473: Melyssa Ford on Health, Hustle, and Healing
Side Hustle Pro
Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
This week in the guest chair we have Melyssa Ford, media personality, actress, and advocate known for her dynamic presence in entertainment. With a career spanning television, film, and radio, she has captivated audiences as a host on the Joe Budden podcast and various TV appearances.
As a seasoned veteran in media and entertainment, Melyssa mastered the art of pivoting and identifying viable opportunities to launch into new and exciting spaces.
In this episode she shares:
- Her new podcast Hot and Bothered that fosters meaningful conversations about women’s wellness, intimacy, and health
- Overcoming depression, negative self-talk, and finding grace through personal healing
- The many benefits to pivoting several times in her career
Highlights include:
- 00:00 Intro
- 02:00 Building a film/TV personality
- 06:00 Being an undocumented immigrant
- 14:00 Creating her own path
- 19:00 Battling mental health issues
- 27:00 Navigating perimenopause
- 40:00 The podcasting landscape
- 47:00 Living with a brain injury
- 1:00:00 Tips for entrepreneurs
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Links mentioned in this episode
- Melyssa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melyssaford/
- Melyssa’s Twitter: https://x.com/MissMelyssaFord/
- Hot and Bothered Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hotnbotheredpodcast/
- Melyssa’s Website: https://www.melyssaford.com/
- ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
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Melyssa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melyssaford/
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| 0:17.0 | The Starbucks you love is ready. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello again from the Starbucks coffee company. |
| 0:23.6 | Sometimes it would seem like things were kind of like a little chaotic, but the whole purpose for me was to |
| 0:38.1 | fail forward. If it was going to be a quote unquote failure, I was going to do it with forward |
| 0:43.3 | momentum and learn a lot and apply the lesson to the next opportunity. And hopefully it makes |
| 0:49.5 | me better at what I do. You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your |
| 0:57.2 | side hustle from passion project to profitable business. |
| 1:00.8 | And I'm your host, Nikaela Matthews Okome. |
| 1:03.5 | So let's get started. |
| 1:08.9 | Hey, friends. |
| 1:09.8 | Hey, welcome, welcome back to the show. |
| 1:11.7 | It's Nikaela here. |
| 1:12.9 | And today in the guest chair, I have Melissa Ford. |
| 1:15.7 | Melissa is a media personality actress and advocate known for her dynamic presence in entertainment. |
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