January 31, 2025 • 32 mins
Ever wondered how your gut might be the key to your mental wellness? Join me as I dive into an enlightening chat with Danielle Melanson, a passionate entrepreneur and mental wellness advocate. Danielle shares her transformative journey with Amare Global's innovative products, like the mood-boosting "Happy Juice," and their focus on the gut-brain connection.
We also explore Danielle's empowering new venture, "In the Know," a membership dedicated to supporting women's health, especially in navigating mental health and hormone-related challenges. Danielle opens up about her personal health battles, emphasizing the power of intuition and self-advocacy in healthcare. In the Know has an early bird discount available before Feb 14th 2025. Find her online for more info at Instagram danimcameron
Tune in as we discuss the importance of community, self-care, and unlearning perfectionism. This episode is a heartfelt blend of personal stories and actionable insights for anyone looking to enhance their mental wellness. Don't miss out on this inspiring conversation!
Connect with Danielle:
- Instagram: @danimcameron
- Facebook: Danielle Melanson
Stay informed and proactive about your health!
For more info and helpful tips visit my website at taraCmacdonald.com
Connect with me and my growing community on Facebook and Instagram!
Yours in health,
Tara
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Tara (00:01):
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(00:21):
Rock stars aren't born. They'rebred and experienced and fired.
Let's do this together.
Hi there, and welcome to Plus Fitness with Tara, the
podcast. I'm here today asDanielle Melanson. She is an
entrepreneur. She is a doc mom,and she's got some news. And I
thought it'd be great to shareit with the listeners just to
let everyone know what's goingon.
(00:42):
But Danielle and I have knowneach other for years. We worked
for a similar company for awhile, and, I was part of her
team for a bit. And I just, youknow, enjoy the enthusiasm she
brings. And I am a user of herproducts that she currently has.
And I just wanna say, you know,it is a pleasure to have you on
board.
And, Danielle, if you wanna sayyour name and what your business
is, and we'll start from there.
Danielle Melanson (01:03):
Absolutely. Thank you so much, Tara. Opening
up here when Tara and I werefirst just chatting, I said,
like, I appreciate Tara so muchbecause we have been, we've
almost grown up over the past,I'm gonna say, 15 years in
different businesses, and we welive in a similar community. So
it's always so great that we cansupport each other, and I
(01:24):
appreciate this, thisopportunity to share with you
guys what I have going on. So myname is Daniela Lawson.
You can find me on Instagram, atd a n I m, Cameron. That is a
new Instagram account I have. Iwas one of the people who got
shut down my larger account backin the fall. So it was a great
(01:48):
opportunity for me to rebuildsince I have pivoted in my
businesses. I am partnered withAmari Global, which is the only
mental wellness company in theworld.
And I also have just started amembership subscription called
in the know, and you'll be ableto access and find out more
(02:10):
information about both of thosethings, when you find me either
on Instagram, in my link tree orover on Facebook at Daniel
Melanson. But, yeah, thanks somuch for having me, Tara.
Tara (02:22):
Yeah. No problem. And, everyone, that's Danielle
Melancon with 2 l's. So d a n Ie l l m e l a n s o n. And I'm
sure that if you do a Googlesearch for that name, you'll
find her at the social mediasbecause she's popped up, she's
got this membership, she's withAmari.
And I have to say, you know, I'mone of her Amari customers and,
you know, of course, I wasskeptical at first, but I have
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to tell you, my mental health,you know, has never been better
and, it got rid of that brainfog I had for 24 years. I
couldn't believe it. 3 days inand I woke up clear as a bell
one day, and I just I have totell you that it's the most
powerful feeling. I'm not sayingit's like a be on end all for
everybody, but for meindividually it worked, and
also, you know, I am verygrateful because when I get up
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in the morning, I have to dealwith 2 huskies, and it's better
to be alert than not alert. Butokay.
So, so, Danielle, tell tell me alittle bit more about Amari. You
know, what what what does it do?So yeah.
Danielle Melanson (03:20):
Well, this is the thing. And I had been,
working with another company,for 11 and a half years. So in
order for me to pivot, 21 monthsago, I always say to people, the
the power of this product andthe alignment with this company
had to have been reallysignificant, and it certainly
was. So at first, I was the sameas you, Tara, and I love to hear
(03:42):
your testimony. It's incredible.
I tried this product skepticallyas well. Didn't love the
marketing, didn't love thepackaging, didn't love the name.
And I was, you know, told by afriend, you know, please, I know
it's gonna help you try it out,and I did. And, within a week,
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we were actually going throughthe really stressful time here
in Nova Scotia where we had thefires. I was doing a lot of
volunteer work trying to get,some community community based
things going.
I was off schedule, off sleepingschedule, off eating schedule.
And my husband looked at me andhe said, the neighbors actually
looked at me and said, wow,Danielle seems really happy. And
(04:25):
he looked and we had that poornutrition, grabbing what we
could, you know, bulk buyingthings for volunteers and
everything else. And he lookedat me knowing I had such
digestion issues. He said,what's happening?
Normally, you would like youwould be so in so much pain and
so inflamed from eating. We hadpizza. And I said, I've, day 5
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into these supplements, and helooked at me and he said,
whatever you're taking, I wantmy own 30 day supply. And that
is when I did the deep dive intothe products, the science
science based holisticnutrition, mental wellness
products, and of course then thecompany. So basically, Amare, we
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are the only well, mentalwellness, company out there.
A lot of people may know one ofour viral products called Happy
Juice, and that was the product.I was like, I don't like the
word happy juice. Like, come on.You can't get, you know, happy
in a drink. Come on.
And I was so skeptical, butmental health, is such as you
(05:29):
know, Tara, is such an importanttopic in so many households,
especially in our household aswell. My husband and I both deal
with mental health disorders andlife. Like, welcome to planet
Earth. Right? So between traumaand, day to day just navigating
through life, you know, it takesa toll.
(05:51):
You know, I'm in my lateforties, my husband's in his mid
fifties and these products madea very similar impact on us that
they did on Utara. Brain foggone, uplifting, you know,
different like just moodregulation. And on top of that,
it's healing the microbiome fromthe inside out. So this is what
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we love. So many people don'trealize that a lot of our
issues, whether it's a mental,mental wellness issue or a
digestion issue, stems from thegut.
And our company's main, mainfocus is the gut brain access.
So our brain, our heart as our3rd gut, and of course, our our
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our what they call the secondbrain is the gut. And, we have
patented patented, formulas thatuse not just, you know,
probiotics and prebiotics, butspecial psychobiotics. And
that's what makes our product sodifferent and so effective. So I
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fell in love with this.
I've absolutely fell in lovewith it. Realized it was a woman
led company. Our CEO, Asma. Weare owned by David Chung. So he
we have one owner, not a board,not a publicly traded company.
So I felt very comfortable, in adirect sales space going forward
with a company who had clear,concise communication about
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where they were going, what theywere doing, and that they wanted
to make a legacy, with helpingso many households with these
common everyday problems thatare often overlooked.
Tara (07:33):
Yeah. And I think what you gotta understand too is, like,
you know, I even approached, youknow, some people in nutrition
and evidence based science withthe project. I said, honestly,
you just really need to give ita try. I said, because, you
know, I wasn't expecting it todo anything, but I was feeling I
had a lot happening. It wasOctober, you know, stuff was
(07:54):
going on, and I was just, like,I was heading towards the
anniversary of my dad's thing.
I was like, you know, I waslike, why not even just try it?
