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Melissa Wood-Tepperberg Shares Adorable Video of 4-Year-Old Daughter Telling Her to ‘Chill Out’

The 2023 SI Swimsuit rookie shares Elanor with husband Noah Tepperberg.

Ananya Panchal

Melissa Wood-Tepperberg.

Melissa Wood-Tepperberg.

Melissa Wood-Tepperberg has raised her daughter to stay calm, cool and collected, and sometimes her 4-year-old daughter reminds her mom how to do just that.

The 2023 SI Swimsuit rookie, who shares Elanor and her son, Benjamin, with husband Noah Tepperberg, captured a sweet mom-and-daughter moment on video.

“When you’ve lost your cool more times than you’d like to admit and your 4 year old tells you to pause, take a deep breath & pretty much chill the F out. 😶🙏🏼,” the 40-year-old captioned an Instagram post shared with her one million followers.

Elanor wore her pajamas and sat in her fitness guru mom’s lap and offered advice.

“Take a deep breath, blow it out,” Elanor said. “Count to five.”

Wood-Tepperberg counted slowly.

“Calm?” her daughter inquired with a smile.

“I feel more calm,” Wood-Tepperberg nodded. “Thank you.”

Elanor has clearly learned from the best. The MWH founder meditates every day and values her emotional and mental wellness. She has built her platform around promoting a healthy lifestyle and making fitness accessible to all.

“I want to be sharing this gift that I know is my life’s work,” she said. “What I started to realize when I found a meditation practice and I committed to it is that this work is not just about building this body that we desire in life. It’s about building this relationship with yourself, and I know that it starts in the mind. Meditation has really helped me slow down and to live in the present, to be present with every single thing that’s in front of me.”

Meet Melissa Wood-Tepperberg—read the 2023 SI Swimsuit rookie’s full feature profile here.

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Ananya Panchal
ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit, where she covers fashion, beauty, pop culture and the internet’s favorite personalities and trends. She joined the brand in 2022 after roles at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. Panchal loves to write about fashion in all its forms—from standout runway moments and evolving street style to the best accessories to elevate each season’s wardrobe (she rarely goes anywhere without a stack of jewelry and a coffee in hand). A self-proclaimed beauty fanatic, she’s always on the hunt for must-have products and loves breaking down viral trends. Her favorite series at the moment is spotlighting female founders and the stories behind the brands they’ve built—especially those shaping the future of fashion, wellness and tech. She is based between New York City and San Francisco and, when she’s not writing, can be found rewatching One Tree Hill, playing sudoku, trying new restaurants or ranking her favorite Disney Channel Original Movies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism with a minor in criminal justice from Boston University.

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