Channel Your Genius Podcast

"Life is supposed to be challenging, but it is not supposed to be stressful." - Ten Bears, Maria's great-grandfather *** Mellissa Seaman on sensory intelligence, subtle sensation, and what she learned from her Apache teacher, Maria Yraceburu, about the body's language. Tingles up your spine. A sick feeling in your gut. Sparkles at the edges of your vision. They mean three different things. But no...

"What do I make you feel that other people don't?" *** Mellissa Seaman on why your real specialty was never your résumé, and why the thing that makes you valuable may be much deeper than the degree, title, or impressive thing people keep praising. A lot of us got trained to think we were special because we fit the dumb-ass rubrics of what "special" was supposed to mean. Straight As. Good pictures....

"In collaboration with this beautiful earth and serendipity and the flow of things, there we are powerful."  *** Mellissa Seaman on what happens when your best leadership looks like "doing nothing" and why that's not what it actually is. Mellissa shares a private retreat moment where she was holding a profound energetic clearing and kept thinking, "I'm doing nothing." Helpful little lawyer brain,...

"Power gets smarter when it remembers the web." *** If success has started feeling like you're doing it all yourself and wondering why it's so exhausting, this episode is for you. Mellissa explores the archetype of the Co-Creator, the part of any intuitive leader that knows how to leverage connection with timing, guidance, body wisdom, and plain old human support to create the miracles we envision...

"Growing in celebrity, growing in wealth, growing in status, has growing pains." *** Rich people, famous people, and people on the quick upswing of success deal with a particular energetic struggle that most folks aren't tracking. Introducing a new term for something we haven't been talking about -  the Projection Load: the accumulated energetic weight of other people's attention, expectation, jud...

AI, business leadership, and client trust are shifting toward something more human, more relational, and far less performative. Mellissa breaks down how trying to be right, polished, and "professional" actually erodes connection and authority over time. She shares how improv training reshaped her leadership, introducing the "fool archetype" as a powerful access point to authenticity, trust, and re...

Sales, emotional intelligence, and client trust come together here in a grounded look at what a real sales conversation is. Mellissa reframes sales as a space where leaders hold emotional intensity without manipulation, guiding people through decisions that matter. This is about value, consent, and staying steady while fear, anger, or grief move through the room.   In This Episode, Mellissa Talks...

AI, leadership, feminine authority, and client trust are reframed through a grounded conversation on the sovereign queen archetype with Lisa Schrader. Mellissa and Lisa move beyond surface ideas of power and into lived leadership rooted in the body, relationships, and inner authority. This episode brings in elemental wisdom, partnership leadership, and the capacity to hold both grief and beauty wh...

AI is accelerating how information is shared, learned, and applied. What used to signal authority no longer carries the same weight, and many experts are feeling that shift in real time. In this episode, Mellissa Seaman explores how value is evolving and introduces the concept of "soft genius" as a grounded, human form of intelligence that cannot be automated. She speaks to the role of presence, l...

AI is shifting how value is perceived in business, and leadership is being redefined alongside it. In this episode, Mellissa Seaman speaks to sovereignty, internal authority, and the quiet power of leading from within. She unpacks why traditional leadership language feels misaligned for many women and what it means to hold your own centre in a landscape that rewards noise and control. This convers...

What happens when high-level leadership strategy meets intuitive intelligence, emotional wisdom, and energetic alignment? In this powerful episode of the Channel Your Genius Podcast, Mellissa Seaman sits down with executive coach, Human Design specialist, and leadership advisor Mary Clavieres to explore how senior leaders can make clearer decisions, lead with confidence, and expand into their next...

What if the way you're meant to build your business is already written into your soul's design? In this special reposted interview from Christina Solstad's Message Mastery podcast, Mellissa Seaman shares the deeper meaning behind the Soul Gift framework and how understanding your energetic gifts can transform the way you market, sell, communicate, and lead. Mellissa and Christina explore how intui...

What if the key to feeling more alive, creative, and magnetic at work isn't another productivity strategy, but reconnecting with your body? In this episode, Mellissa Seaman explores embodied leadership through the often-overlooked archetype of the creature: the instinctual, intuitive part of you that communicates through sensation, emotion, and subtle physical signals. She shares how tuning into y...

