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Leadership Coach • Counsellor • Retreat Facilitator • Wellness Expert

ABOUT

Melissa Horrell has spent over 25 years living inside the wellness industry — not just studying it, but building it from the ground up. From her early years as an aromatherapist and practitioner, to spa director, to founder of a million-dollar holistic spa, her work has always sat at the intersection of care, leadership, and real human experience.

Having lived and worked across eight countries, Melissa brings a rare global perspective to leadership in wellness. She understands the pressures faced by spa owners, managers, and practitioners because she has been there — leading teams, navigating growth, holding space for staff and clients, and making hard decisions while trying to stay aligned with values.

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A Different Kind of Leadership

Melissa’s approach to leadership is rooted in a simple but powerful belief:

  • You can lead powerfully without losing your softness.
  • You can succeed without burning out.
  • You can rise while staying rooted.

In an industry built on care, too many leaders are exhausted, overwhelmed, and disconnected from the very values that brought them into wellness in the first place. Melissa works with women who want to lead with clarity, compassion, and confidence — without sacrificing their nervous system, their health, or their humanity.

Her coaching blends practical leadership strategy with emotional intelligence, counselling skills, and deep respect for the unseen inner work that leadership requires.

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Lived Experience, Not Theory

Everything Melissa teaches is grounded in lived experience.

She has built and sold a successful spa business, trained managers and frontline teams, facilitated retreats, and supported women through major life transitions. She has also navigated profound personal loss, reinvention, and periods of starting over — experiences that have shaped her capacity to hold space with depth, humility, and presence.

This is not performative leadership.
This is leadership shaped by resilience, listening, and long-term vision.

The Work She Does Today

Through Spa Sisterhood, Melissa supports women in the spa, beauty, and wellness industries through:

  • Leadership coaching and mentoring
  • Manager and owner training
  • Retreats and immersive experiences
  • Workshops on emotional intelligence, boundaries, and sustainable leadership
  • Safe, honest conversations about power, responsibility, and care

Her work helps women move from survival mode into steady, embodied leadership — where decisions feel clearer, teams feel supported, and success no longer comes at the cost of wellbeing.

A Grounded, Human Presence

Melissa is known for her warmth, clarity, and ability to make people feel both seen and capable. She brings a calm authority that invites reflection, while offering practical tools that can be applied immediately in real-world environments.

Her facilitation style is thoughtful, intuitive, and deeply respectful of each woman’s unique path — whether she is leading a large team, running a solo practice, or standing at a crossroads in her career.

An Invitation

  • If you are a woman in wellness who feels the weight of responsibility
  • If you care deeply and want to lead well, without losing yourself
  • If you are ready to build something sustainable, meaningful, and aligned

You are not meant to do it alone.

Melissa’s work exists to remind you that leadership can be humane, profitable, and deeply nourishing — for you and for those you lead.

The spa sisterhood philosophy

"Sisterhood in leadership means we rise together - not by competing, but by connecting, reflecting, and holding each other to our highest"

"A spa thrives when its leader is organized and grounded, with the right skills to uplift your team"

" Leadership is not about having all the answers - it's about creating the kind of space where others feel brave enough to bring theirs."

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