The Work with Melissa Ratliff-Sorrell

The Work with Melissa Ratliff-Sorrell This space is for the real work—healing, relationships, leadership, and honest transformation. Depth over comfort.

I guide those ready to stop performing, break cycles, and integrate real change.

Valentine’s Day has a way of turning the volume up.On expectation.On longing.On the places we still protect instead of r...
02/13/2026

Valentine’s Day has a way of turning the volume up.

On expectation.
On longing.
On the places we still protect instead of risk.

For a long time in my life, the shadow blocked love in ways that looked functional from the outside.

Protection showed up as compliance.
Keeping the peace.
Being “easy.”
Not asking for too much.
Saying "yes" when it was clearly a no

Independence showed up as isolation.
“I’ll just do it myself.”
Which—if I’m really honest—sometimes carried a quiet, unspoken fine… I don’t need you anyway.

None of that made me wrong.
It made sense once.

But protection, when it outlives its purpose, quietly erodes intimacy.

The shadow doesn’t block love by being dramatic.
It blocks love by being subtle.
By convincing us that self-sufficiency is safer than vulnerability, and control is safer than connection.

This weekend, I’m holding space for a different kind of awareness.

Not to fix anything.
Not to force closeness.
But to notice where love still feels guarded… and why.

Because what we can meet honestly, we can integrate.
And what we integrate no longer gets to run the relationship.

That’s the work.
In love.
In partnership.
In the relationship with yourself.

02/12/2026

Seeing the shadow is the beginning — not the work itself.

Most people can see their patterns.
They can name the trauma.
They understand the story.

But seeing without integration keeps the cycle intact.

Shadow work is what happens after awareness —
when responsibility replaces explanation,
and movement replaces insight.

This is the difference between knowing better
and actually living differently.

There are 2 seats open in the upcoming Shadow Intensive for those who feel the pull and are ready to do the work beneath the awareness.

Early registration is open.
Use code SHADOW for $222 off through Feb. 25.

And if you’re a Mississippi resident or a healer, there is a private, unlisted option available — send me a DM and let’s see if it applies.

This work isn’t for everyone.
But if you’re here, you already know why.

🔗 www.chtllc.com

🔥 Drop a fire if this landed.

Most people don’t avoid the shadow because they’re unwilling.They avoid it because they’ve mistaken awareness for danger...
02/11/2026

Most people don’t avoid the shadow because they’re unwilling.

They avoid it because they’ve mistaken awareness for danger.

At some point, noticing became unsafe.
Feeling became overwhelming.
And survival required adaptation.

So we learned to manage, minimize, perform, comply or stay productive instead.

But what was once protective can quietly become limiting.

Shadow work isn’t about digging up the past for the sake of it.
It’s about recognizing where old strategies are still shaping present choices.

The moment you can observe a pattern without defending it or judging it, something shifts.
That’s where integration begins.

Not in force.
Not in effort.
But in honest presence.

Sit with what shows up today.
You don’t have to do anything with it yet.

02/10/2026

Everything in the dark will come into the light.
Either consciously… or unconsciously.

Shadow work isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about reclaiming the parts of you that have been quietly running the show.

The reactions you don’t understand.
The patterns you’ve “outgrown” but keep repeating.
The places where your power leaks instead of holds.

When we bring these into awareness, we get choice.
And choice is where real power lives.

This is the work behind the Shadow Intensive — not fixing, not bypassing, but integrating what’s been split off so you can move forward whole.

If this stirred something, sit with it.
And if you’re ready to go deeper, you know where to find me.

🔥 Drop a fire if this landed.

What we don’t look at still leads us.Anything left in the dark doesn’t stay neutral.It shapes our reactions, our choices...
02/09/2026

What we don’t look at still leads us.

Anything left in the dark doesn’t stay neutral.
It shapes our reactions, our choices, our relationships — quietly and unconsciously.

This is why shadow work isn’t optional once awareness is present.

When something comes into view, a responsibility follows.
Not to shame it.
Not to fix it.
But to meet it honestly and consciously.

Shadow work is the difference between:
• reacting and responding
• repeating and choosing
• power leaking and power staying embodied

What’s brought into the light can be integrated.
What’s avoided will continue to run the show.

This is the work I’m opening space for inside the Shadow Intensive — for those ready to meet themselves fully and move forward with integrity.

More this week.

This work exists because I believe deeply in my community — and in my state.I’ve spent my career watching intelligent, c...
02/06/2026

This work exists because I believe deeply in my community — and in my state.

I’ve spent my career watching intelligent, capable, spiritually grounded people stay stuck not because they lack awareness…
but because no one ever taught them how to integrate what they see.

Shadow work is not a trend for me.
It’s a responsibility.

A responsibility to offer spaces where people can meet themselves honestly, take responsibility for their inner world, and move — not just talk — when something needs to change.

This is part of my commitment to Mississippi.
To healers.
To leaders.
To those willing to do the work that actually shifts cycles instead of repeating them.

The Shadow Intensive is not for the weak.
And it’s not for those committed to staying comfortable in familiar patterns.

