A confidential room for women in senior leadership — first-time principals, VPs, directors, and executives — who got the title they sacrificed their whole lives for, and arrived to find they privately hate the job.
If you are a recovering perfectionist, a recovering people-pleaser, a high-functioning burnout case, the load-bearing wall at work and at home, the first or only Black woman or woman of color in your role, the strong friend with nowhere to be honest — you are in the right room.
We do the real work of identity recovery, nervous system regulation, and sustainable leadership. The work nobody offered us when we needed it.
The Power Shift is what happens when you stop trying to prove you deserve a seat that's already yours.
I'm Dr. Melissa. I am an educator who earned my doctorate, made the most money my family had ever seen, and ended up in the ER before I was 50. I built this room because I couldn't find it when I needed it.
Keep the title. Recover yourself.