Latest Griefcoach Podcast Episodes
352 - Maternal Near Miss Survivor and H.E.L.L.P. Syndrome with Tomeka Isaac - REWIND
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - July 03, 2024 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsImagine being told that your baby had no fetal heartbeat one month from their due date? Today’s guest Tomeka Isaac takes us back to that very moment where she and her husband were faced with the news no parent ever wants to hear that her son Jace was not going to make it. Then they were dealt an...
351 - Overcoming Endometriosis After Losing Ovary & Fallopian Tube with Bria Burrell - REWIND
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - June 26, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsHave you ever suffered from painful periods? Today’s guest Bria Burrell has always had painful periods, and in 2015 she found out there was an cyst on her left ovarian. Her OB/GYN monitored the cyst for a couple of months, until it started to grow. In order to prevent the cyst from rupturing the...
The Role of Grief in Shaping My Purpose w/ Season Johnson
Scar Tissue - June 25, 2024 09:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEpisode Highlights: • 00:00:00 - Scar Tissue introduction • 00:02:06 - Melissa reflects on the personal and medical challenges faced during her daughter Leyden’s illness. • 00:17:01 - The pivotal moments that transformed Melissa’s grief into motivation for personal and professional success. ...
350 - Losing your Baby and Losing your Womb with Alexus Harris Oluyole - REWIND
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - June 19, 2024 07:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsLosing your baby and losing your womb and ability to have more children is what today’s guest had to face. Alexus Harris Oluyole lost her son Maverick at 21 weeks due to pregnancy complications and had to have a partial hysterectomy to save her life. Alexus Harris Oluyole was devastated as she...
Transforming Grief into Growth with Dr. Aimie Apigian
Scar Tissue - June 18, 2024 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsIn this deeply moving episode of “Scar Tissue,” host Melissa Dlugolecki explores the profound journey of grief and transformation with Dr. Aimie Apigian. Through their discussion, they delve into the complexities of grief, the power of self-love, and the transformative impact of personal tragedy...
349 - Overcoming Secondary Infertility with Jessica Hortman - REWIND
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - June 12, 2024 13:11 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsAfter experiencing three losses today’s guest felt ashamed and guilty of her grief as she experienced secondary infertility with already having two children. Jessica Hortman had a spontaneous miscarriage in 2015 at 6 weeks, a miscarriage due to a submucosal fibroid at 10 weeks in 2016, two yea...
The Art of Transformation with Lauren Courtney
Scar Tissue - June 11, 2024 09:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsIn this inspiring episode of “Scar Tissue,” host Melissa Dugalecki introduces Lauren Courtney, an enigmatic figure whose life transcends traditional labels. From her beginnings in corporate America to becoming a spiritual guide and healer, Lauren shares her transformative journey of embracing he...
348 - What does Life After Baby Loss look like? Life after Lakhanya with Yonela Rasi - REWIND
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - June 05, 2024 13:08 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsWhat does Life After Baby Loss look like? Feel like? Appear to be for everyone like today’s guest. Yonela Resi is the mother of two angels. One baby she loss at 16 weeks and the other a stillbirth at 38 weeks. In this episode she takes us on that journey of becoming a mother at 24 in South Afric...
Living a Rare Life with Erik Rock [Part 2]
Scar Tissue - June 04, 2024 09:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratings00:00:00 - Introduction to the episode and a brief recap of the concepts of leveraging pain as a tool for personal and communal growth. 00:01:30 - Melissa recounts the painful yet transformative experiences following her daughter Layden’s death, focusing on overcoming the feelings of punishm...
347 - Healing from Miscarriage and Birthing a Miracle Micropreemie at 26 weeks with Carrita Flle - REWIND
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - May 29, 2024 13:05 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsAfter two miscarriages today’s guest experienced preterm labor at 26 weeks. Carrita Flie would not have chosen this journey to motherhood. After her miscarriages, one in the first trimester and one in the second, she was labeled high risk and had to see a specialist weekly when she became pregna...
Living a Rare Life with Erik Rock [Part 1]
Scar Tissue - May 28, 2024 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratings00:00:00 - Introduction to the podcast philosophy of transforming pain into power. 00:01:13 - Melissa introduces Eric Rock, highlighting his journey and impact as an entrepreneur and mentor. 00:02:01 - Eric discusses his approach to life and business, emphasizing the importance of personal bra...
346 - Feeling like you may never experience Motherhood after Miscarriages with Jasmine M. Mason - REWIND
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - May 22, 2024 13:02 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsHave you felt you may never experience motherhood? Today’s guest felt exactly that way after experiencing two miscarriages. Jasmine Moore experienced her first miscarriage in 2016 at 11 weeks cause was a blighted ovum. In 2018 she experienced her second miscarriage at 19 weeks due to natural c...
Return to The Sacred Masculine and Feminine w/ Gerard Adams
Scar Tissue - May 21, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsIn this deeply personal episode of “Scar Tissue,” Melissa Dlugolecki and guest Gerard Adams delve into the transformative power of storytelling, the importance of embracing authenticity, and the challenges and rewards of personal growth. Gerard shares his journey from a young entrepreneur to a b...
345 - Crystal Justice’s Healing from Miscarriage and Still Desiring to become a Mother - REWIND
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - May 15, 2024 12:59 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsBeing raised in a Christian faith based home, and respecting the unspoken rule of not having children out of wedlock, today’s guest began her journey to motherhood at 38 years old. Crystal Justice found out she was pregnant on Aug 9, 2018. On Sept 7, 2018 she was told that the pregnancy was no...
Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself
Scar Tissue - May 14, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsIn this deeply personal episode of "Scar Tissue," Melissa Dlugolecki shares her journey from rule-following high achiever to a life coach who embraces authenticity over convention. From her challenges with anxiety and people-pleasing as a young student in Massachusetts to confronting her identit...
