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Inspiring Speaker Moving Audiences From Burnout to Balanced in Life & Work

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Melissa’s passion is contagious - she doesn’t just speak, she ignites. She has a gift for moving people from burnout to purpose, helping them reclaim their energy and joy.

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let’s MEET Melissa

Melissa Pickle has an extensive background in supporting the emotional well-being and personal development of others, grounded in years of dedicated study and hands-on experience. She has a B.A. in Psychology, M. Ed., and is an Associate Certified Life Coach with a Health and Wellness Certification. She has honed her expertise in guiding individuals from states of overwhelm and burnout to resilience and growth. Melissa’s own journey in overcoming burnout has equipped her with a wealth of practical strategies and interventions aimed at fostering self-awareness, self-compassion, and sustainable life balance.

MORE ABOUT MELISSA

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After Hearing Melissa Speak, Your Audience Will:

Be Empowered to Flourish: Implement strategies to move from from feeling emotionally exhausted and burned out to feeling excited and passionate about work and life again.

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Overcome Negative Thought Processes: Identify and interrupt negative thought patterns that fuel burnout, replacing them with empowering perspectives that support resilience and growth.

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Burn Bright not Out: Understand how chronic stress impacts every aspect of our physical, mental and emotional well-being and learn to recognize our own unique responses to stress.

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Break Free From the Stress Trap: Learn practical and proven techniques to complete the stress cycle and prevent emotional exhaustion from accumulating by resetting and recharging daily.

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"Melissa, Your passion and care are so genuine and contagious. I felt so cared for by your words. Your impact was felt deeply by all."

Reanne Honemann-Queja
"Melissa is one of the most engaging speakers I’ve ever had the privilege to watch. She speaks with a great deal of animation and passion, which captivates the audience."

Traci Baker
"Melissa keeps you wanting to learn and know more. She brings real life experience into each topic and makes you want to do your best"

Amber Ingles

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MELISSA’S KEYNOTE TOPICS

TAKING CARE OF YOU: BREAK FREE FROM BURNOUT

Those working in the helping professions tend to put everyone else’s needs before their own. This “me last” mentality is leading to significant burnout and compassion fatigue. In this keynote we focus on why it is absolutely vital to you as well as to those around you, that you engage in meaningful self-care activities. You Matter!

FROM BURNOUT TO BALANCED: DEBUNKING BURNOUT MYTHS THAT HOLD US BACK & WHAT TO DO INSTEAD

In this deeply personal and research-backed keynote, you'll discover why traditional approaches to preventing burnout often fail—and what actually works. This session challenges five myths that keep helping professionals trapped in cycles of exhaustion and overwhelm and teaches how to break free from that cycle to live a more balanced life.

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MELISSA’S WORKSHOP TOPICS

Breaking the Stress Cycle: A Science-Based Approach to Managing Stress and Preventing Burnout

Our bodies all experience stress in multiple ways. If we do not allow ourselves to feel our emotions related to stress, we can get stuck in a never-ending cycle. In this workshop, participants will learn to identify their own physical, emotional and mental responses to stress as well as how to complete their stress cycles in order to get to the other side.

Recognizing & Combatting Unhelpful Thoughts

We all engage in thought processes that can make a situation feel more stressful than it needs to be. In this session we explore how your thoughts contribute to your stress level as well as identify the unhelpful thought patterns getting in your way. We will learn specific strategies to combat these unhelpful thought patterns so we can engage in healthier thinking patterns.

Emotionally Exhausted to Firmly Flourishing

Working in the helping professions is very rewarding work as well as stressful and challenging. Participants in this session will identify the signs and symptoms of burnout and compassion fatigue, learn proven and practical self-care strategies to implement immediately, and develop their own self-care action plan. Participants will also have the opportunity to complete a self-assessment tool measuring burnout, compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction.