About Me - Meli G

Welcome & thank you for visiting my site - Whole in Oneness! My name is Meli G - or Melissa Grigg - and I love to examine the overlap between spirituality, spiritual awakenings & mental health (including psychosis, delusions & hallucinations).

I also delve into topics like mysticism, consciousness & spiritual crisis/emergencies. Over the past decade, I experienced my own spiritual crisis and severe mental health issues. Thankfully I’ve been able to integrate these experiences and heal on a deeper level by facing my shadow.

I’ve explored many paths on my venture to wellness and burgeoning wholeness - and I believe my divine purpose is to be a cheerleader for those on their own hero’s journey & awakening path.

My deepest hope is to uplift people who are struggling with mental health, especially post-awakening. Please reach out if you’d appreciate support on your journey: melgrigg777[at]gmail[dot]com. I'm happy to answer emails and also provide additional peer support services, which are donation-based. Thank you again for your interest & love & blessings to you!

More About My Background: My professional experience - esp pre-awakening - comprises 15 years working in communications, marketing, grant writing, fundraising, nonprofit management & activism (aka a well-intentioned wounded healer wanting to save the world :). All along the way, however, I’ve been devouring information about myriad healing modalities, along with info about holistic health, psychology, spiritual practices & unity consciousness (hence the name “Whole in Oneness” :)

Feel free to reach out! Melgrigg777[at]gmail[dot]com.

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