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# Melanie Curtis

Keynote Speaker & Coach

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- [Class Recording: A Systematic Approach to Fear - Social / Relationship Focus](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/class-recording-a-systematic-approach-to-fear-social-relationship-focus/) - In this class we deep-dive on building strong relationships and overcoming fear as we do so, both in short-term social situations and long-term efforts to connect and grow together. A Systematic Approach to Fear – Social / Relationship Focus A full 1.5 hours with hard-core content from yours truly followed by real-time personal coaching with
- [Class Recording: A Systematic Approach to Fear - Skydiving Focus](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/class-recording-a-systematic-approach-to-fear-skydiving-focus/) - SO much value in this sesh. A Systematic Approach to Fear – Skydiving Focus We went for the full 1.5 hours with some brave sharing and super high-value real-time coaching in the last 40 minutes. If you’d like to get the class, you have two options: 1. Purchase the recording to support us doing education
- [Online class: Consistency - How to get back on track after drifting](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/consistencyclass/) - I reached out to the full crew on FB and asked this question… “If I were to lead an online class about anything, what what do you want me to teach you?” The winner? Consistency… getting back on track after drifting. This class was recorded live, May 23rd, 2019… Over 2 hours of hearty dialogue
- [Class Recording: How to become a sought-after skydiving coach and organizer](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/class-recording-how-to-become-a-sought-after-skydiving-coach-and-organizer/) - A straight-up epic sesh. How to become a sought-after skydiving coach and organizer We went for the full 1.5 hours and plan to do another full session dedicated to Q&A. Stay tuned for that. If you’d like to get the class, you have two options: 1. Purchase the recording to support us doing education like
- [Blue Skies Mag Feature: The Birds](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/blue-skies-mag-feature-the-birds/) - Very simply, this is one of the most meaningful projects I’ve done in many years. Please enjoy. As always, I hope you find some inspiration in it for yourself. XO The Birds By Melanie Curtis Blue Skies Magazine August 2018 So I had this idea… it involved a particular parachute, professional friends and playing on
- [Forbes Feature: From Skydives to Psychedelics - A New Map for Brave Leadership](https://melaniecurtis.com/2025/forbes-feature-skydiving-psychedelics-a-new-map-for-brave-leadership/) - It is an honor to be featured in Forbes. The article is a quick but meaty read. HUGE THANK YOU to Nell 3D [Derick Debevoise Dewey] for having me. 🙏🏻❤️ Truly what a gift to be given such a platform to share what matters the most. Read it HERE. I’d love to hear what lands
- [Exhaustion as a sign of finally feeling safe](https://melaniecurtis.com/2025/exhaustion-as-a-sign-of-finally-feeling-safe/) - “It’s normal for the body to feel exhausted once it starts to feel safe. If the body has been in a state of hypervigilance for days, months, years, decades, that means the body has been running on super high levels of cortisol and adrenaline which it’s not meant to do for that amount of time.
- [Women. Taking. Up. SPACE.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2025/women-taking-up-space/) - This idea came to me 3 years ago, and rocketed to the top of the list November 6th of last year. For me, that day brought fear, fury, and depression. It also brought every bit of my being vibrating in recognition of Toni Morrison’s quote about times of crisis: “This is precisely the time when
- [My 2025 goal IS... 🔥](https://melaniecurtis.com/2024/my-2025-goal-is/) - I am a keynote speaker helping driven professionals access their massive untapped potential. YES. I am saying it OUT LOUD. For all to hear. 🎤🔥 My 2025 goal is to book 2 gigs EVERY MONTH – or 24 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR. My goal NOW is to get these suckers on the calendar by year-end.
- [CBS Evening News: What it's like to speak on such a big stage...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/cbs-evening-news/) - I just did an interview for CBS Evening News with the absolutely fantastic Nancy Chen. It was totally a last-minute, and huge opportunity for the #Project19 team. Heck YES, we jumped on it! So grateful to the CBS News team for amplifying our message and mission for women. (**UPDATE: This CBS Evening News interview is HERE.)
- [How to grow as a speaker...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2024/how-to-grow-as-a-speaker/) - People often ask me how to grow as a speaker. Like anything we want to do at a high level, I would say first there are no shortcuts, but I would also say there absolutely is a path. In my keynotes, I share stories pushing myself to the proverbial (and literal) edge, in individual, team
- [Small Business Saturday 2024! Gift options for your peeps. ❤️🎄](https://melaniecurtis.com/2024/small-business-saturday-2024-gift-options-for-your-peeps/) - Hi team! It’s Small Business Saturday! I honestly can’t believe I’ve been in business as long as I have. This year marks 20 years. WOW. That’s kind of insane to me. It also connects me to serious gratitude because the ONLY WAY a business like mine makes it is because YOU extend me your time,
- [Venison Steaks](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/venison-steaks/) - Hey all, morning pages for today are done.. and today I wanted to post the latest in the line of my Blue Skies Magazine columns. This one is one of my most favorites. Of all of them. I’ll let it speak for itself. Thank you as always for reading. Big time. Thank you. xo Blue
- [What it takes to achieve truly outlier results...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2024/what-it-takes-to-achieve-truly-outlier-results/) - This video is me talking to nobody. This is also what it looks like to give truly high-level keynote speeches. High-level anything. Practicing over and over and over again in the very un-sexy spaces so that when you do step on that stage, whatever it is for you, you own it FULLY. It’s not just
- [75 Hard WhatsApp Accountability Group (or 75 Soft or 75 Semi-hard hehe)](https://melaniecurtis.com/2024/75-hard-whatsapp-accountability-group-or-75-soft-or-75-semi-hard-hehe/) - Took the super cliché hands-in-the-air photo celebrating finishing 75 hard. Duh. 🔥 Question… Would YOU do 75 hard?? First… 🔥 What IS 75 hard? In short, it is this: 💪🏻 2 45-minute workouts a day, one has to be outside 💪🏻 Follow a diet of your choice, ZERO cheat meals 💪🏻 Drink a gallon of water
- [How I react seeing anyone who's been there for me](https://melaniecurtis.com/2024/how-i-react-seeing-anyone-whos-been-there-for-me/) - This video is funny and adorable. It’s funny and adorable because it’s TRUE. I react like this because that’s how much it matters to me. That’s why being there for my people matters so much to me too. It moves me this intensely because I legit LOVE my people, of course.. AND because of the
- [My Predictions for 2024](https://melaniecurtis.com/2024/my-predictions-for-2024/) - Like Brené Brown points to about THE developmental milestone of midlife, when it’s clear our armor is what’s holding us back. She says, “The Universe comes down, puts her hands on your shoulders and whispers in your ear, ‘I’m not f*ckin’ around, you’re halfway to dead. The armor is keeping you from growing into the
- [ONLINE CLASS: Harnessing Fear & Risk to Reach New Heights](https://melaniecurtis.com/2024/live-online-class-on-fear-also-on-leap-day-just-sayin/) - 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 Fear & Risk to Reach New Heights. Booyah. I’ll take you through a real-time experience to help you bring big ups
- [Building Confidence, Competence & Connection](https://melaniecurtis.com/2024/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 recording) Ticket here: $25 These three things make the biggest difference in how we feel AND the outcomes we get in
- [A birthday story. (Potential tingles. Potential cringe.)](https://melaniecurtis.com/2024/a-birthday-story-potential-tingles-potential-cringe/) - Team. A birthday story for you. Potential tingles. Potential cringe. Proceed at your own risk. I thought I was going to have a chill afternoon hang sesh at home with Sarah and Annette, my chosen family. Throw in some homemade chocolate-covered strawberries and I’m done. Perfectly content. THEN… every hour… the doorbell rang. It wasn’t packages
- [I'm a recovering perfectionist. Here's what I've learned...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2024/im-a-recovering-perfectionist-heres-what-ive-learned/) - Perfectionism is a painful prison. Perfectionism guarantees failure. Perfectionism guarantees disconnection. Perfectionism, for me, was the hard impenetrable shell protecting my soft center I was so afraid to show. For a long time, I didn’t even know that part of me was there, much less that I was afraid to show her. That level of
- [VIRTUAL EVENT: Deep Healing - What Holds Us Back The Most + Q&A](https://melaniecurtis.com/2023/virtual-event-deep-healing-what-holds-us-back-the-most-qa/) - When it comes to healing… what do you think holds us back the most? ✨ I just took the stage in New York City to deliver my TED-style talk on deep healing as the missing piece for so many of us. And what holds us back the most from leaning into what undeniably could transform
- [What is something someone couldn’t tell about you by…](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/what-is-something-someone-couldnt-tell-about-you-by/) - What is something someone couldn’t tell about you by looking at your LinkedIn? … I got asked this question the other day as part of an ice-breaker exercise. Don’t let the picture fool you, I had to think about my answer given I share quite openly in my writing, on the podcast, on my various
- [The power in F words](https://melaniecurtis.com/2023/the-power-in-f-words/) - Language is powerful. Profanity pierces the mind. It sounds funny, but for real, I’ve rigorously reflected on what has gone into my own experiences of: 🔥Peak performance 🔥Higher-performing teams 🔥Deeper connection 🔥Personal fulfillment 🔥Less anxiety 🔥Fewer depressed days FIVE things go into it. They all happen to be F words. (I’m a fan of F
- [Creating a Personal Board of Directors](https://melaniecurtis.com/2023/creating-a-personal-board-of-directors/) - Creating a personal board of directors. It may sound counterintuitive, but this is a high-level power move in business too. Basically this is a select group of people and professionals that you TRUST to give you solid, useful, honest feedback when you are navigating a personal challenge. I work with a lot of people in
- [Blue Skies Mag #7: Look Mel, No Floaties](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/look-mel-no-floaties-again/) - Ok, this might be construed as cheating, but I felt inspired to re-share one of my old skydiving and life coaching columns from Blue Skies Magazine from November of last year. The column is about some really awesome people, and what exactly makes them most awesome in my eyes. And I just got to catch
- [This is what scares me now...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2023/this-is-what-scares-me-now/) - This video. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Melanie Curtis (@melaniecurtis11) Seriously. What would you do if you weren’t afraid? Fly a plane? Jump out of one? Stay firmly planted on the ground but speak your truth? Go to that place? Do that thing? Share your gifts? Share your love? My first
- [Why we must work with our full humanity in the high-achieving...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2023/why-we-must-work-with-our-full-humanity-in-the-high-achieving/) - One of the things I’ve done over my 20+ year career is consistently put myself out there IN the process. I believe deeply that there is insanely high value in our bearing witness to the humanity inside the high-achieving. No one does anything worthwhile or huge without feeling all kinds of things along the way.
- [Pulling poisonous ideas out of our blind spots...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2023/pulling-poisonous-ideas-out-of-our-blind-spots/) - Integration… why? How? Getting ourselves to the deeper healing with plant medicine is one thing. Learning how to work with it and amplify our take-aways is another. Follow that up with integration and coaching, and watch your life and yourself TRANSFORM. I’m not f*cking around. We have NO IDEA what is available to us on
- [Healing happens through deliberate brave work...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/healing-happens-through-deliberate-brave-work/) - Sign up for Mel’s healing list HERE. If you want more personal, direct help, DM me or go HERE. … Making this post on Instagram made me realize I’m not a #lifecoach, I’m a #lightcoach. I mean, duh. Only took me 11 years to figure that one out. Cool. Hahaha… Who knows where and when
- [Blue Skies Mag #96: Jump Off a Bridge](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/blue-skies-mag-96-jump-off-a-bridge/) - Friendship has been a theme lately. Two different episodes of Trust the Journey (Jay Mo‘s and my podcast), here and here, dropped this month. I went for a walk this morning with two of my local friends, and we brought up this article talking about the power and influence of friendship. I totally couldn’t remember
- [The most underrated form of bravery...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2023/mostunderratedbravery/) - “The most underrated form of intimacy is telling the truth. It is in our truth that we acquire everything we are seeking. Our truth brings intimacy to one of two places… where it already exists and where it’s needed most. HONOR BOTH.” – Andrew Wyze & Matt Gottesman When I talk about being brave, this
- [Where are YOU in YOUR way?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2023/where-are-you-in-your-way/) - Totally breakin’ through. Sweet. (Hilarity ensues.) Where are YOU in YOUR way? We all have moments like these. Can we laugh at them? Grow from them? Seize them as the opportunities they are? These are the questions. This is what we can do together. Hit me up if you need help figuring that out. Or
- [Highlight HerStory... this is mine...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2023/highlightherstory/) - Want to know what deeply drives me? How I got where I am today? Here is my story with Highlight Pro Skydiving Team. Certainly there is more to it, but this is a big piece. What deeply drives YOU? When we know our core values… our deeper why… we tap into energy and motivation we
- [Today is my birthday...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2023/today-is-my-birthday/) - Today is my birthday. 45, wheee doggies! I am grateful to be alive. I am grateful for you. I am grateful for so much. If you want to do anything for me today, consider this a list of great present ideas: Subscribe on YouTube Subscribe to Trust the Journey podcast Follow on Instagram Share a
- [How to shift victim energy...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2023/how-to-shift-victim-energy/) - Victim energy even in sentences as simple as these has a powerful energetic cost. They are much heavier energetically and emotionally because they reinforce the idea that we are unfree. It feels a little awkward at first, but watch for where you say or think these “have to” sentiments, then whenever you can replace “have
- [2022. My Year of Impact.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/2022-my-year-of-impact/) - 2022 was HUGE. The energy as it comes to a close is undeniable. 2023 is starting with this energy supporting it. NOTE: Every single thing could have a giant post of its own. Also this isn’t even a comprehensive list. This list is what it looks like when you do the work, stay persistent and
- [The more deeply I know you...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/the-more-deeply-i-know-you/) - I have loved people my entire life. Deeply. This love drives so much of what I do, and is the main reason why I am so fulfilled by these things. For many years, this love was also missing a key piece… I wasn’t on the list of those to actively, intentionally love. You hear the
- [Flow State... How to access it and why it matters](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/flow-state/) - We cannot access the most potent levels of connection and influence without accessing the purity of flow state. In my experience, we cannot access our true peak performance or optimal team dynamics without accessing flow state. In this episode: ✨ I talk a bit about this from the perspective of the high-level training we just
- [You don't have to be a good girl to be a good person.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/you-dont-have-to-be-a-good-girl-to-be-a-good-person/) - If I’m going to be a meme, this is how I’m going to be a meme. Unless it’s a straight-up nonsensical completely ridiculous fuck yeah meme, which of course have been (and still are) a staple in my professional communication since meme inception. Ask literally any of my life coaching clients or close friends to
- [The power of fierce integrity with our word...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/four-agreements/) - I first read The Four Agreements in 2007. I did The Landmark Forum in 2010. Both of these things helped me really GET the power of my word… how much integrity with one’s word really mattered…has serious power. What I have learned over the last decade+ is that this ferocious commitment to integrity with my
- [The moments of true connection make all the difference...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/this-moment/) - This moment. For me, the moments of true connection make all the difference. Whether it’s with my teammates behind the scenes or in real conversation with kids and fans after. The big moment landing in stadiums to the roar of the crowd is unlike any other, but the reason I love those is because they lead
- [The Power of Unstructured Time](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/the-power-of-unstructured-time/) - As my career (and personal) success has grown over the last handful of years, as I have completed major projects (see: How to Fly), as I have seized unfathomable opportunity (see: WSN and Highlight), I have had the common experience of more and more people and priorities competing for my time and energy. I have also
- [Peak Performance... How do we do it?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/peak-performance-how-do-we-do-it/) - I didn’t stand up a landing under a parachute until I had 20 jumps. Now I land standing up in front of thousands inside technical stadiums flying smoke and streamers that carry the pressure of doing justice to a message I deeply care about. This one at the North Carolina Courage game last Friday night.
- [What does it take to become masterful at anything?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/what-does-it-take-to-become-masterful-at-anything/) - If you would like to see what it looks like to dive out of the lead skyvan, fall past 4 other trail planes, dive down to the formation and take your grip on an upside down 100+ way.. this is your chance. 😉 Anything we do with mastery involves far more nuance than first meets
- [Curveballs Throw Us For Loops](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/curveballs-throw-us-for-loops/) - So blah blah blah, I’ve got a pretty frickin’ tight schedule. I don’t have a whole lot of spare time. I don’t have a whole lot of wiggle room, as it were. I mean, if I don’t schedule rest for myself, 80% of the time I forget I need it until I’m overbooked and freakin’
- [Blue Skies Mag #98: 50-year Friends](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/blue-skies-mag-98-50-year-friends/) - Amy Chmelecki and Eliana Rodriguez. Two of my most favorite people on this planet, two of my most critical mentors in skydiving, and two who I am beyond lucky to now call my teammates and true friends... These two unparalleled women are being inducted into the International Skydiving Hall of Fame. YES!!! No two could
- [The first-ever Skydiving Retreat Day.. SO good.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/the-first-ever-skydiving-retreat-day-so-good/) - This picture... Jumping out of the plane chasing Joya Dass of LadyDrinks NYC making her VERY FIRST SKYDIVE! Opening up to the transformation that ONLY comes from overcoming our biggest fears. If you look closely, you can see a full-teeth grin plastered across my face as my feet are leaving the aircraft. Oh hell yeah.