I was like, because, like, atleast, you know, I've given it a
shot and seen what it's like.And honestly, I was just like, I
would have done anything toalleviate myself's spirits. You
know what I mean? Just to like,not drugs or alcohol or anything
crazy, but I thought ofsupplement, I'm like, I'll give
it a shot.
3 days in, I wake up, I'm alert,I'm just like, okay, end of
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story. And what I love is that,you speak so passionately about
it and, like, have laid out thefact that the company, you know,
is not run by a poor board, it'snot public yet. Do you know what
I mean? So there's a lot offinancial security for anybody
who wanted to join your team or,you know, invest in MRA, you
know, after trying the productand using it and seeing how it
works. But, everyone, you canfind Danielle Muslin on
(08:40):
Instagram at dannymcameron, d an I m c a m e r o n, just in
case you're wondering as we goalong.
But, I just you know, I thinkone of the things is, yes,
mental health, wellness has notbeen really dug into yet. You
know, with with Amari is a greatyou know, got a great reputation
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right off the bat, and isworking for people. And what I
wanna say is, like, whilesomeone listening may think, oh,
that's woo woo. It won't workfor me. All I have to tell you
is you need to try it.
You know what I mean? You needto try it.
See what happens. Follow follow follow
the recommendation. And just, you know, see what because
it's not like it's gonna takeaway your mental health, but
it's gonna enhance your abilityto deal with your mental health.
(09:25):
You know, besides talk therapyand medication and whatever else
you need to do for yourself,whatever works for you as an
individual, I'm like, give it ashot because, like, it worked
for me. And I just you know, Iwanna share that MRI is probably
one of the greatest companiesI've seen in how it treats its
staff as well. Do you know whatI mean?
Like, its employees, it's, like,direct sales team because they
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honestly believe in the peoplethat are working for them. And
everything that you've sharedonline, I've watched, you know,
Danielle, because, like, it'sfun to see. It's great to see
people have a good time and alsoenjoy sharing the product. So
and I think you just had yourecently just came off a trip to
and you were near the DallasCowboys stadium, but you were in
the training center. Right?
I think there was a little bit alittle bit of conflict just to,
(10:08):
you know, and people are sofootball crazy. Like, it's just,
like, wow. Like, I don't followfootball that much, but I was
just like, oh, she had toclarify where she was because
people were like, you're notactually in Sweden. And I'm
like, woah, woah, woah. I'mlike, she's in the same, you
know, area.
Good god. You know? But yeah. Soyou had a trip down there and
and you had fun. So yeah.
Danielle Melanson (10:28):
It was, and it was amazing. So we got to be
and we're a global company aswell, Tara, which is absolutely
incredible. So we had peopleflying in from Turkey,
Australia, of course, Canada.Consider us even though we're
North America, we're still likeyou know, it's a it's an it's a
US based business. They were infrom Sweden, the UK, of course,
(10:54):
and we're all over Europe, andAsia as well, which is really,
really great.
So it's wonderful that we canhave this opportunity, to share
not just the products, but theopportunity globally, which I
know from working with othercompanies is a really hard nut
to crack to get into othermarkets. So that was really
awesome. And we got to be likeprivy in the room with the CEO
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and the owner, David Chung wasthere, chatting with us and, you
know, walking the room. Youknow, there's no there's no
handlers or anything like that.Walking the room, taking
pictures.
At one point, we were, like,last night of the convention, we
were kind of saying goodbye toeveryone, you know, having a
drink and and in the lobby andthe owner, billionaire David
(11:41):
Chung, walks by and comes rightover to us and is like, I hope
you had a great weekend, safetravels, everyone. Like, he was
just walking around by himself,which is so awesome. So you
really feel that, community, andthat's what you want, from a
company, especially a companythat large. But, yeah, we had
fun.
Tara (11:59):
I was at the practice.
Danielle Melanson (12:00):
I was at the practice field of the Dallas
Cowboys. It was pretty fun. Itwas a pretty cool city for sure.
Tara (12:05):
We felt valued. I think that's the main thing. You know,
just having listened to a fewdifferent issues with different
MLM companies. What's differentabout this company is they
really do take the time. Youjust told us that the CEO, the
top guy, was walking around,make sure everybody was having a
a good send off, you know.
I mean, that doesn't alwayshappen, you know. I know when I
was at a different ML companyyears ago for about 2 years, you
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know, you were pretty much anumber in the auditorium, and it
was considered terrible to eventalk to other people on other
teams. Like, you just you know,even though you knew them. Like,
I would it was bizarre, thesocial, you know, do's and
don'ts. And I just I couldn'tbelieve it.
I was just like, but we're allworking with the same company.
Like, why don't we all supporteach other? And they were just
like, no. You can't go over andtalk to them right now. And I
was just like, oh, but, youknow, I work with them.
(12:48):
Like, I see them every day, and,like, we're just on different
teams. It's no big deal. But,like, you know, that's when I
realized I was in the wrong, youknow, company because it was not
treating us as valued staff andalso did not have a team
approach. You know? And Amarisounds like it at least has,
with its global perspective, itwants to succeed no matter what
level you're at and where yougo, so that's cool.
(13:10):
Alright. Why don't we get into alittle bit about this membership
In the Know? First of all, howdid she come up with the name?
You know, In the Know.
What's what's
that about?
Danielle Melanson (13:18):
In the Know.
Tara (13:19):
Yeah. It was
Danielle Melanson (13:19):
back and forth. I love that you asked me
that question. I was back andforth so many times because,
basically, Tara, I am 48 yearsold. I'm post hysterectomy. I'm
a trauma survivor.
I started my weight lossjourney, 18 years ago, at £250.
I am, you know, endometriosis. Ijust found out from my nurse
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practitioner. I was undiagnosedPCOS my whole entire life,
weight loss resistant. I'm amiddle child.
If I'm a middle child or no,like, okay, I was a middle
child. There was a I've I'vebeen blessed with so many things
in my life and I've had so manystruggles as well that I've
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always tried to figure out howam I gonna get on the other side
of this? How am I gonna get onthe other side of this? And I
think, you know, that not alwaysthe practitioners that are at
our doorstep, especially atCanadian as Canadians are the
people who are gonna help uswith every step of that way. We
have to get creative.
(14:25):
We have to sometimes use privatepractices. We have to, you know,
pay for certain tests that aregoing to give us clear cut
answers about what's going onor, or, and not always rely on
our government agencies, sadly,is wonderful as it is to live in
Canada and have that security ofhealthcare. It's often leads us
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to dead roads. And I felt sofrustrated with my health, my
mental health, and my physicalhealth as a woman that I have
done so much healing. My husbandis 20 month 21 months, sober.
And through all of that, ourhealing journey together, you
know, of course, he wakes upevery single morning, and that
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is his his major struggle. Ican't even imagine that. But,
like he says, without any doubt,it affects the whole entire
household. And so I always, healways says it's our sobriety
journey. And so between that anddealing with my hormone health,
my physical health, I have doneso much research and, dug so
(15:33):
deep into different, modalitiesof health care that I was like,
I need to let women know.
I know there's podcasts outthere and I'm sharing all of
those podcasts who talk, youknow, about doctors who are,
hormone health experts becauseI'm not an expert. I just play 1
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on TV. And so I can, you know,give people studies and
resources and people in theirown neighborhood who can help
them with certain things. I getso many messages in my inbox
about my husband's sobriety, andit was so funny. I reached out
to, the agency who helped mewith a a 6 week course, of
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dealing and called affectedothers.
