🎙️ The F.E.E.L Podcast – Episode: 4-Year Anniversary Special (LIVE) – Reflections, Vision & Vulnerability with Melissa Crook & Valencia Saint-Louis
Host: Melissa Crook | Guest Host: Valencia Saint-Louis | Written by: Jessica Garrison

Join us for a very special LIVE episode of The F.E.E.L Podcast as we celebrate 4 powerful years of vulnerability, healing, and community storytelling. In this milestone conversation, Founder & Thought Leader Melissa Crook takes the guest seat, interviewed by returning co-founder and original editor Valencia Saint-Louis.

Together, they revisit the podcast’s origin story, the 8 original F.E.E.L talking points that shaped the mission, and three guiding questions that continue to anchor this work in emotional truth and human connection. Melissa also opens up about her bold, expansive vision for the Embracing Layers Network—a multi-platform movement built to empower women to live unapologetically.

✨ Whether you’ve been tuning in since day one or are new to this growing community, this episode is a celebration of the transformation that happens when we give ourselves permission to feel.

🎉 In this anniversary episode, we explore:🌱 The journey from first episode to full network🌀 How the 8 talking points still guide today’s work💛 Moments of growth, doubt, clarity, and joy🗣️ The power of honest conversation & community🔮 A hopeful vision for year five and beyond

💛 Ways to Engage:
What has been your favorite episode so far this season or your favorite topic of conversation? Are there any topics you’d like to hear us discuss or any guests you’d like to see return?

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Timestamps:

Prioritizing Self Care - ( 17:28 )

Confidently Setting Boundaries - ( 21:04 )

Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health - ( 27:27 )

Support self & other women unapologetically - ( 34:04 )

Living Out of Your Own Expectations - ( 48:14 )

Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself - ( 56:23 )

Living out FEEL, how does it affect your relationships - ( 1:03:10 )

5 Activities That Nourish You - ( 1:11:06 )

5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months - ( 1:13:59 )

Original Music by Rio & Valencia Saint-Louis

✨ Free Download: Embracing a F.E.E.L Fueled Life Sample Freebie ✨

In this empowering bonus resource, we’re giving you a free sneak peek into the Embracing a F.E.E.L Fueled Life course! This downloadable PDF guides you through reconnecting with who you truly are—beyond your roles, responsibilities, and expectations.

Want to be a guest on The F.E.E.L. Podcast? - Finding Empowerment Embracing Layers? Send Melissa Crook a message on PodMatch, here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/feel2021⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or complete our contact form here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.embracinglayers.com/contact ⁠⁠