Meli Vargas

Meli Vargas

My name is Melissa Vargas and I have started and celebrated many dreams that have ever barely gotten off the ground, until now. Come with me as I start the scariest dream of it all, this podcast, and share my journey to make it a reality. These won’t be guru tips you get from people who’ve made it, you’re going to hear from someone changing her life in real-time.

Episodes

January 7, 2023 42 mins

We have all experienced heartbreak. But is heartbeark only when a romantic situation doesn't pan out? What about a job you wanted bu didn't get? What about a friendship that fizzles out, or a relative that is hard to deal with? Heartbreak comes in many forms.


And it's inevitable. We can't escape it, we can't avoid it. So what can we do?


In this episode I share three different scenarios and some helpful tips on how to work...

Mark as Played

Wether it's ADHD, depression, anxiety, life or family crisis, or anything else that could be weighing you down... life can get heavy and hard to bear. It's even harder to share the struggle and let people in when the house that's your life, relationship, heart, or mind isn't has tidy as you'd hope.


In this episode I tell you one simple thing, it's ok to feel like you need help, support, love, and it's perfectly fine to express...

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Shame should be ashamed. No really, it does some of the dirtiest work in us. It's like mold, but worst. Because it's so hard to get rid of. Just when you think you're past it, it comes back even stronger.

I know this all too well. This is why I knew this episode needed to exist early on.

you don't have to listen to its venom or bow down to its agenda to paralyze you to do what you've been dreaming of. Your dreams are valid and so i...

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In this first episode of the Find Your Start show, I share with you what led me to start the podcast, and where I am now in life that makes this beginning meaningful. 

Find out what the podcast is going to be about, and what my hope is for everyone listening.

This is not a "this is what you HAVE to do to accomplish "x" in life" kind of show. We're here to learn from each other and find the things, strategies, and tips that wil...

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October 20, 2022 1 min
It's here! The podcast I never thought I'd start. All because I wasn't waiting for the perfect art, the perfect, idea, the perfect episodes, guests... etc. I was listening to all the gurus, and everyone who had done it before me... and I was stuck. Stuck not being able to do it their way, and not listening to my own. Isn't that what happens to many of us? We listen to experts, follow their advice against our own needs, fail their w...
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