And they wrote me the mostbeautiful message back saying
that I didn't need to be ahealth care professional to help
the people in my membership,that I was a peer supporter.
They gave me resources to helppeople. We're gonna be sharing
that journey within mymembership, and so many other
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things. Day to day lifestyle,fun things about hair, about
beauty, about aging, all of thethings that make you live an up
leveled vivacious life. We needmore we can't just exist.
We have to live our best life.And so I was trying to find a
platform, Tara, and you'll beable to access it through my
(17:02):
Instagram page, danimcamer0n r on, Danny m Cameron. You'll see
right there in my link tree,you'll be able to access that
membership subscription, whereI'm going to be uncensored
because it's behind a paywalland kinda peel back the layers
(17:23):
of the onions of lots ofdifferent topics. Lots of fun
topics. It's not just abouthealth and wellness.
Lots of science based researchthat is gonna is not just gonna
help me, but help everybodyelse. And I actually have a 25%
off membership. And you'll seethe code for that as well when
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you go into my link tree on myInstagram, until February 14th.
So anybody who wants to getgrandfathered into that and they
can, you know, be in the know.So long story short, Tara,
that's how I came up with thename because I wanted to kinda
take everything I've beenthrough and everything that's in
my brain and in my heart andsomehow duplicate that in a
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space that was private, that wasoff social media.
So this isn't a the circle app,and that people would be able I
would be able to express myselfalmost like a Patreon, a little
bit more openly, without beingas as censored to help others.
Tara (18:27):
Yeah. I think that's great. So I love all of that.
When the things that I talk tookoff that were 25% off membership
until February 14th, which wasfantastic. You have the belief
in the private health caresystem similar to what I do.
We love our public health caresystem, but it did not work for
me and what I'm currentlydealing with. And I'll share
that more later down the roadonce I come through the other
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side. I think right now, beingin the mix of it, I don't need
to
bring anything down with the whole thing. But what I love
is that, you know, I have myEmery, do you know what I mean?
And with me to help me along theway to help make decisions that
are crucial to my my healththat's going on. And what I love
is that, you know, you'vecombined it all with peer
support along with, you know,scientific studies, so, you
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know, you're getting the name inthe know. Because, like you
said, it's like it's like a it'slike peer support advice, but
also suggestions on, like, funthings as well to alleviate the
mood so it's not just so heavy atopic for people to deal with.
Because, to be honest, themajority of people who might
join will probably be women, andwe love, like, a well reined
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rounded out subject. Do you knowwhat I mean? Like, not just,
like, one heavy topic all thetime We're beaten over the head
about something. We we wouldlike to we like to talk. We like
to socialize.
We like to draw upon each otherand share stories. Do you know
what I mean? So I think that's agreat place for membership to
share stories called in the knowbecause we're just like it's
like it's like in the know isbehind our intuition is what I
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take from that because there's alot of stuff that happens as you
hit a certain age for womenthat, honestly, we're just like,
maybe my doctor is notcompletely correct, and I should
get this checked out. Or, youknow, I have, like, a little
tinkle that perhaps this is noteverything that the doctor is
saying, and you and you followthat thread because that's your
intuition telling you, andthat's what I feel like in the
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know is. It's like yourintuition telling you that, yes,
this membership will be for meand for other people who are
curious and questioning thingslike me, and it's a great way to
start the discussion.
You know? Open the dialogue.Right?
Danielle Melanson (20:24):
Yeah. Well, you totally hit the nail on the
head. That is so right. I wantwomen to feel empowered that
their intuition is the mostpowerful thing that they have
and not to second guess it. Ithink in our society, it's been
kind of, you know, beaten downon us so many times.
I don't know. No. Don't befoolish or you're overthinking
(20:46):
it or you're, you know, youknow, that you're being dramatic
or, you know, whatever, butthere's no I always say we
nobody knows us as much as weknow ourselves. Yeah. You know,
we know that intuition, thatknowing within ourselves is so
powerful and not justphysically, but spiritually.
And I know you're so connectedto that, Tara, as well. You have
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so many modalities that you justthrive in. And these are the
types of things I'm gonna beexploring and interviewing
people as well, to have, youknow, like I can't wait to
interview you, Tara, if you havesome time and and we get to know
all about you. I know my humandesign girl. I'm interviewing
her.
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I'm gonna be talking with amacro coach. Of course, my nurse
practitioner who helps me with,like, BHRT. We're gonna be
breaking down, like, stereotypesand and not just opinions, but
the science and the studies thatgo behind, dispelling some myths
around women's, health care. Youknow?
Tara (21:49):
Yeah. Yeah. And I think what's great is that it's almost
like with every going oneverything going on politically
and medically right now in, youknow, in the North American
world, you know, women's healthis a hot topic. And so a lot of
women are, you know, finding outthat they need to speak up about
their own health because they'renot being taken seriously or
they're they're feeling likesomething is happening. They're
(22:10):
not sure.
I mean, recently, we have, youknow, the movement in Nova
Scotia. There's this advocacygroup on Instagram that I follow
for Nova Scotia dense breasts,and it's simply because a woman
who unfortunately gotmisdiagnosed by her doctor died
of, you know, breast cancer. Andby the time she was discovered
with this with you know, it wastoo late. And one of the things
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I wanna say about being a partof that group is to really open
my eyes as to what we haveavailable in Nova Scotia for
health and what we need helpwith. And so I'm supporting that
movement.
I share some of their stuff. Youknow, I listen to their stories
and stuff. And I just thinkthat, you know, what they have
is so legit to say, you know, weneed better screening in Nova
Scotia. Fantastic. Let's work onthat.
(22:50):
Do you know what I mean? What Ilove about your membership is
women who have little inklingsthat maybe they need to take a
little note towards their healthwill feel empowered enough to
approach a medical doctor in thepublic medical health care
system and say, I need help.Please help me now, and not
leave until they get that help.Do you know what I mean? Even if
the doctor is not warming up tothem, shall we say?
(23:12):
Like, politely. I'm not gonna,you know, slam doctors, but some
of them just don't listen. And,you know, this will give them a
space where they can findanother doctor or I think
there's for example, I havemoved to a private doctor in
Nova Scotia. It's calledSignature Health on, in in in
the in the Burnside, I believe,area and or is it Wash Mill? I
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can't remember off the top of myhead.
But what what's hilarious is I'mwaiting to, you know, get that
completely done. But I have tosay, like, we didn't have this
option a few years ago. And, youknow, they have a long list and
stuff so that you have to get inon the list and get in and see
them and do the whole thing. Andthen what they do is they have a
well rounded approach to it. Youmeet with a kinesiologist.
You do a stress test. Like, theycheck their things out with an
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ultrasound. Like, you know,like, they do a well rounded
picture first before you comein. And I wish that was our
health care system for thepublic health care system right
now because it would it wouldopen up so many doors for women
to feel comfortable enough totalk about their health that
they would get looked at. Do youknow what I mean?
And just being looked atproperly is really what we need
to do. I mean, you even knowwith your own experience, you
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know, being being, you know,misdiagnosed or not diagnosed
properly with the PCOS. Do youknow what I mean? Like, it's
just it's one of the thingswhere it was perhaps a missing
piece that you were wonderingwhat was going on. And,
unfortunately, all theresponsibility of our health
falls back on us.
