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Have you ever been surprised by the way somebody sees you?

Perhaps you've been called intimidating by one person and inspiring by another.

Warm by one person and distant by another.

How can both be true?

In this episode of Mystic in Training, Melissa explores one of the most liberating and confronting realisations on the path of self-discovery:

Most people don't actually see us. They see us through the lens of themselves.

Together, we explore:

• Why we live as different versions of ourselves in different people's minds
• How our wounds shape the way we relate to others
• The difference between wound-to-wound and soul-to-soul connection
• Why people pleasing and shape-shifting create disconnection
• How fear of rejection often causes us to dilute ourselves
• Why aliveness is one of the greatest clues to who you really are
• The grief of letting go of the version of you that exists in somebody else's story

Because perhaps freedom isn't being fully understood.

Perhaps freedom is knowing who you are, even when others cannot yet see it.

Memoirs of a Mystic In Training, by Melissa Amos is available on Amazon

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I went to see Peter Crone this weekend and found myself asking a question I haven't been able to stop thinking about since.

What if breaking free from limitation isn't the purpose?

What if it's just the beginning?

In this episode we explore:

• Why the soul doesn't see anything as broken
• The hidden purpose of wounds
• Healing versus expression
• What happens after we outgrow old stories
• Why your medicine doesn't disappear when your wound heals
• How purpose evolves throughout your life
• The Golden Thread that continues to call us forward

This is a conversation about healing, identity, evolution and becoming.

Because perhaps the real question isn't:

"How do I heal?"

But:

"Who am I becoming?"

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Memoirs of a Mystic In Training, by Melissa Amos is available on Amazon

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What if the feeling you've been trying to fix isn't dissatisfaction at all?

What if it's grief?

Not grief for something you've lost.

Grief for something you haven't yet lived.

In this episode, Melissa explores the quiet tension that can arise when life looks good on the outside, but something deeper keeps whispering that there is more.

Together we explore:

• The difference between dissatisfaction and soul longing
• Why this feeling often appears after we've built a successful life
• Grief as love with nowhere to go
• The hidden agreements that keep us playing small
• Why comparison can sometimes be a clue
• What your soul may be trying to express through you

This conversation is an invitation to stop asking:

"What's wrong with me?"

And start asking:

"What wants to come through me?"

Companion article:

The Grief of a Life Unlived:
https://open.substack.com/pub/themelissaamos/p/the-grief-of-a-life-unlived?r=2cwz2j&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Learn more about Success Codes: https://melissa-amos.com/the-success-codes/

Memoirs of a Mystic In Training, by Melissa Amos is available on Amazon

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For years, I thought the answer was more information.

More books.
More courses.
More certifications.
More understanding.

And whilst knowledge has been one of my greatest gifts, I eventually realised it had also become one of my greatest hiding places.

In this episode, I share my own journey through personal development, Reiki, psychotherapy, coaching, spirituality, and self-discovery - and the surprising realisation that changed everything:

The problem wasn't that I didn't know enough.

The problem was that the wrong part of me was in charge.

We explore:

• why awareness alone doesn't create change
• the difference between knowing and embodying
• the Inner Boardroom
• why personal growth can become a form of avoidance
• who is really making your decisions
• how to create deeper congruence between wisdom and action

If you've ever found yourself saying:

"But I know what to do..."

This episode is for you.

Memoirs of a Mystic In Training, by Melissa Amos is available on Amazon

Learn more about Melissa by visiting her website melissa-amos.com and download a free hypnotherapeutic series, Intuition Rewired.

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Your wound is your medicine…

Unless it’s still choosing for you.

In this deeply personal episode of Mystic in Training, Melissa Amos explores the hidden difference between wounds that have become wisdom - and wounds that are still unconsciously driving our behaviour.

Blending psychotherapy, spiritual intelligence, Akashic wisdom and identity work, Melissa shares the uncomfortable but transformative realisation that understanding your pain is not the same thing as being free from it.

