Melissa Steussy

Woman to Woman: Making Female Friends is Harder than Dating.

14 Self-Affirming Codependency Quotes to Help us Heal & Let Go.

Our Earth is Suffering: Can’t you f*cking See what’s Going on around You?

How I went from no-go-vax to Pro-Vaccine.

About Me Stories

I Breathe, Meditate, Eat Right & Do Yoga—Why am I still an Asshole?

Teen Drinking is Not a Minor Problem.

Stop Pooping with your Phone: Epiphanies from a Gen-Xer.

28 Years Ago

Feel your Feelings, they Said.

The American Dream is Bullsh*t—to Survive I need to Surrender.

A Day in the Life of a Highly Sensitive Person.

I may look “Normal” but I’m Not your Typical Mother.

Why We should just Write the Damn Book Already.

I’m proud to be an Alcoholic, I just wish it didn’t carry so much Shame.

From a Woman & Mother of Boys: What do Vibrators Have to do with Mindfulness?

If I live as long as my Mom did, I only have 10 years Left.

I was 8 Months Sober when I Found out I Was Pregnant.

Self-Love in Action: Learning to Accept Ourselves as we Are.

Could the Pain in Our Bodies Signify Something Greater?

45 Million Americans struggle with Student Loan Debt: What can we do about it? (Serio…

When it’s Time to Release our Childhood & Set Ourselves Free.

A Letter to you, my Dearest Son.

Vulnerability & the Importance of Sharing Our Stories.

Dear One, Let Go. You will be Okay.

Vegans—It’s time to take the Liberation Pledge!

How Money Shapes our Relationships—for Better or Worse. 

Hypervigilance & C-PTSD: Why is it so Hard to Let Go?

A Letter to those who Stand Tall Without a Father.

This is what it is to Live with Complex Trauma.

Why we need to be Empathetic when people Unintentionally Trigger Us.

One day I Woke up & Realized I wasn’t Anxious Anymore.

Through Pain, There is Purpose. {Book Excerpt}

The Fear of Rejection Almost Cost me My Identity.

Self-Limiting Beliefs: What they Are & How we Can heal Them.

I am Choosing to Release the Pain of my Childhood. 

12 Steps to Help us Let Go of our Grief & Trauma.

I Long for the Day I feel I am Enough. {Poem}

When Life Weighs you Down, Know that you’re Never Alone. 

If we Knew what we were Ingesting, we would Not Want to Consume It.

Manifesting Mindfulness for our Little Ones: it Starts with Us.

The Wounds we Carry as Fatherless Daughters—& How we can Heal. 

A Blue Security Blanket Called “Ticky”—& How it Made my Childhood …

No, I’m Not 420-Friendly (& Frankly, I am Triggered that You Asked).

How Emotional Freedom Technique has Saved my Ass.

I am an Adult Orphan—It’s a Real Thing.