We have to be our own healthcare advocates, and we pay taxes
that should be, like, puttingthat on the health care system,
(24:37):
not on us. So I love thatthere's this membership out that
people can, you know, engage inconversation, start to find
answers, start to feel thatperhaps they're not the crazy
lady in the medical room, andthat they need the actual, you
know, direction and help. Do youknow what I mean? Like, it's
just like
Danielle Melanson (24:51):
Been that crazy lady, Tara. I'll tell you
about that
Tara (24:54):
right now.
Me too.
Danielle Melanson (24:55):
And and it's so funny when you you you said
you you have to not take no foran answer and and and you need
to know. I I in my family, mymother's a nurse. My father's
respiratory tech. My sister hasher master's in nutrition. So I
grew up in a family of medicalprofessionals.
I have so much respect for them.And even my other sister is a
vet tech. So she she's justtaking care of the fur babies.
Tara (25:17):
Right.
Danielle Melanson (25:18):
So I have so much respect. So I'm not
throwing shade on on anybodylike that, but I remember when I
was 2 40, I knew there wassomething wrong, and I was told
there wasn't. Finally, I gotinto a gynecologist, and I was
told I gained £15 in 4 weekseating properly and exercising
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and doing yoga. And if because Ididn't look sick, I was told
you're a beautiful young lady,go out and live your life. And I
refused.
I said, I'm not leaving this. II waited so long for the
specialist appointment. I said,I'm not leaving until you find
out what's the matter with me.And I sat in her room. And she
did slam the door, but she cameback.
(26:01):
And she gave me a biopsy. Andwhen the biopsy came back, she
apologized and said, you haveprecancerous cells in your
uterus. And I'm so sorry. And Iwas like, no. Thank you for
finding that.
And I 6 weeks later, I had anemergency hysterectomy. But this
(26:22):
was the thing. Like, I had toliterally they were calling me a
pit bull in the around I couldhear them, like, the the the
workers and stuff.
Tara (26:32):
Yeah. Front desk. Yeah.
Danielle Melanson (26:33):
Because I wouldn't I wouldn't give off the
room. I wouldn't give off thatroom. And I I and I don't I
don't I'm not saying that weshould do that or chain
ourselves to a chair, anythinglike that, but we have to let
people know that we wantanswers, and it's our right.
Yeah. And so I want to, youknow, here I am 8 years later
now on the other side of, posthysterectomy and dealing with
(26:57):
everything that goes along withthat.
And that's why I really wantedto share and take what I know
and my experiences to empowerwomen.
Tara (27:06):
Yeah. 100%. Yeah. Okay. So, Danimcameorn, on Instagram,
on Facebook as well, DanimelMalonson.
And, I just wanna say, you know,as we wrap up in the next few
minutes, this has been afantastic conversation, and I
hope that someone listening,who's sitting with their own
health, you know, I havelisteners in different
(27:27):
demographics around the world,you know, that you don't give up
that space. I mean, same for forme, you know, with my own health
over the past, I'd say, 9months. You know, I did not give
up the space, but instead when Irealized I wasn't going to get
anywhere, I found otheralternatives. Do you know what I
mean? In the in the privatehealth care system.
Like, I immediately looked it upbecause a friend of mine simply
said, you know, why don't youthink about private? And I was
(27:50):
like, I'll get on the list. Youknow what I mean? And that's
when it actually really startedfor me. So, you know, I hope
that this membership at leasttriggers people to feel that
they can stay in the room and,you know, like, we're we're not
advocating violence or aninsurrection or anything like
that, but, you know, you have tobe affirmative.
You have to be assertive enoughto and have some affirmations as
(28:10):
you sit there to say, there issomething wrong with me. I need
your help. You are the expert.Please give me that help. Do you
know what I mean?
And then and then and then ifthe test comes back with
nothing, you're fine. Do youknow what I mean? Like, find it,
you know, and you're like but ifyou sit in that room with that
specialist or that doctor andstart the journey because, you
know, you want something doneand something does come back,
(28:31):
you you at least have theknowledge. That's about the
thing, but in the know. It's,like, it's having the knowledge
of the intuition in the know torealize that you're moving
forward and that you need help.
You know what I mean? So it'sjust I think it's a very
powerful community you'rebuilding, and it's 25% off
membership until February 14th.And and I
Danielle Melanson (28:48):
promise to make you laugh too. I promise to
make you laugh in there.
Tara (28:51):
Well and and I promise to make
you laugh. Yeah. And, like, and what I love about
Janelle too is, like, and foreverybody listening is, like,
you know, we do have a sense ofhumor and then we deal with this
because it is a very, you know,heavy subject and you have to
kinda just have the attitude ofjust, like, okay, you know, this
doctor doesn't believe me, maybeI'll find another one who does,
you know, and keep going. Butalso do the kind of thing where
(29:12):
you just you're completely, likeI mean, I know when I was
sitting in my doctor's office, Iwas like, am I the crazy lady in
the room? Like, is is me rightnow.
Like, it's just like, am I theone that is losing my mind
because my doctor is not, like,paying attention to me? And sure
enough, what I found out laterwas that I have something very
serious. So, like, you know, ifI hadn't kept going, if I had
just listened to that onedoctor, I would still be
suffering and not knowing what'shappening. And I'm headed
(29:34):
towards surgery because of itand hopefully come through okay.
Do you know what I mean?
So, like but, like, the thingis, like, I would not have the
surgery date if I had not keptgoing. Do you know what I mean?
So and if I had listened to thatone doctor, I would not be where
I am right now. So, like, youknow, I was the crazy lady in
the room, but I was just like, Ican't keep doing this. Like,
he's not he's not gonna give meanything.
So I was able to find a privatehealth care system and do that,
(29:55):
but and and not everybody can dothat. Do you know what I mean?
Sometimes they have to find thewhole new doctor, so, yeah.
Okay, so we're wrapping up.Anything you wanna share in the
last minute, Danielle?
Anything you wanna talk aboutquickly? You know, we talked
about Omari, we talked aboutyour interest in health, you've
got scientific studies to backyou up, you know, peer support,
you know, all kinds of stuffthat you're dealing with in your
(30:17):
membership about how to tacklestereotypes. You know, is there
anything we haven't covered yetthat you wanna chat about, you
know, besides the fact thatyou're dog mom too?
Danielle Melanson (30:25):
Yeah. Dog mom. Yes. Oh my gosh. They're
downstairs being very goodwaiting for their walk.
The other thing I wanna talkabout is that whether you're a
customer of mine with Amare andor in my membership hub, the one
thing that I try, to the energythat I give, in my mentorship is
(30:46):
the unlearning of perfectionism,Tara. And so, you know, if
you're the type of person who,you know, you're trying to break
through an a type personalityand, guys, it's not our fault.
It's the way we were growing up.But when you got a 98, it was
like, why isn't it a 100? Yougot a pat on the back for that.
We are, really trying to unlearnwhat society has, kind of driven
(31:10):
into us as we grew up. So youare gonna learn how to give
yourself grace. I am gonnacelebrate you when you take
rest. I'm gonna celebrate youwhen you retreat. I am gonna
celebrate you when you sleep in.
I'm going to celebrate you onall the society norms that we
break, and I'm gonna help youunlearn those. And your life is
(31:33):
gonna be so much better becauseof it.
Tara (31:35):
Awesome. Awesome. Okay. We're wrapping up. So d a n I m
c a m e o er0n.
Sorry.Dannymcameron@@@instagramandfacebook.
Danielle Melancon as well. And,fantastic. So I I think that's
about us for for right now, but,appreciate you coming on,
Danielle.
