About Melissa Kelley

I believe the most powerful shifts happen when the right conditions are in place — and creating those conditions is what I do.

As a coach, event producer, and performing artist, my work lives at the intersection of creativity, connection, and purposeful change. Whether I’m working one-on-one with a client, producing an event that brings a community together, or stepping onto a stage, I’m always doing the same thing: co-creating space where something real can happen.
 
My clients leave our work together more accountable, more confident, more connected, and more creative. They’re energized by where they are and excited about what comes next. That kind of momentum — the kind that lasts — is what I’m here for.
 
I work with individuals ready to step into their next chapter, and with organizations (corporations, nonprofits, and arts communities) who believe that investing in people and creativity isn’t a luxury — it’s a strategy.

If you're ready to shift, I'm ready to co-create.

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Transformational Coach — Health Coach Institute (formerly Holistic MBA)
  • Active Ally – Providing leadership in entrepreneurship around diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I) issues
  • Certified Health Coach — Institute for Integrative Nutrition
  • Sacred Money Archetype Coach — Kendall Summerhawk
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EDUCATION

  • Otterbein University, Bachelor of Arts
  • PESI, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk on How the Body Keeps the Score: Intensive Trauma Treatment Course

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Kari

Love Notes

The Adoration Project guided by Melissa Kelley is a beautiful invitation—not just to reconnect with yourself, but to fall in love with yourself. Melissa provided a beautiful and intimate group platform with relatable and powerful exercises (guided journaling, group discussions, and pair dialogues) that made it so easy and necessary to be grounded in devotion to myself and who I want to be. I'm so glad I committed to this in spite of the busy demands of my life.

Instead of letting family, work, and obligations be my EXCUSE NOT TO do this, I let all of the above precious parts of my life BE THE REASON I HAD TO do this work. And with Melissa and her magical, intuitive coaching, I was in the best hands possible. Thank you so much. Highly recommend.

- Kari, Portland, OR

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