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The Honor You Podcast | Practical Tools for High Performance in Life, Careers, & Relationships Without Self-Abandonment
The Honor You Podcast | Practical Tools for High Performance in Life, Careers, & Relationships Without Self-Abandonment
The Honor You Podcast is hosted by Melissa Coloton, a life coach and sales consultant, and focuses on practical tools for high performance in life, careers, and relationships without self-abandonment. Episodes explore how to connect with your soul's desires, honor your true self, and pursue success that feels genuinely fulfilling. Listeners are encouraged to move past societal expectations and design a life of meaning and purpose on their own terms. The show blends personal development, coaching insight, and mindset strategies drawn from the host's corporate and entrepreneurial experience.
Episodes
What If Failure Isn't Failure? Redefining Success and Investing Forward: A Conversation with Candice Van Dertholen
What if failure doesn't actually mean you failed? In this episode of the Honor You Podcast, Melissa welcomes back Candice Van Dertholen to talk about the fear of failure, redefining success, and what it means to invest in something before you can see the return.
Candice shares the story behind an event she spent nearly $32,000 bringing to life, including the moments when she questioned whether it
FAILURE: What’s It Really Mean? + How To Recover and Still Claim Success
In this episode, Melissa shares what it feels like to believe you’ve failed, especially when you’ve taken a big risk, bet on yourself, and the outcome doesn’t look anything like you expected. Melissa normalizes moving through emotions such as disappointment, anger, sadness, and a sense of letdown that can happen when things don’t go as planned, and how to begin to see the situation differently. In
Mental Direction vs. Soul Connection: Why This Is So Important to Understand to Change Your Life Completely
In this episode, Melissa unpacks the difference between living from mental direction (letting society, career expectations, and external validation steer your choices) and living from soul connection (making decisions rooted in who you actually are). Drawing from her own experience of losing a corporate job she'd poured years into, Melissa breaks down why so many high performers hit a wall of anxi
Encore Episode: The Major Thing Missing When You're Triggered
In this week’s encore episode of The Honor You Podcast, host Melissa Coloton explores why being triggered is not a setback but a powerful opportunity to honor yourself and grow. Instead of avoiding those uncomfortable moments, she invites you to see them as signals that point to where healing, boundaries, and self honoring are needed.
Melissa shares real-life examples from work, relationships, and
How to Accomplish Big Things Without Going Into Hyperdrive and Getting Burned Out
In this week’s episode, Melissa explores why so many high-achievers confuse stress with success—and how that mindset often leads to burnout. She shares lessons she’s learned and shares five practical shifts that have helped her pursue ambitious goals without sacrificing her well-being.
If you've ever felt like you have to stay in "go" mode or “all or nothing” mode to be successful, this conversati
Money Motivation: Why it Works, Why it’s F*ing You Up, and What To Do Instead
In this week’s episode, Melissa explores the role of money motivation and why it can be such a powerful driver of success, but also why chasing money alone can leave us feeling exhausted, disconnected, and unfulfilled. Drawing from her own 20-year corporate sales career and her transition into entrepreneurship, Melissa shares how she’s rethinking the relationship between money, purpose, and person
Am I Unsafe or Just Uncomfortable?: A Conversation with April Martini
In this episode, Melissa sits down with advisor and speaker April Martini for a conversation about authenticity, trauma, resilience, nervous system regulation, and learning to respond differently when life feels overwhelming.
April shares her journey from growing up in an abusive home to serving in the Army, leading in corporate America, and ultimately becoming an entrepreneur who helps women navi
Steps to Navigating Your Personal Purpose Journey
In this episode, Melissa discusses how we are overcomplicating the idea of “finding our purpose.” She breaks down why so many of us get stuck, whether we’re in the camp that desperately wants to live a purposeful life or the camp that feels like purpose is some unrealistic luxury.
Melissa explores the generational shift happening right now, how old expectations collide with new freedoms, and why s
Is Attachment to the Outcome Getting in the Way of Your Dreams?
What if the thing standing between you and the life you want isn't a lack of talent, motivation, or opportunity, but your attachment to the outcome itself?
In this week’s episode, Melissa shares how deeply wanting something can sometimes create the very resistance that keeps us from fully pursuing it. She unpacks the subtle ways fear of failure, perfectionism, and emotional attachment can show up
Is It Burnout or Is It Trauma?
