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The TRUE HUNGER ​Program
​ EMPOWERED EATING, FULL LIFE​ 

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You’re tired of thinking about your weight. You’re done feeling guilty about the food you eat. And promising yourself that you’ll start over on Monday. You make jokes about your eating habits but berate yourself for how tight your jeans feel today. You feel like a failure for skipping the workout, again.

You’ve reached a place where you feel hopeless because you’re sick of feeling like you can't get your eating habits under control. It’s been so long since you felt good in your clothes. And the shame you feel is like you’re hiding this deep dark secret. 

It's not that you don't know what to eat to be healthy. It's not that you don't know how to lose weight. It's that you've been on this quest for so long, you’re afraid that change might not even be possible anymore.  


You're tired of the effort and you’re hungry for more than the frozen Amy’s meal you packed for lunch. SO much more.

But you have no idea what that more even is.  

Or how to break the cycle.

You’re conscious enough to know that getting back on the wagon isn’t going to fix it and that dieting doesn’t work and you’re exhausted enough to consider throwing in the towel. Maybe this is just THE WAY IT IS and you should start accepting it. You have bad genes, a weight problem, and no willpower. Maybe you just need more gratitude, and sleep.  But you will hurl yourself back on the wagon tomorrow, again. Because, willpower. And,  because there’s no other option right?

Ugh, the cycle is so unsustainable isn't it?  It’s like you’re waiting to live your fullest life once you get a handle on your weight. And honestly, you’re burned out. You’re SO. OVER. IT.

You’re a smart, resourceful, conscious woman who is very high functioning. You get things done in most areas of your life which is why this is so frustrating.  You just wish there was a way to have peace in this area that’s an obvious blind spot.  You want eating to be a nonissue. You want to lose weight, but you don’t want to have to find the next fix to do it. You want to actually enjoy pulling your jeans on in the morning, to smell brownies hot out of the oven without worrying that you might eat the whole pan. You want to go to dinner and not be in your head about it.
And mostly, you'd like to stop living your life like something better is going to happen once you lose the weight.  

And you have a sense that this isn't even about food or weight and you're finally ready to get to the bottom of it... What are you truly hungry for?

How do I know this about you? Because this is my story. And it’s my girlfriends’ story. It’s the story I’ve heard from 100s of clients.
I spent a big part of my 20s obsessing over my body and not knowing how to change the cycle of dieting, over exercising, and crashing and burning. Now I look at food differently. I indulge in treats. I cook beautiful, healthy meals that also satisfy my love for food. I enjoy ice cream without wallowing in guilt afterwards.

What if I told you there are women who live free from this?  That your life could be free too, finally, from the madness of having a love/hate relationship with food, not loving your body, and spending too much of your life worrying about your weight?

It’s not only possible, it’s easier than you think.  


The truth is, it isn’t about these 10-20lbs you’ve been gaining and losing all these years. You may think it’s about your lack of willpower or that you just have bad genes. But instead, the weight is just a symptom of the real problem. But you’ve been treating the symptom as the problem all along and all your efforts so far have failed because of it.

The real problem is-- you have a dysfunctional relationship with food, you are not connected to your body, and you have no idea what you’re really hungry for.

And even more so, this weight and your obsession with it is just a symptom, signaling that something isn’t quite right. It’s a distraction that keeps you from your dream life. I know the 10-20 lbs isn't that big of a deal, but the quiet desperation and what it keeps you from accomplishing IS a big deal. 

The truth is, you can be comfortable in your skin, confident getting dressed everyday, indulgent with food, and happy in your body. You can live with grace and ease and balance with food, with your weight and with your body. You can be fulfilled by your life in a deeper way. All you needed all along was to discover what you're truly hungry for, and start putting THAT on the menu. And once you do, the symptom not only goes away, but you feel more full than you ever knew was possible.

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This program is the beginning, to a whole new way. 

After 10 years of coaching individually on this topic, I compiled everything that has worked to support hundreds of women transform their relationship with food, eating and their bodies. This program gets to the heart of nourishment, cravings, and the power to move beyond this challenge for good. It offers a step-by-step guide to transformation. 

In The TRUE HUNGER Program you will:
  • Release shame about food, eating and dieting
  • Gain freedom from thinking so much about food
  • Stop overeating and dieting
  • Learn how to eat healthy 
  • Start to love your body
  • Lose weight naturally 
  • Increase your confidence
  • Develop amazing, supportive friendships with other participants
  • Become less anxious and more peaceful
  • Discover what you're really hungry for
  • Start making powerful choices for your health and wellbeing
  • Have room in your life for more joy and peace and vitality and fun (and get on with your life!)

