Melissa Wood-Tepperberg
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I do. For me, it's like it is this β it's a higher power.
I do. For me, it's like it is this β it's a higher power.
I mean, it was disconnected. Yeah. There was no anchor.
I mean, it was disconnected. Yeah. There was no anchor.
And there was no contentment. Like, just, like, feeling β Never happy. Oh, my God. Contentment is such a β oh, my God.
And there was no contentment. Like, just, like, feeling β Never happy. Oh, my God. Contentment is such a β oh, my God.
Never good enough. No. No, no, no. Yeah. And I mean, I relate so much to your story with Marta, who I love, by the way. She's amazing. With Noah, like Noah, I feel like he was like a saving grace in my life because he's so calm. He's so grounded. He's like everything that I just was so unknown for me.
Never good enough. No. No, no, no. Yeah. And I mean, I relate so much to your story with Marta, who I love, by the way. She's amazing. With Noah, like Noah, I feel like he was like a saving grace in my life because he's so calm. He's so grounded. He's like everything that I just was so unknown for me.
And it was a massive part of me being able to drop into myself and to really go deep and do the work because I felt safe with him. And I felt this safe sense in my life that really, I think when you do have that, and it's very important that while he brought so many elements of that, I was discovering it within myself.
And it was a massive part of me being able to drop into myself and to really go deep and do the work because I felt safe with him. And I felt this safe sense in my life that really, I think when you do have that, and it's very important that while he brought so many elements of that, I was discovering it within myself.
I wasn't, oh, by the way, when we first started dating, I was like, he's going to save me. thank God I need to be saved. I thought he was going to save me. He was going to like, and then he wasn't really. Yes. I remember like he would wake up in the morning and he was like so happy and he would like be so excited for his day. And I would, I hated what I was doing. Wow.
I wasn't, oh, by the way, when we first started dating, I was like, he's going to save me. thank God I need to be saved. I thought he was going to save me. He was going to like, and then he wasn't really. Yes. I remember like he would wake up in the morning and he was like so happy and he would like be so excited for his day. And I would, I hated what I was doing. Wow.
And I was just like, how do you feel like that? And like, how do you find your thing? Like I was so, I was like, the grip was so tight and I was just searching and he was like, Just try to β and I have β I still β it's hard for me to focus. Definitely undiagnosed ADHD. I mean it's just β it's there. But he said if you can just like pay attention to like the thing that you're interested in.
And I was just like, how do you feel like that? And like, how do you find your thing? Like I was so, I was like, the grip was so tight and I was just searching and he was like, Just try to β and I have β I still β it's hard for me to focus. Definitely undiagnosed ADHD. I mean it's just β it's there. But he said if you can just like pay attention to like the thing that you're interested in.
And for me now, it's like, pay attention to the thing that lights you up and just give it a little focus. Focus a little bit on it. And I was like, okay. And I'm like, what the fuck does he mean? I'm fit modeling. And then it was funny because during my... like I would be fitting all day and I like worked as a fit model for years, but I was like making bank and it was like guaranteed cash.
And for me now, it's like, pay attention to the thing that lights you up and just give it a little focus. Focus a little bit on it. And I was like, okay. And I'm like, what the fuck does he mean? I'm fit modeling. And then it was funny because during my... like I would be fitting all day and I like worked as a fit model for years, but I was like making bank and it was like guaranteed cash.
It was amazing money. And I wasn't like a big model, but I was like, I don't even care anymore. Cause that was exhausting trying with all these supermodels in the room anyway, like at least I'm making money.
It was amazing money. And I wasn't like a big model, but I was like, I don't even care anymore. Cause that was exhausting trying with all these supermodels in the room anyway, like at least I'm making money.
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, exactly.