Such a pleasure as always, and Ilove that you're doing this, and
(31:56):
I'm happy to support yourmovement in the know. Can we all
stay in the know and know aboutour health and healing and move
from there? That would befantastic.
Danielle Melanson (32:05):
Yeah, so thank you. Absolutely, thank you
so much Tara. Thank you, thankyou.
Tara (32:09):
Cheers. That's it for now guys. Alright.
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Rock stars aren't born. They'rebred and experienced and fired.
Let's do this together.
Hi there, and welcome to Plus Fitness with Tara, the
podcast. I'm here today asDanielle Melanson. She is an
entrepreneur. She is a doc mom,and she's got some news. And I
thought it'd be great to shareit with the listeners just to
let everyone know what's goingon.
(00:42):
But Danielle and I have knowneach other for years. We worked
for a similar company for awhile, and, I was part of her
team for a bit. And I just, youknow, enjoy the enthusiasm she
brings. And I am a user of herproducts that she currently has.
And I just wanna say, you know,it is a pleasure to have you on
board.
And, Danielle, if you wanna sayyour name and what your business
is, and we'll start from there.
Danielle Melanson (01:03):
Absolutely. Thank you so much, Tara. Opening
up here when Tara and I werefirst just chatting, I said,
like, I appreciate Tara so muchbecause we have been, we've
almost grown up over the past,I'm gonna say, 15 years in
different businesses, and we welive in a similar community. So
it's always so great that we cansupport each other, and I
(01:24):
appreciate this, thisopportunity to share with you
guys what I have going on. So myname is Daniela Lawson.
You can find me on Instagram, atd a n I m, Cameron. That is a
new Instagram account I have. Iwas one of the people who got
shut down my larger account backin the fall. So it was a great
(01:48):
opportunity for me to rebuildsince I have pivoted in my
businesses. I am partnered withAmari Global, which is the only
mental wellness company in theworld.
And I also have just started amembership subscription called
in the know, and you'll be ableto access and find out more
(02:10):
information about both of thosethings, when you find me either
on Instagram, in my link tree orover on Facebook at Daniel
Melanson. But, yeah, thanks somuch for having me, Tara.
Tara (02:22):
Yeah. No problem. And, everyone, that's Danielle
Melancon with 2 l's. So d a n Ie l l m e l a n s o n. And I'm
sure that if you do a Googlesearch for that name, you'll
find her at the social mediasbecause she's popped up, she's
got this membership, she's withAmari.
And I have to say, you know, I'mone of her Amari customers and,
you know, of course, I wasskeptical at first, but I have
(02:43):
to tell you, my mental health,you know, has never been better
and, it got rid of that brainfog I had for 24 years. I
couldn't believe it. 3 days inand I woke up clear as a bell
one day, and I just I have totell you that it's the most
powerful feeling. I'm not sayingit's like a be on end all for
everybody, but for meindividually it worked, and
also, you know, I am verygrateful because when I get up
(03:04):
in the morning, I have to dealwith 2 huskies, and it's better
to be alert than not alert. Butokay.
So, so, Danielle, tell tell me alittle bit more about Amari. You
know, what what what does it do?So yeah.
Danielle Melanson (03:20):
Well, this is the thing. And I had been,
working with another company,for 11 and a half years. So in
order for me to pivot, 21 monthsago, I always say to people, the
the power of this product andthe alignment with this company
had to have been reallysignificant, and it certainly
was. So at first, I was the sameas you, Tara, and I love to hear
(03:42):
your testimony. It's incredible.
I tried this product skepticallyas well. Didn't love the
marketing, didn't love thepackaging, didn't love the name.
And I was, you know, told by afriend, you know, please, I know
it's gonna help you try it out,and I did. And, within a week,
(04:03):
we were actually going throughthe really stressful time here
in Nova Scotia where we had thefires. I was doing a lot of
volunteer work trying to get,some community community based
things going.
I was off schedule, off sleepingschedule, off eating schedule.
And my husband looked at me andhe said, the neighbors actually
looked at me and said, wow,Danielle seems really happy. And
(04:25):
he looked and we had that poornutrition, grabbing what we
could, you know, bulk buyingthings for volunteers and
everything else. And he lookedat me knowing I had such
digestion issues. He said,what's happening?
Normally, you would like youwould be so in so much pain and
so inflamed from eating. We hadpizza. And I said, I've, day 5
(04:48):
into these supplements, and helooked at me and he said,
whatever you're taking, I wantmy own 30 day supply. And that
is when I did the deep dive intothe products, the science
science based holisticnutrition, mental wellness
products, and of course then thecompany. So basically, Amare, we
(05:09):
are the only well, mentalwellness, company out there.
A lot of people may know one ofour viral products called Happy
Juice, and that was the product.I was like, I don't like the
word happy juice. Like, come on.You can't get, you know, happy
in a drink. Come on.
And I was so skeptical, butmental health, is such as you
(05:29):
know, Tara, is such an importanttopic in so many households,
especially in our household aswell. My husband and I both deal
with mental health disorders andlife. Like, welcome to planet
Earth. Right? So between traumaand, day to day just navigating
through life, you know, it takesa toll.
(05:51):
You know, I'm in my lateforties, my husband's in his mid
fifties and these products madea very similar impact on us that
they did on Utara. Brain foggone, uplifting, you know,
different like just moodregulation. And on top of that,
it's healing the microbiome fromthe inside out. So this is what
(06:13):
we love. So many people don'trealize that a lot of our
issues, whether it's a mental,mental wellness issue or a
digestion issue, stems from thegut.
And our company's main, mainfocus is the gut brain access.
So our brain, our heart as our3rd gut, and of course, our our
(06:36):
our what they call the secondbrain is the gut. And, we have
patented patented, formulas thatuse not just, you know,
probiotics and prebiotics, butspecial psychobiotics. And
that's what makes our product sodifferent and so effective. So I
(06:56):
fell in love with this.
I've absolutely fell in lovewith it. Realized it was a woman
led company. Our CEO, Asma. Weare owned by David Chung. So he
we have one owner, not a board,not a publicly traded company.
So I felt very comfortable, in adirect sales space going forward
with a company who had clear,concise communication about
(07:20):
where they were going, what theywere doing, and that they wanted
to make a legacy, with helpingso many households with these
common everyday problems thatare often overlooked.
Tara (07:33):
Yeah. And I think what you gotta understand too is, like,
you know, I even approached, youknow, some people in nutrition
and evidence based science withthe project. I said, honestly,
you just really need to give ita try. I said, because, you
know, I wasn't expecting it todo anything, but I was feeling I
had a lot happening. It wasOctober, you know, stuff was
(07:54):
going on, and I was just, like,I was heading towards the
anniversary of my dad's thing.
I was like, you know, I waslike, why not even just try it?
I was like, because, like, atleast, you know, I've given it a
shot and seen what it's like.And honestly, I was just like, I
would have done anything toalleviate myself's spirits. You
know what I mean? Just to like,not drugs or alcohol or anything
crazy, but I thought ofsupplement, I'm like, I'll give
it a shot.
3 days in, I wake up, I'm alert,I'm just like, okay, end of
(08:17):
story. And what I love is that,you speak so passionately about
it and, like, have laid out thefact that the company, you know,
is not run by a poor board, it'snot public yet. Do you know what
I mean? So there's a lot offinancial security for anybody
who wanted to join your team or,you know, invest in MRA, you
know, after trying the productand using it and seeing how it
works. But, everyone, you canfind Danielle Muslin on
(08:40):
Instagram at dannymcameron, d an I m c a m e r o n, just in
case you're wondering as we goalong.