In this episode, Melissa explores a question that shifted the way she understands her own experience after leaving corporate leadership and building her coaching business: Was it really burnout, or was it trauma?
After spending years believing she was recovering from burnout, Melissa shares how a recent realization uncovered something deeper. Through personal reflection, self-coaching, and honest
The Major Thing Missing in You Being Able to Reach Your Goals and Why You Need This Particular Skill to Get Anything in Life
Podcast Description:
In this episode, Melissa explores one of the most overlooked factors in achieving your goals: identifying what you're truly willing—and unwilling—to do to create the life you want.
Whether you're building a business, pursuing a personal dream, improving your health, or stepping into a bigger version of yourself, there often comes a point where excitement fades and resistance t
Inner Work, Embodiment, and the Practice of Honoring Yourself: A Conversation with Candice Van Dertholen
In this episode, Melissa sits down with Candice Van Dertholen for a conversation on inner work, embodiment, and sustainable success.
Together, they explore why we often fall into the cycle of constantly chasing the next goal instead of feeling present with what we’ve already created and are currently experiencing. They unpack the connection between inner work, self-worth, and long-term success, an
Part 2 Why It’s Important To Do What You Want and How To Stop Procrastinating
In this week’s episode, Melissa continues her two-part series on procrastination and purpose, diving deeper into what actually keeps us stuck when we know we want something different for our lives. She unpacks why procrastination is rarely about laziness, and more often about fear, uncertainty, overthinking, and not fully deciding what we’re willing to experience in order to grow.
This conversati
Part 1: Why It’s Important To Do What You Want and How To Stop Procrastinating
In the first of a 2-part series, Melissa discusses procrastination through a deeper lens — not just as a productivity issue, but as a disconnect between what you truly desire and the action you’re willing to take. She shares why putting off the things you genuinely want can leave you exhausted, out of alignment, resentful, and disconnected from your purpose.
Melissa also explores the connection be
Encore Episode: How To Honor Yourself as a Mother
In honor of Mother's Day, we are bringing back a fan favorite episode of the Honor You Podcast. Melissa say down with a very special guest, her mom, for a conversation about motherhood, fear, big life decisions, and what it actually looks like to honor yourself as a mother.
Together, they talked about becoming a mom at a young age, raising a family while still figuring yourself out, making difficu
Open Share: An honest conversation about honoring myself, self coaching, embodiment, and the IRL experiences of chasing a dream
In this episode, Melissa shares a real, behind-the-scenes look at what she’s navigating in this current season of life and business, specifically around self coaching, honoring yourself, and finally going all in on what you truly want.
She opens up about the fear, resistance, and mindset patterns that show up when you pursue something that deeply matters, and shares how she’s learning to work with
How Should We Measure Success?
In this episode, Melissa breaks down what it really means to define success on your own terms, and why most people are measuring it all wrong. She shares her perspective on aligned success as the combination of purpose and profit, and how to stop drifting through life on autopilot and start making intentional choices that actually reflect what you want.
If you’ve ever questioned whether the path y
Overcoming Self-Judgement in Creation: A Coaching Conversation
In this spicy bonus episode, Melissa brings you inside a real coaching conversation from one of her pods—where people, in this case, entrepreneurs come together to work through what’s actually getting in their way of aligned success.
Note:The clients have given their permission for this session to be shared and were provided the opportunity to preview and approve the content prior to airing.
Insid
My Midlife Pivot: From Burnout to Aligned Success and True Abundance
In this episode, Melissa breaks down the 10 biggest lessons she’s learned from her midlife pivot—from corporate anxiety burnout to building an entrepreneurial life rooted in aligned success. She shares how to navigate fear, identity shifts, financial uncertainty, and the reality of starting over.
In this episode, Melissa discusses:
The moment everything shifted—and why she couldn’t ignore it anym
Aligned Success in Real Time: A Coaching Conversation on Energy, Timing & Trust
In this bonus episode, Melissa shares a real coaching conversation with a client navigating energy, momentum, and the pressure to “push through.”
Together, they unpack what it looks like to honor your natural rhythm instead of forcing productivity, especially when your energy doesn’t operate in a steady, linear way.
