Life Unfiltered begins where the masks fall.
A path back to your real strength, your real voice, your real life without noise, clichés, or pretending.

Meet our team

We are not here to impress. We are here because we understand pressure, recovery, and what it takes to rebuild clarity.

Mel Evens 

Founder

Engineer | International Sales Professional | NLP Practitioner | Intellect Trainer

Born as Milena Ivanova, Mel Evens is the founder of Life Unfiltered and the creator of its human-centered system for personal growth and resilience.

With a background in engineering, international sales, and professional development, she combines strategic thinking with deep human insight. Her work is shaped by lived experience in high-pressure environments, recovery, and rebuilding life and identity from the ground up.

Mel works at the intersection of clarity, resilience, and sustainable performance, supporting individuals and organizations that are ready to grow without losing themselves in the process.

Dr. Deni Maydon

Business Partner 

Psychologist | Lecturer

Dr. Deni Maydon is a psychologist and lecturer with a strong academic and practical background, working at the intersection of psychology, leadership, and organizational systems.

Her work focuses on emotional regulation, self-awareness, and long-term resilience in demanding professional and personal contexts. She supports individuals navigating pressure, transition, and complexity through evidence-based psychology and a calm, structured approach.

Deni’s contribution to Life Unfiltered brings scientific grounding, depth, and clarity to the system.

Nico Pulskens

Co-founder

Resilience Expert & Human Connector

Nico Pulskens is an executive leader with extensive experience in building and leading high-performing teams in complex, international environments.

His background includes senior leadership roles, strategic growth, and operational transformation under sustained pressure. Alongside this, he brings lived experience with burnout, recovery, and rebuilding resilience from within demanding systems.

Within Life Unfiltered, Nico focuses on translating resilience, leadership, and human connection into practical, real-world applications for individuals and organizations.

H. Maydon

Business Partner 

Performance & Resilience Coach

H. Maydon brings a performance-driven perspective to Life Unfiltered, combining business insight with extensive experience as a sports coach working with high-performing and well-known athletes.

His work is rooted in long-term performance, discipline, mental resilience, and sustainable results under pressure. Through years of coaching elite athletes, he has developed a deep understanding of focus, recovery, consistency, and the human limits behind achievement.

Within Life Unfiltered, he translates resilience, structure, and performance principles into practical systems for individuals and organizations, supporting growth that is grounded, realistic, and sustainable over time.

What Makes Life Unfiltered Different

  • No theory without lived experience.

  • No noise, clichés, or “good vibes only.”

  • Psychology + neuroscience + emotional resilience.

  • Real tools that work in real workplaces, real families, real crises.

  • Built for people who are done pretending.