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This Book Is for You If…
You’ve done everything “Right” and still feel like something inside you is fading.
This book is for you if:
You’ve checked every box of success, but still feel empty
If even one of these feels true — this book was written for you.
You feel emotionally invisible in your relationships
You’re exhausted from being everything for everyone
You’ve lost touch with who you are outside of roles
You quietly wonder:
“Why am I unhappy when my life looks so good?”
Reading this book helps you:
This is not motivation. This is emotional clarity.
What This Book Will Help You Do
The Disappearing Woman isn’t about fixing you.
It’s about helping you understand what’s been happening and showing you how to come back to yourself.
THE DISAPPEARING WOMAN
Reconnect with your needs, voice, and boundaries
Stop living on autopilot and feel present again
Begin rebuilding a life that actually feels like yours
Identify the emotional patterns keeping you stuck
Understand why you feel disconnected (without self-blame)
You Look Like You Have It All...But Inside, Something Feels Missing
You wake up exhausted, even after a full night's sleep.
Your calendar is full, but your heart feels empty.
You’re leading everything — yet no one truly sees you
You’re always doing, but feel disconnected from who you are
You’re a high-performing woman. Business-builder. Leader. Wife. Mother.
And from the outside, your life is impressive.
But secretly? You feel invisible.
You’re not ungrateful. You’re not broken.
You’re slowly disappearing behind your own success.
This is exactly why The Disappearing Woman was written.
You’re not feeling this way by accident.
And you’re not alone.
The Disappearing Woman was written to help high-achieving women understand why they feel disconnected and how to begin coming back to themselves without burning their lives down.
This book gives language to what you’ve been feeling quietly for years and offers a grounded, compassionate path forward.
👉 You don’t need to push harder.
👉 You need clarity.
This Is Where The Disappearing Woman Comes In
Inside, you’ll discover:
Meet the Author
Melissa Barnes is a coach, speaker, and legacy leadership mentor for high-achieving women navigating burnout, identity loss, and emotional disconnection.
This book is the starting point of that work.
- Appear strong, capable, and successful
- Feel guilty for wanting more
- Quietly disappear while holding everything together
Melissa’s work helps women stop performing strength and start living in alignment again.
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I worked alongside Melissa in the death care industry for 15 years. I’ve witnessed firsthand Melissa’s personal challenges - and her RISE.
She teaches from wisdom, understanding, proven methods, multiple modalities to facilitate the RISE… Don’t wait, do it now. You can’t afford to keep waiting.
HD
As I was reading about The RISE Method, I found it truly empowering. Every chapter and every paragraph seemed to offer another tool for my life toolbox, something to help me rebuild and grow.
It’s such a powerful reminder to pause our busy lives, look in the mirror, and stand tall knowing that you are enough. This book really encourages you to show up for yourself and your family in meaningful ways. I absolutely recommend this read - it’s inspiring, uplifting, and I’m already looking forward to hearing & learning more from Melissa Barnes.
Katherine
Melissa’s book has opened my eyes to a new pathway of my future.
I am able to move forward with grace, joy and unbridled passion for the next chapter of my life. Once you find the right structure to learn in and the right mentorship - you realize you were never really broken.
Beth
I approached Melissa’s book with trepidation, I have never allowed my emotions to be at the forefront.
Through the exercises and support I now understand my emotions and I embrace them, release the ones that were never true, and I am ready to move forward into my legacy living years and create the life I love.
RB.
This book is a beautiful tribute to powerful women everywhere who are hiding in plain sight inside their lives and are ready to start building their legacy
I’ve known Melissa for a few years now and when she asked me to (pre) read the Disappearing women, I was honored because we’ve chatted so many times about her methods and how potent they are. no one understands legacy more than Melissa, you are learning from the best!
K - MoM, Coach
Melissa is a powerhouse, the book is an incredible intro to her method..
I’ve worked with Melissa 1-1 for almost 6 months and she honestly just gets to work, understands with reverence and takes no time to start breaking the barriers. I highly recommend The RISE mentorship if you are done disappearing in your own dream, your own life.
Sarah
Cannot wait for The Legacy Woman Status!
Read the book, completed the workbook, bought the living legacy course, joined Melissa in The RISE private mentorship and my life upleveled and shifted in such beautiful ways it actually brings me to tears.
Jessica
What Readers Are Saying...
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Frequently Asked Questions
Not even close. This is a guide for women who are done surviving and ready to return to themselves.
Because you have mastered the art of performing your life rather than living it. You have built a world based on responsibility, strength, and being the reliable one. Over time, your inner self went quiet so everything could keep functioning. This is not a flaw. It is a survival response. The Disappearing Woman helps you turn the volume back up on your own life.
Burnout is just the smoke. The fire is emotional disconnection. Rest alone does not fix this because your exhaustion is not physical. It is the weight of suppressed needs. If sleep does not make you feel better, it is because you do not need a nap. There is much more at play here, deeper. This book starts to understand the root cause, not just the symptoms.
Not at all. We have been conditioned to believe that wanting equals ingratitude. You can be grateful for your life and still feel starved for depth within it. Wanting to feel alive and present is not a betrayal of your family. It is the greatest gift you can give them. A whole woman is more available than a disappearing one.
This is the biggest fear, and the answer is no. Reconnection is not about destroying your world. It is about showing up to it as your true self. This work does not create instability. It creates alignment. You do not need a new life. You need to be present in the one you have already built.
Most over-achieving women do not break. They slowly fade. Life stays functional, but it feels flatter and quieter every year. The cost is not a sudden explosion. It is the slow theft of your joy, intimacy, and presence. The sooner you acknowledge the disappearing, the easier it is to reclaim your color without a crisis.
Because bubble baths restore the body, not identity. Vacations are temporary escapes from responsibility, but the numbness is waiting at the airport. The Disappearing Woman creates internal shifts that stay with you long after the vacation ends.
If reading these questions felt like someone was finally reading your private thoughts, that is your signal. This is not about being ready. It is about recognition. If you recognize yourself in these words, you are ready to stop disappearing.
There are multiple set points throughout the book that encourage you to dig deeper. The book is a baseline for the deeper work The RISE Method. If you’re ready to stop consuming more information and take a quantum step forward into living like the woman you know you’re meant to be ~ Melissa will guide you privately through her highly transformative, proven path into the RISE. Contact details can be find here on this page or within the pages of the book itself.
Because information does not create transformation. Courses, books and podcasts offer insight, language, and momentary motivation, but they rarely touch the place where disconnection actually lives. You do not disappear because you lack knowledge. You disappear because parts of you learned to go quiet to survive. This work is not about learning more. It is about reconnecting to what was set aside so your life could function. This book will start your journey and know that you are supported ~ the real transformations come inside the RISE Method and embodiment.
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