But, I just you know, I thinkone of the things is, yes,
mental health, wellness has notbeen really dug into yet. You
know, with with Amari is a greatyou know, got a great reputation
(09:02):
right off the bat, and isworking for people. And what I
wanna say is, like, whilesomeone listening may think, oh,
that's woo woo. It won't workfor me. All I have to tell you
is you need to try it.
You know what I mean? You needto try it.
See what happens. Follow follow follow
the recommendation. And just, you know, see what because
it's not like it's gonna takeaway your mental health, but
it's gonna enhance your abilityto deal with your mental health.
(09:25):
You know, besides talk therapyand medication and whatever else
you need to do for yourself,whatever works for you as an
individual, I'm like, give it ashot because, like, it worked
for me. And I just you know, Iwanna share that MRI is probably
one of the greatest companiesI've seen in how it treats its
staff as well. Do you know whatI mean?
Like, its employees, it's, like,direct sales team because they
(09:46):
honestly believe in the peoplethat are working for them. And
everything that you've sharedonline, I've watched, you know,
Danielle, because, like, it'sfun to see. It's great to see
people have a good time and alsoenjoy sharing the product. So
and I think you just had yourecently just came off a trip to
and you were near the DallasCowboys stadium, but you were in
the training center. Right?
I think there was a little bit alittle bit of conflict just to,
(10:08):
you know, and people are sofootball crazy. Like, it's just,
like, wow. Like, I don't followfootball that much, but I was
just like, oh, she had toclarify where she was because
people were like, you're notactually in Sweden. And I'm
like, woah, woah, woah. I'mlike, she's in the same, you
know, area.
Good god. You know? But yeah. Soyou had a trip down there and
and you had fun. So yeah.
Danielle Melanson (10:28):
It was, and it was amazing. So we got to be
and we're a global company aswell, Tara, which is absolutely
incredible. So we had peopleflying in from Turkey,
Australia, of course, Canada.Consider us even though we're
North America, we're still likeyou know, it's a it's an it's a
US based business. They were infrom Sweden, the UK, of course,
(10:54):
and we're all over Europe, andAsia as well, which is really,
really great.
So it's wonderful that we canhave this opportunity, to share
not just the products, but theopportunity globally, which I
know from working with othercompanies is a really hard nut
to crack to get into othermarkets. So that was really
awesome. And we got to be likeprivy in the room with the CEO
(11:17):
and the owner, David Chung wasthere, chatting with us and, you
know, walking the room. Youknow, there's no there's no
handlers or anything like that.Walking the room, taking
pictures.
At one point, we were, like,last night of the convention, we
were kind of saying goodbye toeveryone, you know, having a
drink and and in the lobby andthe owner, billionaire David
(11:41):
Chung, walks by and comes rightover to us and is like, I hope
you had a great weekend, safetravels, everyone. Like, he was
just walking around by himself,which is so awesome. So you
really feel that, community, andthat's what you want, from a
company, especially a companythat large. But, yeah, we had
fun.
Tara (11:59):
I was at the practice.
Danielle Melanson (12:00):
I was at the practice field of the Dallas
Cowboys. It was pretty fun. Itwas a pretty cool city for sure.
Tara (12:05):
We felt valued. I think that's the main thing. You know,
just having listened to a fewdifferent issues with different
MLM companies. What's differentabout this company is they
really do take the time. Youjust told us that the CEO, the
top guy, was walking around,make sure everybody was having a
a good send off, you know.
I mean, that doesn't alwayshappen, you know. I know when I
was at a different ML companyyears ago for about 2 years, you
(12:27):
know, you were pretty much anumber in the auditorium, and it
was considered terrible to eventalk to other people on other
teams. Like, you just you know,even though you knew them. Like,
I would it was bizarre, thesocial, you know, do's and
don'ts. And I just I couldn'tbelieve it.
I was just like, but we're allworking with the same company.
Like, why don't we all supporteach other? And they were just
like, no. You can't go over andtalk to them right now. And I
was just like, oh, but, youknow, I work with them.
(12:48):
Like, I see them every day, and,like, we're just on different
teams. It's no big deal. But,like, you know, that's when I
realized I was in the wrong, youknow, company because it was not
treating us as valued staff andalso did not have a team
approach. You know? And Amarisounds like it at least has,
with its global perspective, itwants to succeed no matter what
level you're at and where yougo, so that's cool.
(13:10):
Alright. Why don't we get into alittle bit about this membership
In the Know? First of all, howdid she come up with the name?
You know, In the Know.
What's what's
that about?
Danielle Melanson (13:18):
In the Know.
Tara (13:19):
Yeah. It was
Danielle Melanson (13:19):
back and forth. I love that you asked me
that question. I was back andforth so many times because,
basically, Tara, I am 48 yearsold. I'm post hysterectomy. I'm
a trauma survivor.
I started my weight lossjourney, 18 years ago, at £250.
I am, you know, endometriosis. Ijust found out from my nurse
(13:43):
practitioner. I was undiagnosedPCOS my whole entire life,
weight loss resistant. I'm amiddle child.
If I'm a middle child or no,like, okay, I was a middle
child. There was a I've I'vebeen blessed with so many things
in my life and I've had so manystruggles as well that I've
(14:05):
always tried to figure out howam I gonna get on the other side
of this? How am I gonna get onthe other side of this? And I
think, you know, that not alwaysthe practitioners that are at
our doorstep, especially atCanadian as Canadians are the
people who are gonna help uswith every step of that way. We
have to get creative.
(14:25):
We have to sometimes use privatepractices. We have to, you know,
pay for certain tests that aregoing to give us clear cut
answers about what's going onor, or, and not always rely on
our government agencies, sadly,is wonderful as it is to live in
Canada and have that security ofhealthcare. It's often leads us
(14:46):
to dead roads. And I felt sofrustrated with my health, my
mental health, and my physicalhealth as a woman that I have
done so much healing. My husbandis 20 month 21 months, sober.
And through all of that, ourhealing journey together, you
know, of course, he wakes upevery single morning, and that
(15:08):
is his his major struggle. Ican't even imagine that. But,
like he says, without any doubt,it affects the whole entire
household. And so I always, healways says it's our sobriety
journey. And so between that anddealing with my hormone health,
my physical health, I have doneso much research and, dug so
(15:33):
deep into different, modalitiesof health care that I was like,
I need to let women know.
I know there's podcasts outthere and I'm sharing all of
those podcasts who talk, youknow, about doctors who are,
hormone health experts becauseI'm not an expert. I just play 1
(15:54):
on TV. And so I can, you know,give people studies and
resources and people in theirown neighborhood who can help
them with certain things. I getso many messages in my inbox
about my husband's sobriety, andit was so funny. I reached out
to, the agency who helped mewith a a 6 week course, of
(16:18):
dealing and called affectedothers.
And they wrote me the mostbeautiful message back saying
that I didn't need to be ahealth care professional to help
the people in my membership,that I was a peer supporter.
They gave me resources to helppeople. We're gonna be sharing
that journey within mymembership, and so many other
(16:38):
things. Day to day lifestyle,fun things about hair, about
beauty, about aging, all of thethings that make you live an up
leveled vivacious life. We needmore we can't just exist.
