Melissa M. Shepherd-Williams, Marriage Family Therapist

01/25/2026

There are no words to adequately express my gratitude for all who have participated in this journey of creating a gift for our communities with love. Thank you to MiVUE Productions, editor Paul Hemstreet, actors Eduardo Towers, Ingrid Díaz, Valaira Sa-Ra, Derrick Williams. My sweetheart Brad, Mom, and sister-in-LOVE Gene, you have no idea…Family and friends are always there to support and encourage. It is my life’s work to be of service in ways that support our communities' healing.

My heart is full as I bring this project to completion, after several years of adding pieces to it, which have also transformed me and deepened my own healing process. As I witness, along with our communities, what’s happening in the world, it feels ever more urgent that we all amplify our gifts. We may not all see the healing results on the other side of this big and painful shift the world is going through but, like our ancestors, we are doing the work. Here’s to true thriving! Onward with love. Let’s go together.

Join the 4-week From Burnout to Bliss series: https://www.melissamshepherd.com/group-events

01/21/2026

Vayamos en comunidad

El agotamiento se intensifica en el aislamiento.

Nos enseñaron a seguir adelante en silencio, a ser fuertes hasta en la soledad.

Pero esa no es la forma en que debemos sanar.

Esta temporada, elijo un camino diferente.

Vayamos en comunidad.

01/20/2026

Let’s go together.

Burnout thrives in isolation.

Many of us were taught to push through quietly, to be strong alone.
But that’s not how we’re meant to heal.

This season, I’m choosing a different way.

Let’s go together.

01/15/2026

El agotamiento es consecuencia, entre otras cosas, de perder la perspectiva sobre cómo cultivar las relaciones, lo que termina por dañarlas. Esta es una razón de peso para haber creado una nueva edición de y el . Necesitamos y merecemos apoyo para desarrollar prácticas que nutran nuestro bienestar y cuiden nuestras relaciones.

Únete al Círculo aquí:

https://www.melissamshepherd.com/group-events

01/14/2026

No es un fallo personal

El agotamiento no es debilidad:

es lo que sucede cuando te ves en la obligación de sobrevivir en lugar de vivir.

La opresión nos enseña que el descanso es peligroso

y que el valor reside en el sufrimiento.

Escribí Jornada del Desgaste a la Felicidad

y creé el Círculo de Conexión

para que finalmente podamos sanar en comunidad.

Si sientes la urgencia de dejar de simplemente sobrevivir… Únete al Círculo visitando el enlace: https://www.melissamshepherd.com/group-events

01/13/2026

Not a personal failure

“Burnout isn’t weakness—
it’s what happens when you’re forced to survive instead of live.

Oppression teaches us rest is dangerous
and worth comes from suffering.

I wrote From Burnout to Bliss
and created the Founders’ Circle
so we can finally heal together.

If you’re ready to stop surviving… Come join us.”

https://www.melissamshepherd.com/group-events 🤍

01/12/2026

How to disinfect relationships?

Burnout is such an outcome of losing perspective of how to nourish relationships—among other things—that they become infected. This is a powerful reason to have created a new edition of and the . We need and deserve supporting developing practices to nourish our wellness and, tend to our relationships. Check this link to join us:

https://www.melissamshepherd.com/group-events

01/05/2026

The Circle is open.

Reading the book is the beginning.

Practicing the work is where life shifts.

The Founders’ Circle is a guided, live experience for those ready to move from insight into integration—together.

We’ll explore how burnout shows up in our bodies, relationships, and choices… and practice new ways of reconnecting, resting, and thriving.

This is not about doing more.

It’s about doing differently—with support.

Insight opens the door.

Practice changes your life.

The Founders’ Circle starts soon.

We deserve support while we practice rest.

We start soon 🤍

To join us, visit this link:

https://www.melissamshepherd.com/group-events

01/01/2026

12/29/2025

I took a pause—because rest is part of the work, not a detour from it.

If you know me well, you know that a cup of tea is my idea of a "warm liquid hug".

In the quiet, something clarified:
healing wants structure and spaciousness.

I’ve been tending to both.

A small, intentional Circle is forming—beginning January 26—for those ready to move from burnout toward wholeness, together.

If your body leaned in as you read this… stay close. 👉 “Contact me here: https://www.melissamshepherd.com/contact or “DM me ‘Circle’”

12/17/2025

Círculo de Conexión

Después de mucho escuchar, reflexión sobre cómo abrir este espacio, hoy comparto una invitación especial.

Círculo de Conexión es una experiencia guiada de 4 semanas, centrada en la recuperación del desgaste, la reflexión consciente y la reconexión humana.
Está pensada para quienes ya no desean sanar en soledad—ni prisa, ni con cambios forzados.

En este círculo exploraremos:

Prácticas dedicadas a crear bienestar, no solamente sanar del desgaste

Conversaciones culturalmente conscientes

Caminos creativos y corporales de reconexión

Un ritmo que honra la vida real (no la cultura del “siempre más”)

Este Círculo es íntimo por diseño y se ofrece con una tarifa fundacional, reconociendo a quienes ayudan a dar forma a este espacio desde el inicio.

Si al leer esto sentiste un sí tranquilo, estás invitada/o a conocer más.
Sin prisa. Sin presión. Con intención.

https://www.melissamshepherd.com/services