Martha Beck
I am Melinda.
An artist and a Certified Life and Grief Coach.
That quote above is my north star. For most of my life, I was deeply sensitive, but anxious and numb. I did not feel worthy of a life rooted in ease and peace. It felt safer to suffer in order to earn joy.
Then coaching ripped me open and reignited my soul. I found this work at my lowest, and realized it was an art form that reconnected people back to their inherent nature and truest self. My philosophy now is that we need to “bloom” before we strive. I help people rebuild after adversity + loss and thrive from their deepest knowing. I do not help people achieve success rooted from pride and social pressure. People work with me because they want a life that is an authentic expression of their truest values.
Art has taken my life to the next level. I believe that grieving meaningfully and creativity are intrinsically the same. Both can teach us profound lessons in surrender and trust. Both are life-forces designed to help us make sense of this human experience and understand ourselves better.
Contact me to teach a workshop, art series, or speak about at the connection between art and grief.
“Melinda helped shift my relationship with grief from that of despair and sorrow, to discovery and learning. My life has forever changed for the better, and I was led there because of Melinda’s guidance, her gentle questioning, her intuition, and her ethereal presence. I am forever grateful. ”
“You give people the greatest gift of their lives. There is no greater gift than empowering someone to love themselves and live authentically. You stared at life’s greatest beauties and struggles alongside me. Working with you was the best chance I took.”
“Melinda’s work with me has been life changing. That may sound like a dramatic overstatement, but when I look back and see how far I’ve come since beginning coaching with her, things have changed in all spaces for the better. ”
“Have you ever met someone and they’ve had such a deep impact on your life that you can’t quite find the words to describe it? That’s what working with Melinda for this past year has been like.”
“[Melinda] holds space for absolutely anything that comes through, even the things I couldn’t imagine sharing with another human- the dark, ugly, thoughts that begged for me to shove them down and never address them again. She is truly a gift, and the support you absolutely need as you navigate loss, grief, or the mysteries of the life, death, rebirth cycle.”
