A Journey of Healing, Empowerment, and Spiritual Coaching – Exclusive Interview with Melissa L Watkins
- Brainz Magazine
- Dec 4
- 7 min read
Updated: Dec 4
Melissa L Watkins is the founder of melissaLwatkins.com website that features her blog and services. Since 2017, she specializes in teaching you how to connect to your own spiritual gifts, doing your shadow work, and transforming your life to live your purpose through her Spiritual Coaching Service. She is a Master Instructor-Teacher with Integrated Energy Therapy®, Certified Reiki Level 2, Certified Compassion Key Level 1, and Certified Angelic Color Healing Level 1. Her passions are teaching her 5D Awakening Course and Integrated Energy Therapy® certifications: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced levels.
Melissa L Watkins, Spiritual Life Coach
Who is Melissa Watkins? Introduce yourself, your hobbies, your favorites, your you at home and in business. Tell us something interesting about yourself.
I thrive on a challenge. I am a risk taker. Growing up in a blended household my role as the oldest in the home, was to take care of everyone. So, when I had the chance to be free, I would like to ride four wheelers, roller coasters, and in my teens took flying lessons. I could not take emotional risks, so I took mental and physical ones. Subsequently, I have high expectations for myself and that spills over on to people in my life: personal and professional. Now, this helps me to also ask the tough questions or bring up the uncomfortable topics for my clients to help them dive deep for lasting transformation to achieve their goals inside and outside of our work together.
What inspired you to start your work with Guidance 311 and the clients you serve?
I was emotionally neglected by parents that were negatively influenced by alcohol and did not realize this or know what the effects were until I started my own journey.
My mother got pregnant on purpose and in 1969 that was the only way she was leaving her predominantly Irish-Catholic home, pregnant and married. Alcoholism would factor into her unhappiness and need to escape. She would always manipulate to get what she wanted above all else. I was her excuse.
She was self-centered to the nth degree. And just after getting married my father suffered a life-altering injury to his right hand and would never work again. It also prevented him from finishing a degree in engineering that he had started. The drinking had set in, and he would never pull himself out of it.
So, these were my parents. My first memory of them was fighting so badly that I fell out of the crib and retrieved my own bottle that had fallen on the floor. I was just about a year old and crying so long, loud, and hard that it breaks my heart to remember it. When this memory surfaced so much of my emotional blockage and lack of giving and receiving love started to really solidify for me. Sexual abuse would factor in a few short years later.
Very early on the lesson was not to rely on anyone for anything because very early on the people who were supposed to meet my physical needs very rarely did. And they did not meet my emotional needs at all. They expected me to be the dutiful daughter, and I was. I did not talk back, stand up for myself, or in any way expect I would receive support in any form. My clairsentience, emphathic nature, began to get very heightened as to keep myself safe. This was the programming that I lived with for over 30 years. They were two very selfish people only focused on themselves and their own desires, each for different reasons. My mother, the grandiose narcissist, always needs to be the center of attention. And my biological father, the covert narcissist, struggled with shame.
These factors, attributes, and lessons were correlating with the clients I was attracting and so thus these themes became my focus.
What specific challenge do most of your clients come to you with, and how do you help them overcome it?
I have been helping those drawn to me to empower themselves to take action in their own lives towards removing the blocks that threaten them. My intuitive approach works in alignment with their Spirit guides to release these blocks: threat, abandonment, shame, guilt, powerlessness, unworthiness, would’ve, could’ve, should have, working in concert. We take an energy healing approach along with practices and tools that they can easily incorporate into lives outside of sessions.
What makes your approach unique compared to others in your field?
I am just the facilitator to their process. Working with the Angels, Spirit Guides, and Celestial Guides, we help those who are ready for profound transformation through upgrading their spiritual DNA and releasing the “issues in their tissues.” Our emotions positively and negatively affect our physical body and many are looking for not only personal transformation but physical relief as well. All healing, shifting and upgrading are individual processes that bring about individual results. My approach is unique because I am unique, and I will only attract clients that resonate with me.
Can you share a success story or breakthrough moment that illustrates your impact?
Many of my clients come from all over the globe. One such beautiful soul from Florida, USA, trying hard to keep her relationship stable reached out. Working together we recognized her narcissistic relationship pattern as she was in a long-term relationship after her divorce, and realized he, the current boyfriend, was a mirror to her ex-husband.
