Coaching & Counselling with Melli O’Brien

If you are looking for support in overcoming mental-emotional-behavioural struggles, navigating hard times with greater resilience, calm and wisdom or developing on your mindfulness or spiritual growth path these sessions are for you.

Many of my clients are also folks who want to learn mindfulness, accelerate or deepen their mindfulness practice both in terms of meditation and integrating mindfulness into daily life. So if that sounds like you, you’re in the right place. I’d love to coach and support you in developing your practice and will give you all the tools, support and home practice to support your journey.

*I also offer mentorship for mindfulness teachers, therapists and coaches who want to further develop their work or their business. Just feel free to book a single session and we can explore how I can help.

I really look forward to supporting you in your journey.

• I’m an internationally known educator and coach in the mental health space, specialising in mindfulness and mental resilience training.
• Over the past two decades my courses, retreats app and coaching have helped over 1 million people around the world.
• I’m the co-founder and co-host of the Mindfulness.com app
• I’m co-founder and host of the mindfulness summit (the world largest mindfulness conference. A not for profit project that has donated more that $750,000 to mental health charities around the world)
• I am the creator of the ‘Deep Resilience Method’. A trademarked method blending the fields of positive neuroplasticity training, mindfulness, peak performance psychology, stress reduction tactics and neuro linguistic programming into a psycho-spiritual approach to mental resilience that gets real results.
• In 2024 Mindful magazine named me one the the most powerful women in the mindfulness movement and industry experts have called me a leading authority on the topic of mental strength.
• After completing my first qualification in mindfulness in my 20’s I was hand selected to come and teach retreats ongoing at Australia’s largest ashram. Having taught literally hundreds of retreats, courses and classes both live, online and on apps and coaching so many folks over the years I have a wealth of experience in helping people to overcome mental struggles, transform their state of mind and tap into their greatest inner strengths.
• My passion for this work stems from my own first hand experience of overcoming depression and an eating disorder through using the tools I share with others now.
• I’d love to help support your journey to finding greater strength, wisdom and happiness in your life.

I will be a non judgemental, supportive and compassionate presence for you AND I will simultaneously hold the space for a higher standard for what’s possible for you. I will also hold you accountable to making the changes you commit too. I’ll lovingly and safely push you further into your potential and power. And I’ll be a support and companion for you as you walk through your darker days or into your higher mental-emotional and spiritual potentials.

Together we will progress, step by step, to shift from feeling stuck, stressed, disempowered and overwhelmed to feeling deeply rooted in confidence, love, calm and clarity.

I’ll give you the support, accountability and tools you need to transition into an inspiring and meaningful new life. It doesn’t always happen overnight (or in one session) but I will show up 100% and be committed to working with you and seeing you through to the positive results you’re looking for and put all the support and tools in place to ensure you continue your upward spiral going forward.

• Overcoming overwhelm – Uncover practical tools to calm your mind, become more present moment and banish overwhelm and find your calm.
• Navigating Change Skillfully – In times of transition and uncertainty, you’ll learn to embrace life’s changes with confidence, ease and resilience.
• Reduced Stress and Anxiety – Build the inner strength to manage difficult situations effectively, take charge of negative thoughts, become non-reactive and remain grounded and strong in the face of the uncertainty of life and the future.
• Calm and confidence in crisis – You’ll successfully cope with high stress, shock and times of intense difficulty, finding your centre in the present and adapting to the unfolding of a new world in the future.
• Better Sleep – Learn invaluable tools and practices to allow deep rest, and improve the quality of your sleep.
• Improved relationships – Increase self awareness and your ability to regulate your emotions to reduce automatic reactions and learn tools to navigate conflict.

Format, Timing and Frequency

The work I do with folks one-on-one ranges from the occasional sessions with someone who just needs an answer to a question or support with a specific challenge to consistent, weekly work that spans a period of years or deep immersion retreats over a series of days or even a week. For deep immersion we often do four sessions a day over a day or days allowing you to drop into a restorative retreat to relax, rejuvenate and emerge armed with powerful new tools that will last a lifetime. Different periods of your life will call for different things.

As we get to know each other over time we will get a sense for where you are in your life and what would support you best ongoing and we can figure out other ways of working together that may not be listed here. Together we can find the best frequency and level of support you would like ongoing in your life if you want that. There is flexibility in ways we can work together.

It is fine if you want to gift sessions to others; just email me and I can set that up for you.

Cancelation & Rescheduling Policy

When you book, you will receive a confirmation email that includes a link to reschedule your session if needed. My policy around this is simple: These are no refunds for coaching sessions but you can reschedule as many times as you need to as long as you do so 24 hours prior to your session. Within the 24 hour limit, sessions cannot be moved, and refunds cannot be given.