Sometimes you have to let go to find your path. Releasing control and allowing life to unfold is so hard for most of us to do. But with acceptance and openness, the way forward becomes crystal clear.

After a soul-enhancing breathwork retreat in Bali, Melissa is back with a wealth of wisdom and a fresh vision. In today’s episode, she’ll talk about traversing the unknown, conscious surrendering, creating space, and embracing gratefulness.

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Topics discussed in this episode:

• Bali
• Self-improvement
• Confidence
• Breathwork
• Conscious surrendering
• Personal development
• Clarity
• Gratitude
• Energy 
• Creating space
• Spirituality
• Higher source
• Mental health
• Growth mindset
• Fear of unknown
• Trust
• Spiritual growth
• Personal growth
• Energy healing
• LinkedIn

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So this is the hey. Hey, you guys. I am back

with a fresh episode on insights

from my trip from Bali. I hope you

guys enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed putting it

together.

Okay? Now

I'm going to go live in just

a minute.

Okay?

If I can go live. We're about to find out.

Greetings, I am back from Bali.

For those of you who are watching me live, my T shirt could not be

more timely with the word grateful written across

it. So excited to be back from my ten day

retreat from Bali, and I'm bringing to you guys a

special episode on insights from my trip

as I speak to you, a little nasally. I travel for ten days. I go

across the globe and catch nothing. I come home to kids with a cold

and now I've got one. So there you go. So

pardon the nasallyness, if that's a word.

So why, first of all, did I even go to

Bali? And we're going to get into this today, but it was really about

consciously surrendering and letting go of the reins. And I'll speak

more to that in a minute. But what you're going to hear

about in this episode today, the key takeaways that

I'm going to talk about with my trip to Bali were,

one, the concept of conscious surrendering. So we're going to talk about

that why I went on this journey. Number two, we're going to talk

about lessons in traversing the unknown.

We're also going to talk about the gratitude

of the country and what I brought home from

experiencing a level I'd never experienced before when it comes

to gratitude, we're going to talk about

experiences over things, going to talk about

that. And then also the power of the

energy and the energetic vortex and just the key term

energy as it relates to Bali. So that's what

I'm going to talk about today. So let's just jump right

in to the conscious surrendering piece because I got a lot

of questions from a lot of people who are like, oh my God, what are

you doing going all the way across the globe to Bali? I've got

these three little kids and these businesses and well, my first response is,

why the hell not? I actually

love the life I've created and the schedule I've created because

I don't have to wait till I retire to hop a plane and spend

ten days somewhere experiencing a different culture in a different world.

Not necessarily a different world, but it felt like a different world. And so why

the hell not, right? But secondly, there actually was intention

around it. And counterintuitive as it sounds, the

intention was to surrender being in control. The intention

was to stop holding the reins, being in charge

right after an epic run, literally a week after

closing down our launch, where we did nearly a million dollars in sales in

less than two weeks. Becoming a best selling author for the second

time. All of this happening in the same month, right? It was time

to slow down and ask the universe,

what does it want from me?

I've been so blessed. I have incredible clients

who've said, yes, what does the

universe want more of? It was time to pause and

listen about what's to come for

2024, right? What's the next level?

What's ascension for me? What does growth look like? And unless you're still

and create space to receive, how

will you ever get clarity, right? So it was time for

me to go there and really, I'll tell you and we'll talk a little bit

about this later, but I was able to get massive downloads

on my direction for the next year, right? We'll talk about

it in a little bit. But I would have never had the space had I

not taken this trip to consciously surrender and be that

creative and tap into my subconscious and create the

space I was consciously allowing to

receive. I want to use. This word

calculated receptivity literally paving a

path creating space blocking out all the

noise so that I could receive and be a student

be an open vessel. Because I spend the large majority of my

days every day being the teacher, being the

boss, being the mom, being the leader, being the decision maker.

Right? Being the visionary. And so it was a time to

receive the gift and the bounty I had received from

working hard and receive the feminine

principle of receptivity, right? So it

was a beautiful place to receive, a spiritual place to receive.

