Melissa Bates is a content activation and manifestation coach, and in today’s new episode she shares the her incredible journey, and the story behind how she became a coach that’s changing lives.

When Melissa was in 11th grade she developed Bulimia, in response to pressures she was feeling around her to become a better and faster athlete, and more “beautiful.” In her senior year of high school she stopped throwing up, and instead became a hard-core dieter, and this stayed with her until she was 32. Melissa transitioned from dieting into chasing the body-building dream, and once she was deep in that world she got sick, and eventually she was diagnosed with IBS-C. She had to stop her body-building career, and instead train her body to eat and digest food again.

Through trial and error, she’s finally figured out how to live her healthiest life and love her skin inside and out. Intuitive eating gave Melissa her life back because it gave her the power to see that she is more than a body, she is more than the food she eats, and she’s more than how many hours she puts in at the gym. It taught her to appreciate her body, too. Today she’s about a size 14, and before there’s no way Melissa would have been comfortable or confident in her body. She’s more confident now than she’s ever been, and she owes that confidence to taking the time to heal herself.

In addition to her 1:1 coaching, Melissa hosts a weekly podcast called The Wellness Wolf that talks about all things Intuitive Eating, Mindset, Movement, and Empowerment. At the moment, she’s creating a new 12 week group program Called “Revamp, Recharge, and Reclaim You” for business entrepreneurs that feel stuck and lack confidence in their nutrition and business. It is geared to build solid foundational relationships within food, body, and mind in order to fully step into their confident self and excel in their business!

“I know how much power I got from healing my relationship with food, and I feel like a lot of people don’t understand how suppressed you are when you are struggling with that relationship. When I was able to heal my relationship with food I was able to not only show up for myself, my business, and the beautiful people around me, but I also earned this new energy for life! I feel like the sun is inside of me, and it’s shining out to other people.”

— Melissa Bates

Tune in on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bZHrtjAzbksbLWNaak1NM

Tune in on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-of-inspiring-joy/id1510488632

To learn more about Melissa and her coaching services visit her website www.melissabbates.com and on Instagram @melissabbates_and you can find her Podcast The Wellness Wolf here

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