Note:The clients have given their permission for this session to be shared and wer
The Role the Mind Plays in Honoring Yourself
In this episode, Melissa shares a powerful shift she’s experiencing right now: what it really means to honor your mind to support your soul’s desires,and how your thoughts may be the missing link between where you are and what you want.
She breaks down how understanding your brain and taking specific actions can help you stop spiraling, start creating better results, and finally feel aligned in yo
How Expectations + Entitlement Ruin Your Purpose, Fulfillment, and Desires (and what to do about it)
In this episode, Melissa explores how expectations combined with entitlement can quietly sabotage your purpose, fulfillment, and deepest desires. She shares a personal story about navigating physical challenges in midlife and unpacks the neuroscience behind expectations, why our brains create them and how they can both help and hinder us. Melissa also walks through practical steps to help you stay
Celebrating 1 Year: 10 Raw Lessons from My Podcasting Journey + A Thank You Gift to My Listeners
Melissa is celebrating the one-year anniversary of The Honor You Podcast and sharing 10 powerful lessons she’s learned about consistency, confidence, aligned success, and honoring yourself. From starting before you’re ready to redefining success on your own terms, this episode is both reflective and actionable for anyone building something meaningful in their life or business.
Giveaway:
To celebra
Breaking Free from Expectations by Honoring Yourself (with Joni Woods)
In this episode, Melissa sits down with author, speaker, and coach Joni Woods to talk about what it really means to honor yourself when you’re done living for everyone else.
Joni shares her journey through marriage, divorce, and rediscovering who she truly is after years of people-pleasing and living under others’ expectations. Together, they explore the courage it takes to choose yourself and reb
Why Purpose and Money Don’t Have to Be at Odds: Honoring Yourself in Career and Life
In this special episode, Melissa joins Baiba Wisse on the Living in Technicolor Podcast to explore what it truly means to honor yourself and redefine success on your own terms.
Melissa shares her journey from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship, including the wake-up calls that pushed her to build a deeper relationship with herself. Together, Melissa and Baiba discuss purpose, fulfillment, an
From Breaking Point to Emotional Wealth: Honoring Yourself with Janice DaCosta
In this episode, Melissa and Janice discuss emotional resilience, burnout among high achievers, and how learning to “pay yourself first” emotionally can prevent the breaking points many driven professionals experience.
Janice DaCosta, a global logistics leader, coach, and author of Pay Yourself First: The Blueprint to Emotional Wealth, shares the deeply personal story that sparked her work helping
How honoring yourself leads to building a fulfilling career that is aligned with your skills, strengths, and passions
In this episode, Melissa sits down with Dave to discuss how to explore what it really means to pivot your career with confidence, embrace discomfort, and create opportunity instead of waiting for it.
From corporate sales to launching a global sales operations team, Dave shares how he built roles that didn’t previously exist by advocating for better systems, trusting himself, and focusing on alignm
Honoring Yourself Through Career Pivots and Life Transitions: Sara's Story
In this episode, Melissa sits down with Sara, a garden coach and author, to explore what it truly means to honor yourself, especially when life forces an unexpected pivot. After learning she was being terminated from her 47-year career, Sara reinvented herself, built a thriving garden coaching business, and discovered profound life lessons through nature.
From entrepreneurship after 60 to grief, v
Why some people don’t feel successful despite high financial status or exceptional fulfillment
In this episode, Melissa explores why you can have the salary, the title, or work you care about, and still feel like something’s missing. She breaks down her framework of Aligned Success, the balance of resources and fulfillment, and shares how honoring herself led to both.
If you’ve felt empty despite accomplishment, or purposeful but under-resourced, this episode will help you see where you’re
The key to moving from bitter and resentful to energized and engaged: my personal transformation of honoring my pain and turning it into power
In this episode of the Honor You Podcast, Melissa explores what happens when a long-held identity changes — particularly after a career transition — and how unacknowledged pain can quietly show up as bitterness, disengagement, or regret. She shares how honoring past experiences, rather than dismissing them, can restore energy, clarity, and a renewed sense of direction.
This episode offers a though
Why the things in your life don’t make you happy despite them being what you always wanted
Have you ever gotten the thing you thought you wanted, the job, the money, the relationship, the house, and then realized… this isn’t doing what I thought it would?