We have to live our best life.And so I was trying to find a
platform, Tara, and you'll beable to access it through my
(17:02):
Instagram page, danimcamer0n r on, Danny m Cameron. You'll see
right there in my link tree,you'll be able to access that
membership subscription, whereI'm going to be uncensored
because it's behind a paywalland kinda peel back the layers
(17:23):
of the onions of lots ofdifferent topics. Lots of fun
topics. It's not just abouthealth and wellness.
Lots of science based researchthat is gonna is not just gonna
help me, but help everybodyelse. And I actually have a 25%
off membership. And you'll seethe code for that as well when
(17:44):
you go into my link tree on myInstagram, until February 14th.
So anybody who wants to getgrandfathered into that and they
can, you know, be in the know.So long story short, Tara,
that's how I came up with thename because I wanted to kinda
take everything I've beenthrough and everything that's in
my brain and in my heart andsomehow duplicate that in a
(18:08):
space that was private, that wasoff social media.
So this isn't a the circle app,and that people would be able I
would be able to express myselfalmost like a Patreon, a little
bit more openly, without beingas as censored to help others.
Tara (18:27):
Yeah. I think that's great. So I love all of that.
When the things that I talk tookoff that were 25% off membership
until February 14th, which wasfantastic. You have the belief
in the private health caresystem similar to what I do.
We love our public health caresystem, but it did not work for
me and what I'm currentlydealing with. And I'll share
that more later down the roadonce I come through the other
(18:47):
side. I think right now, beingin the mix of it, I don't need
to
bring anything down with the whole thing. But what I love
is that, you know, I have myEmery, do you know what I mean?
And with me to help me along theway to help make decisions that
are crucial to my my healththat's going on. And what I love
is that, you know, you'vecombined it all with peer
support along with, you know,scientific studies, so, you
(19:10):
know, you're getting the name inthe know. Because, like you
said, it's like it's like a it'slike peer support advice, but
also suggestions on, like, funthings as well to alleviate the
mood so it's not just so heavy atopic for people to deal with.
Because, to be honest, themajority of people who might
join will probably be women, andwe love, like, a well reined
(19:30):
rounded out subject. Do you knowwhat I mean? Like, not just,
like, one heavy topic all thetime We're beaten over the head
about something. We we wouldlike to we like to talk. We like
to socialize.
We like to draw upon each otherand share stories. Do you know
what I mean? So I think that's agreat place for membership to
share stories called in the knowbecause we're just like it's
like it's like in the know isbehind our intuition is what I
(19:51):
take from that because there's alot of stuff that happens as you
hit a certain age for womenthat, honestly, we're just like,
maybe my doctor is notcompletely correct, and I should
get this checked out. Or, youknow, I have, like, a little
tinkle that perhaps this is noteverything that the doctor is
saying, and you and you followthat thread because that's your
intuition telling you, andthat's what I feel like in the
(20:12):
know is. It's like yourintuition telling you that, yes,
this membership will be for meand for other people who are
curious and questioning thingslike me, and it's a great way to
start the discussion.
You know? Open the dialogue.Right?
Danielle Melanson (20:24):
Yeah. Well, you totally hit the nail on the
head. That is so right. I wantwomen to feel empowered that
their intuition is the mostpowerful thing that they have
and not to second guess it. Ithink in our society, it's been
kind of, you know, beaten downon us so many times.
I don't know. No. Don't befoolish or you're overthinking
(20:46):
it or you're, you know, youknow, that you're being dramatic
or, you know, whatever, butthere's no I always say we
nobody knows us as much as weknow ourselves. Yeah. You know,
we know that intuition, thatknowing within ourselves is so
powerful and not justphysically, but spiritually.
And I know you're so connectedto that, Tara, as well. You have
(21:08):
so many modalities that you justthrive in. And these are the
types of things I'm gonna beexploring and interviewing
people as well, to have, youknow, like I can't wait to
interview you, Tara, if you havesome time and and we get to know
all about you. I know my humandesign girl. I'm interviewing
her.
(21:29):
I'm gonna be talking with amacro coach. Of course, my nurse
practitioner who helps me with,like, BHRT. We're gonna be
breaking down, like, stereotypesand and not just opinions, but
the science and the studies thatgo behind, dispelling some myths
around women's, health care. Youknow?
Tara (21:49):
Yeah. Yeah. And I think what's great is that it's almost
like with every going oneverything going on politically
and medically right now in, youknow, in the North American
world, you know, women's healthis a hot topic. And so a lot of
women are, you know, finding outthat they need to speak up about
their own health because they'renot being taken seriously or
they're they're feeling likesomething is happening. They're
(22:10):
not sure.
I mean, recently, we have, youknow, the movement in Nova
Scotia. There's this advocacygroup on Instagram that I follow
for Nova Scotia dense breasts,and it's simply because a woman
who unfortunately gotmisdiagnosed by her doctor died
of, you know, breast cancer. Andby the time she was discovered
with this with you know, it wastoo late. And one of the things
(22:30):
I wanna say about being a partof that group is to really open
my eyes as to what we haveavailable in Nova Scotia for
health and what we need helpwith. And so I'm supporting that
movement.
I share some of their stuff. Youknow, I listen to their stories
and stuff. And I just thinkthat, you know, what they have
is so legit to say, you know, weneed better screening in Nova
Scotia. Fantastic. Let's work onthat.
(22:50):
Do you know what I mean? What Ilove about your membership is
women who have little inklingsthat maybe they need to take a
little note towards their healthwill feel empowered enough to
approach a medical doctor in thepublic medical health care
system and say, I need help.Please help me now, and not
leave until they get that help.Do you know what I mean? Even if
the doctor is not warming up tothem, shall we say?
(23:12):
Like, politely. I'm not gonna,you know, slam doctors, but some
of them just don't listen. And,you know, this will give them a
space where they can findanother doctor or I think
there's for example, I havemoved to a private doctor in
Nova Scotia. It's calledSignature Health on, in in in
the in the Burnside, I believe,area and or is it Wash Mill? I
(23:33):
can't remember off the top of myhead.
But what what's hilarious is I'mwaiting to, you know, get that
completely done. But I have tosay, like, we didn't have this
option a few years ago. And, youknow, they have a long list and
stuff so that you have to get inon the list and get in and see
them and do the whole thing. Andthen what they do is they have a
well rounded approach to it. Youmeet with a kinesiologist.
You do a stress test. Like, theycheck their things out with an
(23:55):
ultrasound. Like, you know,like, they do a well rounded
picture first before you comein. And I wish that was our
health care system for thepublic health care system right
now because it would it wouldopen up so many doors for women
to feel comfortable enough totalk about their health that
they would get looked at. Do youknow what I mean?
And just being looked atproperly is really what we need
to do. I mean, you even knowwith your own experience, you
(24:16):
know, being being, you know,misdiagnosed or not diagnosed
properly with the PCOS. Do youknow what I mean? Like, it's
just it's one of the thingswhere it was perhaps a missing
piece that you were wonderingwhat was going on. And,
unfortunately, all theresponsibility of our health
falls back on us.
We have to be our own healthcare advocates, and we pay taxes
that should be, like, puttingthat on the health care system,
(24:37):
not on us. So I love thatthere's this membership out that
people can, you know, engage inconversation, start to find
answers, start to feel thatperhaps they're not the crazy
lady in the medical room, andthat they need the actual, you
know, direction and help. Do youknow what I mean? Like, it's
just like
Danielle Melanson (24:51):
Been that crazy lady, Tara. I'll tell you
about that
Tara (24:54):
right now.
Me too.
