In this opening segment of the CJ Moneyway Johnson Show podcast, host CJ Moneyway Johnson welcomes author and relationship/mindset coach Melanie Yates. The host introduces the episode’s theme of real change requiring time and the right guidance, and invites Melanie to share her background and story. Melanie responds enthusiastically, setting the stage for a deeper conversation about her personal journey, coaching work, and insights into transformation.
Welcome to the CJ Moneyway Johnson Show in association with Believe Network, the podcast that brings you stories behind the success. Today we have on the show author and coach Melanie Yates. How you doing today, Melanie?
Awesome, so good to be here.
Yeah, I'm glad that you could join us today. So Melanie, tell us a little bit about yourself and about your background.
Sure, well, thanks for having me. You know, I'm a relationship and mindset coach. I believe I'm a child of God, and in this day and age, I I think all of us need a little more encouragement and inspiration, and I really feel I've been called. Um, I have a purpose to lift others up, and you know, you, you don't get to that place without having your own challenges and your own struggles and your own pain. That's what gets me, that's what gets my attention, right? You know, I have to be in pain in order to kind of wake up, wake up to the world, wake up to there must be something I'm doing that's causing this and how do I get out of it? Right. And so through my own pain and suffering, that actually had me searching for answers. And through that, I mean, I did a little of everything. It was like from acupuncture to therapy to weight loss coaches. I just, it was like, what could I just grab at next to like fix me, you know, fix this like broken hole. It felt like a hole, like an emptiness, like something's missing. Like, what am I not getting? What didn't I, you know, what didn't I learn? Now I'm an adult and I find myself in this place of feeling kind of lost and anxious and depressed.. And, you know, I finally found, you know, a Coach that was able to really speak to me and make tangible results in my life. Like tangible results started occurring. And I thought, how did you, how did you do this? How did you help me get here? And that's what made me want to be a Coach because she changed my life. And I thought, wow, you know, I want to help people find the freedom that I've felt. And I'll tell you one thing, just because I've been doing this for, you know, the last 14 years doesn't mean that I don't have off days. And it's interesting how, you know, um, once you find a solution, once you find something that works, it doesn't mean that that's not going to be challenged or that life is a part— it, it's all an experience, you know. And that's what, that's what I am finding out Even today, even today on a Monday when I wake up, you know, this life is precious and it is an experience and it doesn't matter if it feels right. We, we get to learn how to embrace whatever is going on.
