Episode Details

What happens when you step away from the noise long enough to hear yourself think again?

🍂 COME EXPERIENCE UNPLUGGED

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In this episode of Anchored with Purpose, Melissa is taking you somewhere special: Hilltop, a private, off-grid property tucked away in the Adirondack Mountains and the place that inspired her newest retreat, Unplugged.

But this episode is about more than a retreat.

It’s about what happens when we step outside of our normal routines. When the notifications stop. When we aren't looking at the laundry, thinking about dinner, answering another email, or scrolling through someone else's life.

It’s about creating enough space to ask:

How am I really doing?
What do I want?
What have I stopped dreaming about?
What matters in this season?
God, what are You inviting me into next?

Melissa reflects on her years in direct sales and how often that season brought women together around kitchen tables and in living rooms. There was laughter, food, conversation, friendship, and the kind of connection that is hard to recreate through a screen.

In a post-COVID world, technology has given us incredible ways to stay connected, but sometimes we still crave being in a room with other women and hearing someone say, “Me too.”

Melissa also shares why Hilltop is so personal to her. In the spring of 2023, during a season when she was beginning to dream again, she sat beside the pond with her planner, evaluated her life, prayed, and began writing down some of the dreams God was placing on her heart.

Now, she’s inviting a small group of women into that same space.

Unplugged will include time to evaluate your life, reconnect with your dreams, pray, make plans, enjoy good food, connect with other women, and simply be. There will also be intentional Unplugged Time to sit by the pond, journal on a porch, take a walk, connect with someone new, rest, or even enjoy an optional mini facial or back treatment.

And there’s one reminder Melissa hopes you take from this episode:

The year isn't over yet.

You don't have to wait until January to start dreaming, make a change, or think intentionally about what comes next.

Maybe you know exactly what you're dreaming about. Maybe you've stopped dreaming altogether. Or maybe you can't quite explain what you need. You just know you need some space.

Come sit by the pond. Drink coffee on the porch. Put your phone away. Dream. Pray. Connect. Make some plans.

IN THIS EPISODE:
• Why women need real-life connection
• The power of stepping outside your normal routine
• Why Hilltop is special to Melissa
• Creating space to pray and dream
• Why you don't have to wait until January
• What Melissa hopes women experience at Unplugged

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