Nudge from Your Future Self:

💬 “You can’t reclaim your power if you don’t realize you’ve given it away.”

—from Sustainable Success, Chapter 1

This week: Before making a single decision Melinda, ask:

“Am I giving from depletion or flow?”

(Then pause. Let your body answer before your mind jumps in.)

If you’ve found your way to Sustainable Success… it’s likely because something in you knows:

The way you’ve been working… isn’t working anymore.
Or it might stop working soon if you keep going this way.

Maybe a part of you is afraid to really go for it, because that level of “success” would completely disrupt your life. You don’t want to work more hours—you’re already putting in so much time. You don’t want to squeeze more out of the time you’re putting in—you’re already doing too much. 

You’re not alone.

Most of us were never taught how to thrive—we were taught how to perform.

To chase gold stars, applause, external wins.
To produce, prove, push harder.

But thriving? That’s different.

Thriving means you’re resourced. Present. Rooted.
It means you can create without losing yourself in the process.

Here’s the rub: performing and thriving can look the same on the outside.

But on the inside?

Performing feels like pressure.
Thriving feels like flow.

Performing says: “How do I win?”
Thriving asks: “What’s aligned?”

When you show up resourced, you are connected to yourself—not scattered or externally driven. Your nervous system is regulated—not in fight, flight, or freeze. Your energy is stable and available—you’re not operating from urgency, guilt or depletion. You’re grounded in your body—not spinning in your head.

This book is here to help you make that shift.
But it’s more than a book—it’s a different operating system. A different way to define, create, and live success.

Maybe you’ve already cracked open the book.
Maybe it’s still sitting in your Kindle queue or on your desk waiting for the “right time.”

Either way, here’s what I want you to know:
This book is a journey back to being resourced.
Back to remembering that you are here to thrive—not just perform.

And while the book is complete on its own, after I finished writing it… I realized there was still more I wanted to share.

That’s where the Companion Guide comes in.

It’s designed to help you apply what you’re reading in real time—or return to the work later and go deeper, beyond the book. Each section of the Guide follows the book chapter by chapter, offering reflection prompts, behind-the-scenes juicy stories, practical tools, and energetic resets to make the material real in your body, business, and life.

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In next week’s email, I’m going to share a perspective that completely changed how I lead and how I live. It’s the shift that helped me set different types of goals and bolder desires, stay in flow more often, and return to alignment faster when life pulls me off course.

With joy,
Melinda

P.S. Haven’t opened the book yet? These messages are designed to meet you exactly where you are—and support you from there.