We start on June 21st and there are limited spots!  If one is for you, you'll be a part of my inner circle this year. 
​I sought coaching with Melissa because I wanted to see if there was someone who could help me change my relationship with food.  I was aware I was going through a cycle of dieting and not-dieting that caused plenty of angst, self-doubt, and self-recrimination for YEARS, but got no results for weight loss, which was my primary goal.  Her coaching offered me a chance to have a more expansive view of what it takes to make me feel good.  My relationship with food feels balanced.  Now, I am so in my body, present enough to not overeat because it doesn't feel good.  Also, I have a lot of mental space now that I didn't have before--mental space that was tied up in the pre-occupation with my obsession with food and weight loss. I've never  had this amount of energy, motivation and focus. This experience has been life changing.  It has fundamentally changed the way I view the world, and I am very grateful that I have been able to do it.
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 Want to know everything that’s included?

TRUE HUNGER Group Calls
For 5 months, we’ll gather on the phone several times a month to learn new things - about food, about ourselves, about the other women in the group.  We’ll be on this journey together, growing and changing and supporting each other along the way.  One of my mentors always says, “You can’t become yourself by yourself.”  And that's why these calls, and this small group of amazing women, will be so instrumental in your transformation.

Private Coaching with Melissa
During the program, you’ll get to coach with me privately. In these sessions we’ll get down to it-- identifying the blocks and the possibilities for you with personalized, laser focus. This is MEGA support for you in moving forward as things come up.
You’ll get an initial 1hr discovery session, so that I can really get to know you and your story, and then 5 follow-up sessions scheduled each month of the program.  

The TRUE HUNGER Digital Workbook
Included with the program is a downloadable workbook that will support you in following along with all of the new material you’ll be learning complete with notes and exercises and any relevant handouts. The material will be sent out along with each step of the program.

There will also be 3 amazing bonuses:

Surprise Expert Appearances and Resources
Throughout The TRUE HUNGER program, you’ll receive bonuses in the area we're covering. This will be an extra class with an expert to support your transformation. I love bringing women together and I believe that collaboration is the ticket to creating anything new.  So, not only will you be guided by me throughout the program, you’ll also be guided by several other women with an expertise in their field like meditation, nutrition, cooking, simplifying, etc. 
Additionally, I'll be adding gifts (like in your real mailbox) and extra resources to make the process a little easier!

TRUE HUNGER Private Facebook Group
We’ll be taking our discussion between calls to our private Facebook group so that you have another way to ask questions and connect with the women in our group. You’ll make friends and have a place to check in each day if you’d like as we move through the program.  


TRUE HUNGER Retreat - Discount 
Coming together live and in-person helps to really digest and assimilate the new ideas we're exploring . We’ll talk, eat, move,  and play together in Nashville, early August. This retreat is open to the public unless all the spots are filled by our group! You'll receive a nice discount to the weekend retreat with your enrollment to this program. Details coming soon! ​
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You can finally stop obsessing about what to eat and start living your life!  

This could be the last program on weight you ever invest in!  And I'm excited and honored to help.

Your Investment: $2,497
Early bird price is $2,197 if enrolled by May 31st!
*Payment plans are available 

*There are limited spots. If you are feeling called to do it this year, you'll be a part of my inner circle with a small group of women who are up to transform this area of their life alongside you. 
Ready to get started?  Awesome.  Just follow the steps below.

Step 1: Choose a time to talk with me privately. It's very important to me that this is the right fit for you so I'd like to discover that together in a short session over the phone.  You can choose an appointment here. 

Step 2: Register for one of the FREE True Hunger Taste Tester classes here.  You can get an idea of what the program is about and bring any questions you still have. 

Step 3:  If we both decide this program is the right place for you, then get ready to find out what you’re truly hungry for and get THAT on the menu!  You'll receive registration instructions after the calls. Remember, we kick off on June 21st!  I’m so excited for you.

Here’s a more detailed look at what we’ll be covering in
​The TRUE HUNGER Program:

Step #1 - Welcome to the party!
SHOWING UP-- First we HAVE to get present to even begin taking a look at our patterns. You'll practice not just how to show up, but how to show up HERE-- in your eating, your blind spot. You'll learn what mindful eating really is, what it's not, and you'll begin the process of mastery.

Step #2 - Are we friends?
SEE WHO'S THERE-- Identify what type of relationship you have with food and eating. You'll learn how to tell which voice in your head to trust. You'll learn how you've been treating yourself and what sort of things you've been saying to your body. We'll discuss the dogma surrounding food and uncover the reasons for eating.  

Step #3 - You wanna know the truth?
TRUTH TELLING-- You'll learn tools to test what’s TRUE and what’s bull. You'll begin to unravel the conditioning you've had over time on this topic.  You'll start to see more clearly all the lies you've been sold or selling yourself about food and about your body. You'll learn how to separate your judgements from your truth.

Step #4 - Hello body, my old friend
HEAD TO BODY-- Most of us live in our heads. Our bodies get left behind and all the wisdom, vitality and power that can be sourced from it is never accessed. This is tragic. You’ll learn simple tools and strategies to get your FULL operating board online. You'll learn how to get IN your body - out of your head. You'll start to become friends with your body and forge a relationship you may have never had. You'll begin discovering your own natural rhythms and how to honor them.