I will also say I've been on my own spiritual journey the past two years

and I have just been on this incredible high of connection to

God, to my source, and was really, really

enjoying that path and creating even more space and stillness

to listen and communicate to my higher

source and what the universe wants more of

from me so that I can make a larger impact in this world. So hopefully

that makes sense. That was my

prime reason for going number one and number two,

because I can. Okay, so

what did I learn while I was there? What I

learned is, again, I just want to recap on this, that

we have to slow down, right, in order to

receive and actually slow down and give thanks.

I'm going to talk a little bit about this in a minute. Just the gratitude

piece, but giving thanks, it's very easy. I

caught myself and my whole team. Like, we're done with launch. So we did almost

a million in sales in less than, like, 14 days. We became a best

selling author, like, 22 of our clients did. We jump on a call

and literally, we're talking about what's next. Like, literally, we're talking

about the next launch. We're talking about the next goals. And it's like, whoa, whoa,

whoa, whoa. Let's pump the brakes. Let's

receive the bounty that has come our way

and let's consciously pause right

in this space. And not just

pause, but give thanks. Give

gratitude, right? The shirt, the gratitude, the

magnanimity. I can't tell you how many times

during that ride of success, right

before I went to Bali that I was literally on my knees bawling

with gratitude for what was manifesting in my life,

right? And so this leads me to what was going on in Bali when I

landed. See, they were in the midst of a

twelve day celebration and I didn't know this.

I landed on their twelveTH day of celebration that

was focused around gratitude. And this key

day that I landed on was called Canning Day.

And it was so timely that I showed up on this day because so many

locals were in the streets celebrating with

gratitude. The children had the gongs and the

bells and they were dancing and they were singing and they had these huge

animal like figures that they were all standing under and moving

in the streets. And they have this key term that's

called sucks. Sucks Manning.

Indeed. Sucks manning in deep. And the term is all

thanks are given for the blessings during human

life, for whatever has been achieved and

found is important to be grateful.

It gives me chills. I did not know when I landed in

Bali on this day that this is what was going on. Yet I was

on such a personal and spiritual

and business high from my own life

and landing in Bali in an immense space of

gratitude to literally pause and give

freaking thanks. Right? It was oozing out of

the know. It's called the island of God. There's

more temples per square mile than anywhere on the planet.

They ooze gratitude. They have every house has a temple. They give

gratitude and an offering to every morning when they get in their car,

there's an offering to give thanks. Where they go for work has an

offering on the front and an altar to give thanks.

Right? I attended a new moon ceremony that

lasted for 3 hours

oozing with gratitude to Mother Earth, to the

sky, to all that we have received. Literally just

an energetic focus on thank you, thank you,

thank you. And what I want to underscore here that was

just eye opening for me is

that the average income in that country is $250

a month.

$250 a month. See, the large

majority of people who live on that island have never left it because

they can't afford to get off the island. But one

of the things I noticed is that there was no homelessness in the

streets here at home. There's a lot of mental illness that contributes to a lot

of homelessness, right? Even though we're the most abundant

gluttonous country in the world, there's this disproportionate

amount of mental illness and homelessness,

even though in this country the average person makes $250

a year. I mean, a month. I didn't see anyone

homeless begging for anything. All I saw was a culture

of people with a huge grin and smile on their

face, immensely grateful to be alive,

immensely grateful for their island, for

life. Oozing with it. And as a matter of fact,

one of the drivers told me, he said,

I know the success that you Americans have, it comes at a

cost. He said, It may sound crazy, but we're not jealous of

your life. We know what comes with all that success.

You have to keep up with all the things you buy. And

the thing that really rung true to me is he said, you're here on a

ten day vacation because you need a break. He said, Americans

have so much mental stress from their careers

that they literally need to take vacation to get away from it.

He said, US, in Bali, we don't need a vacation. We love our

lives. We work hard physically. We go to bed, we wake up, and we are

so happy, and we're ready to work again. We don't need

vacation dates. And I thought,

wow, that was serious

perspective that he knows what

monetary things are out there. He knows financially

how successful some folks are, but

they aren't jealous for it because they know that it comes at a cost.

And they're such a happy, healthy culture,

which now is so obvious to me because of their

immense gratitude from the moment they wake to the moment they go to

bed. Right. Their mindset, they are

literally programming their mind on a daily basis. Oozing

of gratitude, right? So good.

