Melissa Beattie: Enduring Lessons from a Keen Observer. Ep. 2

12/09/2025 52 min

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Welcome BACK to How Are You Arriving? This week I have Mel Beattie joining me who is a hoot. She’s smart, she's savvy, and best of all…she’s my neighbor! Mel is a mother, a business school grad, an amazing politician, and a volunteer extraordinaire who is turning over a new leaf that I think will be very inspiring to all of you. Tune in! In this episode… Slowing down Transitions Reinventing Selfish can be GOODSupport systemFuture self Quotes“We need to think about investing in the future version of you so we can help her feel like she matters.” - Cristina Young “A little unhappiness and discomfort forced me to start changing.” - Melissa Beattie “Yes, maybe it hurts, but as long as I get the lesson out of it, it's so rich.” - Cristina Young Timestamps: 0:00 - 1:25  | Intro 1:25 - 3:30 | How Mel is arriving 3:30 - 5:55  Slowing down 5:55 - 7:35 | Investing in the future version of you 7:35 - 9:35 | Hormones 9:35 - 12:00 | Support system 12:00 - 15:30 | Resources 15:30 - 20:00 | Successful fall 20:00 - 23:00 | Regulating emotions 23:00 - 26:00 | Self-examination 26:00 - 33:00 | Upbringing 33:00 - 35:30 | Independence 35:30 - 40:10 | Setting your kids up to succeed 40:10 - 42:35 | Recording progress 42:35 - 44:25 | Clarity 44:25 - 48:30 | Long-term relationships 48:30 - 51:40 | Measuring internal progress 51:40 - 52:44 | A message to future-self 

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