In this episode of the The Honor You Podcast, Melissa talks honestly about why that happens. Why the things we chase can feel exciting at first and then fall flat, why that doesn’t mean anything is wrong with you, and what you can do a
The Key to Dealing with Triggers at Work
In this episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa explores how honoring yourself is the key to dealing with triggers at work, and how doing this can help you reduce stress and prevent burnout. If your work environment often leaves you feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or stuck in rumination, this episode will give you practical tools to navigate workplace triggers with clarity,
Addressing Problems: Why you’re likely taking on more than you should
Podcast Description:
In this episode, host Melissa Coloton explores a powerful question many of us are quietly struggling with: Are you taking on more problems than you can actually handle?
Inspired by a conversation between Jay Shetty and Tony Robbins, Melissa unpacks how modern life, from constant news cycles, to social media and global awareness, has dramatically increased the number of “proble
Listener Favorite: How To Find Your Life Purpose
Podcast Description:
This listener-favorite episode is back at the start of the new year for anyone reflecting on what they truly want out of life - purpose, fulfillment, and the guidance to create a more meaningful life.
In this episode, I explain why purpose isn’t something you discover all at once and why waiting for clarity keeps people stuck. Instead, I share a three-step process for identify
Listener Favorite: Why You Stay Stuck in Cycles That Are Not Serving You
The close of the year is a natural time for intentional reflection and personal growth. In this listener favorite Honor You Podcast episode, host Melissa Coloton examines a pattern of behaviors that hold us back and shares strategies to break cycles, honor yourself, and create meaningful change, making it the perfect episode for those looking to start the new year aligned and
Melissa explores why
Listener Favorite: Outsourcing Your Life Leads To An Unrecognizable You
Episode Description
As we close out the year, I’m bringing back one of the most-listened-to episodes of The Honor You Podcast, one that feels especially resonant in this end-of-year, in-between space.
Are you living a life that feels like it’s not entirely yours?
Have you ever wondered how you got here and who you really are beneath all the expectations?
In this episode, I dive into the idea of “o
What's the Best Way to Deal with Emotions in "Polite Society"?
On this week’s episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa is talking about emotions, the big, uncomfortable ones we often feel but are taught to manage quietly. Inspired by a real conversation with a group of women, this episode explores what happens when you start honoring yourself and suddenly feel more emotional, more reactive, or even a little childlike.
Melissa shares why this is not a proble
Are You Stuck on the Wrong Path?
In this week’s episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa dives into the uncomfortable but necessary question, Am I on the wrong path in life? She recounts her own journey through years of taking jobs solely for the paycheck, ignoring the inner knowing that something wasn’t right. When anxiety and physical symptoms finally forced her to pay attention, she realized she was living out of alignment wi
Steps to Navigating Your Personal Purpose Journey
Episode Description
In this episode, Melissa discusses how we are overcomplicating the idea of “finding our purpose.” She breaks down why so many of us get stuck, whether we’re in the camp that desperately wants to live a purposeful life or the camp that feels like purpose is some unrealistic luxury.
Melissa explores the generational shift happening right now, how old expectations collide with new
Are You Living on the Verge of Regret? 5 Questions to Ask Yourself to Avoid Regret
In this episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa invites you into an honest conversation about a question many people don’t face until it’s too late: Are you living on the verge of regret? Melissa explores how regret often comes not from what we tried and didn’t get right, but from the dreams, desires, and callings we didn’t give ourselves permission to pursue.
Melissa breaks down why we silence
5 Ways To Honor Yourself Without Guilt or Shame
In this week’s episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa breaks down one of the biggest barriers to living a life aligned with your true desires: the shame and guilt that show up when you try to honor yourself.
Melissa explores the five practical, actionable ways to honor yourself without abandoning your responsibilities—and without abandoning yourself. You will learn how communication, asking fo
Using the seasons as a guide to life: how to get unstuck, deal with triggers, and live life peacefully with Dr. Adam Gries and Laura Gries
In this week’s episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa sits down with Adam and Laura Gries for a powerful and perspective-shifting conversation about using the seasons as a guide to life.