- [Crazed Stalker Weirdo With Great Fashion Sense](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/crazed-stalker-weirdo-with-great-fashion-sense/) - Took myself to the AZ Best Fest today, celebrating Arizona's 100th birthday. I went specifically to see Martha Beck, an author I very much look up to and aspire to be like. Her message is incredible, straight-forward, passionate, unembarrassed, courageous, authentic, funny, normal and yet pushing people to think bigger and further with every article.
- [My Entrepreneurs on Fire podcast episode!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/my-entrepreneurs-on-fire-podcast-episode/) - I have been a longtime listener and champion of the Entrepreneurs on Fire podcast with John Lee Dumas, getting soooo much over the years that has helped me grow my business, impact and as a person. No joke, Column 69 in my book, written in 2016 is titled, “JLD, Gary Vee and Me.” Haha true
- [Your unique professional style...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/your-unique-professional-style/) - I’m not sure how many times I have used this meme in a professional presentation. It’s a lot. Trust your unique style will take you down the professional road you actually want to go down. Mine happens to include a bunch of ridiculous cat memes. I mean, duh. Want help down the road that's for
- [2021 comedy gold as we head into 2022...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/2021-comedy-goal-as-we-head-into-2022/) - Remember all the 2020 memes? I liked all the ones about burning truckloads of sage hahaa… What about 2021 memes? This piece of comedy gold… Do you know 8 people without issues? Trick question, of course you don’t because we ALL have issues! 🙈🙊🙉 😂 And now it’s 2022! It’s 2022, so ponder this… Whatever
- [Today is 5 years living in New Jersey...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/today-is-5-years-living-in-new-jersey/) - Today is my 5-year anniversary living in New Jersey. Who knew Jersey would be where my soul would end up finding its peace and feeling of home. SO MUCH has happened in these last 5 years, starting with my gratitude for Sarah Walko’s trust in me as her friend asking me to move with her
- [Skydivers in the real world - Part 1](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/skydivers-in-the-real-world-part-1/) - This is what we did on Thanksgiving. We enjoyed food, fellowship and funny ridiculous nonsense that serves no purpose and yet still makes the world a better place. Click HERE to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUzQaqiPzCE What makes you come alive? For me, comedy is one of those things. I'm leading a class on December 15th talking about
- ["Wrong" paths can still lead to the "right" places...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/wrong-paths-can-still-lead-to-the-right-places/) - "Please understand this: Bad chapters can still create great stories. Wrong paths can still lead to right places. Failed dreams can still create successful people. Sometimes it takes losing yourself to find yourself." -Cynthia Thurlow I think all of us resonate with this on some level. I definitely do! If you do too, consider
- [Some of y'all parents never did this to you and it shows.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/work-a-little-harder-for-success/) - Hahaha this meme cracks me up. Doesn’t mean you can’t still succeed, you might have to work a little harder is all. Hit me up if you ever want help. #goteam
- [Upcoming Online Classes - Bucket list and Comedy!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/upcoming-online-classes-bucket-list-and-comedy/) - It's time! Two of my favorite classes I've ever taught are on! Click on either (or both) below to sign up. Buy a ticket if you can and if you're financially strapped, there are comp tickets available. Please feel free to join! Or get the recording if you can't make it live. December 2nd -
- [Skydiving exhibition jump, Gilman School 360 video!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/skydiving-exhibition-jump-gilman-school-360-video/) - The energy from all the kids is incredible!! Watch the rough cut of my 360 footage of the Gilman School demo HERE. A beautiful fall day in Baltimore, Maryland, with even better people, including legend, Bobby Page! This demo was actually a wild one behind the scenes leading up to takeoff, as most demos are hahaa,
- [The only way to scale a 1-on-1 service business...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/the-only-way-to-scale-a-1-on-1-service-business/) - "You are allowed to change the price of what it costs to access you." Truth. This is the only way to scale a 1-on-1 service business. Or scale any offering that requires your direct engagement. There's a lot more to this conversation of course. Drop me a line if you ever want to deep dive. Deep
- [Blue Skies Mag #73: The Grief Club](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/blue-skies-mag-73-the-grief-club/) - I thought I had already shared this one, and when I looked it up on the blog, it wasn't there. So much of healing in my experience includes the conscious and deliberate courage to feel through and express whatever remaining grief we're still holding inside us. This part of my healing has been just as
- [BEARTH Podcast: The Eroticism of Flying](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/bearth-podcast-the-eroticism-of-flying/) - The eroticism of flying... what does that mean? This is a short but rich conversation on BEARTH podcast. Here is how Ash - host, writer, seeker, friend - describes it: Professional Skydiver and Activist, Melanie Curtis takes us into her inner world and aliveness as she jumps out of the airplane and flies through the
- [How it feels trying to blend into society after...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/how-it-feels-trying-to-blend-into-society-after/) - I feel you, Big Bird. It’s cool, practice by embracing being different. We got this, my birds. Speaking of, here is one of my favorite pieces of writing in recent years called.. The Birds. XO
- [Weird is GOOD...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/weird-is-good/) - Sometimes we’re not sure what’s happening, things are weird and we own our space anyway. Do that. Weird is good. XO
- [How do we waste our lives?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2022/how-do-we-waste-our-lives/) - Half of life is lost in charming others. The other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others. Leave this play, you have played enough. - RUMI Yeah, let’s play in other ways. Cool. Hit me up if you ever want help. Love,
- [What is real freedom?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/what-is-real-freedom/) - They asked her, "What is real freedom?" She answered, "Freedom is mental clarity combined with inner peace. Freedom is when you can see without projecting and when you can live without causing yourself unnecessary mental tension or stress. It happens every moment you are not craving for more. Happiness and freedom are one." yung pueblo |
- [Saying NO...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/saying-no-to-things/) - Saying NO to things that are not for us is the only way to guarantee we have time, energy and space for the things that are. I say it a lot, and I mean it every time, and not just at the New Year... truly... please reach out if you ever want help. Love.
- [Make time and take it...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/make-time-and-take-it/) - It is critical to take time for yourself. For healing. For recovery. For reflecting. For family. For FUN. All of it. Make time and take it. Then watch how it actually impacts your performance and success in all other areas. It is also the only way we can sustainably show up for everything and everyone
- [Nobody has their sh*t together.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/nobody-has-their-sht-together/) - In my experience, this is entirely true. It’s an oddly freeing thought to really get the truth in this. The people we put on pedestals.. and all they’ve done.. suddenly becomes accessible.. possible.. for us too. We are free to take chances we formerly would fear looking stupid or arrogant for even trying.. when we
- [Sometimes we need someone...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/sometimes-we-need-someone/) - Sometimes... we just need someone to call us out on all our crap. One of the reasons I have a job. #lifecoach Haha not really, but kind of. Never judgment, always and ONLY.. love. If you could use some of this, hit me up and we'll dive in. Head first,
- [The beauty of life…](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/the-beauty-of-life/) - The last time I was flying here, I was a little preoccupied... This city, this view, flying in all forms... absolutely never gets old. And yet every time I’m in it, I see it, I do it... it’s new. That’s the beauty of life…we may think we’re doing the same thing over and over, but
- [I’m excited to lie unconscious for a while tonight...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/im-excited-to-lie-unconscious-for-a-while-tonight/) - So let me get this straight... I have to do tasks...every day...dozen of them... and I have to wash my skin off (did not ask for skin)... and then lie unconscious for a while...and then do tasks again Haha I'm excited to lie unconscious for a while tonight. Time to rest after the 20-year anniversary of Chicks
- [Not everything that calls your name is for you.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/not-everything-that-calls-your-name-is-for-you/) - It is not only ok to say no, it is critical to living, growing and succeeding in the lanes we want. Remember the old adage that those people who get upset at your boundaries are those who benefitted from you having none. You got this. Hit me up if you ever want help. Love,
- [Blue Skies Mag #118: Unity](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/blue-skies-mag-118-unity/) - Today is always a powerful day. If we're old enough to remember, we all know exactly where we were on September 11th, 2001. 20 years ago today. I was in New York City. My favorite city in the world. Then and now. Even though I was rarely downtown when I lived in the city, I
- [Tears are the proof...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/tears-are-the-proof/) - Tears are the proof that emotions become physical. I cannot tell you how true this is in my experience. Listen.. to.. your body. Seriously, what is yours telling you? You may not know what emotions are stuck, but if you feel pain in any form that alone tells us there is something to express. Listen
- [My Audible book is LIVE!!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/my-audible-book-is-live-ahhhhhh/) - O.....M............G. My Audible book is LIVE. How to Fly: Life Lessons from a Professional Skydiver. I am shuttling between totally freakin out and full shock. A year and a half in the making, this beast. Over 11 years if you count from when I wrote my very first column for Blue Skies Magazine. Final time,
- [Self care isn't just drinking water and going to sleep early...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/self-care-isnt-just-drinking-water-and-going-to-sleep-early/) - Self care isn't just drinking water and going to sleep early. Self care is taking a break when things become overwhelming, saying no to things you do not want to do, allowing yourselg to cry, asking for help from those around you, doing things that make you happy. And learning how to do this evolves
- [F*ck yeah, songs...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/f-ck-yeah-songs/) - Hahaha this is just funny and awesome. And an excellent reminder to bring our enthusiasm, however dorky or simple it may seem. Be stoked on what you're stoked on. #fuckyeahilovethose Nuff said. XO
- [Try this mental shift...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/try-this-mental-shift/) - Mental Shift: I'm not behind or unproductive. I'm doing as much as my mind and body are allowing me to do under perpetual stress and fatigue. We are hard core MF’ers. Sometimes we need a little extra rest to keep rocking. It’s cool. Take it. Keep going. Hit me up if you ever want help. Love,
- [What's the matter?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/whats-the-matter/) - What's the matter? It's the same distance. "Equity and inclusion" are not just buzz words. They became buzz words for a reason. Just consider what this image is showing, and what it means in terms of these two individuals’ respective ability to make progress. Let’s all consider the privileges we have and how we might be
- [Things I'm no longer apologizing for...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/things-im-no-longer-apologizing-for/) - Things I'm no longer apologizing for: My feelings. Having firm boundaries. Saying no to something I'm not interested in doing. Being emotional or crying. Not answering the phone when I can't or don't feel like it. Needing to take a break. Asking for clarity when I don't understand. How other people behave. Changing and becoming
- [As we get older...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/as-we-get-older/) - As you get older, you realize that you're not always right and there's so many things you could've handled better... ... so many situations where you could've been kinder and all you can really do is forgive yourself and let your mistakes make you a better person. Learning to accept our humanity along the path,
- [What actually goes into creating an Audible book? Hint: a LOT.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/what-actually-goes-into-creating-an-audible-book-hint-a-lot/) - What actually goes into creating an Audible book? Hint: a LOT. Why would I ever choose to take on such a huge and intense project? How did I get through the major and unexpected obstacles? Where did I source my motivation? How do I feel now that it's in the world? Most importantly, what will
- [Change isn't meant to be easy...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/change-isnt-meant-to-be-easy/) - Change isn't meant to be easy. It's meant to rip up your roots and put you in new soil where your roots can deepen. It's going to be ok in the long run. This is the work. We got this, my beautiful friends. Love you. Freaking proud of you!! Hit me up if you ever want help.
- [When Women Fly podcast - Special feature](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/when-women-fly-podcast-special-feature/) - Stoked to be featured on this highlight episode with the When Women Fly podcast! Cool to hear some of the best nuggets clipped together, and to get this phenomenal review of the How to Fly Audible book from Sylvia. Listen HERE if you'd like to hear the podcast episode. Listen HERE if you'd like to hear
- [I am humbled...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/i-am-humbled/) - I am humbled at how many incredible reviews there already are for the Audible book. Listen HERE if you'd like to hear. Listen HERE if you'd like to hear. Listen HERE if you'd like to hear. Listen HERE if you'd like to hear.
- [Road Trip 2008 (Funny spoof) (OMG)](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/road-trip-2008/) - Beware. We made this in 2008. It... is... RIDICULOUS. ROAD TRIP. Our acting skills are top notch. You're welcome. Starring: Adam Tippie and yours truly. God speed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqTmQsdgw7Y XO
- [High Comms: 101](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/high-comms-101/) - What up, team… Ok, the following is an off-the-top-of-my-head look at my philosophy. What high comms actually means to me, why it’s valuable, and how you can go about doing it too and reaping all the sweet rewards of such a commitment. I will very likely update and hone this over time. Or rather write
- [High Comms 101- Step 1: Be Cool With You](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/high-comms-101-step-1-be-cool-with-you/) - Ok, so high comms. We’ve already gone through the full-on overview in the last post (High Comms: 101), and as promised, I’m back to go through each point in the overview one-by-one, in uber/ridiculous/awesome/potentially-too-much detail. I enjoy over-the-top, and I’m guessing since you’re reading, you do as well. Sweet. So here we go, answering the
- [Shoebox Full of Cash](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/shoebox-full-of-cash/) - So I’m sitting here trying to think of how to tell you my story of being given a shoebox full of cash. Two actually. See, over the years, I have been the recipient of some extreme acts of generosity. Always seeming to come exactly when I need them. Annoyingly cliché, but also absolutely true. So,
- [What's Your Witch?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/whats-your-witch/) - So I’m sitting here on a commercial jet, en route to New Orleans for a friend’s wedding, trying to come up with how to explain Step 2 of high comms. Not that I don’t have an uber clear picture in my mind on what it is to me, but because I feel like I’m trying
- [Be Like Velma](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/be-like-velma/) - Ok, necessary disclaimer of not knowing it all checked off the list in last post. Ahh, sweet release. Ok, so let’s get back to this whole concept of high comms, Step 2. To refresh, the following is what I wrote in my original post: “Step away from your emotions to open your awareness. We can’t
- [Great Ammo](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/great-ammo/) - So check it out, everyone thinks I’m livin’ the dream... LTD as we in the biz like to call it. I’m guessing the reason people think that, is because I totally am. Well, living my dream anyway. So my dream involves being my own boss, connecting with a zillion people, working very closely with all my
- [Free Bloody Mary at 8:44AM](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/free-bloody-mary-at-844am/) - 37,000 feet. Sweet. En route to TX, reading a great book by my friend, energetic associate, and sky pal, Dr. Louis Corleto. His book is called Healing vs. Curing. In the smallest of nutshells Lou challenges the current medical construct, basically saying that we all have the power to innately heal ourselves if/when we listen
- [How to Remember Names and Why it Actually Matters](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/how-to-remember-names-and-why-it-actually-matters/) - ** Orignial article written 2011 and these how-to tips still apply :) ** I have an uncanny ability to remember people’s names. Or so I’ve been told. I definitely remember more names than people typically do, I’d say, but all the comments made me start to wonder about it… wondering whether I really did have
- [Darn Tootin'](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/darn-tootin/) - Hi everyone… my client, colleague, and friend, Fred, wrote this awesome testimonial for me on our life/executive coaching relationship (he gave me the green-light to share, obviously). Feel slightly shy personally about it, you know, that feeling of not-wanting-to-toot-your-own-horn type of thing, but that’s why he wrote it for me, so here we are, and
- [Sushi Rave Club](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/sushi-rave-club/) - I’m about to tell you a long-ish ridiculous story. I swear there will be a point in the end, and you’ll dig it. Also, this was originally written last Thursday, before the trip I talk about… didn’t have time to proof and post, so I’m doing that now. Only want you guys reading awesomeness. Duh.
- [Queen of Hearts](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/queen-of-hearts/) - What would you be if you weren’t what you are? Sounds like a dumb question, but really it’s a fun one to think about. Gets the gears turning in an out-of-the-box way, getting us entertaining things outside of our current and perhaps rut-building reality. Like for me, if I weren’t a professional skydiver life coach,
- [Whoa.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/whoa/) - Man, the feedback I get from my life coaching clients is like a spotlight on my life coaching path with a big blinking arrow and running lights, saying, “YES, KEEP GOING THIS WAY.” All caps. See I believe in this work to my core, through my own personal growth, through the success of my clients,
- [New Outfit, New Energy](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/new-outfit-new-energy/) - Ok, I know I owe you more than just this, but this is pretty big!! It’s not a whole lot different, but it’s just enough different to convey the gritty, hard core, cool, edgy, mysterious, yet simple nature of highcomms. The new logo. The full redesign is coming soon, just need to get with my
- [New York City](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/new-york/) - Cashmere Mafia. It’s like Sex and The City: The Other Girls. Powerful women in powerful jobs, totally up my alley. I really love watching shows about New York City. I love New York City. New York was the only place I considered moving after college. ”Live in New York” was one of those non-negotiables for
- [Deal-No-Deal](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/deal-no-deal/) - So It’s official, I’ve decided to re-post my Blue Skies Magazine monthly columns here on the blog. Figure instead of making you guys click all over the place on the various facebook pages to the various facebook notes, figured I’d just put it all right here. One-stop shopping. Thank you as always for reading, team!