Step #5 - Empowered Eating
CHOICE-- You'll begin the process of choosing what feels good. You'll notice how certain foods make you feel. You'll learn how to make cooking a simple part of your life. You'll explore and adopt self care ideas and rituals that fit your body and your lifestyle.  You’ll feel confident choosing what to eat at a restaurant. You'll learn what foods work for your body and lifestyle. You'll discover how your body wants to move and how it wants to be dressed.  You'll start to indulge without guilt and feel comfortable in your skin.

Step #6 - Finding the Flow
INTEGRATION-- Putting it all together and practicing in different seasons and circumstances. You’ll begin to notice a rhythm and flow in the way you eat and take care of yourself. Your schedule, your home, your clothes, your food choices, the seasons, your weight will be part of this rhythm. You'll learn how to make eating healthy an easy part of your week, your year.  You'll learn how to prioritize taking care of yourself in the most fierce and graceful way possible.
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Does all this feel like the exact support you've been hoping for?  Let's find out more! ​
Schedule a Call with Me

What my clients are saying about working with me:

Melissa is an insightful, present, smart, compassionate and accepting coach. There aren't many people who hold such a deep and wide space for others. I'm delighted to have been on the receiving end of her brilliance.
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After each coaching session with Melissa, I felt I was capable of making choices and decisions that were healthy for ME. She helped me take myself out the messy context of my life and my relationships so I could hear my inner voice and identify what I really wanted or needed.
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In our time together I gained perspective on how to manage anxiety, which was life changing for me. I've adopted these tools to regain presence and get back in my body and out of my head when things start to get out of control.
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YOU DON’T NEED TO GO INTO ANOTHER DIETING/GUILTY-EATING CYCLE AGAIN! You can be like the 100’s of other women I’ve worked with and start enjoying being fully alive.

Who The TRUE HUNGER Program is for:
Successful, resourceful, AWAKE women who are stuck around food, eating and weight, constantly repeating old patterns, disconnected from their bodies-- stuck in their minds or in the ethers, and crave something more.  They want to feel the freedom and sweet relief that comes from getting in their body and the power that is naturally sourced from there!


What you’ll learn:
  • how you've been treating yourself and what sort of things you've been saying to your body
  • to get IN your body - out of your head
  • how to become friends with your body
  • what foods work for your body and lifestyle
  • how to make eating healthy an easy part of your week
  • to prioritize taking care of yourself in the most fierce and graceful way possible
  • how to separate your negative thoughts from the truth
  • how to meditate and begin reeling in those negative thoughts in the first place
  • how your body wants to move
  • how to indulge without guilt
  • what it feels like to be confident choosing what to eat at a restaurant
  • what it’s like to finally feel empowered, to eat and enjoy food, and to live a full life!

What’s the return on your investment, here?
  • Freed up energy and mental and heart space for what you really want to be spending your time on.  You'll have more time, vitality, joy, focus, and creativity.  Freedom. With this out of the way-- anything is now possible!
  • Finally enjoy going out to dinner or a holiday meal without the drama going on in your head-- means more presence for the people you love and more joy for you.
  • Finally get dressed in the morning with ease and walk out the door with confidence in the way you look and present yourself.
  • Know and use the wisdom of your body to move through your life with ease and grace.

I'm only inviting  a small group women who really feel drawn to this program into this inner circle with me. There are no other programs running alongside this cohort and I am giving you my whole attention, focus and heartfelt support. If you know this is the right time to transform your life in this area and you feel READY, this is for you.  You can finally stop obsessing about what to eat and start living your life!  This could be the last program on weight you ever invest in! And I’m excited and honored to help. 

​Your Investment: $2,497

Early bird price is $2,197 if enrolled by May 31st!

*Payment plans are available 

*Remember, there are limited spots. If you are feeling called to do it this year, you'll be a part of my inner circle with a small group of women who are up to transform this area of their life alongside you. 

Ready to go?   Here are the steps to get started again:

Step 1: Choose a time to talk with me privately. It's very important to me that this is the right fit for you so I'd like to discover that together in a short session over the phone.  You can choose an appointment here. 

Step 2: Register for one of the FREE True Hunger Taste Tester classes here.  You can get an idea of what the program is about and bring any questions you still have. 

Step 3:  If we both decide this program is the right place for you, then get ready to find out what you’re truly hungry for and get THAT on the menu!  You'll receive registration instructions after the calls. 

Remember, we kick off on June 21st!  I’m so excited for you!
I'm in!
Still have questions?  I’m here to help.  Shoot me an email, or you can join one of the upcoming FREE True Hunger- Taste Tester class.
June 20th (the last day to join) at 12pm CT 
Register HERE.

I’d love to see you there!
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