Drawing on Chinese medicine and Taoist philosophy, Adam and Laura share how the natural rhythms of birth, growth, maturity, decay, and renewal can become a framework for navigating both the calm and chaotic mom
Why Purpose is Important: 7 Main Functions of Purpose That Nobody's Talking About
In this week’s episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa dives deep into the true meaning of purpose and why it’s essential for living an aligned, fulfilling life. She introduces her brand-new quiz designed to help you discover where in your life you may be most out of alignment and shares practical steps to take action once you know. Melissa explores the seven key functions of purpose, from creat
The Most Underrated Key to Happiness
Episode Description
Is happiness something that just happens when everything falls into place, or is it something you can actually build from within?
In this week’s episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa Coloton shares what she believes is one of the most underrated keys to happiness: how you talk to yourself.
She explores the subtle but powerful difference between listening to your mind and s
How To Know If It's Your Mind or Your Soul Speaking
Episode Description
Do you ever feel torn between what your mind thinks you should do and what your soul is trying to tell you?
In this episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa Coloton explains how to listen to your soul and how that can guide you toward choices that feel authentic and aligned, rather than relying on the logic or “safety” the brain can present. Melissa shares how to pause, pay
Outsourcing Your Life Leads To An Unrecognizable You
Episode Description
Are you living a life that feels like it’s not entirely yours? Wondering how you got here and who you really are beneath all the external expectations?
In this reflective episode of The Honor You Podcast, host Melissa Coloton dives into the idea of “outsourcing your life” and how it can lead to an unrecognizable self. She explores why so many of us follow external pressures, f
Stay True to You: Jessica’s Inspiring Journey Through Divorce, Relocation & Reinventing Her Career
Episode Description
On this episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa Coloton sits down with Jessica Graham, a personal narrative coach who helps women rewrite their stories, reclaim their power, and step into their most authentic lives. They explore the challenges of navigating toxic relationships, major life transitions, and societal expectations while honoring your true self. Jessica shares he
Diminishing Ourselves or Our Wins is One of the Biggest Ways We Abandon Ourselves
EPISODE INTRO
Do you ever catch yourself downplaying your accomplishments or brushing off moments when you truly honored yourself? Maybe you’re achieving milestones in your career, relationships, or personal goals, yet something still feels off. Host Melissa Coloton dives into one of the most common ways we unconsciously hold ourselves back: diminishing our wins. Learn why celebrating even small v
How Societal Norms Keep Us From Being Who We Came Here to Be
Societal norms shape so many of our choices including marriage, career, money, family, often without us realizing it. But are these “shoulds” actually aligned with your soul’s desires?
In this episode of The Honor You Podcast, host Melissa Coloton explores how cultural expectations can keep us from becoming who we came here to be.
She shares why listening to your emotions is the key to self-hono
Why You Stay Stuck in Cycles You Know Aren't Serving You
In this week’s episode of The Honor You Podcast, host Melissa Coloton examines a pattern most of us know too well: getting stuck in cycles that don’t serve us, even when we’re aware of them. Whether it’s overworking, reaching for sugar, pouring a nightly drink, skipping exercise, or falling into patterns that affect personal or work interactions, Melissa explores why we repeat behaviors that keep
The Major Thing Missing When You're Triggered
In this week’s episode of The Honor You Podcast, host Melissa Coloton explores why being triggered is not a setback but a powerful opportunity to honor yourself and grow. Instead of avoiding those uncomfortable moments, she invites you to see them as signals that point to where healing, boundaries, and self honoring are needed.
Melissa shares real-life examples from work, relationships, and everyd
Not Honoring Yourself: How fearing selfishness can keep you from what you want in life
Have you ever wondered if putting yourself first is selfish, or if it’s actually the key to living with more balance and authenticity? In this episode of The Honor You Podcast, host Melissa Coloton explores what happens when we don’t honor ourselves, why honoring your needs isn’t selfish, and how small shifts can help you avoid burnout, whether in family life, corporate spaces, or personal growth.
The Importance of Honoring Yourself and Last Chance Call for The Lab
Ah, burnout. It doesn’t happen overnight, it builds. In this mini episode of The Honor You Podcast, host Melissa Coloton shares how she recognized the signs in herself during an intense season launching The Honor You Lab and made the choice to pause, reset, and protect her energy but following her Honor You Method.
