Yes, the same me who stands on stages telling rooms full of women to trust God with the next level is currently at her kitchen table arguing with a manuscript at 6am. Expansion Syndrome is coming, and it's the book I wish someone had handed me every time God said "more" and I said "absolutely not."
guess what?
guess what?
I'm writing a book!
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I've built my whole career on telling people God wants more for them. And I TRULY believe that!
What I didn't expect was how much more would cost me personally. Turns out saying yes to expansion doesn't feel like a promotion. It feels like getting stretched in every direction at once while everyone around you assumes you've got it together because, well, you're the one on the stage.
This book is about that gap. The one between the yes you prayed for and the person you have to become to actually live inside it.
So, What's It Actually About?
What's inside
Scripture, obviously. But also the parts of my life I don't usually put in a keynote. The 2am spirals. The moments I almost quit. The stuff that happens when the growth you asked for finally shows up and you realize you weren't as ready as you thought.
There are questions in here that made me put the book down and go sit with God for a minute. I'm hoping they do the same for you.
Hi!
I'm Melissa
Hi! I'm Melissa
I own a brand agency. I speak to rooms full of people about calling and trust and doing hard things for God. I've got an online following that watches basically all of it.
None of that made this book easier to write. If anything, it made the excuses louder.
This is what happened when I finally sat down and did the thing I've been telling everyone else to do for years.
Hannah Whalen
"This whole text was an easy, rich read. You have such a gift of encouragement — it felt like sitting down for a chat with you."
Kendri Burkett
"I can hear your voice coming through every chapter. I loved the story about your daughter and the wisdom you had to tell her: 'those are not your people.'"
Marisa Anderson
"This is such a practical and powerful book. I love how your writing voice is so similar to your speaking voice — I can almost hear you in the pages."
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