It’s for those who are ready to move.

Early registration is open.
Use code SHADOW for $222 off through February 25.

And because honoring my state and those who serve others matters to me —
there is a private, unlisted offer for Mississippi residents and healers that will never be shared publicly.

If that applies to you, send me a DM and let’s connect.

Movement is the only option.

🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/nmbuwangxa






Shadow work isn’t passive.It asks something of you.This is deep, experiential work for those ready to stop circling insi...
02/04/2026

Shadow work isn’t passive.
It asks something of you.

This is deep, experiential work for those ready to stop circling insight and start integrating what’s been unconsciously driving their lives.

Early bird is open through Feb. 25.
Use code SHADOW for $222 off.

If you live in Mississippi or serve as a healer, DM me to see if you qualify for a private offer.

🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/nzxjiogidm

02/04/2026

Shadow work isn’t about digging into the past for the sake of it.

It’s about what shows up now
when you’re activated, defensive, avoiding, rescuing, or repeating patterns you swore you were done with.

Shadow work requires:
• honesty
• responsibility
• movement
• support

And when those are present, it leads to integration — not fixing, not bypassing, not becoming someone else.

This is the work that stops cycles.
This is the work that restores choice.
This is the work that allows power to stay embodied.

If this resonates, stay close.
I’m opening the Shadow Intensive — a space for those ready to meet themselves fully and move forward with integrity.

Early access is open.
Use code SHADOW for $222 off through Feb. 25.

If you live in Mississippi or are a healer, there is a private, unlisted offer available — just send me a DM and we’ll see if it applies.

🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/arfzutnkow

This is the kind of work that doesn’t let you stay the same.Shadow work isn’t for the weak —and it’s not for those commi...
02/02/2026

This is the kind of work that doesn’t let you stay the same.

Shadow work isn’t for the weak —
and it’s not for those committed to staying stuck.

It requires honesty.
Responsibility.
And a willingness to move when what you see asks you to.

This work exists because awareness without integration keeps cycles alive.
And because I believe — deeply — in contributing to the elevation of consciousness in my state and community.

The Shadow Intensive is a space for those who are ready to meet themselves fully, integrate what’s been running unconsciously, and reclaim the power that leaks through unexamined patterns.

Early registration is now open.
Use code SHADOW for $222 off through February 25.

For those in Mississippi — and for healers — there is a private, unlisted offer that will never be shared publicly.
If you feel that applies to you, send me a DM and let’s connect.

Movement is the only option from here.

🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/nohbobvcel

As power returns, clarity increases.And with clarity, we begin to notice the places where we still get pulled out of ali...
02/01/2026

As power returns, clarity increases.

And with clarity, we begin to notice the places where we still get pulled out of alignment — not because we’re failing, but because something is asking to be seen.

This is often where people realize the work is evolving.

Power gives us the capacity to stay present.
Shadow work shows us what still pulls us out of presence.

Not to judge it.
Not to fix it.
But to integrate it.

I’ll be opening the Shadow Intensive this week — a space for those who are ready to meet themselves honestly, compassionately, and without bypassing.

There are limited spaces, and there is a private, unlisted coupon code available for those who feel the pull and need some financial support to make it happen.

If this resonates, send me a DM and let’s see if this is the right next step for you.

One of the biggest misunderstandings about shadow work is that it’s dark, overwhelming, or destabilizing.In reality, the...
01/30/2026

One of the biggest misunderstandings about shadow work is that it’s dark, overwhelming, or destabilizing.

In reality, the shadow isn’t what hurts us.
What hurts is being unconscious of it.

Shadow work isn’t about digging for wounds or reliving the past.
It’s about noticing what shows up now —
in reactions, defenses, patterns, and places where power quietly leaks away.

Everyone has shadow.
It forms intelligently.
It develops to protect us before we had choice.

When met with awareness and compassion, the shadow doesn’t take over — it integrates.

And integration is what creates steadiness, choice, and real change.

This work isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about becoming more whole.

After moments of grounding and reconnection, something interesting tends to happen.When the nervous system settles and c...
01/29/2026

After moments of grounding and reconnection, something interesting tends to happen.

When the nervous system settles and capacity returns, we don’t suddenly feel “done” like so many believe or expect...

We begin to see more.

We notice the habits that pull us out of presence.
The reactions that still show up under stress.
The places where power is available — and the places where it quietly slips away.

This isn’t failure.
It’s awareness.

Power gives us the steadiness to stay present.
And presence reveals what’s been operating just outside of our awareness all along.

This is where the Shadow comes in.

Not as something to fix or get rid of —
but as the parts of us that learned how to survive before we had choice.

Shadow work isn’t about digging into the past for the sake of it.
It’s about staying present with what shows up now — without judgment — and integrating it with honesty and compassion.

I’ll be opening the Shadow Intensive soon.

There will be a small number of spaces, and there’s a private, (unlisted) offer available — more than early bird, and not something that will be shared publicly.

If you feel the pull, send me a DM and let’s see if this work is the right next step for you.








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