Melissa shares how to:
Recognize early burnout symptoms
Use self-care as a boundar
The Self-Help Tactic Nobody Is Talking About
In this episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa discusses an often-overlooked idea in self-help: radical self-acceptance. Prompted by a conversation with a friend facing repeated business setbacks, she reflects on how unprocessed experiences can lead to patterns that typical self-improvement strategies don’t always address.
She also shares her own experience with anxiety and how focusing on cons
The Truth About Fulfillment: How To Choose Yourself and Parent Your Mind, Body, and Soul
In this bonus episode of the Honor You Podcast, host Melissa Coloton sits down with Acupuncturist and Personal Development Coach, Dr. Adam Gries, to unpack what fulfillment really looks like and why choosing yourself can be harder (and more important) than it sounds.
They discuss how anxiety shows up in everyday life, how Dr. Gries’s own experiences shaped his approach to healing, and why chasing
Why Love Isn’t Enough: The Importance of Relationship & Connection with Yourself to Feel & Look Your Best
Join host Melissa Coloton as she reveals why simply "knowing" you should love yourself isn't enough to create lasting change. Through her own vulnerable journey with body image and chronic pain, Melissa exposes the gap between intellectual self-love and truly embodying it, sharing how her recurring pain led to a breakthrough discovery. She also shares her process, The Honor You Method, that helps
The Hidden Causes of Burnout
In this episode, Melissa explores the some fundamental reasons behind our collective burnout epidemic. She reveals how understanding your Human Design energy type can transform how you work and interact with others. Melissa shares personal examples of how misalignment with your natural energy pattern leads to exhaustion. She emphasizes that not honoring yourself, your needs, desires, and natural r
How To Honor Yourself When You’re Worried What Other People Think
There's a fine line between being considerate of others and losing yourself in the process. In this episode of The Honor You Podcast, Melissa explores how our desire to keep others comfortable can lead us to dishonor our own needs and authentic voice.
She shares three main patterns that keep us stuck in people-pleasing mode: avoiding what we want, staying silent when we need to speak up, and hidin
This One Switch Will Change Your Life Forever
What happens when we stop living on autopilot and start listening to our inner guidance? In this episode, Melissa discusses the shift from mind-driven decision making to soul-centered living. She explains how most people get caught in "checkbox syndrome" - pursuing traditional milestones without questioning if they bring fulfillment. Through her personal story of career transition, she demonstrate
How Honoring Yourself Equals the Life You Want
Feeling stuck in autopilot? You're not alone. In this episode Melissa explores why so many people find themselves living unfulfilled lives despite "doing everything right" - and reveals simple strategies to start honoring yourself without dramatic life upheavals.
Meaningful change starts with small, consistent choices that align with your authentic self and refusing to delay what matters to you. D
Inner Permission: The Key Ingredient to Having the Life You Want
What if the key to living authentically isn't found in external validation, but in giving yourself internal permission?
In this episode, Melissa Coloton explores the transformative concept of "inner permission" - the internal green light you give yourself to pursue your desires and be your authentic self. She shares her personal story of how giving herself permission to start her own business aft
The Missing Step in Manifestation - Why "The Shedding" Changes Everything
Are you tired of repeating the same patterns in your relationships, career, or finances? In this episode, Melissa Coloton reveals the critical step most people skip when trying to manifest their dream life - what she calls "the shedding."
Discover why releasing old stories, outdated beliefs, and unconscious conditioning is essential for creating real change. Melissa shares her personal breakthroug
My Journey To Honoring Myself (and how you can too)
Join host Melissa Coloton on The Honor You Podcast as she opens up about her journey from corporate burnout, anxiety, and physical pain to discovering authentic purpose and joy.
Six years ago, Melissa's first panic attack while driving to work became the catalyst for a complete life transformation. What started as chronic anxiety and physical pain that left her unable to drive eventually led her t
Permission to Want More: Building a Career That Honors You
This week's episode of The Honor You Podcast features a conversation between Melissa and Jana, an entrepreneur who transitioned from corporate life to entrepreneurship. Jana showed entrepreneurial spirit from childhood but found herself trapped in corporate anxiety at a digital advertising agency after business school. In 2018, she left to start her own business, experiencing ups and downs that u
How To Honor Yourself In Relationships
In this episode Melissa Coloton discusses the Honor You Method for managing relationship triggers in both romantic and professional relationships.
