{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F243ed7dc-86d0-48dd-907a-64cf05129032","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Rebel Hugs and Radical Intuition: Healing Beyond Medicine with Melinda Lee Schmitt\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/243ed7dc-86d0-48dd-907a-64cf05129032\"></iframe>","title":"Rebel Hugs and Radical Intuition: Healing Beyond Medicine with Melinda Lee Schmitt","description":"In this deeply resonant episode of The Mindful Living, host Sana sits down with Melinda Lee Schmitt\u2014author of Rebel Hugger, empowerment coach, and intuitive guide\u2014to explore the transformative power of intuition, self-trust, and authentic living. Melinda shares her journey of healing from multiple sclerosis, hugging thousands of strangers, and turning away from conventional medicine to embrace holistic and intuitive wellness.\nWe unpack what intuition feels like in the body, how it can lead us when logic fails, and why moments of surrender during major life transitions\u2014divorce, illness, burnout\u2014are not breakdowns, but breakthroughs. Melinda opens up about her spiritual connection with animals, especially a life-altering moment with a horse that helped her reclaim trust and authenticity.\nWhether you\u2019re navigating grief, disconnection, or simply wondering if there\u2019s \u201cmore to life,\u201d this episode is a gentle nudge toward tuning in to your inner compass and healing from within.\nAbout the Guest:Melinda Lee Schmitt is an empowerment coach, intuitive healer, and author of Rebel Hugger. After healing from MS and embracing a radically authentic lifestyle, she now supports women in reclaiming their power using intuition, energy healing, and deep self-love. Her work includes animal communication, nature-based healing, and emotional coaching.\nKey Takeaways :\n\n\nIntuition is a subtle, body-based guide that grows clearer with practice and presence\u2014not urgency or fear.\n\n\nMelinda's MS diagnosis led her to shift away from Western medicine and embrace holistic healing through nutrition and homeopathy.\n\n\nHer year-long experiment of hugging strangers started as an act of connection but revealed the deeper need for self-love and healing loneliness.\n\n\nNature and animals, especially horses, reflect our authenticity and can become powerful guides when we drop pretenses and tune into truth.\n\n\nIn seasons of silence or emotional fog, surrendering\u2014rather than forcing answers\u2014can be the doorway to transformation.\n\n\nMelinda emphasizes that intuition isn\u2019t \u201cwoo\u201d\u2014it\u2019s a survival skill and inner compass available to everyone.\n\n\nHer book Rebel Hugger documents her healing, connection, and return to authenticity.\n\n\n\u00a0\nHow to Connect with the Guest:Website: https://melindaleeschmitt.com/Book: Rebel Hugger available on her website and Amazon.\n\nWant to be a guest on The Mindful Living? 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