Another thing I learned, the fear of the

unknown is not so

scary. You guys have heard me talk about this in entrepreneurship,

so I'm going to fold in some analogies here, but believe it or

not, I was nervous to travel to Bali all by

myself. Beyond traveling to Canada and

Mexico, I have not traveled internationally by

myself ever other than Canada and Mexico. I was in

Europe over a decade ago with my husband, but I've never

traipsed 36 hours on planes by

myself somewhere to a foreign country where the native language

isn't English, right? So there was a lot of unknown that had me

really uncomfortable, and I almost didn't go

for fear of getting stuck somewhere and not knowing the language and not

being able to change planes. That may sound silly to some of you

guys, right? But what I learned as I traversed the world

and made it to Bali was that I had that power

within myself to get there the whole time.

I just needed to trust the process. I

needed to trust myself. I needed to have

confidence in myself. And by being willing to take that

leap of faith, not knowing exactly what

was on the other side, I didn't even know the people I was staying with.

We're going to talk about that in a minute. It revealed to me a

totally entire new portal

of unknown when it comes to world travel.

It opened my eyes prior to getting on that plane and traveling

across the world by myself. I was

unconsciously incompetent. I did not know

what I didn't know about traveling the globe, and so I feared

it. By traveling the globe, I became

consciously incompetent, meaning I

realized how little I knew about the rest of the

world by traveling to this one geographic

location across the world. Now I'm

consciously realizing I'm incompetent in learning so many

cultures, so many religions, so many

cuisines, right? All the things. And so I

know there's so much more to learn. And it's just like business.

If we stay comfortable with what we know in business,

we never tap into new portals for quantum

expansion. Right?

I'd never done over $300,000 in sales in a

launch before. I did almost a million dollars in sales in a

launch. I hadn't been there before. Right? It was

uncharted territory. I didn't know unless I

got uncomfortable for the expansion of what was ahead. It's the same

way with my travel. I didn't know until

I tapped into those portals to see, right? And it was

like, wow, I want to do this again. I've got so many

places I want to go now. Right? Another unknown that

was really, really interesting for me. I didn't know who I was

sharing my house with in Bali. I asked. I am like an

enneagram eight who likes to be in control. And even though I was

consciously surrendering, I still wanted to control who was

there, because in my mind, I energetically wanted to

be matched with successful entrepreneurs who were similar

or further along than me because I wanted to learn from them. I always say

I like to be the dumbest, brokest person in the room, right? But that's

business. And I had to remind myself I wasn't on this

trip for business. I was on this trip spiritually and for personal

growth. And what I realized

is that some of the greatest growth happened

for me from some of the most unsuspecting people that were in

that room. What happened and transpired in

this retreat was that the large majority of people there were about

a decade younger than me and a number of steps earlier

on than me in their business growth. And it was a

priceless opportunity for me as a business owner to

literally live in a house with people who are

really exactly like the clients that I serve. You see, I get to

coach my clients across zoom. I get to see them on occasion at live

events. But to live in a house with entrepreneurs

who are in the early stages and hearing again and being reminded of the

early level challenges the mindset

blocks, the personal growth that needs to happen.

The journey that they have to embark on grounded

me and got me more connected with my

current clients. And there was actually a participant

there who reminded me of my children.

Okay. Her breakthroughs and her

inner child work that we all did were a mirror to me

as a parent with my kids back at home.

And one of the first things I did when I got home was actually have

direct conversations with my kids. Right. There

were other attendees there that were married, there were couples, and that reminded me

of my husband and I and the journey that we're on together. And

so where I'm going with this is that the unknown of who was in the

group was the magic in my own personal growth

of realizing I don't always need to be put into a room that's going

to grow me in business that many times.

It's the most unsuspecting people who can grow you personally.

Right. And professionally. Right. Experiences

over money. One of the things I noticed again, we talked about the average

income of $250 a month I had on

my vision board before the end of this year to buy a G Wagon. And

I came away from Bali realizing how little these people live

with and how happy they are and how a G Wagon was

not something I really needed. And as a matter of fact, even though it's a

nice car and I love driving it, let's be

honest, those types of purchases are actually for

ego and perception, like literally buying

something for what other people think about your

status, right? Yes, I love the G Wagon, but I have an

Infinity QX 80, which is a really nice high end car to begin with.

