Melodie Simmons is the CEO and founder of RevealED, where she and her team deliver the highest caliber of evidence-based eating disorder outpatient services. Learn about Melodie Simmons…
Hometown: Fairbanks, Alaska
First job: Library sssistant
Favorite ways to spend your free time in AZ: Poolside in my backyard, exploring trails and finding bugs with my sons, riding bikes, eating local, and checking out the farmer’s market.
Your biggest accomplishment and why: Being a mom is my biggest accomplishment and raising three boys!
The biggest obstacle you overcame: Myself, getting out of my own way.
Someone who inspires you and why: Viktor E. Frankl, author of Man’s Search for Meaning. While in a Nazi concentration camp, he discovered that the meaning of life is found in every moment of living, and life never ceases to have meaning even in suffering and death.
Advice to someone pursuing a career path in what you do: Follow your dreams, not someone else’s. Pursue what makes you happy and something you are passionate about. Do not get caught up in titles and money, those will only provide temporary happiness.
Favorite quote: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss
Something someone would be surprised to learn about you: I am a former runway and high-fashion model.
What makes someone fabulous: Living authentically, unapologetically and following your true north; having the confidence to go against the grain and following your passion.