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At Hot Stories Business Networking, we invite speakers to share not just what they do, but why they do it. Behind every business is a story of discovery, change, and purpose. This month, one of those stories came from Melanie Davies, founder of Melanie Davies Mind Solutions, a sleep and stress consultant and clinical hypnotherapist.
Melanie began her talk by asking us all to pause, close our eyes, and remember the last time we had a truly restorative night’s sleep. For some in the room, that memory was recent. For others, it felt like a distant luxury. Yet in that moment, everyone was reminded of how powerful rest can be—and how much it affects our relationships, our wellbeing, and even our businesses.
That exercise set the stage for Melanie’s mission: to help people reclaim their health, happiness, and balance by improving sleep, managing stress and anxiety, and creating lasting, positive change.
A Teacher Who Understood the Mind
Before becoming a therapist, Melanie spent 32 years as a teacher and trainer. She worked with all age groups, trained other educators, and led professional development inside and outside schools. Through that work, she built a deep understanding of how the brain works, how people learn, and how emotions affect behaviour.
That foundation became invaluable when she transitioned into hypnotherapy. She already knew the mechanics of the mind—but now, she could apply it to helping people move beyond barriers that traditional talk therapy sometimes leaves untouched.
Her Own Struggle With Anxiety and Sleep
Melanie’s decision to change careers wasn’t theoretical. It was personal. For years, she struggled with anxiety and disturbed sleep. Each morning she would wake up with a heavy surge of unease that stayed with her all day. Outwardly she was calm, professional, and patient. But inwardly she carried an invisible weight.
Talk therapy had given her rational explanations for why she felt anxious, but it didn’t change the physical sensations. “I understood why certain events had made me anxious,” she explained, “but what I couldn’t do was stop the anxious feelings.”
Everything shifted by chance when she attended a group hypnotherapy session one weekend. She didn’t ask anyone to cure her. She didn’t even admit she was anxious. Yet during the session, she felt as if someone turned down the volume on her anxiety. For the first time in years, she experienced real relief.
That moment was life-changing. It inspired Melanie to retrain as a clinical hypnotherapist so she could offer others the same release from burdens they had carried for too long.
Helping Others Thrive Instead of Survive
Today, Melanie works with people one-to-one, both in person and via Zoom, as well as in group sessions at workplaces, doctor’s surgeries, and community organisations. She even collaborates with Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre, supporting individuals and families who are navigating some of life’s toughest challenges.
Her approach is rooted in evidence-based strategies, but her delivery is deeply personal. She knows what it’s like to feel stuck in anxiety and exhaustion—and she knows the joy of breaking free.
Melanie’s mission is clear: to help people thrive in life, not just survive. She helps them transform anxiety into calm, poor sleep into restorative rest, and overwhelm into a sense of control and possibility.
👉 If you or someone you know struggles with stress, anxiety, or sleepless nights, Melanie offers practical, compassionate support that creates real results.
📌 Learn more about her work here: www.melaniedaviesmindsolutions.com
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🎥 Watch her full Hot Stories talk here:
Filmed by Oksana Hrytsaienko 🇺🇦 – https://www.linkedin.com/in/oksana-hrytsaienko/
💼 Organised by Gemini Web Media – https://geminiweb.media/
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