And I started running the numbers, and I was like this first

class because Mama went first class. This first class

trip to Bali was, bar none, the best investment

because I was so comfortable. I slept all the way there, I slept

all the way back. I was so rejuvenated and full of energy when I got

there, I started running the numbers, and I'm like a family of five.

We could take three to four first class flights

across the globe to, like, South Africa to Australia, to

Thailand instead of an

ego purchase of a G Wagon. Right? And so

my mindset really shifted around

things, and I've always had more of a focus on

experience. But my ego wanted the G Wagon,

right? My ego wanted the G wagon. The last thing I want to land

on here was the energy vortex of Bali.

For those of you guys who are into the energy and body work, I have

been over the last two years in a major growth in what we call

spiritual ascension. And I and my

energetics coach, my spiritual coach talked about this the day I got there. We did

some really deep holotropic breath work that can really get at the

root of your nervous system. And I had some

huge energetic releases. Huge.

I can't even explain to you the jolts that came

out of my body, the outer body experiences that I had

and even just like how unsettled my legs

were the first two days, really working to

release these last final shedding of old energy to

this final level in this level of ascension that I'm going

through. It was mind blowing and incredible.

But bali is an energy vortex similar to sedona. For those of you

guys who research that type of stuff. The energy healers

there were incredible coming from kind of a western

medicine PharmD training. I found it

fascinating. The body workers who practiced Chinese

medicine and could literally rub their hands on my belly,

check my pulse and look at my tongue and tell me when my period was

going to start, how healthy my heart was, how my lipids

were. It was mind

blowing. How they practice medicine in a completely

different way and get the same results, right? And

so we did a lot of work, energy work. Some

really incredible spiritual ceremonies, cacao

ceremonies. People from across the globe. Therefore,

their spiritual journey and connectedness. This

universal connectedness. It wasn't one single religion. It wasn't just

Budhism or Hinduism or Muslim or Christian. It was

really just spirituality and connectedness to all right

and purpose. Which leads me to that

consciously allowing time where I was able to slow down, listen

to my intuition and get the tugs, get the cues. I've had this

gut pull all year, but I got profound,

profound cues and signs for my next chapter,

for impact, for impact for others in

business and their life. And I actually completely

birthed an entirely new program while I'm there all the way

down to the month by month curriculum. And because I

created the space and I cleared

the energetic path, I

accomplished creating the vision, the

output and a program literally within two

to three days that had I tried to just force myself

to figure it out. While being at home in the chaos and

the push and the leading of my team and the coaching of my clients. It

would have taken me months and likely wouldn't have had the exact

clarity and connection and tethering

to the anchor of the output of it spiritually and

impact. Right. And I know I'm going super woo for some of you

guys, but it was life changing.

And so where I'll land with that is I birds a new program. It won't

be coming out till the new year, I haven't even

named it yet, but it's going to hinge around the modern entrepreneur where bodies

build businesses with mind, body and spirit for expansion

in business. And I am bringing in the absolute experts who've

helped me ascend over the past two years in mind, body

and spirit that has created massive expansion where I've grown

my business 400% since last year while

getting the healthiest and the happiest I've ever gotten. And those were the major

downloads I had while I was in Bali is it's not just business

strategy. This program is not going to be another guru telling you

exactly the business strategy. It's going to be about learning to tap into your own

intuition and get connected so that you can make the next

steps confidently from your internal

north compass. Right. And I'll be hinging on a lot of

the scientific background I have around nervous

system dysregulation and the modalities to get regulated so that

energetically. We are on fire, right? Oh, my gosh. I could talk about

this forever. But speaking of being on fire, this girl has to wrap up because

I've got a coaching haul in two minutes. That is my recap for you from

my trip from Bali. If you're curious or inspired about my

upcoming program, there will be some information in the show

notes about getting on the waitlist. Or you can email

us at teamburnouttoallout

co. You can email us at team

at teamburnouttoallout co.

So hope to see you guys on our next episode. See you live

somewhere. If you're watching this recently, I hope to see you

in Nashville in a couple of weeks. Some of the core

collaborators for this future program next year are going to be speaking

on stage in Nashville. I cannot wait. I hope you guys have