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A Food Network chef + mama obsessed with travel, and mouth watering food. I also own a gorgeous cooking school in Italy. My mission? To share the secrets of La Dolce Vita so you can create a healthy, beautiful, delicious life filled with joy!

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OR YOU CAN HAVE SUCCESS… YOU CAN’T HAVE BOTH

Whatever outcome you focus your thoughts, energy, and words on, dictate your ultimate reality.

Sure there are some who are struggling with bigger obstacles, but how you decide to respond to challenges, is always your free choice.

You can stand in the corner, eating worms and bemoaning your fate. You can play the blame game and decide to be a victim for eternity.

Or, and I’m all for option 2, you can go out there and create your dream reality. Millions of people with traumatic pasts, severe handicaps or less education and money than you, have gone on to achieve greatness.

They believed that they could and they did. Failure was never an option. They were 1000 percent certain they would succeed. They let go of their fears and jumped in the direction of their dreams.

Your mind is much more powerful than you give it credit for. So make a decision today to banish self-defeating thoughts and words from your vocabulary. No can’ts or won’ts or maybes.

YOU CAN and YOU WILL create the life you desire.

Align your energy with the all-powerful Universal Source that opens the flowers and causes your heart to beat. And know, that He is cheering you on, as you charge towards victory.

Love, light, and blessings always.

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I'm Melissa, your host & tour guide.

A Food Network chef, author, mamma, eternal optimist, wannabe-mermaid, spice mixologist, and “dough therapist” (yep, it’s a thing)—

I'm also the founder of Susina Cucina, the gorgeous, Italian cooking school I manifested into my reality. I’m obsessed with Aperol spritzes, travel, and mouthwatering food… especially pizza and pasta.

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