Danielle Melanson (24:55):
And and it's so funny when you you you said
you you have to not take no foran answer and and and you need
to know. I I in my family, mymother's a nurse. My father's
respiratory tech. My sister hasher master's in nutrition. So I
grew up in a family of medicalprofessionals.
I have so much respect for them.And even my other sister is a
vet tech. So she she's justtaking care of the fur babies.
Tara (25:17):
Right.
Danielle Melanson (25:18):
So I have so much respect. So I'm not
throwing shade on on anybodylike that, but I remember when I
was 2 40, I knew there wassomething wrong, and I was told
there wasn't. Finally, I gotinto a gynecologist, and I was
told I gained £15 in 4 weekseating properly and exercising
(25:39):
and doing yoga. And if because Ididn't look sick, I was told
you're a beautiful young lady,go out and live your life. And I
refused.
I said, I'm not leaving this. II waited so long for the
specialist appointment. I said,I'm not leaving until you find
out what's the matter with me.And I sat in her room. And she
did slam the door, but she cameback.
(26:01):
And she gave me a biopsy. Andwhen the biopsy came back, she
apologized and said, you haveprecancerous cells in your
uterus. And I'm so sorry. And Iwas like, no. Thank you for
finding that.
And I 6 weeks later, I had anemergency hysterectomy. But this
(26:22):
was the thing. Like, I had toliterally they were calling me a
pit bull in the around I couldhear them, like, the the the
workers and stuff.
Tara (26:32):
Yeah. Front desk. Yeah.
Danielle Melanson (26:33):
Because I wouldn't I wouldn't give off the
room. I wouldn't give off thatroom. And I I and I don't I
don't I'm not saying that weshould do that or chain
ourselves to a chair, anythinglike that, but we have to let
people know that we wantanswers, and it's our right.
Yeah. And so I want to, youknow, here I am 8 years later
now on the other side of, posthysterectomy and dealing with
(26:57):
everything that goes along withthat.
And that's why I really wantedto share and take what I know
and my experiences to empowerwomen.
Tara (27:06):
Yeah. 100%. Yeah. Okay. So, Danimcameorn, on Instagram,
on Facebook as well, DanimelMalonson.
And, I just wanna say, you know,as we wrap up in the next few
minutes, this has been afantastic conversation, and I
hope that someone listening,who's sitting with their own
health, you know, I havelisteners in different
(27:27):
demographics around the world,you know, that you don't give up
that space. I mean, same for forme, you know, with my own health
over the past, I'd say, 9months. You know, I did not give
up the space, but instead when Irealized I wasn't going to get
anywhere, I found otheralternatives. Do you know what I
mean? In the in the privatehealth care system.
Like, I immediately looked it upbecause a friend of mine simply
said, you know, why don't youthink about private? And I was
(27:50):
like, I'll get on the list. Youknow what I mean? And that's
when it actually really startedfor me. So, you know, I hope
that this membership at leasttriggers people to feel that
they can stay in the room and,you know, like, we're we're not
advocating violence or aninsurrection or anything like
that, but, you know, you have tobe affirmative.
You have to be assertive enoughto and have some affirmations as
(28:10):
you sit there to say, there issomething wrong with me. I need
your help. You are the expert.Please give me that help. Do you
know what I mean?
And then and then and then ifthe test comes back with
nothing, you're fine. Do youknow what I mean? Like, find it,
you know, and you're like but ifyou sit in that room with that
specialist or that doctor andstart the journey because, you
know, you want something doneand something does come back,
(28:31):
you you at least have theknowledge. That's about the
thing, but in the know. It's,like, it's having the knowledge
of the intuition in the know torealize that you're moving
forward and that you need help.
You know what I mean? So it'sjust I think it's a very
powerful community you'rebuilding, and it's 25% off
membership until February 14th.And and I
Danielle Melanson (28:48):
promise to make you laugh too. I promise to
make you laugh in there.
Tara (28:51):
Well and and I promise to make
you laugh. Yeah. And, like, and what I love about
Janelle too is, like, and foreverybody listening is, like,
you know, we do have a sense ofhumor and then we deal with this
because it is a very, you know,heavy subject and you have to
kinda just have the attitude ofjust, like, okay, you know, this
doctor doesn't believe me, maybeI'll find another one who does,
you know, and keep going. Butalso do the kind of thing where
(29:12):
you just you're completely, likeI mean, I know when I was
sitting in my doctor's office, Iwas like, am I the crazy lady in
the room? Like, is is me rightnow.
Like, it's just like, am I theone that is losing my mind
because my doctor is not, like,paying attention to me? And sure
enough, what I found out laterwas that I have something very
serious. So, like, you know, ifI hadn't kept going, if I had
just listened to that onedoctor, I would still be
suffering and not knowing what'shappening. And I'm headed
(29:34):
towards surgery because of itand hopefully come through okay.
Do you know what I mean?
So, like but, like, the thingis, like, I would not have the
surgery date if I had not keptgoing. Do you know what I mean?
So and if I had listened to thatone doctor, I would not be where
I am right now. So, like, youknow, I was the crazy lady in
the room, but I was just like, Ican't keep doing this. Like,
he's not he's not gonna give meanything.
So I was able to find a privatehealth care system and do that,
(29:55):
but and and not everybody can dothat. Do you know what I mean?
Sometimes they have to find thewhole new doctor, so, yeah.
Okay, so we're wrapping up.Anything you wanna share in the
last minute, Danielle?
Anything you wanna talk aboutquickly? You know, we talked
about Omari, we talked aboutyour interest in health, you've
got scientific studies to backyou up, you know, peer support,
you know, all kinds of stuffthat you're dealing with in your
(30:17):
membership about how to tacklestereotypes. You know, is there
anything we haven't covered yetthat you wanna chat about, you
know, besides the fact thatyou're dog mom too?
Danielle Melanson (30:25):
Yeah. Dog mom. Yes. Oh my gosh. They're
downstairs being very goodwaiting for their walk.
The other thing I wanna talkabout is that whether you're a
customer of mine with Amare andor in my membership hub, the one
thing that I try, to the energythat I give, in my mentorship is
(30:46):
the unlearning of perfectionism,Tara. And so, you know, if
you're the type of person who,you know, you're trying to break
through an a type personalityand, guys, it's not our fault.
It's the way we were growing up.But when you got a 98, it was
like, why isn't it a 100? Yougot a pat on the back for that.
We are, really trying to unlearnwhat society has, kind of driven
(31:10):
into us as we grew up. So youare gonna learn how to give
yourself grace. I am gonnacelebrate you when you take
rest. I'm gonna celebrate youwhen you retreat. I am gonna
celebrate you when you sleep in.
I'm going to celebrate you onall the society norms that we
break, and I'm gonna help youunlearn those. And your life is
(31:33):
gonna be so much better becauseof it.
Tara (31:35):
Awesome. Awesome. Okay. We're wrapping up. So d a n I m
c a m e o er0n.
Sorry.Dannymcameron@@@instagramandfacebook.
Danielle Melancon as well. And,fantastic. So I I think that's
about us for for right now, but,appreciate you coming on,
Danielle.
Such a pleasure as always, and Ilove that you're doing this, and
(31:56):
I'm happy to support yourmovement in the know. Can we all
stay in the know and know aboutour health and healing and move
from there? That would befantastic.
Danielle Melanson (32:05):
Yeah, so thank you. Absolutely, thank you
so much Tara. Thank you, thankyou.
Tara (32:09):
Cheers. That's it for now guys. Alright.
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