How I Arrived Here…
2 Albums,
2 Grammys,
1 Mental Breakdown,
1 Spiritual Awakening,
1 Baby,
1 Heavy serving of Professional Heartbreak,
A substantial dose of Creative Paralysis,
3 Years of Therapy,
2 Lawyers,
1 Conflict Resolution,
a 100% rate of exhaustion with social media,
and….
VOILA!!!! HERE WE ARE!
Most of you know me because of music. And for the longest time, that’s all I knew of myself. Everything that I had professionally accomplished was tied into to being the Grammy Award Winning Singer/Songwriter who was affiliated with the likes of Jay-Z, Kanye West and Alicia Keys. Life was good. In fact, life was AMAZING. Here I was, a child of immigrants, born and raised in Toronto, Canada, living out my dreams of being a major label recording artist, touring the world, and making money! Literally… my ancestors wildest dreams.
And then, one day I woke up, and my voice was gone.
Literally.
I was hoarse. I couldn’t sing beyond 30 mins, and no ENT specialist could give me a reasonable diagnosis.
I didn’t need medicine. I needed spiritual intervention. This was my AWAKENING.
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I was carrying the trauma of professional and personal heartbreak in my throat (chakra). It was the wake up call I didn’t know I needed. The realization that my voice was powerful, beyond singing ballads. The awareness that everything I spoke or thought of, ingested, and would create, had to be a mindful and intentional decision.
And in the absence of being able to release new music to the public for several years, I was called back to the title I gave myself at 4 years old #TheSingingNurse.
I started publicly sharing my truth and vulnerabilities as they related to being a new mom and evolving woman, along with the tools and practices that helped me heal and expand along the way. Singing is my gifting. Healing is my purpose. Embodying this awareness is what has grown my audience to what is now, the largest it’s ever been, and this is what encourages me to create a community where we can all feel supported and inspired. I am grateful to say that I have so much more to give, and I finally feel free to share it with the world. I will no longer hold back on being who I am, just to hold on to who I have been.
I give myself permission to be EVERYTHING I am.
I hope you are too. 💜
✨ Be Well, My Loves ✨
~MF
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EXPERIENCE THE MF LIFE… and STREAM IT!
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who bought tickets to my virtual event celebrating THE MF LIFE this past Sunday. Your kindness, patience, presence and LOVE were overflowing, and I had an absolute blast singing for all of you.
If you missed the festivities,
Allow me to reintroduce or introduce to you, The MF Life.
Stream it below:
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Melanie, I absolutely luv reading your personal insights, feelings, and introspective views on this blog!! It's like I have connected with a special "sisterhood" who understands the interests, health & mental needs, joys, and isolation time just about everything for women and It's so empowering!!! Thank you for this WONDERFUL personal resource. I'm so excited. Blessings your way!!!💜💜💜
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