My name is Melissa Rae Risdon and I live in the San Francisco Bay Area.  I was born and raised in  here and my parents still live in the house I grew up in.  I have an older sister Jamie who also blogs: http://jpd.typepad.com/ she’s been an inspiration to me in starting this and has been encouraging me to do so for over one year.

My parents have been happily married for over 42 years.  They are great parents to my older sister and I.  Growing up we always were laughing, having fun and enjoying ourselves.  We ate dinner together most nights.  I grew up playing soccer and softball and we went on a family vacation every summer to the Russian River for two weeks.

I went to the same middle school and high school as my parents.  I received an AA degree from College of San Mateo and a BS from San Jose State University.

I’m 35 years old, I own my own coaching business and I have the luxury of working out of my home.  Before becoming a Life Coach I worked in corporate America for over 10 years.  I worked my way up the ladder at SAP America, Inc. from front desk receptionist, to Contracts Administrator to a Sales and Distribution Consultant.  After working for SAP for over 5 years I moved on to NVIDIA Corporation where I was a Business System Analyst.  I left my secure job 2 years ago to take some time off, enjoy life and start my own business.  I’m now a successful Life Coach helping people have more loving and fulfilling relationships.

I’m writing this blog to share with you my own personal experiences of the relationship advice that we hear.  A lot of times we read the advice, we know what we are supposed to do but actually doing it is a whole other story.  I’m going to share those stories with you through my blog.

I’ve already posted some blogs that aren’t necessarily about relationships but they are about me.  They are things that I felt necessary to post.

If you want to learn more about my business please check out my web site at: www.RAEcoaching.com