is a life coach, NLP master, workshop leader, and author. She has been writing for pleasure ever since the second grade when she came home from school and wrote an unasked-for report about blood. Her short stories were first published in her elementary school newspaper and she has since self-published two books. Inspired most by the works of H.H. Munro (Saki), Melissa enjoys writing short pieces with plenty of punch and maybe even an unexpected twist.

After experiencing over 12 years in the corporate arena of management consulting, Melissa transitioned to the entrepreneurial world of life coaching. She uses her coach training, business background and her heart-centered Neuro-Linguistic Programming skills to help you discover your life purpose, create a vision for the life you desire, and remove obstacles along the way. She is a compassionate catalyst for you to discover your own inner resources and her passion for causing joyful fulfillment seeps into everything she does. Melissa now offers life coaching, empowering workshops, and self-study tools from her website: www.catalize.com.

Melissa is the co-author of The Self-Esteem Playbook, a resourceful guide for uplifting and sustaining your high self-esteem. She is a sought-out speaker for her message on the importance of self-esteem in your law-of-attraction visualization practice.

Melissa is also author of the recently published Conversations With Nature, an inspired book about following your heart even in the daily grind of corporate life. This book blends Melissa’s own photography from Yosemite National Park with nature’s messages to us about how to live joyfully, and Melissa’s stories of how she applied those messages into her own fulfilling life journey. In keeping with her style, the chapters are short and packed with powerful, loving inspiration.

Originally from Seattle, Melissa now lives with the love of her life in Carrollton, Texas.