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In this powerful episode of Growing Tall Poppies, host Dr. Nat Green welcomes mentor and friend Melanie Benson to the show. Melanie, an expert in helping visionary leaders turn their brilliance into profitable visibility, shares her profound journey through personal trauma and professional growth. With over two decades of experience and a top 1% ranking podcast, Melanie discusses the deep-seated trauma that fueled her relentless ambition and the pivotal moments that led to her healing and transformation.

Listeners are invited to explore their own paths through Melanie’s insights on nervous system regulation, human design, and the power of integrating their experiences as pathways to becoming extraordinary leaders in their fields. Discover how to harness your inner strength, overcome obstacles, and make an unforgettable impact in the world.

Listen to Melanie Benson for an unfiltered, heart-expanding conversation about what really lies beneath chronic burnout, autoimmune illness, and the hustle to prove our worth.

Together, they explore how trauma—especially when left unacknowledged—becomes the silent driver behind overachievement, people-pleasing, and the need to control. Melanie vulnerably shares her own story of childhood trauma, chronic illness, and financial breakdown… and how these crises became catalysts for profound healing, reinvention, and purpose-driven leadership.

This conversation is a must-listen for high-performing women, coaches, therapists, and business leaders who are done performing success while silently struggling—and ready to reclaim their wholeness, and lead with sustainable impact.

💬 In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How unhealed trauma can manifest as overachievement, burnout, and autoimmune illness
• The moment Melanie realized her body was no longer willing to hustle for success
• Why childhood survival strategies often show up in business and leadership
• The grief of letting go of the old identity—and the freedom that follows
• The messy middle of reinvention and allowing yourself to not have it all together
• The healing power of becoming a “bonus mom” and breaking generational cycles
• Melanie’s tools for navigating visibility, intuition, and rebuilding from a place of truth
• A loving reminder that you are not behind—you’re on the edge of becoming

🔗 Connect with Melanie :

🌐 MelanieBenson.com
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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be deemed or treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.