Stress Reduction Expert

Melissa Heisler is a Stress Reduction Expert. After 10 years managing and directing theatrical productions followed by a Masters in Integrated Marketing Communication and 17 years in corporate marketing, the stress of high pressure, deadline driven jobs led to her own ill health mentally and physically. This started her search for a long-lasting means of approaching each situation with more ease, contentment, and power. Melissa is committed to guiding professionals to improve their health, increase their mental clarity, easily deal with difficult people, and find peace in their current jobs all through reducing their stress levels. Melissa's first solo book, From Type A to Type Me: How to Stop "Doing" Life and Start Living It will be released September 2014. She is also a contributing author for the books, Be There Now: Travel Stories From Around the World  and Defining Moments:  A Gathering of Women’s Journeys.  

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How a caregiver learned to care for herself — by lowering the bar

Gini Nelson was crushed under the weight of caring for mother and handling her daily life. Here's how she found time to take care of herself.

An entrepreneur and caregiver finds time for self care.

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Stop Trying to Escape Your Life

Look to life, every day of your life, as a grand adventure. Stop looking to escape from it. Stop putting up with less that amazing. Your time on this earth is brief and precious. Don't let it go to waste....

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We helped this woman conquer her fear of failure to write a book. Here’s how.

Fear kept author Janna Cawrse Esarey from making time to start a new memoir. Conquering it got her going again.

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“Everywhere I look is clutter.” Can we help this woman get her life in order?

“The biggest issue for people like Penny is they are underwater –under a pile of papers  –and making a change seems daunting,” Heisler said. “She was relieved and motivated with the suggestion to only work on cleaning and organizing 15 minutes a day. By taking on manageable chunks, she feels the change can happen. She is not a hopeless case. I think she needed a few tools and some motivation.”

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What Have You Lost in Constantly "Doing"?

In our fast-paced, multi-tasking, on-the-go-deadline driven work, we are often caught up in the act of “Doing.” We move from task to task on our to-do list. We rush from work to class to home. We

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Stress relief it provides. When we stop striving, competing, doing, and longing after money, we can then focus more on what brings us joy – connection with

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If you have anger for more than a minute and a half it is because you are replaying the story in your mind.

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Whenever I feel pain, stress, or depression, I can usually tie it to something I want. I am focused on something I don’t have. I am focused on some future event or thing I believe I need to have to feel safe, happy, or successful.

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I have even experienced the peace of releasing myself from the results. But when it comes to the results of my business, it is more difficult to get to that zen place.

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There are four places to find relief when you feel there are not enough hours in the day, there is too much to get done, and the stress of your workload is too much. As a recovering Type-A, I have a tendency to think that EVERYTHING needs to get done RIGHT NOW and by ME. If you have the same struggles, take a look at priorities, best use, taking a break, and trust.

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After a back surgery, Neva Balduff’s blood pressure dropped very low and doctors told her family things were grave. But not for Neva because she was not in her body.

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In watching specific tribes of baboons who ate the same food, lived in the same area, and experienced the same natural threats, scientists found it was not environment but social interaction and social rank that caused stress.

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Do you have fears around paying bills? Around your or your loved ones heath? Do you have fears about some seemingly unattainable future goal?

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Listen in as Joie Gharrity founder of No. 113 BRANDING explains the importance of a professional pitch and how to craft your own in five easy steps.

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A young mother experiences a difficult birth and illness of her first child and then a difficult choice when her own illness affects her next pregnancy. Learn how writing became a saving grace and sense of hope during this difficult time.

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I have lost the passion for my work. My co-worker undermined my project. It seems we only shuffle paper and no longer provide anything of true value. My boss took credit for my work. I have to work overtime again, without pay. There is too much work to do. I am completely overwhelmed. Once again, I had a nervous breakdown in my office.

Are you in a less than desirable job? Here are a few ways to make it just a little bit better. 

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Empowerment means the power of choice. Empowerment is about courage. It is the belief that we are in control of our experience. Empowerment is not about labeling good or bad, but about actively choosing what makes us happy in each and every moment.

Took the guest seat on my own show this week. Proud to share my journey and how we all empower others by sharing our stories of survival and what we learned.