She had to understand that her choice(s) stemmed from comfortability from this energy, narcissism, having grown up with a parent fitting narcissistic traits. She was able through the guidance and energy healing sessions to release her fear of letting go of her boyfriend: physical, mental, and emotional abuse and the fear of being alone, abandoned, and powerless. Four years later, she is an empowered podcaster, single-mother helping her oldest son win local, regional, and state level weightlifting competitions. Her life is rebuilding and she is empowering herself to focus on herself and her children in a way that was terrifying to her before.
Her challenge was finding the courage that was always living inside of herself and activating it. Many if not all the clients who find me are terrified of this new journey because they have lived in their fear, abuse, neglect, threat, disempowerment, unworthiness, addiction, isolation, lack mentality, victimhood for decades or even their whole life. And doing and being something other is such a foreign concept that it truly feels like a leap of faith.
Working with the Angels and your Spirit team gives me the connection we need to help you find your power, courage, and authenticity in the way and time that you need. You have everything you need inside of yourself but unlocking the door is where we, me and your Spirit team, come in.
Some clients need more education, practices, and healing modalities because they don’t know what they need; they just know what they have is hurting them. Some clients come in with tools and knowledge but need the extra layer of the Spirit team they cannot yet access or trust (or both) on their own.
How do you tailor your services for different types of clients (e.g., those at a career crossroads vs. those seeking personal transformation)?
Each client has different experiences and expectations for working with a Spiritual Life coach or receiving energy healing; however, the common thread is finding the connection between your humanness and your spiritual self. Working with me will help you to step into your sovereignty connecting to your core essence of who you came here to be on this planet at this time. Every session for every client is tailored to their needs as guided by their Spirit team. And for those choosing to tap into their Spirit team, they can receive the tools they need to develop their own intuitive abilities in whatever form they choose, are comfortable with, or are already tapping into.
The philosophy I resonate with is one that emphasizes authenticity, empowerment, and a compassionate presence. I am dedicated to guiding clients as they uncover their personal truths and progress toward their aspirations. Sessions are individually tailored and collaborative, drawing on methodologies from mindfulness, positive psychology, and energy healing, to foster lasting transformation and self-connection.
What’s one misconception about your industry or service that you’d like to correct?
My dedication to my clients, community, and anyone who finds me is to bring the scientific revelations that are happening in quantum physics at this time. There are no tricks, charlatans, gimmicks to what I do. We live in a vibrational universe, and we have the ability to tap into the frequencies to harness the energy for our lives, manifestations, and abilities to navigate each other and our surroundings. I am always reading, watching, and learning what the newest discoveries are that affect our lives in vibrational resonance to each other and the planet.
What are the top three benefits a client can expect when working with you?
Benefits of Working with Me
Intuitive Guidance: Each session is meticulously tailored to the specific goals and needs of the client.
Safe and Supportive Environment: Clients benefit from a judgment-free space anchored in empathy and professionalism.
Practical Tools for Sustainable Change: Clients acquire actionable strategies for healing, empowerment, and actualization.
Genuine Connection: Relationships are cultivated on a foundation of trust, respect, and understanding.
Comprehensive Transformation: My approach addresses the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit.
All I ask is that you are ready. We will dive deep. We will release. We will experience. We will co-create.
I know that this is more than three, but I felt they are all important!
How do you stay current and continue to grow so you can deliver the best for your clients?
I am a certified Spiritual Life Coach with extensive training in mindfulness, energy healing, and intuitive development. I am committed to continuous professional development and adhere to the highest standards of ethical practice. My credentials include membership in accredited coaching organizations and regular participation in self-development programs, while maintaining current in the newest literature. I am an avid reader and I like to read all sides of an idea and form my own intuitive opinion.
If someone is reading this and wondering whether to reach out to you, what should they ask themselves–and what’s the first step you invite them to take?
You will co-create your reality with your Spirit team. I will facilitate the guidance and healing through the knowledge, practices, channeling, and connection. You will do the work. You will have the experiences. This is your opportunity to step onto the next level in your journey: powerfully, worthy, and courageous. Healing is never finished. However, we can accomplish specific goals for you to attain your desires. We are all here for the experience, learning, growing, evolving, healing, and are all on-going processes we can choose to do or not; that is our birthright.
Coaching Offerings
Individual spiritual coaching: Guidance sessions designed around each client's journey.
Group online community: Opportunities for collective healing, empowerment, and community connection.
Online courses: Flexible programs for personal growth and self-paced learning.
Complimentary discovery call: Prospective clients are invited to schedule an initial conversation to determine suitability and alignment.
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