
December 07, 2021 02:50 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBNiketta Scott is such a friend goddess, one of those women that you know is on your side from the start and is all about going deep on the conversation as quick as it feels natural. Niketta Scott is a woman who always knew she could communicate with the celestial realm but only in the last five years has she started really embracing it for healing herself and spiritual growth, using it as a trade and seeing it as a superpower. She is a Seastar who is helping people see that they have divine ...
The Seastar of Ice Skating Mastery & Saying Yes even in Doubt; Ashley Clark
December 07, 2021 02:50 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBMel got a new microphone. So first of all many apologies for the sound difference of sound in Ashely and Mel's mics. Hopefully we will have this corrected by a sound engineer in the next week or so, so if it is bothering you, please come back in a week and try again. Otherwise, enjoy! Ashley Clark grew up to become the person we all, all meaning little girls who lived in winter places, dreamed about being brave enough to become. Ashley is has been and is forever an ice skating princess, cha...
The Seastar of Clean Beauty Brands, Conferencing & Podcasting; Cassandra McClure
December 07, 2021 02:50 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBCassandra McClure is a woman who sees opportunity and takes it for a ride as long as she wants to. She then hops off and manifests more magic in her next idea and opportunity. This will likely continue for her whole life and is such an inspiration to women to stay true to yourself and open to all life has to offer in that thing you love or are curious about. This celebrity makeup artist and entrepreneur is one of a kind. Cassandra started with modeling and make up in Seattle, she then tour...
The Seastar Goddess of Occupational Therapy & Best Friending; Melissa Neagles
December 07, 2021 02:49 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBMelissa Neagles was Mel Rose's first friend. They met in Kindergarten. After Melissa moved away in second grade, the two tried to keep in touch but life got in the way. Social media and email didn't exist back then. WILD! Imagine. The good old days right? Well, fast forward 20 whole years. Both were looking for each other. Melissa got married at 22 and had a different last name and Mel changed her first name to Mel Rose. No luck. Then Mel went and did some crazy stuff called Reality TV. And ...
The Seastar of Spreading Goodness & Stroke Surviving; Anna Dravland
December 07, 2021 02:49 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBAnna Dravland is an incredible woman, survivor, and inspiration to all people. When Anna was 34 she suffered from a stroke that would change her life as she knew it. The same year of her stroke, just a few months before, she had launched her own non profit called Spread Goodness Day. Spread Goodness day happens the second Friday of every March, every year since 2018. The Seastar Goddess Tribe (The community this podcast supports) is 100% on board for getting involved with @spreadgoodnessday ...
The Seastar Goddess of Sex Therapy and Founder of Down to There; Pamela Joy
December 07, 2021 02:49 - 53 minutes - 49.8 MBPamela Joy is a relationship and sex therapist. Pamela's former job in tech for a decade+ at Apple and Facebook was wonderful but after she found how interested she was in the sex therapy she was doing with her husband, she decided to pivot for she had found her thing.. This whole experience shocked her but she stayed open to this vision for herself and stayed curious. Pamela earned her masters degree in Holistic Counseling Psychology and is a certified Somatica Coach, Sex, and Relationship...
The Naiad Seastar of Lingerie and Tantra Enthusiasm; Chez Johnson aka The Lingerie Lady
December 07, 2021 02:49 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBChez is a magical person and longtime friend of Mel Rose, as well as a really amazing business woman. She is one Goddess that is a force to be reckoned with! She had been through quite a long career path that started as a dental assistant, included owning a modeling agency that casted women onto music videos for Def Jam and Cash Money Record companies and styling the ladies for these shoots, to souther belle standout in New York City and has evolved into a successful lingerie e-commerce busi...
The Seastar of Writing Spiritual Guides & Following Intuition; Chiara B Townley
December 07, 2021 02:48 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBChiara (Kee-Are-Ah) B. Townley is a spiritual guide and writer based in Portland Oregon who is originally from London. Chiara realized she had a very strong intuition when she met her husband working in hospitality in London. Now, married to him with a new baby, she has launched an incredible start up to help professional women connect with their spiritual side. She says that it is very important to know that spirituality starts from personal journey of self discover and a whole lot of work...
The Goddess Seastar of Yoni Health and Empowerment; Sabrina Vedete
December 07, 2021 02:45 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBSabrina Vedete has opened our hearts and minds and is a woman living and speaking her truth. And it is beautiful! We might actually listen to this podcast every week just to keep this re-remembering this information. Sabrina tells us so many things we knew but forgot and totally needed to hear. She is also an educator of the YONI, even just teaching us about that word versus vagina! She gave us a TON of information that we will thrive on for years to come and that we know you will want to he...
