Melissa Sulley

(she/her)

Coach and Grief Educator with josiah+co.

About

Melissa Sulley (she/her) is a Certified Pregnancy & Infant Loss Coach, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Doula, owner of josiah+co., and a fellow bereaved parent. She also holds a Bachelor of Psychology and Education from Western University.

She is the mother of three children earth-side and seven children waiting for her in the stars. Her first experience with pregnancy loss was in 2015 when she lost her son Josiah at 20 weeks.⁠ After Josiah, she lost four more babies within the second trimester, and three within the first trimester. ⁠

Melissa offers intuitive, trauma-informed coaching, supporting you through loss toward an empowered future.

She is passionate about supporting folks through all aspects of their loss journey – whether a recent loss, trying to conceive, pregnancy after loss, or parenting after loss. She also holds space for secondary losses such as loss of relationships, loss of identity, and loss of faith.

Services

  • Pregnancy & Infant Loss Coaching

Location

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Writings by Melissa Sulley

Hi, I’m Melissa! I am a Certified Pregnancy & Infant Loss Coach, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Doula, owner of josiah+co., and a fellow bereaved parent. ⁠I am the mother of three children earth-side and seven children waiting for me in the stars. I am passionate about sharing my personal journey through grief and the tools I’ve learned along the way to empower you to navigate through the difficult waters of loss. You can find me writing often about recurrent loss, pregnancy/parenting after loss, and secondary losses such as loss of relationships, loss of identity, and loss of faith/religion.

 

Navigating Grief and the Holidays

This season, this holiday, is so difficult for so many reasons. Many of us are grieving. We’ve lost teeny tiny babies and full grown children. We’ve l

 

Top 6 Grief Essentials

We all will experience grief of sorts in our life and yet it is rarely talked about. So when we are confronted with grief we often don’t know how to n

 

When Someone Dies – How to Talk to Your Kids About Death

Our family is no stranger to grief. In the past 5 years we’ve experienced 7 miscarriages (most within the second trimester), the death of my grandmoth

 

5 Ways to Support Others Through Pregnancy & Infant Loss

At some point in our lives, we will be faced with supporting a friend through loss. Even though grief is inevitable in all of our lives, we are left w

 

How to Navigate Pregnancy After Loss – 6 Things you can do right now

Pregnancy after loss is an emotional rollercoaster. It can be filled with fear, joy, guilt, love, excitement, grief, relief, pressure, exhaustion… a

Pregnancy Loss Healing