She shares a personal example where, instead of reacting negatively, she recognized she was triggered, processed her emotions, and later communicated her feelings calmly, thus honoring herself in a relationship.
The Honor You approach focuses on pausi
3 Reasons It's Hard To Honor Your Body (and what to do about it)
In this episode Melissa Coloton explores the essential practice of honoring your body and tuning into its signals. Melissa breaks down three common barriers that prevent us from truly listening to our bodies. Discover practical strategies for building a healthier relationship with your body, embracing discomfort as communication, and finding balance between your mind's demands and your body's need
Why You Are Out Of Whack (and what to do about it)
Ever feel successful on paper but empty inside? You're not alone!
In this episode, Melissa unpacks why high-achieving professionals can still feel out of sync, even when everything looks “successful” on the outside. Drawing from her own experience with anxiety that disrupted her daily routine, she explores three underlying causes of that inner disconnect—and what to do about it.
Melissa shares pra
How Do You Know If You're Living Your Purpose?
Discover the hidden signs your body, mind, and soul reveal about your true purpose. As a career purpose coach who overcame anxiety and burnout, I share what purpose actually means (hint: it's simpler than you think). Stop settling for "perfect on paper" and uncover authentic alignment in your career journey.
Learn more at: melissa.coloton.com
How To Honor Yourself As A Mother (and why it matters)
Melissa and her mother discuss the courage to honor yourself amid life's challenges. Through personal stories of career changes and tough family decisions, they reveal how trusting your instincts and pursuing fulfillment benefits everyone. Introduces Melissa's "The Honor You Method" for purposeful living.
Learn more at https://melissacoloton.com
How Not To Let Your Ego (mind) Direct Your Life
In this episode, we'll explore how our ego shapes behavior through attachment to external things. We'll unpack what happens in your body during ego activation and share some practical ways to catch yourself in reactive moments—helping you live more authentically from your soul rather than ego.
More info at www.melissacoloton.com
What Does It Mean To Honor You?
In this episode, we'll dive into honoring yourself by acknowledging and meeting your authentic needs without compromising your truth. Our three-step journey covers awakening to your mind, body, and soul, and building a daily practice that helps you break free from society's expectations to live aligned with your soul's true desires.
Learn more at melissacoloton.com
Advice on Leaving The Corporate World and Following Your Lifelong Dream
A conversation with former HR exec Leah as she shares her journey from burnout to audiobook narrator. Learn practical steps for recognizing when to leave, making a plan, and building a career aligned with your true self.
Leah: @LeahDanielsVoice (TikTok) I Melissa: https://melissacoloton.com
How To Be Happy NOW
In this episode, I explore discovering joy in the present moment instead of waiting for future achievements. I'll share practical techniques for cultivating genuine happiness where you are—without toxic positivity or denying challenges. We examine why people postpone happiness and how to experience contentment in current circumstances.
Learn more at melissacoloton.com
Your Purpose Is Bigger Than Your Job Title
Discover how your purpose extends beyond your job title. I'll discuss practical ways to uncover what truly brings you joy, connect with soul's desires, and take small yet meaningful steps toward fulfillment. This episode is for anyone questioning "is this all there is?" and seeking a more purpose-filled life.
Learn more at melissacoloton.com
This Is Why You'll Never Find Your Purpose
In this episode, I break down the biggest myth about purpose and offer a different way of thinking about it. Rather than viewing purpose as a single, predetermined thing you need to "find" once and hold onto forever, I share why it's actually a continuous process of aligning your life with what's meaningful to you at each stage of your journey.
How To Live Your Life Purpose
Episode Summary: I break down how to discover your purpose by listening to your soul's desires. I explain why many feel stuck despite following traditional paths and offer a three-step approach to uncover and live your purpose.
Key Takeaways:
Your purpose is carrying out your soul's desires
Your soul speaks through emotions - listen to these feelings
Take action on what resonates and evaluate resu
Trailer: The Honor You Podcast with Melissa Coloton
The Honor You Podcast offers practical guidance for living a purpose-driven life. Host Melissa Coloton explores how to connect with your soul's desires, honor your true self, and create success that brings genuine fulfillment. This podcast helps listeners move beyond societal expectations to build lives of meaning and purpose on their own terms.
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