Hey you!

I’m so glad you’re here. And that you’re curious. Something I’ve had to relearn over the years. I’m Melanie Elisabeth, a little over three decades on this planet - at least in this lifetime - and most of all, I’m a mom. To two little divas / drama queens / princesses / monsters, aged two and four. Motherhood… I love it deeply, and sometimes find it really hard.

If you’d asked my 20-year-old self what I wanted to be “when I grew up,” she would’ve said: “I’ll travel the world, work as a diplomat, have an impressive career and do volunteer work for children in need. Somewhere between a neat Chanel suit and a loose hippie pants.”

I did graduate with a Master in Law, but when I left the safety of my books, I found myself in a world that was fast and loud. And the idea of working my ass off and proving everyone and no one that I was capable, suddenly didn’t feel right anymore. Clueless about what I really wanted, I started working in the diamond sector, where my computer became my closest colleague. I felt empty.

So, I made a change. I left my desk behind and started working with people again. For a while, I became a barista, and I was so much happier. Then I became a mother. A whole new world. It changed everything. It changed my perspective of the world, it made me softer, more honest and deeply curious about who I really was.

I started working as a family mediator, supporting couples going through separation. My heart was always with the children. The small voices often forgotten in the middle of conflict. I’d hear, “We’re staying together for the kids” and I would think: but is that really what’s best for them? Because I knew that feeling from the inside. My parents stayed together, for me. And what was meant as love, sometimes felt heavy to carry. That work, those conversations, that pain, that love.. It was a process I needed to live through myself and now it feels complete.

In the past few years, I’ve also worked alongside a child psychologist, offering group trainings for children around emotions, anger, assertiveness and executive skills. And time and time again, I saw the same thing: children mirror us. They show what within us still needs to be seen, without judgment, just honesty.

Today, my work goes deeper. No Chanel suit. No hippie pants. Something in between.
Honest. Human. Real. I’m creating a warm space for women, parents and couples who no longer want to just get through everything they carry, but who want to live with awareness, connection and ease.