113: Finding Your Purpose Through Grief w/ Lauren Salaun (Amplify Podcast)

We are switching hats on today’s podcast with a behind-the-scenes look at Melissa’s journey in a way you’ve not heard before! Melissa recently went on Lauren Salaun’s Amplify podcast to share her story.

Lauren’s a former coach and current client. In this episode, Lauren interviews Melissa as she shares stuff she’s never discussed on this show. They dive into masculine and feminine energies and the power of boundaries to foster relationships. And Melissa even gets into the choices and preferences that have shaped the more private parts of her life. 

This is Melissa’s story from a new angle shared with deep vulnerability. And, of course, it’s filled with actionable takeaways to improve your life and business.

Highlights

• 2:25 - Rapid fire questions
• 8:22 - Navigating and setting boundaries with coaches, clients, and friends
• 13:09 - How Melissa started her entrepreneurial journey
• 18:28 - How grief taught Melissa about radical ownership of her life
• 24:04 - Exploring the masculine and feminine for business
• 29:32 - You are not your business, but it can be a mirror
• 35:23 - Why consistency and time are two essential factors in anything
• 38:15 - Melissa’s business superpower
• 43:02 - Addressing some of the current BS in the coaching space
• 50:27 - One myth to break for marketing your program
• 56:26 - Lauren’s trauma bond with her business
• 58:19 - Melissa’s big lesson when she shut down her business
• 1:02:01 - Melissa’s intention for 2023
• 1:05:52 - Accessing sacral energy (through celibacy)
• 1:13:44 - Melissa’s final mic drop

About Lauren

Lauren Salaun is a PR and marketing consultant, healthy lifestyle expert, media personality, and entrepreneur.

A lifelong athlete (and a bit of a recovering perfectionist workaholic), Lauren spent the first decade of her career in public relations and marketing before launching her health and fitness coaching business in 2015.

Over the last several years, while helping people live their healthiest lives and dipping her toes into the world of fitness competitions, Lauren has also coached many fitness professionals on how to build their influence online and monetize their social media.

Lauren decided to really get back to her PR and Marketing roots and launch influence+impact, an influencer marketing and social media PR agency, where she helps entrepreneurs elevate their visibility online and establish authority in their industry so they can increase their income and make more of an impact.

Find Lauren

• Connect on Instagram
• Listen to Amplify - her podcast
• Visit her website
• Lauren’s Linktree

About the podcast

Grief and Guts is for anyone navigating:

• Bereaved parents
• Aging parents
• Divorce
• Empty nest
• Fertility journey
• Job loss
• Relationship ending
• Moving
• The loss of sense of self
• The loss of life envisioned

Meet the host

When Melissa Dlugolecki lost her daughter Leyden, in a case termed a catastrophe, she didn't want to live...never mind love life, again.

As a bereaved mother, when Melissa lost my daughter Leyden, she never thought she would be happy again. Melissa felt guilty when she started to smile.

​As a former educator, Melissa felt trapped by the politics, paperwork, and constricting schedule of the education system.

Yet after building a 7-figure business, traveling the world, launching a podcast, writing a book (more to come), and coaching thousands of individuals, she has found one thing to be true for all of us…

We have the power to create our own happiness, regardless of circumstances. And there are certain processes and strategies effective in doing so.

It’s not just a “think positive” method or a “go harder” approach. I intertwine a dance of intangibles around our energy management with tangibles such as action steps, communication strategies, and ways to feel our best.

Growth isn't always forward progress. It's messy. It's hard. But it is worth it. And while you work your way to whatever goal you are pursuing, just keep showing up. Life is too short to feel stuck.

Connect with Melissa

• Learn more at Melissa’s website
• Join the conversation on Instagram

Credits

The podcast was edited and mixed by Andrew at 51 features. Connect at andrew {at} 51features {dot} com.

Catch up with me on socials!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissadlugolecki/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-dlugolecki-b24988141/

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