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I understand what you’re going through because I’ve been there too.
Your story and mine might differ in the details, but I know the exhaustion of giving everything to everyone else and losing sight of yourself in the process.
Mel Nicola
Founder of Shift Happens
CERTIFIED INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION COACH (IIN)
CHOPRA LIFE COACH • JAY SHETTY WELLNESS COACH
About Mel Nicola
For years, I co-owned four restaurants in Los Angeles while raising two incredible kids. My life revolved around the business, the schedules, and everyone else’s needs. I couldn’t get off the speeding Ferris wheel. Until life, in its wild wisdom, intervened.
What felt like a collapse was really a blessing. A wake-up call.
It forced me to get still, reconnect to something bigger than myself, and reimagine what purpose, joy, and health could look like when lived from the inside out.
That moment became the seed for Shift Happens, a movement to help women like you step out of the shadows and into their extraordinary lives.
Now, as an Integrative Nutrition Coach (IIN), Certified Chopra Life Coach, and Jay Shetty Wellness and Life Coach, I guide women 40+ who have spent years nurturing everyone else to finally nurture themselves.
Through my signature method, a joyful mix of deep listening, personalized wellness strategies, mindset shifts, and just the right amount of zest, we’ll rediscover what lights you up. Together, we’ll reclaim your energy, rebuild your confidence, and design habits that feel deliciously sustainable.
You are not starting over. You’re rising higher! Rooted in wisdom, ready to thrive.
let’s make this your time to shine
Are you ready to join in on the journey to self-inspiration, self-care, self-love, and design your wildly extraordinary life IN JUST 3 MONTHS?
The SHIFT Method
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Spark your soul
Heal from within
Ignite your joy
Flourish with purpose
Thrive unapologetically
I guide bold, beautiful women who are ready to step into their extraordinary life.
As a Certified Integrative Health and Nutrition Coach, and Life Coach, I created Shift Happens, a wellness company with a mission to inspire women 40+ to reimagine their life through wellness and lifestyle changes.
As a health and life coach
I want to connect with women searching for inner radiance, glowing health, renewed purpose, and the confidence to live life out loud. I am always on my own personal journey to be the best I can be today, tomorrow, and every day in between.
As a wellness life coach
I am a firm believer that everyone can live their extraordinary life. We were meant to thrive!
Drawing from the challenges in my own personal life, and as the work I’ve done with clients through my coaching services, I am motivated each and every day to bring my passion for helping others to live where passion leads, authenticity shines, and joy becomes your daily routine.
May you always be growing!
Mel
More About Mel
As Executive Director of Culinary Arts Kids Eat, I champion the belief that every at-risk teen deserves the skills, confidence, and support to live a healthy, empowered life. I created the Healthy Lifestyle Enrichment Series to fill a critical gap: showing youth how to grow, cook, heal, and build something of their own. This hands-on pathway helps teens step into the workforce, pursue higher learning, and navigate life with purpose and swagger. I’m here to spark their transformation, because when Shift Happens, extraordinary lives unfold.