Hi, I’m Melissa Shigematsu

MSW LCSW, LICSW, CIMHP, 250CYT

Hi, I’m Melissa Shigematsu

MSW LCSW, LICSW, CIMHP, 250 CYT

I’m a licensed mental health professional, women’s wellness and empowerment coach, certified integrative mental health professional and yoga instructor. I help high-achieving female entrepreneurs end burnout, escape cycles of stress and anxiety, and find balance that reinvigorates their professional lives and restores their personal lives, so they can enjoy relationships with loved ones and find satisfaction in their work again. I teach everything from mindfulness practices and interoceptive skills to a body-based approach to wellness to spiritual practices that help you harness an abundance mindset. It’s all with a focus on helping Ladypreneurs sustain business success with a satisfying personal life for the long-term, so your relationships and your health don’t pay the price.

I’ve always loved my work as a therapist. But after years of grueling agency work that sucked up all my joy, left me feeling depleted, and didn’t meet my financial goals, I chose to become an entrepreneur to increase my flexibility, freedom, and financial security. Entrepreneurship is so rewarding—but it is hard, hard work. After a while, I realized that I had gained the flexibility and financial security I had wanted—but I wasn’t free. I felt trapped, angry, burned out, and miserable. I was disconnected from my family, my friends complained they never saw me, I was just as cranky and exhausted as I had been while working at an agency. There was no balance in my life.

It was my son who led me to my moment of reckoning. There were times when he would look at me with huge, sad eyes because I was busy checking my emails when he wanted my attention, or he would walk away dejected when I picked up the phone yet again. My guilt became heavier yet I told myself I was doing this for my family. But it wasn’t until we were on a vacation a few years ago, enjoying some beautiful moments together, that the impact of my lifestyle really hit me. In a relaxed moment of joyful connection, he looked over at me and said, “Mom, I wish you could be like this all the time.”

That was the moment when I knew: something had to change. I didn’t want to be the mom he needed only on vacation; I wanted to be the mom he needed every day. But it meant I had to make a lot of changes because after all, I couldn’t be on vacation ALL the time! But figuring it out was a long, hard process. Because of that journey, though, I’ve been able to create the perfect roadmap so that you can get the same results I did in so much less time. Boundaries, nutrition changes, mindset shifts, contemplative practices...once I got real and raw with myself about the kind of life I wanted, I found the way and I can’t wait to be your guide.

Better sleep, steadier mood, breaking out of the shame cycle, improved energy, increased stress tolerance, inner peace—the changes I experienced were transformative. Life has never been the same; I’ve finally found the freedom I was looking for when I started my entrepreneurial career years ago. And because of this journey, my new mission is to show as many women as possible how to find this same freedom and happiness. You CAN have this. I want this for you as much as I wanted it for myself.

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