In 2009, the financial crisis hit. I remember watching an episode of Oprah featuring couples who had both been laid off, and a sudden, unshakeable gut knowing hit me: That will be us. It wasn’t a fear; it was an observation of a structural shift.
Six months apart—January and June—we were both laid off from our high-paying corporate positions.
It was terrifying. There were days we didn’t know how rent would be paid. But when you are committed to operating as the Cause, you do not fold when the external environment shakes. In September 2009, we packed whatever remained of our lives into a truck and drove toward the edge of the map: The Florida Keys.
We didn’t know a single soul. We had never even visited the Keys. We had very little capital and zero job prospects.
What we did have was absolute alignment, vision, and relentless grit.
Holding a future frequency before the physical reality catches up looks wild from the outside. By 2008, I flatly refused to buy us new winter clothes, telling Ryan, “We won’t be able to wear this when we move to Florida.” By the winter of 2009, our winter coats literally had holes in the armpits. We were holding the energetic blueprint of the tropics while standing knee-deep in Minnesota snow.
In September of 2009, we converted that energetic alignment into raw, physical execution. We packed up what remained of our lives, sold or donated the rest, and drove toward the edge of the map: The Florida Keys.
We didn’t know a single soul. We had never even visited the Keys. We had very little capital, no safety net, and zero job prospects.
But when you operate as the Cause, you don’t need external certainty. You rely on internal calibration.
As we navigated that raw transition and watched the new timeline physicalize, I made a commitment to the field: When we decode the mechanics of this level of creation, I will build the bridge for other leaders to do the same.
The data of that execution speaks for itself:
Ryan successfully engineered his elite maritime consulting and charter business, Good Karma Sportfishing, which we strategically expanded into high-level coaching in 2020.
I stepped into the high-stakes world of independent sales, operating entirely on a “pay-for-performance” model and consistently averaging $2.5M in sales per year.
In 2018, I formalized my lifelong integration of energetics by getting certified as a Coach and Energy Practitioner—ultimately “burning the final corporate sales boat” in August of 2021 to dedicate myself entirely to this private advisory.
Every elite leader encounters friction, structural shifts, and moments where their current reality feels entirely too small for the vision they carry. But you do not need to rely on generic luck, blind faith, or exhausting, unaligned hustle to cross the gap.
You need to understand the mechanics of the shift. You need to align the invisible frequency with ruthless, pragmatic strategy. That is how you engineer a reality that matches your highest expression.
Melinda Van Fleet is an Intuitive Energy Business & Leadership Mentor, International bestselling Author/Writer, Speaker, and YouTube Host who works with people who desire to develop the confidence to believe in themselves, take action, and get results.
Utilizing her 30+ years of experience building businesses (corporate America, independent sales rep, and entrepreneur), and her passion for working with people, Melinda teaches real life tools they can use to stop the daily struggle, build their confidence, increase productivity, and achieve the success they desire.
In 2018, she decided to get certified as Life & Business Coach through WCI (World Coach Institute) and since then has added in Human Design coaching (she is a 3/5) and is also a certified energy practitioner. Two powerful next level modalities that in addition to her vast experience and intuitive gifts, add in more insight as to how you can live your best life too!
Melinda Van Fleet is now a sought-after top life and business coach helping women 50+ with their business transition.
Melinda and her husband, Ryan Van Fleet, moved to The Florida Keys after they were both laid off at the same time in 2009. She had manifested a husband “with a hobby,” never thinking that Ryan’s obsession with fishing was something they could turn into an extremely successful fishing and coaching brand, Good Karma Sportfishing and Coaching, in 2012. Melinda is “The wizard behind the curtain” and a true testament to having a vision and hard work coming together! She truly believes that “If she can do it, you can do it too!”
Melinda’s first book, Confidence Mastery for Couples- Roadmap to a More Intimate Relationship, released in March 2021 and her 2nd book Life & Love Lessons- How to Discover Confidence Through Your Spiritual Journey, released July 2021. Both books available on Amazon in Paperback, eBook, and Audible.
Her signature Beyond Basic program based on her success and research in the 3D and beyond.
Beyond Basic is a combination of understanding and utilizing your intuition, consciousness, energetic empowerment, and practical/tactical strategy.
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