- [Morning Pages. Go.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/morning-pages-go/) - (FYI, the following is an exercise from the book, The Artist’s Way. I haven’t finished reading it, but what I have read is inspiring and insightful. Check it out if you’re hunting your creative mojo…) :::::::::::::::::::: 11/15/11 The morning pages in theory are supposed to be hand written. I’m guessing it’s so you don’t open
- [Morning Pages. Part Deux. Day Two.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/morning-pages-part-deux-day-two/) - Hey all! Ok, so here’s my second shot at the Morning Pages... You know, writing whatever comes out of the brain, no judgement, just flow. Word. In theory it is writing that doesn’t get proofread or edited, but since I’ve decided to publish it, I’m going to give it a read-through for punctuation and spelling,
- [Thanksgiving 2011](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/thanksgiving-2011/) - Love this idea… a blog post listing what I’m grateful for. Thanksgiving 2011. First of all I’m grateful to my Sis for the inspiration to write this. Think I’m just gonna go gangbusters and list things as they come to my mind, in no particular order, just going for it, gung-ho gratitude. Sweet. Not to
- [Thanksgiving 2011: Silver Lining Edition](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/thanksgiving-2011-silver-lining-edition/) - Felt inspired to write a Thanksgiving 2011: Part Two to highlight some of the downright sucky things that happened this year, for which I am also grateful. Based on my closer in the last post, that I’m grateful for everything even the sucky stuff because it all teaches us and helps guide us to our
- [Fluffing, Firsts, and Flipping the Switch](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/fluffing-firsts-and-flipping-the-switch/) - Last night was funny. Our first Christmas tree was going up. Nick assembling it, me fluffing the branches, and both of us getting ready to enjoy the twinkly lights and holiday cheer. So, we’re getting close to full fluff and Nick suggests we plug it in to help me see better finishing off the bottom.
- [New Year's Special](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/new-years-special/) - I just had a huge insight blast on the phone with my coach... ... a big one... I'm talking I was laughing and crying all at the same time in a flood of emotion. She basically helped me uncover my fear really, I mean really, stepping into highcomms as my full-time business, and income. I
- [Blue Skies Mag #19: Gold or Gutter Balls](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/gold-or-gutter-balls/) - **Post update, 2016. Original post, 2011. :) Here she blows, next in line for the Blue Skies Mag Melsinore columns... that's me, by the way. Confusing perhaps to the newcomer, but put it this way, nicknames stick, and I'm cool with it. So anyway, this column is about competition.. and is a quick and good
- [Paint The Fence: 2012](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/paint-the-fence-2012/) - Hi all! Given it's New Year's Eve, and it's my goal over time to have all my old Blue Skies Mag columns re-posted here on highcomms, I thought I'd post this one now. This column reflects back one year ago exactly to last New Year, what was going on then, what ridiculousness I got myself
- [Guns Blazing](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/guns-blazing/) - I've been on a physical-space kick lately. You know, clear your space, clear your mind... free your space, free yourself. (Yes, the deep thought in this post comes at the very beginning. Sweet.) Physical clutter is literal physical weight on our lives that we can periodically tackle to lighten our energetic load. It's like that
- [I'm Into Rock Stars](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/im-into-rock-stars/) - So I've been riding the wave to de-clutter central, and it's sweet. Now that my office is clear and clean, it's ready for a facelift. The finishing touches. It's time to make it awesome. That's the next step. De-cluttering gets our energy on the rise, and making our space our own, filled with reminders of
- [Juice Detox, Day 1](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/juice-detox-day-1/) - Hey hey all! I'm so looking forward to this experience, even though I know it's probably going to suck! hahaa Not really, of course, just kicking my expectations down to the basement so when it's not completely heinous, I feel pleasantly surprised and it's easier to keep rolling. Metal self-trickery, I'm totally down. Also, I'm
- [Juice Detox, Day 2](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/juice-detox-day-2/) - Good morning, everyone! Alarm went off at 5am.. ... wanted to make sure I was up and at 'em, and had enough time to get my juice and tea and mind all set before my client call at 7am. Check. Made a concoction last night all my own, fruity and delicious, lots of pineapple, so
- [Juice Detox, Day 3](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/juice-detox-day-3/) - One of the biggest things I noticed yesterday was in the afternoon slump... ... when I'm getting hungry and tired, that's when my brain starts talking, telling me how this is not fun, telling me stories of grandeur that when this is done how great it will be to be able to have delicious pizza
- [Juice Detox, Day 4](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/juice-detox-day-4/) - Today I woke up 6 pounds lighter. Most definitely feels like my system is purging junk, versus being starved into submission. Similar things to report as yesterday.. most surprising thing still is that I'm genuinely not all that hungry. I get hungry but the juice then takes care of it. I crave the bad greasy
- [Juice Detox, Day 5](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/juice-detox-day-5/) - (Wrote this first part yesterday) Just watched Food Matters. It's a documentary on nutrition-- the impact the lack of nutrition has had on the masses, and the impact nutrition can have on us if we choose it. Definitely inspiring me to be happier as I keep juicing. There's no way I'm not finishing this thing,
- [Juice Detox, Day 6](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/juice-detox-day-6/) - Oh man oh man am I getting an education this week. I also watched The Gershon Miracle documentary, and with it am having even more realizations about what really is going on with my body, both when I feed it with crap and now when I'm cleaning it out. Pretty crazy. I highly recommend watching
- [Juice Detox, Day 7](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/juice-detox-day-7/) - So I woke up this morning feeling completely awesome and 9.6 pounds down. 9.6. Holy crap. Literally. Hahaa, gross. But seriously! All the junk I've been carrying around in my body, I've blasted out in a week and all I really had to do was resist my cravings. Sure it's tough going over to a
- [Juice Detox, Final Thoughts & My How-To](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/juice-detox-final-thoughts-my-how-to/) - Seven full days of nothing but juice. I did it. And I know you can too. When we actually make a decision to do something, we feel it. It takes something that sounds crazy going in and turns it into a done deal. Commitment. Preparation. Focus. And a willingness to say no to what used
- [Social Anthropology: Sandwiches to Sex, 6 Ways to Show Your Guy/Girl You Love Them](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/social-anthropology-sandwiches-to-sex-6-ways-to-show-your-guygirl-you-love-them/) - So here we are, a little cheat-sheet of a few things you can do for your partner to show your love. When we show love, we get love. Period. Guys and girls, read on. And girls, I actually polled real, live dudes for our list.. social anthropology right there, my b*tches. Guys, this first list
- [How To Get Organized... My Way](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/how-to-get-organized-my-way/) - I am an extremely organized person. Extremely. My business is based on keeping track of other people's lives, on top of the one billion to-do's and appointments in my own book. I need to know what's going on with them and me. Without an impenetrable organizational system in place, I'd say my clients would get
- [Spoof A Gangsta Rap](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/spoof-a-gangsta-rap/) - If you follow the facebook fan page at all, you know that Carolyn (one of my BFFs) and I basically spent the entire weekend shooting and editing our next film, which just so happens to be a completely ridiculous gangster rap. Knowing me as a professional life coach, you may be wondering what value spoofing a
- [Procrastination: Easy As 1-2-3 or All 3](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/procrastination-easy-as-1-2-3-or-all-3/) - As a writer, it's soooooooo easy to procrastinate. It's so easy to procrastinate, period. For all of us. I often blame having no creative energy, having to recharge the batteries (ie. be lazy) before I can sit down and generate something worthy of your eyeballs. Sometimes I allow any number of distractions, be it the
- [Quinoa and Goal-setting, Mm Delish](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/quinoa-and-goal-setting-mm-delish/) - Quinoa, broccoli, and cheddar casserole. This wouldn't be a big deal, requiring an entire post, except I pretty much do NOT cook. I'm shooting for once a week to see what I learn. Reasonable and achievable goal, yet challenging since this is not, ahem.. my area of expertise. Nick is an awesome cook, and he liked
- [Blue Skies Mag #6: Have Fun With Your Fat Rolls](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/have-fun-with-your-fat-rolls/) - For anyone out there feeling less than awesome about their body, or whatever thing you wish were different about you... try this idea on for size and maybe you'll change your mind too. A little update on this oldie but goodie article.. as always, hope you get something good for you. XO Blue Skies Magazine, September 2010 Life
- [10 Minutes](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/10-minutes/) - Sometimes just starting is all it takes. Write a few words down. Put on the workout clothes. Open the book. What are you waiting to do? Go do it for 10 minutes. I've been up against a writing wall for a while, and so that was my commitment to my coach this week. Write for
- [It had to be luck... right?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/it-had-to-be-luck-right/) - I've always thought it was a little strange that I was a person lucky enough to find not one deep and powerful passion in my life.. but two. Skydiving and life coaching. I think up to this point I've been operating under this half-unconscious notion that it's incredible when a person even identifies a passion,
- [Artsy Fartsy Picture Fanatic](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/artsy-fartsy-picture-fanatic/) - **Disclaimer: I am not sponsored by GoPro, I just love mine and want to share it's awesomeness with you. :)** So I've been having this great week with my folks here in FL, and for some reason just really started using my GoPro camera for things outside of skydiving. I've definitely used it before, but
- [Yin, Yang, Yeah It's Cool](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/yin-yang-yeah-its-cool/) - Ahh the life of an entrepreneur. On one hand, it’s this life of truly incredible freedom, being able to literally do whatever you want, whenever you want. Hop on a plane at a moment’s notice, work from wherever you are, execute plans of your own inspired design, etc. This is most definitely why I am
- [The Next Big Wheeee!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/the-next-big-wheeee/) - So my last post was about the proverbial emotional roller coaster one rides during the entrepreneurial adventure... ... and it's funny, here I am now ticking back up to the top of the next big wheeee! by launching my newest thing. Officially enter Highcomms Teleseminars! :D Been working hard behind the scenes to line up
- [Social Anthropology: Overwhelm and The Incredible Hulk](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/social-anthropology-overwhelm-and-the-incredible-hulk/) - As I sit here and watch The Incredible Hulk, I figure what better time to write this article on dealing with overwhelm. I mean, when we get overloaded, it's all we can do to keep our big green monsters from busting out too. Crying, yelling, or just plain freakin' out getting nothing done. As such,
- [Blue Skies Mag... That Just Happened](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/blue-skies-mag-that-just-happened/) - Just realized when I sent in my column this week, that this month is my 2-year anniversary writing for Blue Skies Magazine. That seems totally nuts. I mean, I vividly remember the day that I came up with the idea of writing a life-coaching column, and subsequently the day I emailed Lara and Kolla, hoping
- [How To Be a Film Festival Winner](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/how-to-be-a-film-festival-winner/) - Guys! It's film festival season again! If you know me at all (and Carolyn), you know that we are pretty much like Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers, but with skydiving film festivals. Just an FYI that our gangster rap WILL be submitted at Andy Malchiodi's 6th Annual Elsinore Echelon Freefly Film Festival
- [It Comes Back As Jack's](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/it-comes-back-as-jacks/) - So here's the abridged version of last week's experience. Ridiculous and serendipitous on all levels, thus completely worthy of being told: Cast as a prim-and-proper accountant in a hilarious commercial produced by a company that specializes in funny filmmaking (Hmm, sound familiar?). Sitting next to an open airplane door, I don't want to skydive, I
- [Blue Skies Mag #4: Gramma and Gandhi](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/gramma-and-gandhi/) - Hey all, as you may know, I like to post some of my old Blue Skies Magazine articles from time to time. Today, I was inspired by a Gandhi quote and it made me think of this piece. That, and I'm fully immersed in home projects right now, closets are as organized as they have
- [Honoring My Friend](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/honoring-my-friend/) - Getting up to speak at Jonathan's service was one of (if not the) most terrifying things I have ever done. You feel like nothing you say or do could ever actually be good enough. On the day of the service, driving over, we were listening to some TT's (Tizzle Tunes), and I tapped into how
- [Video Blog #1: Adventure](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/video-blog-1-adventure/) - Hey, if we're talking adventure, doing my first video blog was one of 'em. Just leapt off the cliff. One take. 31 seconds. When it comes to our lives.. our dreams.. gotta start sometime, right? Right. Now it's your turn. Thank you for checking it out, hope it inspires!! Hit me up with your answer
- [Blue Skies Mag #9: Trust Your Ducks](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/trust-your-ducks/) - "Half the failures in life result from pulling in one's horse while it is leaping." -Unknown I've been thinking about this concept of following our dreams and going after the life we want so much lately. Going after what we want, and going after it right now. I suppose that's what happens when we lose
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 0](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-0/) - Lately, I've been randomly thinking here and there about doing a new health challenge. I really enjoyed and learned a lot from doing the 7-day Juice Detox, and as my health and weight seem to be slipping further and further down priority slope, this time I wanted something bigger. Longer. (That's what she said.) 30
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 1](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-1/) - Ok, so right out the gates I'm waaaaaaaaay more conscious of what I'm deciding to eat. What I want to eat is still way more than my body would need in a week. Apparently I like to eat. Apparently I like to eat a lot. At one point in the grocery store tonight I told
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 2](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-2/) - So I've already gotten a bunch of feedback from people.. tips, ideas, advice, etc. Thank you, everyone! Totally awesome to see how fired up we can get about what we care about, and in this case it's what's worked for people and empowered them to their own successes in health. I'm not saying I'm going
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 3](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-3/) - I'm quickly realizing that if I can make it through a visit home with the family, I can make it through anything. This morning we went to McDonald's for breakfast to get a little QT with the nephew. I am not gonna lie, I had a physical reaction when Nick unwrapped his oh-so-delicious-and-terrible Sausage Biscuit with
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 4](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-4/) - Whoa, what a day. Let's just say it started at a hotel continental breakfast, flowed through a family in mourning followed by family fun, and ended with an apple on the side of the freeway. Nothing shy of a full adventure on the Iowan plains. Food for the day: 1. 6 hard-boiled egg whites, two
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 5](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-5/) - Whew, travel is definitely harder than having a supermarket at your disposal. Today was Des Moines - Minneapolis, Minneapolis - Phoenix, hang around Phoenix for 4 hours, pick up teammates, home. Yowsah. Good thing I was still working on the bag of walnuts in my backpack and got a first-class upgrade on the second leg
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 6](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-6/) - Let's just say that tunnel at 6:30am, followed by 10 jumps almost entirely back-to-back... ... followed by 3 hours of excruciating down time, followed by more tunnel 4-way.... yeah, it makes for a wicked day. Of course the down time was the toughest part! Crazy how that is... go go going is perfectly cool, but
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 7](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-7/) - Woohoo, one week through! It hasn't been bad at all, if anything, it's making me toooootally aware of my choices (no matter what they are), making me consciously choose healthier stuff instead of letting my inner wiring lead me to crappy food. AND it's getting me to write more.. Bonus!! On top of that, I
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 8](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-8/) - Seriously guys.. serious 4-way training is hard core. Not for the faint of heart, that's for sure. In the tunnel before the sun comes up, 10 jumps, go go go, then back in the tunnel in the evening. Yeah, damn. Entirely pushes your body and mind on many levels. Same kind of day eating for
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 9](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-9/) - If I've learned anything over the last 4 days, it's that training is full the F on. Every moment full of skydiving, tunnel flying, or team bonding. No time to text, tweet, and certainly no time to write a blog post telling you all what I ate during all that insanity. As such, I've found
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 10](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-10/) - Double digits, baby! Made it to 10 days keeping track. Also started reading Enter The Zone today on my flights to Boston, and really like it so far. I'm not too far into it, so I'll give you a run-down of what I'm learning when I've read more. The super-basic gist I've got so far
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 11](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-11/) - This day totally goes to 11 for all you Spinal Tap fans out there. Spent the entire day in a room with incredible people and minds, in what's called a visioning lab. Completely amazing and transformative work, and something I will write about more tomorrow given I leave for the airport 3-ish hours from now
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 12](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-12/) - Ok, I admit it, I watched a Zac Efron chick flick on the first leg of my travel home today... ... instead of reading Enter The Zone. Not because I don't want to read it, not because it's not inspiring to me in my healthy-habit endeavors, but simply because I wanted to indulge in my
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 13](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-13/) - Who weighs in first thing in the morning, post-pee, pre-clothes? Duh, me too, because you totally score the smallest number! Sweet. So anyway, I haven't weighed myself in a while, so today I did. No kidding, I was 5 pounds down! What the?? Quite surprised by this, not gonna lie. I'm thinking it's primarily from
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 14](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-14/) - Today I was hungry. When I feel hungry like I did today and have the day working from home, that's usually a dangerous combo. Working from home = full access to the fridge and cupboards. That said, despite wanting to eat 10 times of everything, I ended up doing pretty well eating well. Today in
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 15](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-15/) - Halfway! Booyah! This post is gonna be super short because it's time to not be on a computer. Eggs and a thin Sugar Free Red Bull Beef jerky Almonds Two mini Cliff bars One freeze pop Two Vitamin Water Zero's Chicken green curry leftovers Water That's a skydiving day organizing, followed by a sweet
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 16](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-16/) - Today was a classic up-too-early, unprepared skydiving day. My level of preparedness was that I brought the same almonds and beef jerky from yesterday back with me to the drop zone. Most definitely better than nothing, but duly noting that next time I just gotta make the quick supermarket stop-in for fruit. Check. 1. Starbucks
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 17-21](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-day-17-21/) - Vegas, baby. What is it they say.. what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? Well, since I'm committed to you guys this entire month, what I ate and drank in Vegas this trip is gonna be fully exposed. Ok, I'm not going to pussyfoot around, this was a vacation, and I was in vacation mode.