The Seastar of Electrical Engineering & Non-Conforming; Helena Yasmine
December 07, 2021 02:41 - 55 minutes - 51.7 MBHelena Yasmine is a goddess guest from the goddess circle who we are so excited to have on the podcast teaching us this week about engineering and her revelations from staying true to herself and strong in a male dominated industry. Helena has had some incredible twist and turns on her career path. What was steady was her father's guidance, her unwillingness to conform, and a lot of intelligence; both IQ and EQ! Helena came to the states from Lebanon at 12 and went to college in Chicago, Had...
The Seastar of Pied Piper Vibes & Nature School Tribe; Misty Twigg Cudahy
December 07, 2021 02:33 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBMisty Cudahy nee Twigg Butler is a one of a kind goddess. Misty has been one of Mel's best friends/sister/seastar for years and more importantly has shown everyone around her just how to do hard things. Misty is a pro at doing that which would petrify most people; start multiple start ups, renovate her entire home, study at 40, and build a family of 5 with 3 kids under 4. Yes, she's a magic maker, place maker, and now runs something magical called Forest School in Forest Gate, London. Walki...
The Seastar of Tech Law & Relentless Entrepreneurialism; Leila Banijamali
December 07, 2021 02:16 - 58 minutes - 54.6 MBLeila Banijamali is a tech lawyer (her firm focuses on SF Law & Real Estate Brokerage Bedrock SF), she is a relentless entrepreneur, explorer, surfer, and chaser of big dreams. She is the CEO of Symbium Build which is a computational law company that is currently focusing on helping home owners and small business owners navigate complex zoning regulations and the local rules that govern what can be done with a piece of property. Her background is complex and full of achievements. With the di...
The Goddess of True Care in Functional Medicine & Acupuncture; Dr. Amanda Cohen
December 07, 2021 02:15 - 52 minutes - 49 MBDr. Amanda Cohen is a doctor of Chinese Medicine and Functional Medicine and combines science, psychology, research, and magic into her practice. Dr. Amanda is an intellectual powerhouse. She has a dual bachelors degree in clinical psychology and anthropology from Cornell, a Master's Degree in Health Psychology Research from UC Irvine, and a Clinical Master's Degree and Doctoral Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Emperor's College. She has a lot of college loans in the name of learn...
The Seastar Goddess of Herbalism; Arielle Hayat
December 07, 2021 02:11 - 57 minutes - 53.4 MBArielle Hayat is a clinical herbalist and a magical creature that we can all learn from. For she is filled with endless knowledge about human's real best ally; Plants. She completed her 1000 hour apprenticeship with 30+ year Wise Woman herbalist Lata Kennedy of Flower Power Herbs and Roots focusing on the Six Steps of Healing of the Wise Woman Tradition, where she still works today. She spent four years as a resident herbalist at wellness Haven, The Alchemist’s Kitchen and she continues to w...
The Goddess Roundtable discussion on Bullying with Jenny Mischel, Jessica Elliot & Mel Rose
December 07, 2021 02:10 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBJenny Mischel and Jessica Elliot are both professionals working to improve the situation with bullying. Jenny comes at this problem through academia. She holds a PHD in Educational Psychology and works as a development coordinator and facilitator with Payton's Project and is a visiting assistant professor at Oxford College at Emory University. Jessica is in the trenches as a school counselor at Fairfax County Public Schools and also works with Jenny and Payton's Project to tackle this dire t...
The Goddess of Public Health and ACEs; Alison Cebulla
December 07, 2021 02:08 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBAlison Cebulla is a woman on a mission. A mission for public health by way of scientific research devoted to trauma and sharing it with communities to empower their people. Alison works with and for The ACEs Connection. Alison coaches and encourages the community to understand that childhood truamas affect our adulthood in very real ways. ACEs stands for Adverse Childhood Experiences and covers a range of experiences that you can have from Neglect, Abuse, and Household Dysfunction that can r...
The Seastar of Startup Law & Being a Fun Mom; Rachel Johnson
December 07, 2021 02:02 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBRachel Johnson is one of those women that you talk to and by the end of the talk you're like woah...that was a goddess! Rachel is Managing partner at J&O Law. which is a firm that she and her best friend from law school founded after doing some time in big law. They specialize with helping startups and emerging growth companies with their legal and coaching through the life cycle of new business. She followed in her parents footsteps by pursing law, the only of her and her 4 siblings to do s...