This episode dives into:

• Hidden agreements and unconscious identity patterns
• Why spiritually intelligent people often intellectualise their feelings
• Overthinking, overprocessing and overachieving as protection mechanisms
• The wound underneath ambition and perfectionism
• How trauma can shape gifts, intuition and purpose
• The difference between survival mode and embodied healing
• What it really means for your wound to become your medicine

Melissa vulnerably shares how her own need to be “exceptional” became both her gift and her protection strategy - and how her healing journey is no longer about becoming less deep, less ambitious or less sensitive, but becoming safe enough to stop hiding inside those identities.

If you’ve ever:

• understood your patterns but still felt stuck
• hidden behind intelligence, spirituality or achievement
• struggled to feel truly seen
• felt driven to prove yourself
• used growth and healing as identity
• sensed there’s another layer underneath your success

…this episode is for you.

This is one of the deepest and most revealing episodes of Mystic in Training so far.

PS - in my world, we don’t just have the awareness. We move from it.

Join the Decision Activator, we start on Monday: https://melissa-amos.com/decision-activator/

Memoirs of a Mystic In Training, by Melissa Amos is available on Amazon

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I started working with a personal trainer today.

But very quickly, I realised this wasn’t really about fitness.

It was about identity.
Self-trust.
Discomfort.
And the hidden negotiations that happen inside all of us when we begin stepping into a new level of life.

In this episode, I explore:

• hidden agreements
• nervous system conditioning
• why we self-sabotage
• the psychology of change
• cognitive dissonance
• neuroplasticity
• and the deeper soul-led pull toward growth and expansion

Because most people do not fail because they lack information.

They struggle because their identity, conditioning, and subconscious programming cannot yet hold the life they say they want.

This is a grounded conversation around transformation, embodiment, psychology, and becoming the version of yourself capable of holding more.

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Memoirs of a Mystic In Training, by Melissa Amos is available on Amazon

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What if every decision you make is a doorway?

In this episode of Mystic in Training, Melissa Amos explores the psychology and spirituality of expansion after a transformational retreat with Dr Robert Holden.

Together, they explored the idea of “doors” - the moments, choices, opportunities and thresholds we are invited to walk through in life.

But what happens when fear, conditioning, self-doubt and the need for certainty keep us hesitating at the threshold?

Inside this episode:

• Why we keep negotiating with our expansion
• The psychology behind hesitation and self-protection
• How your nervous system responds to growth
• Why “clarity” is often disguised fear
• The hidden cost of waiting until you feel ready
• How micro decisions shape your entire life
• The difference between your soul’s expansion and your human need for safety
• How to build self-trust through action

This episode blends psychology, spirituality, nervous system work, identity, intuition and personal transformation into a deeply reflective conversation about becoming who you were always meant to be.

Because sometimes the doorway isn’t the scary part.

It’s who you have to become on the other side of it.

Memoirs of a Mystic In Training, by Melissa Amos is available on Amazon

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You’ve invested.
You’ve learned.
You’ve followed the strategy.

So why does it feel like something still isn’t clicking?

In this episode, Melissa breaks down a pattern she’s seen over and over again - why some people get powerful results from mentorship… and others stay stuck, even in the same rooms.

And the truth might not be what you think.

Because it’s not about the mentor.
And it’s not about the strategy.

It’s about who you become in the process.

Inside this episode, we explore:

• Why taking action before you feel ready changes everything
• The real reason strategy alone doesn’t create results
• How “waiting to feel confident” keeps you stuck
• The difference between learning… and becoming
• Why your level of visibility determines your level of success
• What you’re actually investing in when you hire a mentor

This is a conversation about identity, self-trust, and the willingness to be seen.

Because the results you want don’t come from knowing more.

They come from becoming the person who can hold them.

For more on the success codes: https://melissa-amos.com/the-success-codes/

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Memoirs of a Mystic In Training, by Melissa Amos is available on Amazon

Learn more about Melissa by visiting her website melissa-amos.com and download a free hypnotherapeutic series, Intuition Rewired.

Follow her @themelissaamos across the platforms