Ep 1: My Story
Move With Heart
Melissa Wood-Tepperberg
4.5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
For the first time in such depth, Melissa opens up to discuss her early life growing up in Syracuse, New York and making the bold decision to move to NYC in her early 20’s. From her time working at the Chanel counter at Bloomingdales, through cocktail waitressing at Marquee and navigating the modeling industry, she realized her passion for the world of wellness. During this time through mindful movement and meditation, she found a new way of living and knew there was no going back. From marriage, to motherhood, to building her business - which started by simply filming her workouts with a $24 tripod in her living room. She gets raw and vulnerable as she takes you through her past and her journey to become the woman she is today.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Melissa Wood-Teperberg, and this is the Move With Heart podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | Are you ready? |
| 0:10.0 | Just breathe it all in. |
| 0:12.0 | I want to talk. |
| 0:13.0 | I can't lie. |
| 0:15.0 | I was like, it's going to be short, sweet, and very spicy. |
| 0:20.0 | And we're going to get right into it, because apparently something you're going to talk to much. |
| 0:28.0 | As excited as I am to finally start this podcast and to share all of the things with all of you. |
| 0:37.0 | I can't help but be completely honest that laying in bed last night, thinking about recording this episode just... |
| 0:49.0 | There's been so much resistance that's been coming up, and I've been so fearful of sharing my story in this way, because I realize that I never have. |
| 1:03.0 | I've definitely opened up on podcast before in interviews, but this time feels different. |
| 1:12.0 | And it's because I'm here with myself, and there's no one in the room with me, no one interviewing me to distract or shift in a different direction. |
| 1:25.0 | It's really just me being here with my thoughts and with all of you. |
| 1:32.0 | And I really wanted to share that because I really believed I was a recovering perfectionist, but I have to tell you that perfectionists still live deep within me. |
| 1:44.0 | And it's really not easy being vulnerable and telling the world who you are. |
| 1:53.0 | Everyone thinks that they know you, especially in this day and age on social media, but there's so much more that people don't know in everyone's life. |
| 2:06.0 | And for me, I know that I would not be the woman that I am today. |
| 2:14.0 | I would not be doing this work. I would not be here with you if I didn't vulnerably share my story. |
| 2:24.0 | And just reminding myself of that last night gave me the courage to be here and to share that, to be really honest with that, because I believe no matter how far that you have come and no matter how much work that you do, |
| 2:43.0 | there's always things that stand in our way that make us fearful and we can choose. We have a choice. |
| 2:51.0 | We can either let that fear stand in our way and hold us right there or we can choose to lean into it and me being here with you with sharing this podcast, with sharing my life, with sharing the tools and the things that have transformed me to the woman that I am today, |
| 3:12.0 | to the person that I've become the mother, the leader, I feel ready. I feel really ready to open this chapter of my life and I'm really honored and excited to have you here with me. |
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