Live Differently
Do you want to live an authentic, soul-aligned life? The Live Differently Podcast will help you get there.
With weekly episodes, this podcast will cover topics like:
• Meaningful, soul-aligned work
• Health
• Sustainable living
• Relationships
• Travel
• Spirituality
Together, we will explore new horizons to discover different ways to create a life that feels authentic to you.
Melisa is a spiritual teacher who brings knowledge from health, education, business, research, and complementary and integrative medicine into conversations with thought leaders to help you shift your life into alignment with your higher self.
If you're ready to stop living according to everyone else's expectations and start living a soul-driven life with meaning and purpose, you have found your community. Join me weekly, and together we will grow and thrive.
Episodes
19 episodes
Ep.18 - "Boreout" & Lost Meaning: 5 Ways to Bring it Back.
Do you feel like your life or work lacks meaning?In this episode, I explore a little-known type of burnout called 'boreout'. Boreout is a syndrome of experiences that can leave us feeling that the work we do has little meaning.
Ep.17 - Archetypal Wisdom: Why Relationships Matter and How to Finally Make Them Better.
In this episode, Rory Kilmartin, a global thought leader and expert in human relationships, demystifies why relationships can feel so confusing — even with people we love most.Rory has spent over 30 years exploring one of the biggest que...
Ep.16 - The Spiritual Journey as a Path for Self-Awareness and Coming Home to Yourself.
In this episode, I talk to Holly about the spiritual journey. Holly is the creator and producer of the docuseries "Steps to the Soul - A Camino de Santiago Journey." In this episode, Holly shares the lessons she learned from walking...
Ep.15 - Connecting With a Deeper Meaning at Easter to Access Personal and Spiritual Growth.
In this episode, I discuss the energy of this time (Easter) and how we can access the deeper meaning of symbolic endings, beginnings, renewal, and regeneration. What You'll Learn:The symbolic significance of 'Easter' in ...
Ep.14 - Natural Building for Healthy Living and Healthy Environments.
Sam Vivers has over 25 years of experience building natural homes. In 2000, Sam built one of Australia’s first strawbale homes and has since delivered more than 50 strawbale and earth homes, and a further 40 homes using prefabricated stra...
Ep.13 - Clinical Hypnotherapy for Achieving Life and Health Goals, and Its Use In Spiritual Development.
In this episode, I talk with Glynis Bretherton about clinical hypnotherapy and how it can help us achieve our health and life goals.Glynis is the founder and Director of Hypnotherapy Training College Australia. She is a highly resp...
Ep.12 - How Conscious Dying Can Change the Way You Live with Jan Booth.
Jan Booth is a global leader in conscious dying. In this episode, Jan brings her experience as an end-of-life educator, coach, and death doula, and decades of experience as a former hospice/palliative care nurse, to an open and hone...
Ep.11 - How to Regulate Your Nervous System and Move Through the Stress Response (with bonus meditation).
In this episode, I acknowledge the challenges of our times and provide you with practical tools to help you move through your stress response.I talk about what nervous system activation feels like in the body. I talk you through di...
Ep.10 - Becoming a conscious leader.
This episode raises a conversation around conscious leadership. Whether you are leading an organisation, a smaller business, or wanting to raise the consciousness of the society you live in, this episode will help guide you.We talk...
Ep.9 - A Midlife Conversation with a Brain Researcher: What Science Teaches us About Living the Life We're Meant to Live.
In this episode, we're having a midlife conversation with a brain researcher about life. Associate Professor Andrea Bugarcic is a PhD molecular virologist specialising in understanding disease pathways, particularly of the brain. Th...
Ep.8 - (Part 2) Bridging Eastern and Western Medicine: Energy Healing, Kundalini Awakening & Integrative Health.
Sue McSweeney, Family Nurse Practitioner and Eastern Energy Practitioner, expands on our conversation in Part 1 (Episode 5). In this episode, Sue talks about kundalini energy and integrative approaches to bridging Eastern and Wester...
Ep.7 - Integrating Mind, Body, Spirit & Emotions: How naturopathy, acupuncture and astrological archetypes can help you thrive.
In this episode, Dr Kate Broderick speaks about embodiment and wholism in a time when many of us feel the world is shifting.Speaking from the perspectives of naturopathic philosophy and the elemental systems of five-element acupuncture a...
Ep.6 - How to create a life that aligns with your values.
In this episode, I am hosting a mini-workshop! So, grab a pen and a notepad or journal, or pull out your phone, because we are getting busy!Today, we will workshop how to set goals that reflect who you really are. Why? To put you i...
Ep.5 - (Part 1) Merging practicality with passion - location independence, solo female travel and spiritual work.
Sue McSweeney is a family nurse practitioner and an experienced Eastern medicine practitioner. This interview is separated into 2 parts. In this episode (Part 1), Sue discusses the benefits of working remotely and how location independenc...
Ep.4 - Karen Seinor on Being Your Own Guru.
Have you ever wondered how to know when you're living a soul-aligned life? If so, then this episode is for you!In this episode, Karen Seinor brings decades of experience working in counselling, hypnotherapy, tarot, and spiritual healing ...
Ep.3 - Where do I even start? How to transform loss, illness and pain into thriving and purpose.
Do you want to change your life or your health, but don't know where to start? I invite you to start here. In this episode, Lifestyle Medicine Family Nurse Practitioner and Health and Wellness Coach, Linnea Baker, FNP, shares how st...
Ep.2 - How to bring yourself into alignment with your soul with Kathy Biggs
Transformational Life Coach, Kathy Biggs, brings her experience as a Minister into a powerful conversation about the soul and spirit to help us Live Differently and live in alignment with our souls. In this episode, Kathy talks about the ...