344 - Shawn Owen’s Uterine Fibroids Journey and Pregnancy After Miscarriage - REWIND
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - May 08, 2024 12:52 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratings90% of African Americans women have fibroids and today’s guest shares her miscarriage story and rainbow pregnancy with fibroids. Shawn Owens found out she was expecting as she was preparing for an outpatient procedure. She and her husband were shocked by the news due to her diagnosis with uter...
343 - Bereaved Mother's Day - Honoring our Angels
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - May 01, 2024 07:46 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsInternational Bereaved Mother’s Day is this upcoming Sunday, May 5, 2024. This day is for us to show our love for our babies gone to heaven far too soon. Sunday, May 12, 2024 in the US we celebrate Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day can be very challenging, difficult emotionally, and with social distan...
342 - State of Black Maternal Health - REWIND
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - April 18, 2024 12:52 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsApril is Sisters in Loss Infertility Awareness Month! All month long we will be highlighting infertility stories and journey’s. Black Maternal Health week was April 11-17 and Infertility Awareness Week is April 18-24. This week we are talking about reproductive health. Did you know that ...
341 - Black Birth Stories with Shayla Brown
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - April 03, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsBlack birth stories have joy and they also do have trauma. In today's episode we dive into the creator of the Black Birth Story blog Shayla Brown's own birth story and journey to becoming a mom. Shayla has been pregnant over 10 times with a few miscarriages and one heterotopic pregnancy that r...
340 - Pregnancy After Loss - Stillbirth and Malia's Present with Helena Morais
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - March 29, 2024 14:58 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsParenting after loss is a journey. It's important to make space for conflicting emotions. Don't put pressure on yourself to feel that having another baby will resolve or put an end to the pain of a previous loss. It's okay to feel happiness and sadness at the same time. Life may be moving on, bu...
339 - Parenting After Loss - Honoring my Angel Baby and Earthly Baby with Nkemka Egbuho
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - March 13, 2024 17:09 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsParenting after loss is a journey. It's important to make space for conflicting emotions. Don't put pressure on yourself to feel that having another baby will resolve or put an end to the pain of a previous loss. It's okay to feel happiness and sadness at the same time. Life may be moving on, bu...
nightingale to the phoenix
Good Grief Relief - March 13, 2024 08:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLive your best life right up to your last breath. And all the messy bits in between cradle to grave journey. We grieve much in life, anticipation, our letting go of life, loss of someone we love, a divorce, changing careers, friendships lost. Grief is complicated and unpredictable. I know know...
The Prominent 3s In Life and Grief Recovery With Adele Anderson
Good Grief Relief - March 06, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating3 R’s of Processing grief Robert A Neimeyer Retelling, Rebuilding, Reinventing Retelling: What happened, Who was your loved one, what was lost present and future, what extends beyond Rebuilding: rather than relinquishing, acknowledge the finality as a full body emotional acknowledg...
90% Of Our Success Can be Limited By Trauma
Good Grief Relief - February 28, 2024 18:36 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTrauma, often lurking in the depths of our subconscious mind, acts as a formidable barrier to our success and well-being. It erects a screen saver, a shield of sorts, that tells us we are no longer safe to take risks or protect ourselves. Despite the integral role of risk in personal growth, we ...
338 - Trying Again: Anxiety & Stress during Pregnancy After Loss
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - February 28, 2024 17:02 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsBelow are some coping tips that worked for me on how to Handle the Anxiety, Fear and Stress that comes with Pregnancy After Loss. Focus on one day at a time. Easier said than done, right? But I always keep my favorite verse with me that "All things work together for the good of those who are...
Embracing Brokenness: The Journey of Recovery and Resilience
Good Grief Relief - February 21, 2024 17:34 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the tapestry of life, threads of brokenness often weave through the fabric of our existence. We encounter moments of vulnerability, moments where the weight of despair threatens to shroud us in darkness. Yet, within these fractures, lies an undeniable beauty waiting to be discovered—a beauty ...
337 - Trying to Conceive: I'm Pregnant! Pregnancy After Loss
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - February 21, 2024 16:38 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsCongratulations! You are now pregnant and are ready to embark on another journey of bringing forth life. It can be a very difficult journey of pregnancy if you are not ready to face fear, anxiety, and any other preconceived feelings of pregnancy after loss. Most women who become pregnant aft...
Navigating Emotions: Finding Light in Grief and Overwhelm With Adele Anderson
Good Grief Relief - February 15, 2024 00:28 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this enlightening episode of "Navigating Emotions: Finding Light in Grief and Overwhelm," we delve deep into the intricate landscape of human emotions and the art of coping with life's challenges. Through a comprehensive exploration of grief, overwhelm, and worry, we uncover invaluable insigh...
How Can A Aviator Acronym A.N.C. Help You Heal Your Grief And Better Understand how To Help A Loved-one That Is grieving
Good Grief Relief - February 07, 2024 19:13 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHow can an acronym guide us on our healing journey? Aviate - Acknowledge the Emptiness:** Just as a pilot must maintain control of the aircraft despite turbulence, in grief recovery, In the early days of grief, the weight of loss can feel suffocating, as if the very air we breathe has aba...
336 - Trying to Conceive: Making the Decision to Try Again with Erica Michelle
Sisters in Loss Podcast: Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, & Infertility Stories - February 07, 2024 18:43 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsAre you ready to try to conceive? Today's episode is a solo episode by Founder Erica Michelle on Trying Again and Making the Decision to try to conceive. Making the decision to try again is not an easy one. This decision may trigger many different emotions and bring on anxiety, fear, guilt...
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