Melissa Jean Rod

Award Winning Author & Professional Speaker

Hope. Healing. Forgiveness,

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Grab a Seat, This Gets Real

I love a good conversation — especially the kind that starts with "so tell us your story" and ends with the host needing a minute. I've sat down with podcasts to talk about the blood type on a military discharge form that upended my identity, what it actually looks like to forgive the people who hurt you the most, and how faith shows up in the parts of life you'd never put on a highlight reel. Grab a coffee (or a sweet tea), hit play, and let's talk about the messy stuff — I promise there's hope on the other side of it.

Topics I speak on:

Forgiveness (the real kind, not the Hallmark-card kind)

Father wounds and identity

The secret that changed everything

Walking with a child through the justice system

Faith in the middle of the mess, not after it's cleaned up

Want me on your podcast or your stage? Let’s talk.

Getting To Forgiveness

The Fraternity Foodie Podcast

with Dr. Mike Ayalon

In this conversation, we talk about forgiveness, identity, and what it looks like to move forward when life doesn't unfold the way you expect.

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