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 22](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-22/) - Boom, back to skydiving days! Coaching instead of training today, so had a little more time to eat, but still stuck with the same skydiving plan in general: almonds, fruit, and beef jerky. This stuff is easy to eat on the fly (bad pun, wow, def unintended), gives me good energy, and is delish. All
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 23](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-23/) - Skydiving rules. Skydiving with people you love.. the best. Awesome day, nothing really new to report. Staying the course.... Today: Eggs x 2, bread thin, Starbucks unsweetened green tea, Sugar Free Red Bull, pear x 3, almonds, beef jerky, orange Gatorade, a few peanuts, Cobb salad, half a lemon poppyseed Mimi's muffin (moderation, my b*tcheees!
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 24](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-24/) - Some days you just gotta rest, ya know? Today was one of those days for me. After the 7am client call. I really do love getting up early. And I definitely love client calls! I just love getting my day kicked off and then riding the wave of productivity and accomplishment to more productivity and
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 25](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-25/) - I am veeeerrry happy to report that the rest yesterday totally worked! I woke up for my 7am client call, and pretty much killed it the rest of the day. Feel awesome about every call I had today, and everything else too, including powering through the laundry and hitting the grocery store for more stockpiles
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 26](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-26/) - Another work day at home... Very different when you're home and have essentially unlimited in-house eats available to you, vs. a day at the drop zone or the beach or wherever and you have specific things you bring to keep yourself fueled. Very different still from travel days where you have 90% crap options and
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 27](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-27/) - You want to make something happen? You can. How? Work hard. Stay the course. Keep going. ... Without going into gratuitous detail right now as I'll be jumping out of airplanes in less than 11 hours and sleep is essential for safety and speed, suffice it to say for now that recently I've found myself
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 28](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-28/) - Yo team, since my team is here and tomorrow is another suuuuuuuper early morning (depart 5:45am, yowsah), I'm going to keep this one short. All I'll tell you is that doing a team is awesome. Sure, you spend a million dollars that you may or may not have, but you are a part of something
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 29](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-29/) - Not gonna lie to you guys, I am exhausted. Training is hard. It's awesome, but yeah, it pushes you to your limits. I guess that's why we love it so much. I mean, when do we ever get to truly test ourselves? I guess the answer is whenever we choose to, and then follow through
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Day 30](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-day-30/) - We made it, team. We made it to the end of this month of accountability. Now, one would think I'd end on a high note, pristine eating and drinking, but instead I ended with celebration. After a rigorous 4 days of skydiving training, AZPlosion took it to the bar for some drinks and shenanigans. I
- [30-Day Accountability Challenge: Final Thoughts & Takeaways](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/30-day-accountability-challenge-final-thoughts-takeaways/) - Team! So a full month of accountability. We did it. :) Everything consumed written down and reported back for the entirety. Even though it wasn't a rule and I could eat whatever I wanted, making healthier choices was definitely an implied goal of this experiment. So that's what I did, and this is what I
- [Highcomms Expansion Team!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/highcomms-expansion-team/) - "The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire." -Ferdinand Foch Big things afoot here at melaniecurtis.com! The Highcomms Expansion Team is happening... Carolyn Chow has officially come on board! Truth be told I've been all but harassing her for the last year to partner with me. Hahaa, true statement. Good thing she's one
- [High On Life](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/high-on-life/) - Whew, what a holiday season! Phoenix in costume, Dubai and back, and upstate New York for family Christmas. Part of that adventure home included a stop at the local TV station for a special interview with journalist celebrity, Anne Richter! I remember watching Anne on the weekend news when I was in middle school (why
- [One Tip to Your Happiest NYE and 2013](https://melaniecurtis.com/2012/one-tip-to-your-happiest-nye-and-2013/) - Happy New Year, everyone! As I go into tonight, New Year's Eve, there are a multitude of things I could choose to do.... go to sleep early because I'm coaching a skydiving team tomorrow (feels too responsible)... booze it up big time in a loud crowd (not feeling it this year).... dance the night away
- [Making Room For Love](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/making-room-for-love/) - Hi all! With the launch of our new web course on relationships, I felt inspired to post an article I wrote recently for Blue Skies Magazine, that speaks to life choice, trusting your gut, and making room for love. I wish you all true happiness, however it looks for you. xo “Clear The Lint” By
- [A Skydiving Love Affair](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/a-skydiving-love-affair/) - Even though this one is based on the skydiving community... ... all the insights apply outside it too when it comes to love, break-ups, make-ups, or movin' on. Fo sho. Rock the world by being your awesomest self. Nuff said. Thank you so much for reading! XO Blue Skies Magazine, June 2012 Life Coaching
- [Health, Fitness, and What's Good About All Those Projects](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/health-fitness-and-whats-good-about-all-those-projects/) - I've always been a person who has struggled with eating and exercise. It's never been an "easy" thing for me. I grew up slightly overweight, yet athletic and always active in sports.. in college put on the freshman-15+ and then lost a junior-year 30 when I went to Australia and only had a bicycle to
- [Thanksgiving 2012](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/thanksgiving-2012/) - Yes, this is late. Quite. But I figure when it comes to gratitude, anytime is awesome. Writing this Thanksgiving 2012 post has been on my list for a long time, and despite putting it off every time I saw it, for some reason I never wanted to actually cross it off. So, in the theme
- [Life Coach Girls Gone Wild 2013!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/life-coach-girls-gone-wild-2013/) - Seriously, everyone... spending time with like-minded people fuels the SOUL. Shereen Faltas, Sherri Gershon, Kim Girard, Sabina Mora, and me. All life coaches, iPec graduates, and highly engaged entrepreneurs, wickedly committed to our own unique messages, services, and purpose to make the world an even more awesome place. Boom. Complete and utter non-judgement gives way to
- [Get Out There and Get In It](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/get-out-there-and-get-in-it/) - I just did The Landmark Forum. Holy CRAP, my mind was completely blown. I'm not kidding people, being the personal-growth junkie that I am, highly active and engaged professional life coach, prolific reader, etc etc etc, I walked into this thing thinking I knew what was up. I had no idea. No... I had NO
- [Jump Day](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/jump-day/) - Skydivers... haven't seen the Geico Hump Day commercial yet? Go watch it. Then come back and watch this. ... And hilarity ensues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdJQsJWTu_o For life coaching, go HERE. For all my online classes, go HERE. To bring Mel in as a speaker or facilitator, go HERE. New jumpers, join Mel's online skydiving coaching group HERE.
- [CarolinaFest 2013 Video Edit](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/carolinafest-2013-video-edit/) - Some things stay on the list and get pushed back week after week... ... only to eventually fall off the end a long while from when they were originally put on. This was one I didn't want to fall off the end. And a perfect opportunity to keep my new video-editing skills going and growing.
- [Cash in on Your Pigeons](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/cash-in-on-your-pigeons/) - We all have financial feelings. No matter how much money you have or don't have at this current moment, financial fears can be a huge knot for anyone. With the goal of understanding and untying that knot, read my article below to figure out your own tipping point to financial peace... Go team. Blue Skies
- [How To Beat Negativity and Stay Focused on What You Want](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/how-to-beat-negativity-and-stay-focused-on-what-you-want/) - A big part of the coaching work I do with 1-on-1 clients is continuing conversations via email. Just yesterday I had a client express how he knew how important it was for him to stay positive and focused on what he wants vs. what blocks him... he just didn't know how. What's below is what
- [The Off Day 2](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/the-off-day-2/) - The latest video from the Highcomms.com team! The Off Day 2. Made this one for Jonathan Tagle for sure. Watch the original Off Day below before watching the sequel. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TA3pTW-dBA The Ladies of Monkey Business are experiencing an off day... luckily the guys of Monkey Business help them out...... You're welcome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajHN7hdqpnM For life coaching,
- [Blue Skies Mag #1: Crap Is Awesome](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/crap-is-awesome/) - An oldie but a goodie... My first-ever Blue Skies Mag column... Crap Is Awesome. Hehehe Enjoy... Blue Skies Magazine, March 2010 Life Coaching Column #1 “Crap is Awesome” by Melanie Curtis So you’re sitting in your cubicle, skydiving pics on every surface, covertly daydreaming about the upcoming weekend at the DZ. Like sugarplums at Christmas,
- [Blue Skies Mag #3: Be Careful Brushing Your Teeth](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/be-careful-brushing-your-teeth/) - With the recent discussion on fear in skydiving and life, and overcoming it in both... Here is an article I wrote a while back on the subject. Hope it helps! Blue Skies Magazine, May 2010 Life Coaching Column #3 “Be Careful Brushing Your Teeth” By Melanie Curtis Just this month I’ve had two good friends
- [Evolution](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/evolution/) - This post is specifically meant for conversation relating to my November 2013 Blue Skies Magazine* column, Telephone and Evolution**. The conversation on evolution, in terms of our lives as they grow and change over time.. how they're growing and changing right now... What does that look like for you right now? What new exciting directions are you
- [Easy and awesome last-minute gift?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2013/easy-and-awesome-last-minute-gift/) - Hi, all! If you're looking for a last-minute Christmas present that could make a truly positive difference for your loved ones, here are some Highcomms ideas! :) SAMPLE SESSION ... Only $97 and gives your person an hour phone call and full week of email conversation and accountability directly with me to focus on any part
- [How To Handle Intense Emotions and Fears](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/how-to-handle-intense-emotions-and-fears/) - Ever find yourself feeling completely and totally upset? Freaking out? Crying a river of tears about seemingly nothing at all? Or crying a river of tears about something or someone very specific just not knowing how to feel better? Basically, I’m talking about those emotional experiences where we feel crushed under the weight of fear,
- [Blue Skies Mag #15: Muttley](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/fickling-awesome/) - So today I was typing "f*cking awesome" into a text, and it auto-corrected to, "Fickling awesome," my friend Muttley's last name. I found that hilarious, so thought I'd write him to say hi and catch up a bit. We had a fun little chat on FB, talked about his burgeoning career as an astronaut, and
- [It's Not Real](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/its-not-real/) - So I talk with my clients a lot about thoughts as the source of our emotions… How when we feel crazy, negatively-charged emotions, they are almost always driven by some thought or fear. Whether we know what that thought or fear is, is the question. Looking more closely inside our mind, expanding our consciousness to
- [The Perfect Outfit](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/the-perfect-outfit/) - I have a dinner tonight that I've been looking forward to for a long time. I'll be meeting a new colleague and compadre that I highly respect and like despite the fact we've never met*. Super stoked. Of course part of the prep for this dinner, is to figure out the perfect outfit. I mean, I'm
- [#WorldTour](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/worldtour/) - Soooooo my life has pretty radically changed over a perceptibly short period of time. My personal life is in a large transition, brand new chapter upon me, fresh start, breakdown equals breakthrough, you know, all that good stuff. Not quite time to write about that in greater length, but perhaps I will at some point
- [Peaceful Privacy](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/peaceful-privacy/) - I've recently had a stretch where I just didn't want to post online. Wanted to be in my own little witness protection program if you will for a bit, enjoy some time away from everyone knowing everything, ya know? Interesting that in the day and age of Facebook, Twitter, blogs, Instagram, and completely and totally transparent
- [This Great Nation](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/this-great-nation/) - So I finally got to drive across the country. Road trip across this great nation. Definite bucket-list item for this girl! Also, absolutely considering this the un-official onset of the #WMFT. Coolest thing, I got to rock it with my Major Bro! Three days, 2500 miles, USA-by-car, CHECK. Not to mention 40 hours of ridiculousness that only Matt
- [Everyone Brought a Dish](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/everyone-brought-a-dish/) - October 11th has been on the calendar for a long time as our Family Day for this year. Our goal was to change it up and have it in the fall... instead of having a Christmas party, making everyone travel to upstate NY in the dead of winter when 8 million other things are going
- [10 Days From Today](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/10-days-from-today/) - So prepping for the #WMFT is actually quite the job in and of itself. Sure, I toot the horn of mobile entrepreneurship, but for the most part that's been in the U.S. up to this point, and the times I did travel abroad I was definitely more disconnected than domestically, and pretty much never did
- [Middlebury and 20 Years of Mamajamas](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/middlebury-and-20-years-of-mamajamas/) - It's reunion weekend here at Middlebury College, my alma mater, so I decided to come! So glad I did, despite the long drive and rain. Did a 5k with four young students through the cross-country trails this morning because we were the die-hards that showed up even though it was pouring. Awesome. Super fun to get
- [How are you so happy all the time?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/how-are-you-so-happy-all-the-time/) - People ask me a lot, "How are you so happy all the time?" Well, first of all, I'm definitely not happy all the time. Just like all us humans, I have my emotional-basket-case moments, periods of freak-out, and occasional irrationality that typically leads to conversations with my coach and core peeps that are comical at best
- [England and Initial Insights](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/england-and-initial-insights/) - Hoooooooly crapola, talk about being tossed into the deep end with a giant backpack on and trying to swim after a trans-Atlantic flight. I'm talking, you better get your figurative acquatic shit together and quick. Hahahaa, yeah, that's pretty much how I've been feeling this first week adjusting to the World Tour actually being reality.
- [Lesson Number 2](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/lesson-number-2/) - I definitely feel like I'm freaking out less now... Not like I'm entirely out of the emotional woods or anything, but yeah, Re: World Tour at least, I feel like I have a sense for what's coming down the pike. I've been diligent in eating healthier stuff, sleeping, and taking the solo downtime when I
- [Belgium: Trappist Beer and Taking it all in](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/belgium-trappist-beer-and-taking-it-all-in/) - Hi all! Ok, there are so many photos and mini-stories for the #WorldTour, figured I'd make separate photo posts and separate insightful-musings posts hahaa, sweet. Aaaaaand BELGIUM, go! Follow the #WorldTour HERE... #WMFT. *NOTE: I absolutely am taking new clients while living abroad... so if you're wanting to make some change for yourself, or just try coaching
- [The Netherlands: Holla for Holland!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/the-netherlands-holla-for-holland/) - Hahaha I'm cracking up at that title right now... Spent most of the time in Amsterdam, but had some pretty epic unexpected adventures (and food!) with a last-minute hook-up with friends-of-friends, which ALWAYS makes visiting anyplace better. Always. No matter what. The places are absolutely cool, and the people make the places. On this trip, Ido,
- [Mental Alka-Seltzer](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/mental-alka-seltzer/) - So I'm guessing most people think the World Tour is one big bliss-fest... ... where I'm gloriously sweeping from one fancy location to the next, effortlessly taking it all in, one enlightened moment after another, seamlessly having client calls in between historical landmarks and bucket-list life experiences... .. That description... is most definitely my goal. And
- [You Let Me Be Me](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/you-let-me-be-me/) - Lessons are coming quicker now here on the ol' World Tour... I'm not kidding you, as soon as a wrote my last post about being stressed, said stress completely went away. Seriously. Today was the freest I've felt the entire time I've been abroad (going on day 19). And that's the immediate next lesson... SELF EXPRESSION.
