womensmarch Archives - Melissa Burch

Melissa Burch Award Winning & Bestselling Author

January 1, 2017 | posted by mcburch | in Blog

Why I’m Marching on Washington and An Invitation to Help the Women’s March on Washington

We’ve reached a major point in history where many women have more choices and opportunities than they ever did. Women decide who to love, what jobs to pursue, if and when to have children and so much more. First and foremost, I’m marching to make sure none of those rights are taken away—and for the […]

Melissa's Bio

I’m Melissa Burch, a bestselling author, teacher and speaker who inspires men and women to live an adventurous life and to develop their own spiritual practice rooted in the teachings of the heroine’s journey.

l’m happy to report that My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker was just chosen as a finalist in the memoir category for both the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards and the Foreword INDIES book of the Year Award.

Prior to doing this work, I was a filmmaker, producer and former war journalist for the BBC, CBS, and other networks. My team was one of the first documentary crews in the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, and a story about me in Afghanistan was featured in The New York Times. I was just in my twenties when I traveled with the mujahedeen, filmed an attack on a Soviet convoy, slept with an Afghan commander, and climbed 14,000 foot mountains in the Hindu Kush. These experiences and many more are featured in my adventurous spiritual memoir, My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker.

I was the executive producer of "Women in Limbo Presents," a national public television series about women’s lives, and I’ve served as president of the New York Film/Video Council. My book, The Four Methods of Journal Writing: Finding Yourself Through Memoir, was a #1 Amazon bestseller and is still in the top 10 in its category. I spent several years as an internationally recognized leader in homeopathy, co-founded the Catalyst School of Homeopathy and produced and hosted one of the first successful radio shows on Voice America on homeopathy.