Scar Tissue

This is day 3 of Melissa’s week of sprint episodes exploring the full landscape of grief. Today, Melissa dismantles the belief that there are linear stages of grief and offers an analogy to better understand the chaos, swirl and unpredictable nature of grief. In this episode you will learn how to assess each day, and in each moment, what energy or aspect of grief is presenting so that you can feel...

Welcome to day 2 of Melissa's week of sprint episodes exploring the full landscape of grief. Anniversaries of death, birthdays, holidays...they can make the weight of grief a whole lot heavier. Melissa shares how to recognize the signs of grief surfacing around these days and how to take action to navigate through, feeling your best. About this podcast: Grief, Guts & Smoothies. These three thi...

To open up a week of sprint episodes on grief, Melissa first identifies what grief is- and shares how it is much larger than the loss of life. Learn how everyone, even if they haven't lost someone close to them, is impacted by grief. And how recognizing this allows us to live more productively. About this podcast: Grief, Guts & Smoothies. These three things changed my life – they might change...

Melissa sits with Transformation Coach and Energy Expert, Tory Dube. They chat about the difference between intuition and anxiety (and how we know the difference) and how our paths are not linear. And they dive into what took Tory from waitressing in a bikini to running her own business to a new exciting career endeavor! You will take away several actionable items to use today, including Tory walk...

As a life coach, Melissa believes in the importance and transformative power of coaching. In searching for her own new coach, she realized there were three reasons why working with a coach who doesn't have a coach is not going to work for her. About this podcast: Grief, Guts & Smoothies. These three things changed my life – they might change yours too. Each episode we abandon our comfort zones...

17: Why the law of attraction ISN’T working for you Melissa coaches and teaches the law of attraction - it's the ONLY thing she asks each client to incorporate each day. In doing so, she has discovered 4 common mistakes that prevent people from accessing the power of the law of attraction. Come hear what the LOA is and why it might not be working for you. About this podcast: Grief, Guts & Smoo...

Susan Cabana, working full time, married with 3 girls and counting calories as a form of staying healthy, lost her husband suddenly. Left with 3 young girls to raise, a heavy weight of grief and grinding in a corporate job that wasn't aligned with her vision, she took a scary leap to shift her juicing from distributing them to neighbors from her kitchen to opening a store and making health more wi...

Melissa chats all things capacity. Understanding what it is, how it impacts our lives and how we can build it. You'll learn how to understand not only your capacity, but the capacity of others, the roles they can play in your life and how triggers within are powerful feedback. A lesson learned from Leyden that can support you in your constantly evolving journey! About this podcast: Grief, Guts &am...

This week Melissa interviews her other half, Mooch (Christina Muccio) who is her best friend and business partner. Mooch opens up about her own grief journey and how that has impacted her values and aspirations. The two share the story of how they met, their belief in "power of potential" and the many ways in which they both felt right away that they were connected at a deeper level. Moo...

After speaking at Yoga Reaches Out, Melissa shares two of many takeaways in this episode. The "Vulnerability Hangover" that sets in after opening up and exposing yourself and realizing that so many people who are spreading Leyden's light, do not know Leyden's story. Here, she gets even more vulnerable and opens up about the details of Leyden's life, loss and light. About this podcast: Gr...

Jacqui Bonwell shares advice incredibly poignant for anyone feeling stuck in their current life situation or career. With insight on her transformation from an over-caffeinated, Marlboro Red loving social worker in Ireland to a renowned yoga instructor, workshop presenter and teacher trainer (and green smoothie drinker), there was one constant - leading with a desire to help others. And there was...

In this episode Melissa shares about her recent Boston Marathon run, how it started as a promise to Leyden and the ways in which our journeys of marathon training and grieving are similar. She concludes with one major distinction between the two that is so important for anyone grieving or supporting someone in grief, to remember. To come hear me at Yoga Reaches Out 2019, visit its website . Host :...

Former New England Patriot, Teddy Johnson, 3x Super Bowl Champion, joins us to chat all about how Guts (and maybe a green smoothie or two) has and continues to shape his journey. We talk about applying the on-field lessons off the field and he dishes some solid advice in how to take a stand and own your truth, no matter what your story may be. To hear Melissa at Yoga Reaches Out 2019, visit its we...

In this episode, I highlight three strategies that helped me as I transitioned to being able to confront and discuss my grief journey. This episode is for anyone that is having or has had difficulty discussing their grief with others. To come hear me at Yoga Reaches Out 2019, visit its website . Host : Melissa Dlugolecki About this podcast: Grief, Guts & Smoothies. These three things changed m...

Each year around Leyden’s anniversary, I speak to my congregation at Arlington Street Church. In this talk, I reflect on how shame is contributing to deaths all around us. I talk about how shame can close us in a bubble, and when we begin to exist outside that bubble, how our world can crumble if we don’t learn to deal with shame. And I close with steps you can take to rise above others shame dire...

In this episode, Melissa goes back to the basics. WHAT is grief? How long does it last? How can we understand it to better manage it. And what are do’s and don’ts when supporting someone through their grief journey? About this podcast: Grief, Guts & Smoothies. These three things changed my life – they might change yours too. Each episode we abandon our comfort zones to get a little gutsy and h...

Each year around Leyden’s anniversary, I speak to my congregation at Arlington Street Church. In this message, I reflect on the unspoken opportunities that destruction, adversity, and loss provide for us to reconstruct our world with mindfulness, beauty, and choice. About this podcast: Grief, Guts & Smoothies. These three things changed my life – they might change yours too. Each episode we ab...

What Leyden’s birthday, being busy, and blank checks have in common. Plus 4 things to help during times of heightened challenge. About this podcast: Grief, Guts & Smoothies. These three things changed my life – they might change yours too. Each episode we abandon our comfort zones to get a little gutsy and hold space to grow into stronger versions of ourselves. In 2014, the birth of my daughte...

Each year around Leyden’s anniversary, I speak to my congregation at Arlington Street Church. This message, from the four-year anniversary, explores four strategies for overcoming grief, the importance of knowing your values, and why we should practice courage every day. Highlights of this episode: 2:04 - Matching your passions & skillsets 4:12 - Pursuing the trophy of grief 5:39 - Strategies...

In the last episode, I touched on identifying the types of supporters in your life. I love a good analogy to sports; much like any successful team needs a roster of individuals who contribute DIFFERENTLY, we need to understand that not every person in our life can contribute to every need we have. When we become clear on this and place others in a position to succeed through our own clear expectat...

Struggling with the overwhelm and pain of losing my daughter, I had a less than rational response to learning a meaningful tree had been cut down from the Boston Public Garden. In my quest to know how this could happen (to me) I was humbled and stunned by the compassion and connection shared from a stranger. Mary had every opportunity to turn me away or hang up the phone but instead, she listened....

Your grief is real; the grief someone else in your life may be carrying is real. The holiday season can amplify the intensity of the emotions and experiences attached to grief. While it’s impossible to try to avoid or dismiss the reality of this, it’s important to employ strategies to navigate through and position ourselves to feel the best we can through such challenge. Here I share 3 strategies...