- [Paris: Delicious Exploration and Escargot](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/paris-delicious-exploration-and-escargot/) - I visited Paris back when I was 16... ... and now, 20 years later, it was cool to re-explore all the beauty and history that moved my young heart and mind back then. Arc de Triomphe, same same.. loved it, hugged it, happy. Then there were some new things... like escargot. Believe it or not, I
- [Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/normandy-american-cemetery-and-memorial/) - We arrived at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial on Veteran's Day, November 11th, at 11am... The date and time when World War I ended in 1918. Also known as Remembrance Day or "Poppy Day." .. Truly powerful perspective to see the immensepoppy art installation at the Tower of London, and now this. Incredibly moving. Deeply
- [Mont Saint-Michel: A Moment and a Passageway](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/mont-saint-michel-a-moment-and-a-passageway/) - Mont Saint-Michel... ... a stunning abbey and stone town uniquely built on an island very close to shore and right on the border between Normany and Brittany, France. It has so much history, as does literally everything over here except maybe the new H&M on literally every corner in Amsterdam. (No joke, H&M's in Amsterdam,
- [The Loire Valley: Giant Ridiculous Castles](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/the-loire-valley-giant-ridiculous-castles/) - So the Loire Valley was castle, castle, and a couple more castles. Oh and French pastries. Like every day. I'm running lots on the WMFT too so I have zero guilt. Sweet. Literally and figuratively. Hahaa, ok, pics! :) Thank you as ALWAYS for reading, following, for all your comments, feedback, and support. Rock on, team,
- [Champagne Region: Quiet Life on the Farm](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/champagne-region-quiet-life-on-the-farm/) - There's a lot of movement on the World Tour. Seeing tons of places, faces, and everything. And then there are times when it slows down... when you get some quiet time in one place for a bit. This bit was in the Champagne region in France, where lovely friends of friends took us in and
- [Burgundy Region: Stop and Sip the Wine](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/burgundy-region-stop-and-sip-the-wine/) - Burgundy region was a quick one! Drove through much of it, made a few quick stops for sweet pics, checked a few things off the 'ol Bucket List and kept on truckin'.............. Sure, I joke about stopping, hopping out, snapping the obligatory tourist pic, but really... I encourage us all to continue to do that...
- [Lesson Number 3: F*ck Yeah](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/lesson-number-3-fck-yeah/) - So I've been posting my sections from France based on the wine regions... ... given we're spending so much time here, really seeing the country and using it as a launch point for other spots de awesome. (That's French for "awesome spots.") I've been learning a LOT about wine, life, myself, everything... I like it. No.. I love
- [Cote de Rhone: Ride the Merry-Go-Round](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/cote-de-rhone-ride-the-merry-go-round/) - Guess what? Next French wine region and section of the WMFT... Cote de Rhone! Bam! I'm talking singing, merry-go-rounds, truffles, jaw-drops-to-the-floor type views, beautiful wonderful people, and food and wine that's worth the skinny jeans fitting tighter by week's end. #totallyworthit #livenow #exercisetokeeptheskinnyjeanskindafittinginthemeantime #itsallpossible There she blows, team! Thank you as always for following, reading,
- [Barcelona: Spanish Sabrina](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/barcelona-spanish-sabrina/) - You know that movie Sabrina, the old Audrey Hepburn one, that they then remade with Julia Ormond, Harrison Ford, and Greg Kinnear? One of the lines in that movie after Sabrina gets back from Paris, after she's transformed... she says, "I found myself in Paris." .. That's how I feel about Barcelona. .. Sounds a bit
- [Switzerland: Zermatt and Richard](https://melaniecurtis.com/2014/switzerland-zermatt-and-richard/) - So before this, my favorite moment on the World Tour was walking into the Grand Place in Brussels at night, literally having my breath taken away and tears come to my eyes in awe. Yeah, skiing Zermatt topped that. Same jaw-dropping awe rendering me speechless, same tears coming to my eyes, just this time it
- [French Riviera: The Pen in the Peanut Butter](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/french-riviera-the-pen-in-the-peanut-butter/) - So from Switzerland to the French Riviera in a matter of days. Yeah, kinda how we roll on the #WMFT. I'll let the pics and captions tell this story first...... Did you find the pen in the peanut butter? I look at that and I love it... it makes me think how when we really
- [Cinqueterre: It's No Secret](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/cinqueterre-its-no-secret/) - Ever since I visited Italy my senior year of Middlebury in college, I've wanted to go to Cinqueterre in Italy. I had seen all the pictures and just was in awe of where these towns really were. I was in awe of what they, and the coast, looked like in those images. I wanted to
- [My Pesto Manifesto](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/my-pesto-manifesto/) - Something you may not know about me... I LOVE pesto. It was one of the only things I could "cook" in my non-cooking years, and whenever I go to an Italian restaurant in the US, I order it. Every time. So what better than going to the motherland.. Italy itself.. to do the epic of
- [Italian Riviera: Crazy Ass Hills, Cops, and Cool](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/italian-riviera-crazy-ass-hills-cops-and-cool/) - Sanremo, Levanto, and the Amalfi Coast. Cinqueterre earned it's own post because it was one of my personal key bucket list items. Definitely was a thing for me to check that place off. So many of those moments on the World Tour, and so many unexpected moments I never knew I wanted to experience until I did. Like...
- [San Marino: Another Country, Check!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/san-marino-another-country-check/) - San Marionio, another country, check! Pretty cool these micro-states... winning moolah in Monaco, seeing the the Vatican (that story coming soon!), and San Marino too. Just more cool stuff I'm learning and places we're seeing on the World Tour. Actually, the day we visited San Marino was RIDICULOUSLY windy and cold. Like WHOA. Was too crazy
- [The Most Courageous Pursuit There Is](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/the-most-courageous-pursuit-there-is/) - Despite the mass list of epic locations already hit on the WMFT, I'd like to say it to be entirely clear with you guys here... The World Tour for me is apersonal exploration above all else. .. Yes, I love the history, I love the adventure, I love the wine (duh)... I love all of it...
- [Ask Mel, Yo](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/ask-mel-yo/) - Ok guys, quick post, here's the deal... I'm starting a new video series answering your questions. WHY? 1. I want to add value and contribute to you guys who I value SO highly for being here. 2. I have clearly been avoiding doing this for myself and my business for a while and it's time to
- [The Leaning Tower of Pisa](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/the-leaning-tower-of-pisa/) - So we left Cinqueterre and drove to Pisa. The Leaning Tower, people! Hells yeah, total bucket list piece of culture and history. Was totally neat walking up and seeing it for the first time, not gonna lie. And I couldn't help but make the Leaning-Tower-of-Pizza joke. I mean, come on, it's right there. We were
- [Florence: Full-On Financial Well-Being](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/florence-full-on-financial-well-being/) - As we know, sometimes you just need time to yourself. And that's cool. Take it. That's what I did in Florence. The World Tour is FULL... ON. Even more so moving every single day driving the French Riviera, then the Italian Riviera, then quickly hitting Cinqueterre. I'm talking holy friggin schnikies. No down time at all. So
- [Showing Up](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/showing-up/) - Quick post of the little video I made for the ladies at the SDAZ SIS 2015 event happening now and run by incredible skydiving women I am lucky to know and call friends. Also, a little window into my lovely temporary home here in Santorini, Greece before I head out tomorrow for India. Whooooaaaa, New
- [Venice: Stick Heads and Midnight Mass](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/venice-stick-heads-and-midnight-mass/) - Venice for Christmas started with a water-taxi ride on the Grand Canal, under the Rialto Bridge... ...hotel check-in, don the nice duds, then head off to St. Mark's Basilica for the special midnight mass on Christmas Eve. Yeah, #EPIC is the only way we roll on the #WMFT. Doing things epically timed in epic locations for
- [Naples: Eat, Pray, Pizza](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/naples-eat-pray-pizza/) - Ok, this is going to sound harsh, but Naples... is a sh*thole. Wow. Pretty much a completely trashed place with trash everywhere. Honestly still pretty interesting to see though given the gratuitousness of it's disarray. .. So why go to Naples? For the pizza, of course!!!!!!!! Naples is known to be the birthplace of pizza,
- [Rome: Really Old Stuff and a Brand New Year](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/rome-really-old-stuff-and-a-brand-new-year/) - Rome... I mean, there's just so much to see in Rome. Landmarks and history out the proverbial wazoo. If you want to see 'em all... see 'em all. If you want to explore with no plan.. explore with no plan. If you want to eat pesto... good luck. Hahaha yeah, check out my Pesto Manifesto
- [Athens: Athena, Aphrodite, and Anna](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/athens-athena-aphrodite-and-anna/) - So Athens was awesome. Athena. Aphrodite. Anna. We all got to hang out, and take in the culture and history of this amazing place and people. #Legit, the people in Greece have been the friendliest I've met. Don't worry my Dutch pals, you guys are hella amazing and in a class all your own in
- [Santorini 1: Best "Problem" There Is](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/santorini-part-1-best-problem-there-is/) - So Santorini........ Ohhhhh Santorini........ I muse as I begin to write this post because Santorini for me now will always be synonymous with peace and healing for my soul. Yeah, ok, that sounds deep, but really... I rarely slow down. Partly because I really and truly LOVE my work, my life, my people, all the
- [Blue Skies Mag #55: A**holes](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/blue-skies-mag-55-aholes/) - So something new is happening............ If you don't know this already, I write a monthly column for Blue Skies Mag, the uber awesome skydiving magazine. #subscribe I've written for them for 5 years, and I always wait to post the columns here so that they can first publish in the print copy. Basically, I have never
- [Santorini 2: Guilt-Free Freedom](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/santorini-2-guilt-free-freedom/) - So in Santorini 1, we talked about the specific perspective that we never "miss" anything, but instead only ever take other opportunities also available to us. Aka, we're literally always winning. Check. This post isn't to reiterate that specific perspective, but rather to talk about the skill set of perspective in a broader sense... to
- [Santorini 3: Oia and All the Rest](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/santorini-3-oia-and-all-the-rest/) - So much musing in my 18 days... Santorini 1... Santorini 2... now here, Santorini 3 for the rest of the awesome pics from this awesome place!!!! :))) If you ever have the chance to visit this island, this country.. I say do it. And forget the people who say, "Why are you going there then??"
- [The India Debacle](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/the-india-debacle/) - So after a ton of down time in Santorini, I was ready for the World Tour insanity to restart. I was ready to take on the other side of the earth. To continue forward on this personal, cultural, and professional journey. India. The Taj Mahal... absolutely, positively on my bucket list. One of my top
- [#FSS: The Fake-Sleeping Selfie](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/fss-the-fake-sleeping-selfie/) - Despite the fact that I spent my birthday mostly in an airport, then arrived in a new scary third-world country at night alone... I had the best birthday ever. I mean, sh*t dawg, it started with crazy enlightened, ecstatic joy tears flying over the UAE. #nbd How it ended... that's what we're talking about today.
- [Nepal: My Favorite of the #WMFT](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/nepal-my-favorite-of-the-wmft/) - Nepal... officially my favorite country on the World Tour. Bold statement, I know. And I can actually say that definitively now, given I'm writing this post from the USA. I have officially been to all the countries on the #WMFT. Crazy. In so many ways, going to Nepal was hugely new for me... the first
- [Thailand 1: Bangkok's Got Her](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/thailand-1-bangkoks-got-her/) - Bangkok, people. I'm talking martinis on the tallest buildings, I'm talking dancing on tables, I'm talking lounging by the pool, I'm talking OMG delicious food, I'm talking crazy massage (no, not THAT), I'm talking epic times with amazing friends... I'm talking celebrating the #WMFT and life at large. What a ride, you guys... what a ride.
- [Thailand 2: Phuket, Pals, and Perspective](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/thailand-2-phuket-pals-and-perspective/) - Bangkok is like Vegas... you get in, you get OUT. If you haven't seen Hangover 2, go watch it and imagine my pals and me as the peeps instead. We escaped Bangkok to the Thai islands. Phuket and Phi Phi. Beauty, beaches, and bummin' around. Actually, we didn't really bum around at all.. in addition
- [Thailand 3: Phuket Just For Me](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/thailand-3-phuket-just-for-me/) - A week of fun with my great friends, followed by a week with just myself fully enjoying writing, working, running, swimming in the ocean, and eating delicious Thai every single day. Like Santorini, I got to be a local here, even if only for a week. The waitresses at my fave restaurant totally knew me.
- [The Real Opportunity in Every Breakdown](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/the-real-opportunity-in-every-breakdown/) - Running Around the World: The Real Opportunity in Every Breakdown This is the title of a podcast I just did with my inspiring new friend, fellow entrepreneur, and sister from another mother, Kari Gormley. I met Kari through the Shankminds* network after I attended Shankminds LA in September 2014, shortly before I moved across the
- [Blue Skies Mag #56: Take Care-a You](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/blue-skies-mag-56-take-care-a-you/) - I'm kinda loving that I get to post my Blue Skies Mag columns here, in order, on time now. #epic The #WMFT continues.... here we go........ Blue Skies Magazine, March 2015 Life Coaching Column #56 Issue #63 “Take Care-a You” By Melanie Curtis I have spent 18 days in Santorini, Greece. The most beautiful
- [FL Keys: Family and a Flamingo Mailbox](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/fl-keys-family-and-a-flamingo-mailbox/) - A world tour wouldn't be a World Tour and certainly wouldn't be the #WMFT without some #USA time upon reentry. And how do I do the USA? Why, go see my most favorite people in the world, that's how. DUH. First stop FAMILY. The Florida Keys and my awesome parents. Yeah, I'm one lucky daughter,
- [The People You Love](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/the-people-you-love/) - So, I made it through the whole long-term international tour. And my last leg of travel was completely deliberate... as much as I knew I would want to get home... to get my next chapter finally going... I knew that time with my two BEST FRIENDS.. my absofuckinlutely CHOSEN FAMILY... I knew that time would
- [Best Friends in Pictures](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/best-friends-in-pictures/) - So I already told you about the epically transformative experience of this time with my best friends in the entire world. #chosenFAMILY Here's this leg of the #WMFT in pictures..... and it's pretty ridiculous. To love and hilarity and you, XO For life coaching, go HERE. For all my online classes, go HERE. To bring Mel
- [Blue Skies Mag #57: Weird](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/blue-skies-mag-57-weird/) - Column #57 for Blue Skies Magazine... seriously? Seriously. One of these days I'm going to compile them all into a book and sell it. 2015 is the year for that for sure. Ahhh, so exciting just writing that! :D And of course I will write new sections/stories/pieces to add to the bigger-picture, longer-term story of me
- [Inception of the #WMFT and What's Next](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/inception-of-the-wmft-and-whats-next/) - So I'm back from the World Tour. I live in Vermont. #VTserenity. If I'm being 100% honest... I feel f*cking incredible. Ok..... So how'd that happen? Watch this video for more insight into the #WMFT, how it came about, what it delivered most deeply, and where I'm going from here. #BIG A bit of this story
- [My Tizzle](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/my-tizzle/) - Hey all... been thinking about lost friends lately given some recent significant losses in the skydiving and BASE jumping world. I wrote my latest Blue Skies Magazine column (that will publish in a month) about another friend and it inspired me to share this column I wrote about my best friend, Jonathan Tagle, after he passed.
- [Giving Back to Binod](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/giving-back-to-binod/) - Funny, before going on the #WMFT, Eat, Pray, Love, was literally my favorite book. Of all time. I so related to Elizabeth Gilbert on so many levels. Most powerfully on the one of wanting to travel as a means of my own personal growth, and despite having no idea how it would turn out, always having
- [Blue Skies Mag #58: Whuffo Friends](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/blue-skies-mag-58-whuffo-friends/) - Latest Blue Skies Mag column.. a bit of reflection being back from the #WMFT, what this new life is starting to look like, and what cool new stuff I'm getting up to with a whole new crew of new cool people. It's cool. Enjoy, and thank you as always for reading! Blue Skies Magazine, May
- [That's what I ask you to do](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/thats-what-i-ask-you-to-do/) - There is something that happens... something we get... from anything we pursue long-term. Something you just can't get any other way. This is a story that speaks to that perspective... that peace... that is only achieved through perseverance, courage, and grit to stay in it over time. And all of it takes a giant-a** leap of
- [World Tour Wild](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/world-tour-wild/) - I just watched the movie Wild. It reminded me of the World Tour. A long journey where at the onset you know you need what that journey will give you, even though you have no clue what that is exactly or how it's going to deliver. You just know it will. You persevere through the challenge
- [Blue Skies Mag #8: Kapow](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/blue-skies-mag-8-kapow/) - Procrastination be gone! An oldie-but-goodie BSM column speaking to the "I don't want to do it!" thing we all come up against sometimes. Let's do it. Blue Skies Magazine, December 2010 Life Coaching Column #8 Issue #15 “Kapow” By Melanie Curtis So my column was due Saturday… It’s Sunday.. almost Monday. I’m just starting now.
