Pratidana Wellness Coaching

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Pratidana Wellness Coaching

Stress Resilience Coaching helps you move out of survival mode and finally breathe.

Instead of numbing out, or feeling constantly on edge, you begin to feel anchored in your mind, even when circumstances are less than ideal.

03/29/2026

Imagine caring for yourself in all of the ways you care for others 🫶🏽

Are you stressed out looking for ways to take the edge off with alcohol and other escapism behavior?

There is a better way. Schedule a free discovery call 💫

03/26/2026

You can remove the alcohol…
but if your environment stays the same,
the urge will too.

Until your environment changes,
you’ll keep reaching for relief.

I wrote more about this in my latest blog: https://pratidanawellness.com/post/new-blog-freedomtofly

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02/25/2026

✨ 10 unique “fun” facts about me…

1️⃣ I am a proud boy mom to an incredible young man chasing his dream of fighting in the UFC. Watching him blaze his trail with so much discipline and heart is one of my greatest honors of my life (and yes… I am terrified 😅).

2️⃣ My first career was in personal training. I love fitness and holistic health!

3️⃣ I am a former college soccer player. Every bit of grit and tenacity I learned from being a lifelong athlete.

4️⃣ I became vegetarian at 14 for animal rights reasons and have moved between pescatarian and vegan ever since.

5️⃣ I studied Christian faith integration at Liberty University and then began deconstructing my personal faith 2 or 3 years ago. That process inspired my book Spiritual Formation and Mental Health.

6️⃣ It took me 10 years to fall in love with yoga… and now it’s a daily practice that anchors my life!

7️⃣ I tore my ACL playing indoor soccer 3 years ago. My knee isn’t quite the same after surgery.

8️⃣ I stopped drinking alcohol on 7/13/2025. I came home from a workout and poured over a liter of tequila down the drain. I don’t consider myself an alcoholic. This is a choice to be in alignment with other “heathy” habits in my life that support my body and mind.

9️⃣ Divorce wasn’t the worst part of my story. Staying in a misaligned marriage was harder.

🔟 I’m headed to Costa Rica in May 2026 for 3 weeks, and possibly Lake Atitlán, Guatemala after that. I am throwing caution to the wind and following the call toward sunshine, nature, and new adventures 🌿

Thanks for being here! Be well on your journey! 💫

Check out my linktr.ee to get connected in FB, my podcast, my spiritual formation and mental health book, or free discovery call.

02/21/2026

I identify as a Stress Resilience Specialist because my work centers on one core question: how do you move through life’s hardest transitions with more ease and less urge to reach for external comforts like alcohol, doom scrolling, shopping, etc.?

A stress resilience specialist helps people build the mental, emotional, and physical skills to navigate, adapt to, and recover from stress, not just “manage it.” Through nervous system regulation, breathwork, cognitive reframing, and intentional behavioral change, the goal is to expand your window of tolerance so you’re less likely to shift into a negative feeling state under stress.

As a licensed mental health clinician and someone who once relied on alcohol to “take the edge off” every night, I’ve learned that strengthening stress resilience is the missing piece that reduces overwhelm and the pull toward numbing or escape.

I have spent most of my adult life searching for a sustainable way to stay “above water” through persistent depression, grief, and disappointment with myself, often turning to alcohol to self-medicate, until I realized alcohol was only compounding the problem and perpetuating my internal suffering.

Living alcohol free has taught me to find ease in the discomfort of life, and “ease” comes from strengthening stress resilience though practices like yoga, restorative sleep, tracking heart rate variability, and intentionally creating an environment that feels emotionally safe and supportive - all of which teach in my 5 month Stress Resilience Bootcamp program.

If you’re in a difficult season - divorce, parallel parenting, career shifts, existential or spiritual questioning, compassion fatigue, grief, or simply feeling stretched too thin, stress resilience offers a straightforward path toward clarity, steadiness, and meaningful change.

Take the Stress Resilience Insight Score in my bio and schedule a free discovery call if you’re curious whether this is your next right step. 🌿

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Hi I'm Melanie

I am passionate about the study of human behavior, in light of God’s word. Human behavior has always fascinated me. We are fragile creatures, yet incredibly resilient and tenacious. I consider it an honor to be chosen for "Kingdom Counseling," and by partnering with clients, I am dedicated to the mission of restoration and healing here on Earth.

Helping you identify beauty, meaning, and purpose, in your life.

I use a psychodynamic approach to conceptualize each client’s story by gathering information from early formative years through current presenting problems. Therapeutic goals and interventions are designed to target the root of the problem, while alleviating symptoms of distress. I help clients find freedom from the past, seek contentment in the present, and pursue what they were created to be, without fear or hesitation. Most clients come to therapy seeking help with overwhelming sadness, depression, anxiety, anger, fear, mood instability, inattention / hyperactive symptoms, and interpersonal conflict in romantic, as well as platonic relationship.