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Melissa Westgate

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Business Owner at Popcorn Potential
📍 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Melissa Westgate is the founder of Popcorn Coaching, specializing in midlife reinvention for high-performing professionals. With a Master of Arts and a background in Human Kinetics, she helps leaders expand their identity beyond their job title. Colleagues describe her as energetic, an excellent communicator, and a super organized professional.

Melissa is an avid adventurer who has explored Patagonia and summited Kilimanjaro. She combines her love for the outdoors with her coaching through her "Walk and Talk" program in Adelaide. She is also a board member for the Himalayan Development Foundation, supporting children in Nepal, and has recently taken up windsurfing.

She co-authored a publication on sponsorship strategies in Canadian Womens Ice Hockey.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Business Owner
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Priorities

Topics Melissa cares about

Midlife Reinvention
Her coaching practice, Popcorn Potential, is dedicated to helping high-achieving professionals redesign their next chapter and expand their identity beyond a single career.
Leadership Development
Her background includes roles focused on leadership, supporter engagement, and philanthropy, and she now coaches executives on personal and professional growth.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Business Owner
Popcorn Potential
11-2024
Certified Professional Coach
Popcorn Coaching
4-2022 - 10-2024
Senior Manager - Supporter Engagement
The Hospital Research Foundation Group
5-2016 - 4-2022
Foundation Manager
St Peter's Girls' School
10-2015 - 11-2023
Board Member
Himalayan Development Foundation Australia
In the press

Media appearances

Trademark Application for Popcorn Potential – Melissa Westgate. Featured in Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada – Trade‑marks Journal
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Education
1997 - 2000
Master of Arts
The University of British Columbia
1993 - 1997
Bachelor of Human Kinetics
University of Windsor
2-2022
Diploma
Life Coaching Institute Australia
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