- [World Tour in Review: Blanket Dubs and Doors](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/world-tour-in-review-blanket-dubs-and-doors/) - Back in the day, during my senior year at Middlebury College, my best girlfriends and I took a trip to Italy. One of my first international vacations. On that trip, my lovely and long-time friend, Kate, had her badass film camera (35mm, yeah!) and was taking tons of pictures, same as me. Given we all
- [Blue Skies Mag #59: Prom](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/blue-skies-mag-59-prom/) - I laughed the entire time writing this one. I mean, life is funny, ya know? And now, my new friends from this night and I laugh at how none of us actually wanted to go to this thing, but how glad we are we all did. Laugh with us reading this one for sure.... Blue Skies
- [Blue Skies Mag #60: Jim](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/blue-skies-mag-60-jim/) - I can't believe I didn't cry giving this talk... CLICK HERE to watch it before reading the article about the same man who made such a huge impact in my life and on my heart. It's long-winded and not very well put together, and it was the best I could do at the time healing my
- [Blue Skies Mag #61: We Got Guts](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/blue-skies-mag-61-we-got-guts/) - The story as told through the last 5+ years of my Blue Skies Mag columns... skydiving, life coach, life trajectory, adventures, insanity, awesomeness and agony, sky and ground, life and death, love and hilarity.. and for f*cking sure family... with new pieces written to fill in the gaps, to round out the overall tale... That book is coming
- [New York... Marathon](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/new-york-marathon/) - I have never wanted to run a marathon. It's never been on my bucket list. In fact, I was always one of those "I hate running" people. So how is it that I'm now running the New York Marathon??? In less than 2 weeks??? How is it that I've literally run all over the entire
- [How do you get an experience of yourself beyond what you've had to date? ... BOB.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/how-do-you-get-an-experience-of-yourself-beyond-what-youve-had-to-date-bob/) - Hey all! Yeah, I could not be more fired up about this group. We have been rocking it a few weeks (as of 11/19/15), working out the kinks, and it's already super alive and progressive. We are deepening our connection and support on every call, and throughout the week online. There's such a huge power in
- [How to Handle 5 Typical Holiday Stresses #Melstake](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/how-to-handle-5-typical-holiday-stresses-melstake/) - Yo team! So I've been doing loads more videos lately for my Vimeo Channel, talking about all sorts of topics, as things come up in my world, or as questions come in from you guys. For real, if you have a question or topic or particular challenge you'd like me to address in a future video,
- [Good Skydiving Gear Karma (Stuff For Sale)](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/good-skydiving-gear-karma-stuff-for-sale/) - Hey all.. this blog post is one of those tasks that's been on the list a LONG time and only is getting checked off because of accountability. Telling someone you don't want to let down, then being held to it over a specified timeline. The ONLY reason I'm getting this one done... is because of
- [Blue Skies Mag #63: Psychological Warfare](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/blue-skies-mag-63-psychological-warfare/) - The good people in our lives are GOLD. Value them as highly as is possible. Show it in your actions... your non-judgment... your support... your challenging them to grow AS LOVE... your commitment to dying laughing at all the ridiculousness we couldn't be more grateful to go through together. Yup. The BEST. Life is so fun. (Even when
- [Blue Skies Mag #64: Vigilante of the Sky and Stage](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/blue-skies-mag-64-vigilante-of-the-sky-and-stage/) - Hosting the TEDx Battenkill event here in Manchester, VT... was awesome. A fun and inspiring weekend meeting cool and accomplished people, both the speakers and members of the larger Vermont and TED community. Broad thinkers and like-minds on multiple levels. And I got to tell a bunch of jokes. I love jokes. Big thinking and being
- [Happy Holidays, lovely people! <3](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/happy-holiday-lovely-people/) - Happy Holidays, lovely people! Please meet my excellent new right hand, my Ambassador de Awesome... Judy! I couldn't be more excited to have her on board.. to be continuing into the New Year with our awesome new team. Here is our special VIDEO HOLIDAY CARD that will hopefully give you an extra dose of love,
- [2016 is so on.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/2016-is-so-on/) - Happy New Year, team! Whatever way you choose to ramp up or slow down or whatever your spirit and life needs this year, I say do it. If you want to give my help a go, of course that's always open to you. As I always say, no presh. If it's time for you and
- [BOB Accountability Group Review](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/bob-accountability-group-review/) - So this is a little late to post, but I got a pretty awesome Christmas present... it was this thoughtful review on BOB, our new accountability/mastermind group. This group is one of the things I'm most excited about for 2016 because it's already SO CLEAR to me, even in it's infancy, how much value actually comes
- [How to turn "need to" into "WANT to"](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/how-to-turn-need-to-into-want-to/) - I'm not going to bore you with more of my diatribe on the awesomeness of community, accountability, and follow-through. Take it directly from Steph Libby, an active member in BOB, reshaping herself and her life each week, one little task at a time. #fuckyeahSTEPH #fuckyeahBOB #fuckyeahYOU JOIN BOB AND US. CLICK HERE. Read Steph's awesome
- [Be An Awesome Barnacle](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/be-an-awesome-barnacle/) - So ever since I went to school for life coaching, I've been connected with this epic group of coach colleagues. Upon graduation, we started a "coaching circle" and have been doing it going on 7 years. Essentially what this means is we each coach, and get coached by, someone in the circle. A coaches B, B
- [My Letter to Liz](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/my-letter-to-liz/) - I just did something that for me felt really gutsy... really important.... Why? Because it means so much to me, and has over many years... I wrote Elizabeth Gilbert a heartfelt letter speaking to the influence she and her work have had on me and my life, and my deep gratitude for that. Go to her page,
- [Free Zoom Sesh ... 11 How-to Happiness Tactics](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/free-zoom-sesh-11-how-to-happiness-tactics/) - Hi all! Had an inspiration this weekend to do a free zoom session to bring you guys some extra value, give you the quick answer to the age-old question: What IS life coaching? And go through a list that absolutely goes to 11 (Spinal Tap, thank you)... 11 how-to happiness tactics All things you literally
- [Blue Skies Mag #70: How To Actually Be Cool](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/blue-skies-mag-70-how-to-actually-be-cool/) - I still vividly remember being the 18-year-old newbie on the drop zone. A lot has happened in those 20 years! Hahaha! So awesome. Here is some bigger straight-shooting insight from then to now... how I've sourced so much of my success in the sport, and in life, despite the bumps in the social road. Tough love,
- [Blue Skies Mag #71: Miracle Upgrade](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/blue-skies-mag-71-miracle-upgrade/) - Zach freakin Lewis. Just can't say enough about this experience with him (a raw photo shoot for an upcoming Blue Skies Magazine spread and interview). Definitely pushing the edge of my comfort zone in this experience and sharing.. but I stand for THAT.. I believe in deeply appreciating the beauty in all of us as real
- [A life coach gets a dick pic](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/latest-spoof-a-life-coach-gets-a-dck-pic/) - You kinda just have to watch the video on this one, team. Facebook blew up as soon as it was posted. I personally cannot wrap my brain around the mindset it actually takes for a person to send an unsolicited picture of their genitalia to another person. Much less that it is a modern phenomenon. No. Um...
- [Top 11 Distractions Working From Home](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/top-11-distractions-working-from-home/) - ... and what to do about it. So this post took a lot longer to write than it could have because of a bunch of the things on this list. Working from home seems like it would be easy... no one constantly bugging you like in an office, free to assign your time and energy
- [What it actually takes to have a totally different life](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/what-it-actually-takes-to-have-a-totally-different-life/) - I'm not saying you want a totally different life, I'm saying if you do on any level, this will actually get you there. This includes the third piece of "making change" that is so often never considered. Watch the video below, or click here. Hope it helps, and as always, thank you for real for
- [Yosemite: Literally Massive Blindspot](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/yosemite-literally-massive-blindspot/) - We don't know what we don't know. We all have blindspots, and that's cool. Whether it's how we approach our goals, how we relate to people, or our thoughts on the beauty of Yosemite National Park. We have our experience in our minds, and that's what we can imagine something relative to. Makes sense. Our
- [Luke Aikins jump with no parachute... My professional take](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/luke-aikins-jump-with-no-parachute-my-professional-take/) - There's a LOT of talk on Luke Aikins historic jump with no parachute. Is he crazy? Is it a Darwin Award waiting to happen? Would I do it? Is it inspiring? ETC. I'm not going to ruin the video by typing it all out here, but suffice it to say My thoughts on this are very clear.
- [Accidental cool skydiving video and the education to go with it](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/accidental-cool-skydiving-video-and-the-education-to-go-with-it/) - This is one of my favorite skydiving videos from back in the day... A super cool accidental visual, yes, but also an awesome educational piece on a bunch of different fronts: To fly through the inevitable benign bumps on exit no matter what your discipline To approach the formation in your quadrant To get on
- [What guts actually gets you](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/what-guts-actually-gets-you/) - It's hard to describe what happens in a life coaching relationship. Every person is so exceptionally complex and beautiful and cool in the realness they bring to our work. We fu*cking laugh, we cry, and we get into it fierce. That's what we can all do inside the safety and strength of relationships we trust.
- [Blue Skies Mag #75: We were on a break](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/blue-skies-mag-75-we-were-on-a-break/) - This is why I took a break from skydiving. And this is why I'm back. This is actually one of my favorite columns I've ever written. Encapsulates some pretty big sh*t and ends up hilarious. You know... life. Hahaha... awesome. It will publish in next month's mag, but because people have been genuinely asking with
- [Ok, I'll do this Black Friday thing...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2016/ok-ill-do-this-black-friday-thing/) - So I thought about it... and I'll do this Black Friday thing. Why? The idea of more peeps getting the experience and the value from "the work".... that's a giant YES from this girl. .. Here are your options and extras when you buy today: 1-on-1 Life Coaching Sample Session ... Normally one week, you'll get two weeks.
- [What the hell does a "life coach" DO?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/what-the-hell-does-a-life-coach-do/) - Honestly, I couldn’t tell you. But I can tell you this… People ask me all the time “what I do.” It’s always a tough thing to describe because the details are always so different for each person or pursuit. Here are a couple of texts I recently received from two very different clients, both entrepreneurial..
- [The skill of "hearing what isn't being said"](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/the-skill-of-hearing-what-isnt-being-said/) - “The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” ~Peter Drucker I posted this quote on my Facebook page because it speaks to our ability to see and intuit past the literal words people are saying to the bigger picture of the person's experience. Below is what I replied to one of
- [Blue Skies Mag #79: Cats With Laser-Beam Eyes](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/blue-skies-mag-79-cats-with-laserbeam-eyes/) - My latest column for Blue Skies Mag is rich with ridiculous metaphor and insight the applies literally to EVERYTHING. Bold statement, I know. Check it, team, and as always, hope it helps! Love! Blue Skies Magazine, December 2016 Life Coaching Column #79 Issue #84 “Cats With Laser-Beam Eyes” By Melanie Curtis I just spent
- [My book is published!!!! ..... One Positive Thought Can Change Everything](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/my-book-is-published-one-positive-thought-can-change-everything/) - It's finally here!!!!!!! My FIRST BOOK is published. Whew. I seriously cannot believe this day. Thank you to everyone for all your support and belief in me along this long road. I am truly proud of this work and feel a deep confidence that anyone who reads it will get positive value out of it
- [The Catapult](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/the-catapult/) - This is the most raw and open interview I've ever given. About the most challenging time in my life and career to date. One of my longest and most loyal sponsors in the sport of skydiving, Airtech Cypres, asked me to sit down and share about the 2-year break I took away from the sport I had
- [Blue Skies Mag #81: The Great Christmas Debacle of 2006](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/blue-skies-mag-81-the-great-christmas-debacle-of-2006/) - Life is unpredictable. It just is. And as they say in The Terminator, "The future is not set. There's no fate but what we make for ourselves." We always have the power to decide, moment-to-moment, situation-to-situation, with whatever information or outcomes come to us at every turn, what we're going to do with whatever is
- [How do you de-stress? Really.. how?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/how-do-you-de-stress-really-how/) - Feeling stressed out? I feel you. We all find ourselves gripped too tight sometimes. White-knuckling whatever outcome. Totally normal. Figurative white knuckles mean we care about ourselves and our lives. This is GOOD. Cool, but what can we do to peel back the white knuckles and release the tension inside our minds and hearts when we're
- [Skydive Cross Keys Poker Run 2017](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/skydive-cross-keys-poker-run-2017/) - I couldn't wait to edit the video of the Skydive Cross Keys Poker Run from this weekend! (YouTube subscribe here) We shirk the shackles of RW! ;) hahaha So much fuuuuun. Thank you everyone for an excellent day and believing in the sunshine that totally came through for us! Thinking that's a metaphor for faith
- [Goals that matter, MATTER.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/goals-that-matter-matter/) - Sometimes life delivers this phase where you feel unclear, confused.. like you're just bumbling around being a loser. Even worse, you don't know what to do next to guarantee your motivated, non-loser status. So sucks. And you're also pretty aware that if you had a direction, you'd be guns blazing, full of energy and willingness to act and make
- [How to Make 2017 Rad (Half-way Check-in)](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/how-to-make-2017-rad-half-way-check-in/) - Last week, I was tapped as an expert coach on goal-setting and motivation for an article with Fast Company. A great piece about checking in with your goals now that we're at the 2017 6-month mark. So I thought it was also the perfect time to check in on the column I wrote for Blue Skies Mag kicking off this
- [It's time for corporate to get this energy too...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/its-time-for-corporate-to-get-this-energy-too/) - It's time for corporate to get an infusion of this energy too... Sometimes the most unlikely experience delivers the biggest breakthrough... sometimes the thing that seems to fit the least is exactly what we need. This program leads people through the literal experience of flying as avenue to growth, transformation, and translating insight into actionable breakthroughs
- [Blue Skies Mag #87: Watch Where the F*ck You're Going](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/blue-skies-mag-87-watch-where-the-fck-youre-going/) - Every single time I watch this video, I laugh. Hysterical. Also, now every time I go to a drop zone, at least one person makes the joke from this video with me. It's f*cking awesome. I looooooooooove that so many people saw it, learned, and laughed too. But how did this happen? Why did this video have
- [I don't always google cat memes, but when I do.....](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/i-dont-always-google-cat-memes-but-when-i-do/) - I don't always google cat memes, but when I do... I die laughing at these three. Nonsense. Enjoy, my friends. XO
- [Growth we'll never regret...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/growth-well-never-regret/) - Sometimes it's time, ya know? Choose forward in the ways that lift weight off your shoulders and the ways that make your skin tingle with intuitive clarity no matter how new or different it may be for you. ... This almost always takes courage, and absolutely always delivers us life experiences and growth we'll never
- [Sometimes it's time to skydive](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/sometimes-its-time-to-skydive/) - I haven't skydived in the snow in 16 years. Until this week. When my friend Gabriella was ready to jump out of an airplane. We've been friends a while and she's known I'm a professional skydiver the entire time, so it's not about being friends with me. It's about making the conscious choice to experience
- [What it looks like overcoming fear skydiving for the first time...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/what-it-looks-like-overcoming-fear-skydiving-for-the-first-time/) - We all want to fly. Whether it's literal or emotional. Watch my friend Gabriella experience her first-ever skydive. A joyful, transformational day indeed. ... Skydiving is a powerful metaphor... think about it for yourself... What fear, if you overcame it.. would make you feel like you're flying? What fear, if you overcame it.. would free
- [Blue Skies Mag #36: Gravy](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/blue-skies-mag-36-gravy/) - I've been freakin' out a bit lately. Definitely feeling the pressure. Something I've been working toward for a long time is finally reality. I opened my new company. More specifics on this coming soon, for now know that I couldn't be more stoked it's open, official, and operating. All that's awesome. Where the stress is amping
- [Fear is a sneaky little sucker...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/fear-is-a-sneaky-little-sucker/) - Fear is a sneaky little sucker... Gets in there in our blindspots and keeps us feeling heavy, stuck, less than.. all this sooooo not awesome stuff. Shine some light on it through an intentional conversation, and employ some courage in intentional action, and yeah, we can move through and beyond ANY fear that tries to
- [I will never forget the day I embraced getting professional help...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/i-will-never-forget-the-day-i-embraced-getting-professional-help/) - I will never forget the day I embraced getting professional help... Hahahaha that sounds funny... As in, getting another pro on my team to help me through something I couldn't figure out on my own no matter how hard I tried. Our friends actually cannot do this for us. Our friends serve a critical supportive
- ["Purpose" is not an achievement.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/purpose-is-not-an-achievement/) - Posts on purpose often really bug me. They bug me because in a lot of them I see this implication that “finding your purpose” is something you achieve and until you find whatever it is you’re f*cked. That, my friends, is BS. “Purpose” is not an achievement. In my experience, figuring out things that feel
- [Blue Skies Mag #84: Saving Lives](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/blue-skies-mag-84-saving-lives/) - I could not believe how hard this was. And how inspiring. That's the thing about doing things that are really hard, that are motivated by our deepest values. They always inspire most deeply as well. It was my honor to be included in last year's Jump for Jaclyn event. This column is what I wrote
- [I trust the Universe and...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/i-trust-the-universe-and/) - I trust the Universe and the super natural power of divine love to make today magical AF. TRUTH. Tomorrow too. Every single day. All my love, my friends.
