Ep. 111 - Melissa Wood on The Quest to Become Enough
EXPANDED Podcast by To Be Magnetic™
2020/09/11
Ep. 111 - Melissa Wood on The Quest to Become Enough
Ep. 111 - Melissa Wood on The Quest to Become Enough
EXPANDED Podcast by To Be Magnetic™
2020/09/11
Melissa Wood, founder of Melissa Wood Health, joins Lacy to share her journey from a challenging childhood and a career in modeling and acting to discovering her authentic self through wellness. She discusses overcoming an eating disorder, the power of meditation, and how she built a low-impact fitness method and business from a place of intuition and self-acceptance.
Melissa Wood opens up about her turbulent upbringing as a middle child in a divorced family, which led to early codependency and a search for worthiness. Moving to New York City for self-discovery, she faced loneliness, low self-worth, and an eating disorder, hitting a low point that forced her to ask for help through therapy and meditation. She realized her acting and modeling careers were driven by a need to feel 'enough,' not passion, and pivoted to wellness after a weekend of disconnecting to find what truly lit her up. Melissa emphasizes that consistent meditation helped her connect with her authentic self, leading to self-acceptance and a flow-based life. She shares tools for managing anxiety, like box breathing, and discusses intuitive eating during pregnancy. Her business, the MWH Method, was built by following intuition and prioritizing accessibility, combining slow, controlled movements with mini meditations to foster both physical results and peace of mind.
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Asking for help was her turning point.
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She realized she needed to stop relying on her own strength and ask for help.
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I pursued these careers not out of passion but to feel 'enough'.
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Leaning into the feeling rather than trying to change it immediately.
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Slow, controlled movements create both results and peace.