Welcome to the Almost 30 Podcast. I'm Lindsay and I'm Krista and we're your hosts, guides and friends on this path.

Almost 30 is not about your age, it's about the feeling. All of us are almost something, seeking community and resources to support the rumblings of transformation within us.

Our conversations are deep dives, shepherded by our insatiable curiosity and desire for connection and during inspiration and a sense of levity that we can all benefit from.

We're looking to find the magic in the human experience. Buckle up, baby. Your evolution is waiting.

Hello, hello, hello. Welcome to Almost 30 Podcast. What's happening? People, we're so glad you're here. Our community, thank you for being here, for listening to the show, for as long as you have.

And if you're new, grateful that you found almost 30. This is a place where Kristen and I bring our own learnings and curiosities. We interview our favorite spiritual leaders, healers, experts in health and wellness in the relationship realm and so much more.

We've learned a lot ourselves, so our intention is that you come here and just glean what you need to glean, have fun and connect with one another.

And I've been beaming. I'm so excited to record this intro for our new best friend, Melissa Wood, Tepperburg.

Freakin, dude, we were guys, you're in for such a treat. This is her favorite interview she's ever done. I am taking the words from remote.

But we just had so much fun and it was so beautiful to meet in New York and just like after years, you know, we've been kind of in contact with her amazing team Dylan for a while and we finally got to meet at the perfect time.

It was on a Friday afternoon. We had been in Hudson Valley, writing our book. So we were kind of like, yeah, just like had been in the book portal came back in the city. I was in my own moment.

And just got to meet at the perfect time and just fell in love with her. She's incredible and magnetic and kind and cool and interesting and very Sagittarius. I just love a sage.

And so you guys are Leo. She's a Leo. She's a sage.

I don't know why I thought she's Leo. I could see that like a Leo rising. Maybe she's Leo rising. Yeah, totally.

If I'm wrong, you guys just call the cops. Just call the cops, fire me, get rid of me. But I think I'm pretty sure that would be embarrassing.

And that would be such an astrology thing where you like think there's someone like I love them for this. And then it's like not even what it is.

It's like, okay, like, but she's yeah, just kind of the mover and groove her part of her. So if you're from her community, we're so grateful. You're here. It's just a joy and a pleasure. And you're going to really, really love this one.

We talked about her journey, building her brand. We talk about what inspires her. We talk about her journey with her body and finding food freedom, which I always love to get into. And we talked about you all, the community, the community that she supports and loves and how much she truly cares about each and every one of you,

which is something that we very much feel. So it's good to relate on that because I think there's a lot of people in the space, obviously that want to create or have a brand or have a podcast or have a business.

And you don't always meet people that really care about who's on the receiving end. And so when you do find a kindred heart, it's so good.

Yeah, we felt we felt that love so much. She she gets emotional in this conversation about that. And I think, you know, I'm always just blown away. Maybe I should stop being blown away. But when we meet people in person, sometimes you don't know if they're going to align with what you think they're going to be. And like she was that and more. And it was just like,

man, oh man, like this is also part of the recipe for success. You know, like I think that aligning who you are with how you show up and the work that you do, like it's all felt.

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