- [Blue Skies Mag #91: My Golden Sunshine](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/blue-skies-mag-91-my-golden-sunshine/) - This post celebrates of one of my longest partners and supporters reaching a truly outstanding milestone in their effort to always put out exceptional content for our skydiving community... Blue Skies Magazine, Issue 100!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! It has been, and still is, my honor to be a part of your exceptional team of contributors. THANK YOU
- [Blue Skies Mag #89: Baby, It's Cold Outside](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/blue-skies-mag-89-baby-its-cold-outside/) - I wouldn't think a column making reference to a freaking blizzard would still be relevant in late April.. but since it is, and since a client and I were talking this morning about the concept embedded in this story, I thought I'd make it the next Blue Skies Mag bit on the blog. Boom. ;)
- [Fun is a magnifier to excellence...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/fun-is-a-magnifier-to-excellence/) - Hi friends! Here's a fun little video from our Skydive Cross Keys Season Opener of a super fun 2-way jump. I went without video for my other jumps to keep things simple on a beautiful day with beautiful people having WAY more fun that seems to be the norm in everyday life. One of my
- [Blue Skies Mag #92: The Mona Lisa](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/blue-skies-mag-92-the-mona-lisa/) - I've been talking about creativity a lot lately getting to meet one of my longest mentors, Elizabeth Gilbert... Author of Eat Pray Love, a book that changed my life and entire frame on self-expression as TRUE courage and contribution such that I have aimed to lead by this same kind of example ongoing in my
- [The key to “having it all“ is...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/the-key-to-having-it-all-is/) - The key to “having it all“ is to stop expecting it to look the way you thought it was going to look. Think about this one, my friends... mindsets hide in our blindspots... look more closely... What can you let go of today? What can you accept today? What can you embrace today?
- [Spiritual health is a piece of the bigger puzzle...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/spiritual-health-is-a-piece-of-the-bigger-puzzle/) - Spiritual health is a piece of the bigger puzzle when it comes to overcoming fear, building core confidence, etc. I'm not talking about religion although some certainly find their spiritual path there too. If you've historically been someone who rejects spiritual evolution/effort/seeking, give this podcast episode a listen with Lewis Howes (School of Greatness podcast, etc) and
- [The most dangerous thing...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/the-most-dangerous-thing/) - Skydiving and working so many years, I missed quite a bit of family time over the years because of training, competitions, events, coaching, living far away, working on the road, etc. I am super grateful and happy I have had all the experiences I chose for myself over those years, I would never trade them,
- [Telling my story from the stage for the first time...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/telling-my-story-from-the-stage-for-the-first-time/) - On April 23rd, I had the opportunity to tell my personal story from the stage for the first time. Even writing that right now brings me back to it.. I was definitely scared. That fear also had no chance in the face of my clarity and commitment to courage and contribution in this form. So
- [Blue Skies Mag #94: Porta-potties](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/blue-skies-mag-94-porta-potties/) - My cousin just asked where I took this incredible sunrise photo from our family reunion... the answer? Right after I stepped out of the port-potty. Haha as such, it inspired me to share this piece of literary genius/hilarity. Never thought you could get transformative personal growth from a porta-potty? By all means, read on. Spiritual
- [One of the best things I have EVER seen. Ever.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/one-of-the-best-things-i-have-ever-seen-ever/) - I am not exaggerating when I say this is literally one of the best things I have EVER seen. Watch and be ready for your life to instantly be brighter. Massive THANK YOU to Tom Cruise and James Corden, for such incredibly positive and hilarious sharing of skydiving with the world!!!! I am in freakin' love
- [I avoided forgiveness for a long time...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/i-avoided-forgiveness-for-a-long-time/) - I avoided forgiveness for a long time. It was too painful to even consider. Too scary. My brain blocked me on it. I did other awesome work and healing that’s all been wildly worthwhile, I just very minimally included forgiveness of others in my efforts. I had gotten pretty skillful at forgiving myself, really embracing
- [Be brave. Rest. Repeat.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/be-brave-rest-repeat/) - Be brave. Rest. Repeat. That's it. XO For life coaching, go HERE. For all my online classes, go HERE. To bring Mel in as a speaker or facilitator, go HERE. New jumpers, join Mel's online skydiving coaching group HERE. Get Mel's book, How to Fly: Life Lessons from a Professional Skydiver HERE. To listen
- [Talking "professional skydiving" with Amy Chmelecki of the Red Bull Air Force](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/talking-professional-skydiving-with-amy-chmelecki-of-the-red-bull-air-force/) - What IS "professional skydiving?" If you've ever wondered or had questions, check out this in-depth conversation with Amy Chmelecki of the Red Bull Air Force. Amy is one of the most respected and loved pros in the sport of skydiving leading through such a fun, fierce and positive and progressive example in the sport and wider
- [The 3 skills we need to master to be drama-free forever](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/the-3-skills-we-need-to-master-to-be-drama-free-forever/) - Check out this meme: Oh SNAP! Burn. AND... Every one of these toxic approaches has a converse skill we can learn to lead ourselves and our lives away from any perceptible “drama” we feel or feel we are victim to. Mindset, intention, boundaries. Our mindset drives our choices and actions thus we create the drama..
- [Trust the Journey .today podcast.. LAUNCH DAY!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/trust-the-journey-today-podcast-launch-day/) - Hello friends! If you've been following me on FB or IG, you probably know I've been working for months behind the scenes with my fellow professional skydiver, spiritual seeker and friend, Jason Moledzki (aka JayMo), on a brand new podcast called Trust the Journey .today! TODAY... is launch day! The first 5 episodes are
- [Blue Skies Mag #34: Yes Yes Yes](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/blue-skies-mag-34-yes-yes-yes/) - Given so many of my pals and peeps are just now getting home from Nationals, maybe feeling a bit of the post-Nationals blues, or even going into immediate panic about what team they'll have next year. Thought I'd re-share this oldie-but-goodie column from 2012 that always applies to this period. As always, I hope it
- [Blue Skies Mag #77: The Stark Contrast](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/blue-skies-mag-77-the-stark-contrast/) - The topic of friendship and making friends as an adult has come up a bunch lately, so I wanted to share this column I wrote on this very thing back in 2016. Finding ourselves with fewer friends than our younger years and feeling challenged at the idea of making new friends as an adult is
- [Small business Saturdaaaaaayyy!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/small-business-saturdaaaaaayyy/) - I had never heard of Small business Saturday until literally yesterday. Heck yeah, why not?! Hahaa... Here are a bunch of ideas for unconventional presents this holiday season from me to you... from you to your loved ones... ..... 1. Life Coaching Sample Session week 2.One Positive Thought Can Change Everything - Book (Hard copy
- [The actual way to life stability...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/the-actual-way-to-life-stability/) - This is the real work. This is the main door we must walk through if we want to earn the peace and confidence that becomes our stability in an ever changing life. If you want help or want to gift me as a teammate for one of your loved ones in this kind of
- [I am grateful to be a warrior for love and connection...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/i-am-grateful-to-be-a-warrior-for-love-and-connection/) - I deal in emotional courage. Straight up. This is the best podcast interview I've done in a long time. I highly recommend listening to the whole thing, we go some deep and powerful directions that I imagine every single one of us can benefit from considering. CLICK HERE to listen. A huge THANK YOU to
- [The huge gift we only get from loneliness...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2018/the-huge-gift-we-only-get-from-loneliness/) - Do not turn away from this part of the process. Loneliness feels scary and straight-up awful.. AND.. Learning we can survive it.. learning we no longer have to fear it.. this is a critical building block to the unshakable peace inside ourselves we crave, the calm confidence we wish we felt with others, and allowing
- [Blue Skies Mag #97: Lean On Me](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/blue-skies-mag-97-lean-on-me/) - At a recent dinner party with people I know quite well, we got into some rich conversation on privilege, political correctness and how to navigate what can feel like very sensitive situations, always aiming to care earnestly for others while not always feeling like we know how to actually do that. This conversation inspired me
- [The book is out! #1 in Extreme Sports on Amazon, WHAT?!! I cannot even...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/the-book-is-out-1-in-extreme-sports-on-amazon-what-i-cannot-even/) - The book is out... How To Fly, Life Lessons from a Professional Skydiver... And it's #1 in Extreme Sports on Amazon... Come ON. Are you freaking KIDDING ME?!!! This wasn't even a goal of mine or on my radar... I have no words... insanely humbled. I am downright reeling from the response on Facebook and
- [I myself am... strange and unusual...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/i-myself-am-strange-and-unusual/) - It might not seem to make sense at first glance, but I've always resonated with Lydia from Beetlejuice. "I myself am... strange and unusual..." I say a lot more about how and why this is in this piece, my favorite feature I've ever written. CLICK HERE. Check it if you think yourself a bit on
- ["Anxiety, I will transform you... I will not bow down to you."](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/anxiety-i-will-transform-you-i-will-not-bow-down-to-you/) - This is pretty much the most badass work I see from my clients, and myself too honestly. One of my go-to antidotes to anxiety is creativity.. making something that adds value to others and the world in some way. Another is self-expressing.. sometimes it’s in the form of writing, other times in communication directly with
- [What I taught in Poland... life lessons, indeed...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/what-i-taught-in-poland-life-lessons-indeed/) - So I ventured across the earth for the International Skydiving Symposium of Poland... I stood on the stage and shared stories from the expanse of my experience in this unparalleled sport, in our extended sky family and in life at large. Life lessons, indeed. And even though I entirely lost my voice from the trip
- [No relationship can survive without trust and respect...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/no-relationship-can-survive-without-trust-and-respect/) - In my experience, no relationship can survive without trust and respect. Perfection is not the goal, integrity over time, growth and experience is. We are human, we are doing our best and that’s totally ok. Acting in integrity with our word as much as possible and making the effort to get back into integrity whenever
- [Project 19 Training Camp with Melanie Curtis - July 12-13 Skydive Cross Keys](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/project19trainingcamp/) - Project 19 Team! It's time to train! This camp is meant for those women working to build skills for the 100-way Women's Vertical Record coming up in July 2020. Men are welcome to join this camp in support of this cause and their building of their skills too. In order to join this camp, you
- [About to jump out of this airplane...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/about-to-jump-out-of-this-airplane/) - About to jump out of this airplane... Pretty incredible what this kind of leaping has taught me over my life and continues to teach me. I am grateful to have learned at a young age that what I think isn’t possible might actually be possible.. I am grateful to have learned to always question the
- [Blue Skies Mag #111: #fuckthesystem](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/blue-skies-mag-111-fuckthesystem/) - It's a lot more than me being cool with the F word. Which I am. Also just because the book is out, doesn't mean I stopped writing. #kisswinkemoji Blue Skies Magazine, April 2019 Life Coaching Column #105 Issue #111 “#fuckthesystem” By Melanie Curtis So I’m prepping to speak at a skydiving symposium in Poland. That’s a sentence
- [How to Fly the ebook is HERE!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/how-to-fly-the-ebook-is-here/) - You've been asking for it, and it's finally heeeeeeeerrrrre....... The ebook version of How to Fly: Life Lessons from a Professional Skydiver! The print copy is $29, the ebook is $20. Boom. Nuff said. Buy here: Only $20 NOTE: You MUST confirm your subscription to the email list in order to receive your PDF
- [Any relationship that could be "ruined" by having a conversation...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/any-relationship-that-could-be-ruined-by-having-a-conversation/) - Communication. Especially about the stuff you don’t want to talk about. Especially in the times you know you’re avoiding. People who use their courage to engage and clear the tough stuff are those I respect the most. Myself included. One of the biggest things to bring fulfillment in my life is when I had the
- [Speaking at Ellevate Network's #MobilizeWomen pre-Summit](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/speaking-at-ellevate-networks-mobilizewomen-pre-summit/) - The BEST getting to lead a session on identifying fear and clarifying values at the Ellevate Network #mobilizewomen pre-Summit session with all the chapter leaders from around the country and world. I got to share about some of the most powerful influences in my life from my experiences with those people and I got to
- [In the midst of your transformation...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/in-the-midst-of-your-transformation/) - In the midst of your transformation, you might feel like everything is falling apart but... ...in reality everything is coming together for your highest good. You’re being pushed to evolve and get out of your comfort zone so you can live and experience your true greatness. Welcome change.* Trust, my friends. Use your courage to
- [I totally thought quicksand was going to be a bigger issue.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/i-totally-thought-quicksand-was-going-to-be-a-bigger-issue/) - I totally thought quicksand was going to be a bigger issue. Also DEFINITELY thought I was caught in it a few times as a kid. Like that one time in the cornfield when my brothers ditched me laughing. I'm clearly not traumatized. Hahaha hilar. So true. Good luck out there, team! If you get caught
- [Trust the Journey podcast, ONE YEAR! Wow.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/trust-the-journey-podcast-one-year-wow/) - The #1 thing that sticks out from this last year doing Trust the Journey... GRATITUDE. What a freaking year. Sweet lord. Such a powerful, moving, challenging, transformative, fun, ETC, experience. Give this episode a listen to hear our reflections, sharing, learning, insights, gratitude and where we're going from here. JOIN US in the Trust the
- [Blue Skies Mag #109: Jersey Tree-hugger](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/blue-skies-mag-109-jersey-tree-hugger/) - Most things that make me uncomfortable or embarrassed, I inevitably realize are the exact things I must eventually or immediately muster the courage to share with others. The exact things that when I share, I actually feel seen and loved AS I ACTUALLY AM and in doing so, that openness and vulnerability hopefully inspires others
- [The most baller presents possible. Good luck.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2019/the-most-baller-presents-possible-good-luck/) - Ok, it's here. The list of the most baller presents possible. Good luck. 1. Life coaching - Sample Session Week - Gift certificate emailed to print 2. Book - How to Fly: Life Lessons from a Professional Skydiver - Autographed color copy, simple black and white or digital PDF 3. Book - With Our Whole Broken Hearts -
- [The illusion of control...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/the-illusion-of-control/) - Hello my beautiful friends... time for some love, and some useful insight. Always. For the last two weeks, I'm guessing we've all been touched by the intense changes with the Covid-19 global pandemic, the escalating stress, the low hum of fear, the spikes of fear, the worry about loved ones, the new health habits that
- [The Jokes and Potentially-Funny-Stories Hour](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/the-jokes-and-potentially-funny-stories-hour/) - Guessing we all might be in a bit of a laugh deficit lately... ...and I just had the idea to host a zoom hang sesh where our only goal is to tell some jokes and funny stories. I am NOT good at telling jokes hahahaha that truth alone is full hilarity. So legit, come play,
- [One big way I'm managing the waves...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/one-big-way-im-managing-the-waves/) - Hi team! Today was a big day with a big interview. It was also a day full of balance. I was only able to rock the big interview because I hard-core rested before it. I've talked with multiple friends who have been experiencing waves of emotion with the uncertain state of our world right now.
- [And we laughed and laughed... and laughed.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/and-we-laughed-and-laughed-and-laughed/) - Last night, we laughed. We laughed A LOT. We all needed it. Do you? Give THIS VIDEO a listen to get some of this kind of soul fuel for yourself. We told stupid jokes, told funny stories and shared space. It was FUN. I watched the recording back, which actually isn't something I do normally,
- [DZ Bonfire Webinar - Identifying Fear and Clarifying Values](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/dz-bonfire-webinar-identifying-fear-and-clarifying-values/) - In my experience, the real work is in showing up. This morning, I honestly felt really tired. And even feeling that way, I did my very best to show up strong, connected and in service to our skydiving family in the way I could today. Funny, in listening back to the sesh making the edit,
- [How we are navigating the current Covid world](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/how-we-are-navigating-the-current-covid-world/) - Hi friends! Jay and I have had two hearty discussions on the Trust the Journey podcast about how we each are navigating the current Covid world. The ups and downs we've experienced and how we are taking care of ourselves, staying strong and keeping going each day. Check out the last two episodes.. CLICK HERE.
