Melanie Hicks

Melanie Sue Hicks is an adventure seeking, social impact advocate dedicated to helping others overcome fear and live their dharma. She has led or participated in service projects around the world and dedicates her life to creating impact on her own or amplifying the impact of others every single day.
As an empathy driven education, nonprofit and workplace expert, she has been interviewed and published in dozens of magazines and websites including Forbes.com, Marie Claire, Authority Magazine, ...

Melanie Sue Hicks is an adventure seeking, social impact advocate dedicated to helping others overcome fear and live their dharma. She has led or participated in service projects around the world and dedicates her life to creating impact on her own or amplifying the impact of others every single day.
As an empathy driven education, nonprofit and workplace expert, she has been interviewed and published in dozens of magazines and websites including Forbes.com, Marie Claire, Authority Magazine, ...

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Melanie Hicks a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Melanie, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

The most meaningful project I have worked on to date is my memoir, Incongruent; Travel, Trauma, Transformation. I wrote my first book at ten years old. Over a summer vacation, in multi-colored marker, I crafted a story of a mi...

Do the work. Writing is both an art and a science, and to be a great writer, you must cultivate both. Read, read and read some more.
Some writers and authors have a knack for using language that can really move people. Some writers and authors have been able to influence millions with their words alone. What does it take to become an effective and successful author or writer?

The best words of advice I ever received was “View Life as an Adventure”. Goals and visions are fabulous tools to help us focus our energy and achieve things we want in life. But there is a downside. If you are only focused on the end game, forever striving for the ultimate prize, you miss a lot of life along the way. When you see life as an adventure, you can never be let down by what comes your way. There are no failures, only surprises and obstacles to overcome.
As a part of our series abo...

On a recent trip to our family lake house, we took our usual pontoon boat sunset cruise. The lessons learned on this particular trip were insightful.

Discover business lessons from an everyday activity.

“Do you ever feel like you have done everything you were supposed to do? Checked all the boxes. And yet you are still chasing something.” — Dr. Melanie Hicks
The Questions is, What do you do About it?
Although today she is an author, speaker and professional coach and consultant, helping executives, entrepreneurs, and organizations create successful future strategies that align their actions with their values and purpose, 42 year old, Dr. Melanie Hicks’ journey didn’t start there.
Dr Hicks ha...

Encourage Failure — For more than two decades I have used experiential education as the foundation of my teaching philosophy. Perhaps it’s my own propensity to be more excited by things I can visualize or interact with hands on. Beyond just the interest level of students, project-based learning is considerably more demanding of students, engaging more critical thinking skills, greater organization and planning and more collaborative interpersonal skills.
As a part of my interview series about...

Empathetic Leadership. There is no other time in modern history where the workforce is more in need of authentic empathetic leadership. Over the past two years, employees as a whole have experienced every possible emotion from fear and anxiety to reckoning and enlightenment. They have adjusted their work lives, physically and intellectually, to adapt and still provide results for the organizations that employ them. They have endured zoom fatigue, burnout, uncertainty and for some, job transit...

'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership: The Journey of Becoming a Truly
“Dr. Westover has done the work to make what’s required for leadership in today’s complex world accessible,
practical, and powerful. This must-read book covers all the components necessary to become a more conscious,
impactful leader by introducing critical concepts, inviting self-reflection, and setting a path for accountability.”
"Dr. Jon does a great job at identifying a variety of areas of focus any leader should take to be m...

In her book, Untamed, Glennon Doyle opens with an imaginary conversation with a Cheetah named Tabitha from the local zoo. As she watches Tabitha methodically pace at the edges of her enclosure, she imagines Tabitha saying, “I feel restless and frustrated. I have this hunch that everything was supposed to be more beautiful that this. I should be grateful. I have a good enough life here. It’s crazy to long for what doesn’t even exist.” And then she would say in return, “You are not crazy. You a...

A life-changing journey through Nepal as an illustration of our journey through fear.

Dr. Hicks is an author, speaker and education consultant. She is founder of InPursuit & Becoming Congruent Movement.
"If you think you are too small to make an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room." — Anita Roddick
What is impact? What is it not? Mission statements are not impact. Even grandiose acts of kindness or donations of time or sums of money are not impact. Confused?

Social Impact: What does it mean?
One of the benefits of social media is how quickly information—both the good and the bad— can be passed about businesses. People care more than ever about whether their money is going. Given the choice, people often choose to make sure their money goes toward something positive. People want to know their money is going towards the good of a community or those abroad instead of just towards a nice pair of new sneakers.
What is Social Impact?
“Social impact” is...