The Seastar of Supply Chain Presidency & Overcoming PPD: Leticia Baca
December 07, 2021 02:02 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBLeticia Baca is an incredible woman. Not just because she is the President of Lakewood Organic Juices, or a wife and mother of two who accomplished such high corporate accomplishments. She is incredible because she has persistence and a mindset that isn't afraid of stepping back to go even farther forward. When she found herself pregnant with her second child, she wasn't provided for by her employer like in her first pregnancy. The need to work through her postpartum set her off into a depre...
The Seastar of Cosmetics Brand Development & True Intelligence; Donna Lopez
December 07, 2021 01:58 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBDonna Lopez was not someone who thought she was very smart and was never told that she was highly intelligent. But she always wanted to do something big with her life, even as a youth. A wrench got thrown into the system when she became a teen mom. But she refused to let an assumed trajectory defeat or define her. Instead, she took control of her life when opportunity knocked. She gained traction in her career by stepping up and asking for roles she didn't even know the titles of or was even...
The Seastar of Higher Language Education and Fearlessness; Jenny Nieveen
December 07, 2021 01:58 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MBJenny Nieveen is a President and Founder, a strong woman, and a fearless hispanic business owner. Her school OHLA is a leading provider of English language courses and other study abroad programs. OHLA, Open Hearts Language Academy, is an incredible company that employs over 200 people and has educated thousands of students since 1998 in higher education. They offer comprehensive English language programs designed for international students to learn English in the US. Their language programs...
The Seastar Big Sister of Cannabis & Emerald Media Maven; Christina de Giovanni
December 07, 2021 01:58 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBWhen Christina de Giovanni found herself in a jail cell with all her assets seized by a weird twist of events involving her boyfriend and a bunch of cannabis, she found the spark to her life's fire. She found that "thing" that would direct the success and impact path she would set out on. As she sat there, she realized that her experience to get to that point was fraught with civil injustice and that as a journalist major she should fight the sword with the pen. She decided to empower the c...
The Seastar of Neural Beings & Chief Mindfulness Officer Goddess; Anahita Moghaddam
December 07, 2021 01:57 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBAnahita Moghaddam is a seastar and a goddess as a founder and a trail blazer. She walks her path in life on the mental wellness path. She is such a powerful force. She is so many things to say about her, but first and foremost is her beautiful consciousness, that is ever so present. She has been a voice of reason and truth teller for Mel over the last few years and is an extremely esteemed guest on this podcast. Anahita founded Neural Beings, a company that trains and coaches individuals an...
The Seastar of Recruiting & Becoming your own boss; Lina Restrepo
December 07, 2021 01:54 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBLina Restrepo is one determined female run business owner who is here to make all the unemployed people, a little bit smarter with this episode. Lina, President, CEO and owner of Infinity Personnel; a Miami-based recruiting agency specialized in sourcing, selection, behavioral interviewing and relationship management, as well as placing and retaining talent. As a former banking industry professional, Lina always dreamed of being her own boss and working in the human resources world. When s...
The Seastar Tennis Star turned Headstrong Coach ; Danielle Mills
December 07, 2021 01:53 - 59 minutes - 55.1 MBDanielle Mills is a retired Professional Tennis player turned award winning senior leader of tech company Prodigy, founder and CEO of Headstrong Coaching & Podcast, and an amazon best selling author of her book: How to Master Linkedin: and Separate Yourself from the Masses. Basically, Danielle is amazing. Her mental training as a child professional athlete primed her, along with really good parenting, to grow a mindset that was unshakable and teachable. She is someone who doesn't let the wor...
The Goddess of Spinal & Sacred Energy Medicine; Dr. Colleen Lindstrom
December 07, 2021 01:51 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBDr. Colleen Lindstrom is a sorceress. She actually would have been called that in the olden days and people would have traveled from far away to have her work on them. She is a miracle devoter. Today, she's known as a doctor. But she is a very special doctor. She is the kind that really cares and deals with the true life force. The spine, the fluid around the spine, and all the energy around us; known as our sacred anatomy and subtle energy field. In the last 8 years, she has healed Mel Rose...
The Seastar of 212 Real Estate & True Belief; Sarah Williams
December 07, 2021 01:51 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBSarah Williams owns her own Real Estate firm in New York City called Societe and with over a decade in the industry, she knows the 212 inside and out. Societe is a privately-owned, female-run, bespoke real estate agency that defines Sarah's ethos with luxury aesthetics, smooth processes and influential work. She is also the agent who won Rookie of the Year (REBNY) and The Rising Star Award in her first few years of the industry and made many people take a second look at her out-of-the-box an...
