Author Archives: ptmelson

“My greatest success in life has been failing” Slippery Slopes Ahead September 2022. I am caring for myself more than ever. Filling my cup. I am practicing self-compassion and loving kindness. I am embracing all of my emotions. Sounds lovely right? Well it wasn’t always this way. Little did I know my failures are successes.Continue reading “Failures Are Successes”

Raise your hand if you’ve felt like this too. I would do stuff for others more to get recognition than out of the goodness of my heart. Now, this wasn’t every time, but more often than not. And if someone didn’t say thank you, I would be left feeling regretful and frustrated. Like, “why didContinue reading “A Gentle Reframe”

Gratitude. During my breath work this past weekend, I gently shifted my focus to what if this were my last breath. Perhaps an odd question, but something I have been been trying to be more mindful of the past few months. Now normally, this would bring me feelings of anxiety around death. Pretty normal actually.Continue reading “Gratitude”

OK y’all. I want to share a little about my gratitude journey. It’s been 35 days on my #gratitude365 journey, and what a ride it’s been so far. I know there are many more days ahead, but I’m taking some advice and pausing to enjoy the process for a moment. Here’s what I’ve learned onContinue reading “Gratitude Journey”

Goal setting. Have you ever struggled with setting goals? Me too. But you know what goals do? They give us a plan. Think of goals like this. Picture a boat captain getting ready to embark on a transatlantic crossing. In order to get to their destination on time, and safely, the captain coordinates the tripContinue reading “Goal Setting”

Where it all began. I was born Justin Melson on November 21, 1988, at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek, California. I have always been proud of where I come from, and my initials, JAM, which would become so important later on in life with emails and nicknames 🙂 But we’ll talk about that later.Continue reading “Where It All Began”

I find myself running from fear. Avoiding my fears like the plague. I think this is pretty natural…. I mean, isn’t that why they are fears to begin with? Now let me share my biggest secret with you all. I am afraid of death. Whew, that felt good to say. Over the past few months,Continue reading “Running From Fear”

Where Do We Start? Ever wonder how to be successful? The answer is quite simple. The execution on the other hand is challenging. Earl Nightengale wrote a book long before I was born, titled, The Strangest Secret, in which he outlined the very solution to this question, how to be successful. Along the way, heContinue reading “How To Be Successful”

I just finished the book, The Strangest Secret, by Earl Nightengale, after a recommendation from Bob Proctor’s book, Change Your Paradigm, Change Your Life. In Nightengale’s book, he only mentions this magic word once, but I was intrigued. So I was eventually lead down an internet vortex of just who this man was and whatContinue reading “The Magic Word”

The younger years. I was now 4 years old and ready to brave the free world. Kindergarten. Acorn Learning Center had taught me all it could, and I was ready to graduate preschool, and brave the new waters of a new school. The school my parents had chosen was Seven Hills School, a decision thatContinue reading “The Younger Years”