About Mel's Messy Love Lab

I'm Melanie Moseley, and I've spent 61 years on this planet so far collecting stories, making mistakes, and figuring out what it means to live authentically. I'm a theatre artist, musician, writer, and recovering perfectionist who believes that our messiest moments often hold our greatest wisdom.

My background includes touring the country performing improv and one-woman shows, running a theatre company, developing workshops for organizations like Kaiser Permanente and Sex Positive Portland, and working in international education that took me around the world. I've explored everything from monogamy to polyamory, raised an emotionally intelligent human (my 24-year-old son Ethan), navigated addiction and recovery, and learned that reinventing yourself is a lifelong practice, not a one-time event.

What You'll Find in the Love Lab:

Saturdays: Deep-dive posts where I experiment with big questions about relationships, authenticity, creativity, and what it means to be enough just as you are.

Wednesdays: Analog Letters—handwritten notes to people who've impacted my life, complete with mixed-media art and stories about why ordinary humans doing ordinary things is actually extraordinary.

Ongoing: Playshops (workshops with the focus on play with a purpose!) where we experiment together with things like writing your own user manual, creating authentic connections, and embracing the beautiful mess of being human.

This isn't a place for polished life advice or perfect solutions. It's a laboratory where we test out what authentic living actually looks like—with all its glitter, messiness, and surprising depth. If you're ready to experiment with being exactly who you are, welcome to the Love Lab.

Currently writing from Portland, OR (soon relocating to Fiddletown, CA) with my black cat Shadow as writing companion.