The Seastar of Creative Mindsets & Self-Published Thriller Novels; Claudia Batchelor
December 07, 2021 01:50 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBClaudia Batchelor is a self-published thriller novelist, a landlord, a creative director, a former music industry executive, and one of Mel Rose's dearest friends for half a decade now! A kite surfer, beautiful soul, and loyal friend, Claudia is magical inside and out. From the streets of Columbia to the countryside in London split with the seaside of Cabarete, Dominican Republic, Claudia has figured out how to genuinely be a legend, an independent woman, and a creative manifester. She also ...
The Goddess of Racial Equity Education & Inclusion; Dr. Tiffany Bowden
December 07, 2021 01:48 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MBWELCOME TO A GODDESS CIRCLE EPISODE Dr. Tiffany Bowden is an anti-racism educator, a diversity consultant, a speaker, coach, trainer, and social entrepreneur. She is also a program manager at Amazon. She has a beautiful mind and is a force to be reckoned with. Her big heart and intelligent mission are two reasons this episode will allow you to think about your mindset. She inspires action in racial inclusion and education. Mel and Dr. Tiffany challenge you to be not only open to diversity i...
The Goddess of Bio-Social Anthropology; Dr. Chelsea Shields
December 07, 2021 01:47 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBWELCOME TO A GODDESS CIRCLE EPISODE Dr. Chelsea Shields, a bio-social anthropologist, strategic research consultant, women's rights activist, mormon, speaker, author, mother and wife and so much more, who accomplished 2 PHDs debt free by the way, pretty much defines a modern female boss. Born and raised in the Mormon community in Utah, Dr. Chelsea knew there was more to life than her community let on. She is unapologetically ambitious and rightfully so. She's changing science with placebo s...
The Goddess of Clean Water for Uganda; Barika Poole
December 07, 2021 01:44 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MBWELCOME TO A GODDESS CIRCLE EPISODE Barika Poole, NGO executive director for Spouts is an incredible human being. Originally from Connecticut, she finds herself these days living and helping get a basic right to people in Uganda, so that they may have a fighting chance at developing economy and a safe and healthy country. A masters of environmental engineering, educated MIT, Barika's life is devoted to making the world better for people. Barika directs Spouts with their incredible mission...
The Seastar Dream Team of Venture Incubation Creation; Eva Chan & Jane Lee
December 02, 2021 20:50 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBWELCOME TO A MERMAIDS UNITE EPISODE Eva Chan and Jane Lee have founded an early stage venture lab called Launch Pop and they're co-founders to keep an eye on. Based in Los Angeles, they are dedicated to creating a new generation of businesses for ambitious entrepreneurs. They launch brands that "change the way we live". Their team ethos is defined by being ethicially driven, produced collaboratively, passionate, futurist, creative, fun and dynamic. In this episode, Mel explores the unique...
The Naiad of Fashion Consciousness & Consulting; Gabriella Smith
December 02, 2021 20:50 - 46 minutes - 43.4 MBWELCOME TO A SYNC [SAVE YOUR NAME CONFERENCE] EPISODE Meet the wonderful and tres chic Gabriella Smith. She is an inspiring fashion industry professional on the challenging road of teaching and creating ethical closets. She is the founder of The Upcycle Project, a nonprofit organization and agency that focuses on fashion sustainability education and consulting. They dare to educate, inspire, disrupt, and change all of our lives. Their current project has created masks out of recycled materi...
The Goddess Pioneer of Money Health, Discovery, & Mastery; Chantel Chapman
December 02, 2021 20:50 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBWELCOME TO A GODDESS CIRCLE EPISODE Chantel Chapman is a money mindset educator. This episode is devoted to understanding the pillars she uses to teach Trauma of Money. Her incredible conversation on how our personal traumas can subconsciously affect our earning power and relationships with money is fascinating and comes from years of Chantel's work and research. Mel and Chantel discuss Chantel's journey to make some serious changes after many years in the finance industry. Her pivot led ...
The Seastar Leader of Ambitious Connecting - Stef Caldwell
December 02, 2021 20:49 - 50 minutes - 47.1 MBWELCOME TO A MERMAIDS UNITE EPISODE! Stef Caldwell is the co-founder of Manifest Her. A company providing support to ambitious women by creating a community of women who support each other's ambitions and challenge each other to take action. They provide half day retreats in Chicago and a post retreat APP and community of other women to grow alongside. Stef and Mel talk about her amazing company, how and why she started Manifest Her, starting a company with not just a friend but a teammate...
Let's Save The World
April 08, 2021 04:40 - 15 seconds - 240 KBWelcome to a podcast about saving the planet. Episodes coming soon!