REPLAY: Unmasking trauma, ADHD and addiction for a better life with Melissa Chureau
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Melissa’s story is very inspiring. She shares with us how she grew up in a dysfunctional family in California and suffered childhood trauma, undiagnosed ADHD and alcoholism as a teenager. Despite this adversity, her courage and determination led her to meet amazing support groups, healers and mentors and eventually become sober and live an authentic and productive life. She has a long and successful marriage and a diverse career as a lawyer and coach in service to others in many different ways.
About our Guest:
Melissa is a purpose and mindset coach, mindfulness teacher, lawyer, podcaster and facilitator. She uses deep inquiry, mindfulness, and somatics principles to create space in the mind and uncover our true, whole, integrated selves.
She has been a mindfulness practitioner for over 25 years, learning at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and later certifying through Dallas Yoga Center. In addition, she is a certified coach in life design and trained in somatics. She has been leading mindfulness practices for several years. Melissa earned her B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in English Literature and her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law. She lives in Oregon, where she roams the mountains with her husband, teenage daughter, and chihuahua pug.
Contact:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-chureau-a8763810/
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