124. Overcoming Burnout Through Experiential Learning with Horses with Melissa Duniam

Chris & Filly are joined with Melissa Duniam, who has an extraordinary story of overcoming body burnout and patterns of doing everything for everyone else, to the detriment of her health. We first met Melissa in 2017, when she reached out for functional medicine support. And she is now well, happy, aligned, and helping other women in leadership discover their authentic selves and get out of survival coping patterns - using the assistance of horses.    About Melissa Duniam Melissa is a Mum, wife, farmer, friend and founder/facilitator of Leading Rein - a holistic approach to personal and professional development workshops , a signature 3 day deep dive for women who want to stop being so busy and start prioritising themselves  - GUILT FREE. Melissa’s award winning framework combines human behavior insights, personal profiling and experiential activities working alongside horses.   In today’s episode, Melissa talks to Chris & Filly about:   Melissa’s own body burnout story - hitting breaking point when she had a severe break to the leg Getting to the root of her burnout patterns - a broken relationship with self Melissa’s experience working with Chris & Filly in 2017, as she backed herself and went all in with functional medicine and holistic healing How Melissa’s business Leading Rein was birthed, as she listened to her intuition and what she really wanted Melissa’s leadership and experiential learning with horses 3 day immersives and workshops, and how the horses can both bring up patterns in times of uncertainty AND help us to regulate E-Disc patterns and personality types, and finding a language to understand self   Show Note Links:    Find out more about Melissa Duniam here   Download Melissa’s 5 Tips to Align Your Life with What Truly Matters To YOU   Take Chris & Filly’s Ending Body Burnout Assessment here   Check out how you can work with Chris & Filly Functional Medicine here Disclaimer: This Ending Body Burnout Show podcast and any information, advice, opinions or statements within it do not constitute medical, health care or other professional advice, and are provided for general information purposes only. All care is taken in the preparation of the information in this Podcast. Chris & Filly Functional Medicine does not make any representations or give any warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose. This Podcast and any information, advice, opinions or statements within it are not to be used as a substitute for professional medical, psychology, psychiatric or other mental health care or natural medicine health care. Chris & Filly Functional Medicine recommends you seek  the advice of your doctor or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Inform your doctor of any changes you may make to your lifestyle and discuss these with your doctor. Do not disregard medical advice or delay visiting a medical professional because of something you hear in this Podcast. To the extent permissible by law Chris & Filly Functional Medicine and the Ending Body Burnout Show Podcast  will not be liable for any expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damages) or costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. No part of this Podcast can be reproduced, redistributed, published, copied or duplicated in any form without the prior permission of Chris & Filly Functional Medicine.