About.mel
Coach, Speaker, Author, Professional skydiver
About.mel
Coach. Speaker. Author. Pro skydiver.
Melanie Curtis is a world record pro skydiver, keynote speaker, professional development facilitator, coach, author and entrepreneur.
She has been tapped as an expert in Forbes, Fast Company, Thrive Global, on CBS Evening News, CBS Sunday Morning, NBC Know Your Value, Masters of Scale, Entrepreneurs on Fire, and many more.
Melanie delivers dynamic and disarming keynote speeches. She facilitates genre-busting professional development on peak performance for high-performing individuals and teams. Melanie is as funny as she is impactful, teaching comedy is a key skill in business and teamwork at the highest levels. Be ready for your eyes to widen and your mind and heart to open.
As a coach, Melanie is a relentless teammate for her clients looking to expand beyond their current edges, no topic or goal is off limits.
Melanie has authored 3 books, including How to Fly: Life Lessons From a Professional Skydiver.
Melanie co-founded Highlight, an all-female demonstration jump team, using skydiving as a vehicle to champion equality, and is the Executive Director of the Women’s Skydiving Network foundation.
Melanie is a passionate public advocate for legal, safe and equitable access to the transformative power of psychedelic medicines. Co-founding the Trust the Journey podcast, she and guests share in depth about their own healing experiences and personal practices in service to helping others.
Melanie loves her family, including her cat Matil, above all things, except maybe the whale joke. Ask her to tell it.
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WHAT GOT YOU HERE WILL NOT GET YOU THERE. LET’S TALK.
coach / consultant
The highest level leaders are most effective with expert support. It is lonely at the top. Allocating space for our humanity along with our striving is KEY. We are teammates in a way you never thought you’d need. But you do. We all do. The best in the world understand this and build their personal support team accordingly. Let’s talk.
speaker
Peak performance, in yourself and your team. Comedy as a KEY skill in all of it.
Melanie is a dynamic keynote speaker and professional development facilitator. In person or virtually, she motivates and inspires leaders and teams to think and act beyond their current edges. #GOTEAM
Author
Mel relentlessly extracts insight from experience. And…… she’s hilarious. A quote journal, a graphic memoir, a life story. Listen on Audible for the full experience. Sign up here to learn more about deep healing as Mel writes her next book.
Speaker
Keynote & facilitator
Accessing Peak Performance When the Stakes are High
Comedy as a KEY skill in Growth and Leadership
Harnessing Fear and Flow to Reach New Heights
Building Confidence, Competence and Connection
Building Resilience in Long-term Leadership
Courage to Take Uncomfortable Action
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Let’s connect.for reals.
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COACH / consultant
BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO TRY THE THING YOU THINK WILL NEVER WORK. BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO LOOK INTO YOUR BLIND SPOTS WITH A FIERCE TEAMMATE. RECOGNIZE THIS WORK IS CRITICAL TO REACHING THE NEXT LEVEL OF SUCCESS HOWEVER YOU DEFINE IT.
WHEN WE GET OUR INNER LIFE TOGETHER, OUR OUTER LIFE FOLLOWS.
who does mel work with?
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high-achievers struggling with uncertainty, fear or faltering confidence
leadership teams
struggling to inspire engagement, positive culture and follow-through
Professional Athletes
looking to overcome fear and parlay their experience into their next phase of business, creativity, life
Testimonials
“I meant what I said about this being your true calling. You are in the life changing business and I’ll never forget the change you have made in mine and my family’s. I will be eternally thankful. You are a true pro and a master of your craft, so much in fact that one doesnt really even notice your influence at the time, only that suddenly that there is a significant improvement in an area where there hadn’t been any. That is what a true natural talent looks like. Regardless of the profession, the best always make it look effortless and your methods reflect that. For the first time in a very long time I feel mentally and emotionally dialed in, and it’s great.”
Client
You know I read all the reviews about you on your site and still I wondered what you have to offer. Obviously I was curious enough to still try it… I’m sure you’re told often that you hit the nail on the head so easily it seems. I’m speechless lol not a familiar thing for me. Thank you a million times over. I don’t think you’re trying to sell me but you have.”
Client
From.our.blog
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My Predictions for 2024
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ONLINE CLASS: Harnessing Fear & Risk to Reach New Heights
Right on, team. I've been leading a lot of high-level professional development sessions this year and I wanted to offer them to you too. FEAR. This one is about harnessing it. Official title: Harnessing [...]
Building Confidence, Competence & Connection
If you struggle with feeling confident... if you want to feel more confident... This session is for you. ONLINE CLASS: Building Confidence, Competence & Connection Monday, February 19th - 7pm ET (*or get the [...]
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