Mellissa explores why boredom and stagnation at work are not signs of failure, but signals that an essential part of you has been left behind. She introduces the Adventurer archetype, the first archetype in the Wheel of Wisdom, and shows how reclaiming curiosity, risk, playfulness, and experimentation can re-ignite passion, creativity, and leadership. This conversation is an invitation to bring mo...

Many of the most powerful teachers of the mysteries are also fierce protectors of truth, and in this conversation, Mellissa Seaman sits down with one of the clearest voices in the modern Magdalene field: Kathleen McGowan. Kathleen is the New York Times bestselling author of the Magdalene series, a lifelong investigative researcher, and a living steward of the lands and lineages connected to Mary M...

What would change if you had clear words for  who you are and what you're here to do ? In this solo episode, Mellissa walks you through her 3-step system for discovering your unique gifts, your intuitive genius, and your right timing in life and leadership. Drawing on 20+ years of work with thousands of people, she shows you how to move beyond who you were trained to be and come home to who you ac...

What if the very success you've been working toward is the thing that hurts the most? In this episode, Mellissa Seaman explores the growing pains of success: those tender, disorienting moments that can arise after you've reached the goals you once dreamed of. Inspired by a conversation with a highly successful, world-renowned client, Mellissa shares why big expansion can surface grief, loss, and u...

Many of the world's most impactful healers, mentors, and innovators began life as "the gifted kid", high-achieving on the outside, deeply sensitive and intuitive on the inside, yet never truly understood the spiritual architecture behind their brilliance. In this special episode, the mic flips. Venus Castleberg, Home Whisperer, healer, and longtime friend and collaborator, interviews Mellissa Seam...

Many of the most powerful leaders on the planet are secretly empathic, intuitive, and deeply sensitive, and have no idea that's what's really driving them. In this episode, Mellissa talks with Julie Jakopic, President and CEO of iLead Strategies, who advises policymakers, elected officials, NGO founders, and humanitarian organizations on the political front lines. Julie is highly respected as a st...

Leaders who come from their inspired Calling often feel drained, tired, and worn out. They're doing BIG Work every day, so it kind of makes sense… right? NO, wait! Mellissa has noticed something powerful: if it's draining you, it means there's a mismatch. Maybe your focus needs to be updated. Maybe you never found the perfect-fit offering. Maybe your audience isn't quite right. We see it all the t...

Not everyone gets to have this kind of behind-the-scenes experience. As a spiritual mentor and intuitive guide to high-net-worth clients, Mellissa Seaman has occasionally been flown on private jets for her work. While she loves the miracle of flying, whether on a commercial airline or a tiny puddle jumper, her first time on a private jet revealed a world most people never get to see. In this episo...

Do you ever feel like midlife has made you invisible? In this heartfelt and empowering episode, Mellissa Seaman reframes one of the most misunderstood transitions in a woman's life, menopause and midlife, as a portal into power. Far from fading away, women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are stepping into a deeper visibility; one rooted not in appearance, but in truth, love, and embodied magic. Melliss...

In this powerful solo episode, Mellissa Seaman calls on every intuitive entrepreneur, healer, and purpose-led professional to stay the course. In a world that feels divided, fearful, and uncertain, she reminds us that your soul-led business isn't just personal, it's revolutionary. Mellissa breaks down the three "snakes" of our time: the cultural forces that threaten to suppress wisdom, compassion,...

In today's episode, Mellissa pulls back the curtain on one of the hottest buzzwords in leadership and coaching today: neuroscience. While corporate and executive programs rush to anchor every insight in brain scans and data, Mellissa challenges the obsession with what can be measured and calls us to reclaim the mystery, intuition, and higher intelligence that science alone can't explain. Drawing o...

What if your dog is more than "just a pet"? In this heartfelt solo episode, Mellissa explores the sacred role our animals play in our spiritual lives as teachers, mirrors, and bridges between the human and the wild. Drawing from her own Apache ceremonial experience, her work with intuitive veterinarian Dr. Vanessa Gafferrer, and her deep connection with her dog Lucy, Mellissa shares how our animal...