What People Are Saying About MelaBiz

“Supportive nature and helpful resources from Nesha gave me the tools to push myself in areas I would have normally been too scared to explore. She made me feel 100% self-sufficient and feel like I can apply the teachings I received from her guidance to my every day life and the goals I set for myself. I would definitely recommend MelaBiz to anyone!”

— Katelyn P.

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“MelaBiz has helped my family by providing amazing mentoring services to my 15 year old daughter. Since being in the mentoring program my daughter has come out of her shell. She has been able to take steps in pursuing many of her goals with the direction and feedback from her mentor. I am so glad we found MelaBiz and I will be looking into the other services they provide. ”

— Tenisha J.

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“Your work has helped me in becoming a better person. You helped me find jobs, housing, and much more! You were genuinely cared about my future and you impacted me in many ways. You helped me to gain confidence, which I never knew I had. In fact, my kids were apart of your services years after and they loved it so much! I would recommend family and friends to Nesha and MelaBiz. Thank you so much for helping me at my worse. I look up to you and love the woman you are.”

— Candace S.

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“I have had the absolute pleasure of getting to work with Nesha with about 6 or 7 months. She has helped me move from a shy and timid girl that tip toed and people pleased herself to burnout to a strong woman who speaks her truth, asks for what she wants and needs, and owns her own business. Nesha helped me to find myself and see my worth by seeing me and coaching me. She helped me to see and do the uncomfortable things that I was so resistant to or put off because I was afraid and self sabotaging. Just in the course of working with Nesha I have gotten my LLC, tabled at my first event, and, with her resources, I am having my website built. She has supported me so much and been the tough love when I needed it, the person to hold the box of tissues when I needed that, and the pep talk and hype woman when that was needed.

I honestly believe that I wouldn’t be as far as I am in this moment if it wasn’t for her support, hype, and help. She really helped me find my voice and stand in my power. I am now soaring in a healthy happy relationship, in my business, and in life because of her coaching and guidance and action steps. Anyone can tell us how to live our life or what to do to make it better but having that action step and accountability is what really helped me. She is personable and intuitive and intelligent and just having that compassion and passion to help others thrive in this life is what made me so happy to work with Nesha. She is truly a gift and I could not recommend working with her more highly. She is here to build up the people around her and bridge the community.”

— Jenn B. 2023 

 

 

“I met Nesha at a time in my life where I was broken and unsure if I was sick and tired of being sick and tired of living in the nonstop hamster wheel of addiction. I enlisted and fell hard in the streets and the school of substance abuse. The endless cycles of jails and institutions, all I was missing was death. I was not living I was only existing, wasting space as some would say the shell of a human. Police asking about track marks and if I had anything on my that could poke them. Nesha never treated me like an addict, a broken and tired human, she looked at me as successful individual who was worthy of so much more than I was currently giving myself.

Nesha made such an impact before I even laid eyes on her or her on me. I remember being dropped off at residential treatment by the department of corrections after being released from incarceration and seeing the license plate “PETTY” parked directly in front of the facility and in front of where the corrections van parked because I was at my destination. I remember thinking to myself now is your chance to go, get out and run they will not chase you and seeing that license plate allowed me to make a different choice, it was a challenge that someone inside that house thinks there petty, well here we go, they met their match and we can match levels of petty attitudes, etc.

Not knowing much about the program other than this was my alternative to going to prison, and what the women who were incarcerated with me heard through the prison grape line,  I decided that I would give who every was “PETTY” a run for their money. Nesha was nothing short of what her license plate read, but the kind of petty that I received was the kind of PETTY needed to save my life. I definitely provided an equal amount of petty in a toxic way but learned very quickly that I was not seeing the changes I needed to see by giving off that energy. When I was ready to be my best self, Nesha was not longer PETTY, but turned into by biggest supporter. It was during one of her groups, a trauma group that I did not think I needed at the start of my journey, that everything made sense and my light bulb turned on and was no longer dim and flickering ready to burn out. I had life behind my eyes and was no longer the shell of a human who was just existing I was living again.

When I needed advise I went to Nesha, when I needed someone to tell me sit down, stop talking and listen this was also Nesha. As time went on and I began to listen and following her suggestions, my life began to change. Nesha was not so petty anymore she was my biggest fan. I ended up completing the program continued with out patient services and connected with Nesha again on social media and was so excited to tell her how great my life and been and she has been there as a continued support, reference when needed and sometimes still a listening ear.

I remember being incarcerated sending my probation agent notes asking about my bed date because I had this master plan that I was running as soon as my feet hit the pavement before even walking up to the door. My agent wrote back to me and said that she did not have a bed date and that I need to work on what needed to be worked on while I was in jail. In my mind I was thinking is this woman crazy, what should I work on in jail, getting a new plug, catching up on real sleep, not just the sleep you get after using opiates, or am I supposed to improve my spades game? When I first arrived I was unwilling to receive the message that my agent sent me that day, and I remember being so angry with her for sending such a stupid message while I was locked up. After all the cognitive thinking skill that I received from Nesha, I was able to finally understand the message my agent sent me that day sitting behind a door that I could not unlock. The things that I needed to work on while I was there was to prepare myself to experience a life that I have not yet lived, the best years of my life, my life after substance abuse.  

Without Nesha’s continued support and tough love I would not be coming up on 7 years in recovery. I would not be not only working in a residential treatment facility, but I would not have received my Wisconsin Peer Support Certification, I would not be supervising a team of peer support specialists and transportation drivers, I would have been dead. Rather than having a bedroom with a bed and a temporary address with three hot meals, I now have keys to open every door in the facility, my opinion and lived experience is valued more than any college degree that I could obtain. I would not be completing college to graduate in the next year with a bachelors in counseling for co-occurring disorders. I would not be stable and living life today had I not meet Ms. PETTY herself to provide me the guidance that I needed at the time I needed it. Look out world, I have great things to show you including all the gratitude that I have for Nesha for providing me all the skills that I learned to be the best grandmother, mother, wife, supervisor, employee….and the list goes on.

Thank you Nesha for never letting me down and always being there if/when I fell.”

— Carrie M.