Episode 64: The One About Finding Love and Being Brave With Melissa
On this episode we sit down with our friend Melissa to talk about a variety of topics, from her coming out journey, to calling off her engagement, to finding the love of her life, to what it's like being a ketamine nurse AND pediatric nurse at Boston Children's Hospital. Melissa shows us why everything doesn't have to be so black and white.
• We start with Melissa's childhood growing up on a Rhode Island farm and moving to Boston
• Her coming out story, including her first sober kiss with a woman and how she came out to her family
• How ending an engagement made her reframe her own strength and what bravery really means
• Meeting her wife Brianna (aka our bestie Bahn) two years after her engagement
• What it's like giving ketamine infusions: process, effects and safety
• What her role working as a nurse at Boston Children's Hospital is like
• Melissa ends with practical advice for coming out and staying open
• Her top 5 Taylor Swift songs
