We Didn’t Plan to Disappear for 18 Months…
When we wrapped Season 1 of Inner Rebel, I (Melissa) was in the thick of launching The Nova. There was no pause for rest, no graceful sign-off—just a full-bodied leap into building something soul-led, sacred, and entirely new. Jess and I assumed we’d take a few months off. A little space to recalibrate and come back with fresh energy.
Instead, life handed us something else entirely: a full-on initiation.
The Unplanned Break That Became a Transformation
What we thought was a quick breather turned into a year and a half of deep reckoning. For me, The Nova didn’t just ask for my leadership—it demanded my truth. It surfaced all the parts of myself I had tucked away: my ambition, my exhaustion, my capacity, and my long-held patterns around people-pleasing and overperformance. It pushed me into new territory, far beyond what I thought I could hold. There was no bypassing it. No “push through and smile” energy. Only truth, nervous system limits, and the growing pains of real expansion.
Jess was in a different kind of season. While mine was loud and relentless, hers was quiet and tender. She found herself letting go of what no longer fit—identities, plans, timelines—and learning to receive in a way she hadn’t before. Stillness. Slowness. Softness. And love. The kind that arrives when you finally stop trying to earn it.
So no, we didn’t just hit pause.
We got worked. By our visions, our healing, and the wild mess of becoming.
Season 2 Is Not a Comeback—It’s a Reclamation
Now, we’re back. But we’re not the same women who ended Season 1.
Season 2 of Inner Rebel is here—and it’s deeper, bolder, and more honest than ever.
This isn’t a “new look.” It’s a truer voice. It’s the podcast we needed when everything in our own lives felt uncertain, stretched, and sacredly undone.
This season is a mirror of what we’ve lived:
Burnout. Redirection. Creative rebirth. Nervous system healing. Sacred rage. Grief. Joy. And the unexpected freedom that comes when you stop performing and start telling the truth.
What We’re Talking About This Season
Each episode dives into themes that hit below the surface:
- Nervous system work as the foundation of leadership
- Money wounds, financial shame, and the power of FU money
- Emotional eating, body trust, and reclaiming pleasure
- Divorce, visibility, and joy that needs no permission
- Burnout, boundaries, and rebuilding from the inside out
- Creative pivots, conscious love, and radical self-trust
These Are the Conversations You’ll Feel in Your Bones
We sit down with bold-hearted guests like Christine Michelle Hayes, Ruthie Lindsey, Sam Harvey, Beth Clayton, Shazia Imam, Sue Van Raes, Christina and Lee King, Erin Saxton, and others who are living the messy, magnetic, deeply human journey of being fully themselves.
These aren’t polished TED Talks.
They’re real stories.
The kind you feel in your body.
The kind you exhale after.
The kind you wish more people were brave enough to share.
Episode One: Life on the Other Side
We begin this season with a deeply personal conversation between Jess and me:
🎙 Life on the Other Side: When Your Vision Births You Instead.
It’s the truth behind our absence—the unraveling, the growth, and the transformation that reshaped us from the inside out. We talk about what it means to lead when you’re still becoming, to heal without hiding, and to trust that your purpose isn’t just here to change your life—it’s here to change you.
If This Sounds Familiar, You’re Not Alone
This season is for the woman who’s in the middle of the unraveling.
For the one who knows she can’t go back, but isn’t quite sure where she’s headed next.
For the one who’s tired of performing and ready to live from truth.
If you’ve ever:
- Outgrown your own “successful” life and wondered what’s next
- Felt like you’re becoming someone new and have no map
- Craved honest conversation over curated advice
Then this season is yours.
Season 2 launches June 4th, 2025
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📲 Share it with your people—the ones who get it.
We’ll meet you in the moment after the fall.
In the stillness after the fire.
And in the truth that lives on the other side.