- [The women's suffrage movement... I had NO idea......](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/the-womens-suffrage-movement-i-had-no-idea/) - ... how completely fierce every woman was who stood up then to secure the rights we barely think about today. WOW. Any idea what women couldn't do in the mid-1800's? The list will SHOCK you. Any of my ladies out there that want to learn more, Join us tomorrow night April 7th, 7pm EST for a P19
- [Is now the time for you?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/is-now-the-time-for-you/) - I have two spaces open in a small, intimate women’s life coaching group that I lead. It's called BOB. Beyond our bullish*t. Hehe.. but seriously. We meet weekly. This kind of group helps us do all the things on this meme. Every single one. This is a paid group because we get up to some
- [Some really good news from a really good surprise...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/some-really-good-news-from-a-really-good-surprise/) - In the midst of turmoil and chaos, I have some really good news that came from a really good surprise. If you have a couple minutes, please read this entire post to learn where this good news is going. First, my incredible friend and extremely talented artist and educator, Sarah Walko, got selected as ONE
- [How to Fly Meaningful Gathering: One Positive Thought Can Change Everything](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/how-to-fly-meaningful-gathering-one-positive-thought-can-change-everything/) - Sitting and watching a Zoom call is great. I also think those kinds of calls can only do so much to support our emotional and mental health right now. With that, I wanted to create something more interactive... more intentional for connection... and with that, more meaningful. I am a believer in meaningful gathering
- [How to become a sought-after skydiving coach and organizer](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/how-to-become-a-sought-after-skydiving-coach-and-organizer/) - I never thought in a million years, I could ever become a skydiving coach and organizer. Much less one that worked consistently in our sport. Much less be one that traveled the world for years doing it. Much less one that STILL gets to do it in the ways I love the most. This idea
- [Join us for a creative EXPERIENCE...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/join-us-for-a-creative-experience/) - Hi team, if you’re a believer in or in need of art therapy right now.. or simply want to have a creative EXPERIENCE, check out this workshop. My co-authors, Sarah Walko and Kirsten Kramer, are incredibly talented and experienced artists and educators, and these mediums of meditative writing and drawing can be so grounding and
- [This is full truth.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/this-is-full-truth/) - I gotta tell you, my friends... this is full truth. Life with legit love of self is unparalleled to life without it. This piece of transformation is the most important of all in my experience because it magnifies our ability to do literally everything else better. Hit me up if you want help. Click here
- [Upcoming online sessions x 5! Skydiving, Fear, Business, Art, etc...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/upcoming-online-sessions-x-5-skydiving-fear-business-art-etc/) - Yo yo team, first, blasting you with mega light and love from currently overcast Jersey. F*ck yeah, duh. Second, I have 5 upcoming online sessions I'm leading so I'm going to list them all so you can pick and choose the ones that will be of highest value to you. Certainly feel free to join
- [I admit this is how I feel some days in quarantine...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/i-admit-this-is-how-i-feel-some-days-in-quarantine/) - I admit this is how I feel some days in quarantine. Like I’m waiting for a bus by myself that I have no idea when or if it will come. Just as quickly as the boredom or bum-out tries to take me over, I think how awesome it is and how grateful I am that
- [Relationship GREEN flags! You gotta see this...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/relationship-green-flags-you-gotta-see-this/) - This is the best thing I've seen in a long time: Want help leaning in to any of these areas, hit me up anytime. Or join the online session I'm leading this Friday, 12-1:30pm EST on working through fear when it comes to social anxiety and in our relationships and interactions. Feel free to sign
- [Creativity is saving me...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/creativity-is-saving-me/) - I'm serious, it's saving me. How are you being creative in the time of Covid? I think I would be going completely crazy without the flow I find in those times I'm creating. Writing these posts, recording the audible book, doing Trust the Journey, editing videos, creating online class content, singing when it strikes me,
- [If now is not the time to speak, I don't know what is.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/if-now-is-not-the-time-to-speak-i-dont-know-what-is/) - My friends, I am tagged in the post shared below by, Judy Brown-Steele, a woman I highly respect and have worked closely with. I invite and urge you to read this full post and then read all the comments, including mine. This work for me waking up to systemic racist ideas we all have been
- [For once, Don't Do it. .. In my view, Nike nails it.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/for-once-dont-do-it-in-my-view-nike-nails-it/) - Hello friends.. check out this video. In my view, Nike nails it. If you watch this video and you feel triggered in resistance, that’s ok.. that’s exactly where I used to be too. If you feel any resistance to the messages shared here, see the two links below where I will share a couple of
- [You may not hear it, but I was terrified.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/you-may-not-hear-it-but-i-was-terrified/) - We recorded this episode just over 1 week ago. A lot has happened in a week. The world has swelled into a collective voice and energy for equality highlighting the goal to heal and transcend ingrained racist ideas and calling us all to look deeply to dig up its roots in each of us. In
- [Been a while since I've seen this view...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/been-a-while-since-ive-seen-this-view/) - What a remarkable time we are living in, my friends... let's find the gifts in the change. Breathe. Look. Let's embrace the beauty and opportunity in what's new. Love you.
- [Wow, that sounds stressful...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/wow-that-sounds-stressful/) - Have you tried this? hehe, xo
- [See Highlight's demo jump LIVE in New York City!](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/see-highlights-demo-jump-live-in-new-york-city/) - Team! I have so much more to tell you, from this past month... jumping into Nashville... all the teamwork, insanity, love, LIFE happening... But for now, I want to make sure I share the link to tune in to our LIVE demonstration jump in New York City, THIS Wednesday. Yeah. That action is happening. 7:40am
- [What does it take to change the world?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/what-does-it-take-to-change-the-world/) - The thing about setting goals and taking steps toward your biggest dreams... What actually ends up happening almost never goes the way we think it will, almost always is rife with challenge, and almost always ends up infinitely more brilliant than we ever could think up at the start. Our jump and mission yesterday
- [My first cameo on Masters of Scale](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/my-first-cameo-on-masters-of-scale/) - Another thing happened this week that I never could have dreamed up. This episode of Masters of Scale dropped on Tuesday.. the day before the biggest jump of my career to date, so I totally didn't see it until yesterday after getting an email from someone asking about how they could go make their first
- [Shall not be denied. ... Exactly.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/shall-not-be-denied-exactly/) - I’m guessing 2020 for so many of us has felt like a blanket of cloud cover, perceptibly keeping so much of the light out.. keeping us down. It has certainly felt like that more than once for me. Interestingly, it also has included a powerful polarity as life in my experience always does. The most
- [Thrilled to be featured on Thrive Global AND SportTechie! #whoa](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/thrilled-to-be-featured-on-thrive-global-and-sporttechie-whoa/) - These features in conjunction with our Highlight demonstration jump into the Alice Paul Institute bringing attention to their Girls Leadership Council program and International Day of the Girl. I will let this post do the talking, but I think my favorite pull quote from Thrive Global is this: We absolutely love that we are flying
- [Resilience Workshop - Words and Drawing - November 19](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/resilience-workshop-words-and-drawing-november-19/) - A reminder for anyone who would like to join for our latest Resilience Workshop, not this Thursday but next, November 19th, 12:15pm EST. This hour will be an experiential one. We'll be walking you through simple yet powerful exercises with meditative writing, meditative drawing, simple story and simple illustration. Creativity tools for building resilience. Join
- [Quarantine outfits](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/quarantine-outfits/) - Sometimes quarantine outfits make me just as happy as my fun NYC goin-out get ups. Other fun facts about this pic.. I’ve had this mug for 20 years and you will not need to create volume in the back of your hair if you just wake up and go about your day. Please reach out
- [Think Courageously Podcast](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/think-courageously-podcast/) - Stoked to be a guest on the Think Courageously podcast with Deb Cummins Stellato this month! A hearty conversation, we go so far back as my investment banking days! Haha.. wheee what a life. As always, I hope you get something useful or insightful for yourself. Click HERE to listen. Hugs and love,
- [When Women Fly podcast](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/when-women-fly-podcast/) - Obviously you haven't heard enough from me lately haha.. This is one of my favorite podcast interviews I've done in a while. The conversation is wiiiiide-ranging. When Women Fly. ... Hells yeah. ;) CLICK HERE to listen. Thank you so much to Sylvia for having me. Hope you enjoy and, as always, get something good
- [Grateful for you, today and every day.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/grateful-for-you-today-and-every-day/) - Weirdly enough, I am so thankful for so much this year, and most definitely for all of you. Jay and I had to throw down some gratitude on the podcast.. Thanks 2020. 😉 Listen HERE if you like. Love you. Grateful for you today and every day.
- [It sounds cheesyAF, but it's true...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/it-sounds-cheesyaf-but-its-true/) - Here is a text I got from one of my life coaching clients that I've worked with over the course of a number of years. The bigger work of this "work"... takes time. When we commit and take brave, consistent action over time... this is what happens. It seems so simple, but when framed in
- [Ripple effect is REAL.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/ripple-effect-is-real/) - In the wake of Tony Hsieh’s passing, even though I never met him, I am feeling deeply grateful for his impact on my life. Ripple effect is real. Through the experiences and creative collisions he championed with conscious entrepreneurship in downtown Las Vegas with CatslystCreativ.. because Jennifer Boonlorn and Cameron championed me to apply even
- [That time I faked being an AFF skydiving student...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/that-time-i-faked-being-an-aff-skydiving-student/) - This pic is that time I faked being an AFF student for the Skydive Elsinore videos. Hahaha awesome. Thanks for the #throwback pic, Newman! 🥰🤗🤓😂❤️ New jumpers that want to learn with me, join us anytime in The VSC group. It’s $5/month. One coffee for a full month of #skydiving coaching with this girl and a
- [Do NOT dim your light.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/do-not-dim-your-light/) - Do NOT dim your light. Read this meme. Be the radiant ball of light you are. Period. Cool. Glad we had this talk. ;) PS. As always, hit me up anytime if you want help.
- [Happy holidays, relentless gratitude and 2020 reflections...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/happy-holidays-relentless-gratitude-and-2020-reflections/) - Happy holidays, my friends! I don't know about you, but I am ending this year with much gratitude. Relentless gratitude for all the things I have while continuing to work toward the things that I want amidst some of the wildest, most perceptibly unpredictable times in my 42 years to date. A lot of things
- [Christmas on the ski slope (also my first GoPro Max 360 video edit!)](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/christmas-on-the-ski-slope-also-my-first-gopro-max-360-video-edit/) - I couldn't resist. Snow, speed, time in nature and my first GoPro Max 360 edit. Shout out to my friends and teammates, Thomas and Jason for all their support to help me learn! Watch it HERE. Hope it brings a smile, my friends. Merry Christmas! XO PS. If you're looking for more support to get
- [This is the episode to listen to...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2020/this-is-the-episode-to-listen-to/) - If you want insight reflecting at the end of 2020 heading into 2021, listen to this one. Jay and I go big on the podcast. #goteam  Love you. That is all! XO PS. I have two slots in the life coaching group I lead for women. It is an intimate, supportive and safe space
- [Making good decisions comes from...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/making-good-decisions-comes-from/) - Making good decisions comes from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions. That's right, following this logic, making good decisions comes from... making bad ones. So, keep going, keep trying stuff, keep learning and growing knowing it all is part of how we ultimately become a "success" in whatever area we are working. Hit me
- [We can't really be strong until we see a funny side to things.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/we-cant-really-be-strong-until-we-see-a-funny-side-to-things/) - Ain’t it the truth, team. Let’s do our best to remember most everything is pretty ridiculous. In the good way. If we look closely enough and far enough away, life really is so funny. I mean, a lawyer showed up as a cat in 2021, just sayin. Hit me up if you ever want help. Love,
- [Secrets make us sick...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/secrets-make-us-sick/) - We’re only as sick as our secrets. So, find safe spaces and support to be able to speak, be seen and be held exactly where you are. This as a critical, powerful and brave piece toward healing, transformation and rising. There are two spaces in an intimate women's coaching group I lead. Click here to
- [How to Fly Audible book... a teaser chapter...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/how-to-fly-audible-book-a-teaser-chapter/) - A teaser chapter from the Audible version of How to Fly, coming SOON. I'm working with my audio engineer every day on the final edits. #omg Slowly but surely it's coming together. This column is more directly focused on skydiving, and is a good one for those of us training for #Project19 or working toward
- [Grit and how to take the harsh edge off... sometimes.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/grit-and-how-to-take-the-harsh-edge-off-sometimes/) - This is sometimes what working looks like. Some mornings, I’m working on writing when I don’t want to. I’m making it feel less like work by sitting under my comfy blanket and next to our beautiful tree, but the truth is it rarely feels easy. Grit can look a lot of different ways and we
- [It's Your Story. OWN IT.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/its-your-story-own-it/) - This meme is spot on. Get creative and use your courage if you know it’s time for a change. Do some reflecting and considering if you need to. That’s part of the brave beginning of big change and gets us to the actual leaping. Hit me up if you ever want help. Right on, rock on.
- [Perfection does not exist...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/perfection-does-not-exist/) - Making better decisions while living. Making better decisions building new habits. Making better decisions solidifying new mindsets. In other words, integrating what we are learning. Talking about and self reflecting on these things is an important piece, and if we are never out in our life trying new things, engaging with others, etc, our life
- [Real self care is a series of tough decisions...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/real-self-care-is-a-series-of-tough-decisions/) - Real self care is a series of tough decisions... Meaning, it can feel hard to prioritize ourselves when we’re used to people pleasing. Meaning, it can feel hard to choose rest when we are used to working ourselves to the bone. Meaning, it can feel hard to choose the salad over the onion rings when
- [How to Fly Audible book... another teaser hehehe #devilemoji](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/how-to-fly-audible-book-another-teaser-hehehe-devilemoji/) - Another teaser hehehe #devilemoji... This chapter is one of my favorite stories, one of my favorite experiences in skydiving, because inside it is one of the most critical insights that has driven my leadership and love on the longer term timeline of my life and career. LISTEN HERE. Feel free to join the FB
- [Walking in the light...](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/walking-in-the-light/) - Walking in the light... as the light. It is a continuously brave path to dive into our darkness trusting our brightest light will be found there. Freedom from what weighs heaviest inside us. In my experience, it is found there. Every time. I say it a lot, and I mean it every time... truly...
- [Let's get our sh*t together. And share. Cool.](https://melaniecurtis.com/2021/lets-get-our-sht-together-and-share-cool/) - Legit if you ever need a last-minute present... ...that doesn’t need to be shipped, a week of life coaching with this girl is what’s up. Jokes aside, I will send you a gift certificate that you can print to physically give to your loved one. Just buy the Sample Session and I will drop you
- [How to Be Happy and Fulfilled](https://melaniecurtis.com/2017/how-to-be-happy-and-fulfilled/) - Once we do the work to see our fears and clarify our values and life goals, we can get after the work of learning how to choose that in action day to day, situation by situation. Healthy boundaries is one part, aligned choices is the other. All underpinned by the core confidence that only
- [Blue Skies Mag #62: A Redneck Baby Jesus](https://melaniecurtis.com/2015/blue-skies-mag-62-a-redneck-baby-jesus/) - I feel great about exploring this experience of taking a break from skydiving, AS an experience of my long-term career and life-long participation in the sport. In essence, taking a break from anything we do long-term... a reinvention of self... a re-creation of life in a new way, RICH with new experiences by the simple extraction
- [High comms and my unique Cosmos](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/high-comms-and-my-unique-cosmos/) - I can’t believe I don’t have a blog yet. I guess that’s what happens when you have singular focus on one thing for 15 years. I suppose that also gets you what I currently have: all dreams pertaining and relating to skydiving, check, fulfilled, and continually forming and filling. Malcolm Gladwell could totally use me in Outliers Part
- [F*ck, what do I call this one?](https://melaniecurtis.com/2011/fck-what-do-i-call-this-one/) - What I didn’t say in my first post… My goal with this, is to be an example of high comms. Hopefully educate others (and myself!) through that example and my experiences. That said, no matter how I do with those first two, my commitment is to always, regardless, engage in the discussion. And be real.

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- [Podcast](https://melaniecurtis.com/podcast/) - Trust the Journey Podcast Hosted by world-renowned professional skydivers and spiritual seekers, Melanie Curtis and Jason Moledzki. CLICK HERE to listen
- [Overcoming Fear in Skydiving and Life](https://melaniecurtis.com/overcoming-fear-in-skydiving-and-life/) - Ever feel crippled by fear? Know you want to do something, but can’t seem to generate the courage or clarity to actually do it? Ever feel this in skydiving? This webinar will give you a systematic approach to handling your fear, and generating positive action in both skydiving and in life. It will help you
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- [Making Tough Decisions](https://melaniecurtis.com/making-tough-decisions/) - Feeling stuck in the face of a big decision? This is the class to take. Not sure which direction to go? No clue what to do? In this class, we talk through how to clarify and make tough decisions. Specifically, you'll learn a tool called the Pain-Gain Model. This exercise is extremely powerful to help
- [Life Coaching Sample Session - LadyDrinks Special](https://melaniecurtis.com/ladydrinks-sample-session/) - Fear and feelings. We figure out your way through both. We look at whatever fear is holding you back. We look at the feelings you can't figure out. We find your blind spots so you can breakthrough. We identify new solutions. We hold you accountable. We build over time. Whether it's a week, a month, or years.
- [Online Workshop: How to Fly: Life Lessons from a Professional Skydiver](https://melaniecurtis.com/howtoflyworkshop/) - What do we REALLY get from skydiving? Online Workshop - How to Fly: Life Lessons from a Professional Skydiver Past Recording - April 2019 *Listen as many times as you like Buy Here: $10 (*IMPORTANT: Upon your purchase, you will receive an email to opt-in to the class list which will provide you all the information you
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- [Corporate Development and Team Building](https://melaniecurtis.com/corporate-development/) - Sometimes the most unlikely experience delivers the biggest breakthrough... Spend the day working with world class professional skydiver, life and executive coach, Melanie Curtis. Learn how to literally fly (10 minutes of wind tunnel time per person) Directly experience the highest level of coaching in this field Learn about energetic leadership and how to apply it Learn how
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