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Brave Conversations - Permission to ask for help — Real Moms | Real Stories Why is asking for help so hard? Join Brave Mamas founder, Kirsty Melmed, and members, Sarah Goodwin and Nicole Trautman, for an honest conversation about the pressure to cope alone, the guilt that can come with needing support, and what changes when we give ourselves permission to let […]

Brave Conversations – Ask for help

17 August, 2026 in Blog Posts / Videos tagged ask for help / default parent / maternal mental health / matrescence / mental load / people pleaser / perfectionist / post partum anxiety / post partum support by kirsty.melmed

Kirsty Melmed Life Coach | morning-ritual — We are now three weeks into 2019. You are probably starting to settle back into your regular routine by now. I know this first month can feel challenging. After the fun and excitement of the holidays it is easy to feel disoriented and unsure of where to start with your […]

3 Tips for Getting On Track This January

21 January, 2019 in Blog Posts tagged accountability / breathing / coaching / empower / goals / January / life coach / on track / resolutions / rituals / support / tips by kirsty.melmed

Kirsty Melmed Life Coach | Aventuring to Coaching — Did you know I’ve been to 31 countries and I’ve lived in Corfu, Rome, Lyon and London?! Before I became a coach I worked for the youth travel company Contiki. I spent 5 years being paid to live and travel through Europe. You might be wondering why on earth I left […]

Adventuring To Coaching

20 November, 2018 in Thought of the Day tagged adventure / coaching / Contiki / Europe / find your why / fun / life coach / travel by kirsty.melmed

Kirsty Melmed Life Coach | #LiveLifeAuthentically — What an exciting experience it was being interviewed by the South African Transactional Analysis Association on my work and how I bring TA into it. Living my passion and following my dreams more and more with every passing month that I get to do this incredible work! #LiveLifeAuthentically #coach #transactionalanalysis #interview

Interview with SATAA

18 October, 2017 in Videos tagged coach / interview / life coach / sataa / transactional analysis / workshop by kirsty.melmed

Kirsty Melmed Life Coach | Broken Hand — A year ago today, I slipped while hiking the pipe track and broke my fourth metacarpal. This was my first broken bone and as soon as I went down I knew it was more than a bruised hand. The pain of breaking a bone is quite indescribable and I wouldn’t […]

Lessons From a Broken Hand

10 July, 2017 in Blog Posts tagged ask for help / blog / gratitude / hike / lessons / life coach / permission / surrender control by kirsty.melmed

Kirsty Melmed | butterflylifecycle — For some time now I have been working to amalgamate the different parts that inform the way I work: Coaching, Transactional Analysis & Inner Tuition. This will be an on-going process for me as each is so valuable and contributes to my uniqueness as a coach. I saw the quote […]

Learning Through Thinking

8 May, 2017 in Blog Posts tagged coaching / energy / four bodies / kolb / learning / learning cycle / life coach / thinking / transactional analysis / transformation by kirsty.melmed

When a potential client contacts me and I offer Skype coaching as an option, I receive one of two responses. The first is a look of suspicion and the second is a willingness to give it a try. The look of suspicion: A lot of people, especially in South Africa, […]

Face to Face vs Online Coaching

27 March, 2017 in Blog Posts tagged face to face / life coach / life coaching / online coach / online coaching / skype by kirsty.melmed

Kirsty Melmed | Counselling — For those of you who are new to the coaching game, you may be wondering how it differs from therapy. Surely if you have done ‘the work’ with a psychologist, then you are all analysed out and do not need the services of a life coach? Or perhaps you feel […]

Counselling vs Coaching

27 March, 2017 in Blog Posts tagged coaching / counselling / life coach / move forward / therapy by kirsty.melmed

Kirsty Melmed | 8 Reasons — At the start of each year, filled with festive joy from being around friends and family and feeling relaxed from our time off, we cheerfully start setting resolutions for the year ahead. Unfortunately as we start to pack away our beach umbrellas and dust off our office suits, most often we […]

8 Reasons Why You Need a Life Coach

27 March, 2017 in Blog Posts tagged coaching / counselling / decision / inspiration / life coach / stuck by kirsty.melmed