Confessions of a Freebird - Midlife, Divorce, Heal, and Date Differently with Somatic Experiencing, Empty Nest, Well-Being, Happiness

What Emotional Healing Really Looks Like After Grief and Loss with Melissa Saleh


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Have you ever experienced a loss so deep it changed everything?
What if healing isn’t about moving on, but about learning to live differently with your grief?

In this episode, I talk with Melissa Saleh, a trauma advocate, storyteller, and mother who shares her powerful journey through stillbirth grief and how she found her way back to life after everything crumbled beneath her. Following the loss of her daughter during labor, Melissa's world fell apart. What followed was a raw, authentic, and deeply human path through grief and loss, identity, and eventual emotional healing.

We explore how she used alternative healing methods, somatic practices, and nervous system regulation to begin rebuilding her life. We also discuss why PTSD recovery isn’t one-size-fits-all, and how true emotional resilience often begins in the quiet moments of surrender and self-care.

You’ll learn:

  • Why stillbirth grief is so often misunderstood and minimized
  • How grief and loss impact the body, mind, and spirit
  • Ways to support emotional healing using somatic practices and daily rituals
  • What Melissa discovered about the limits of traditional PTSD recovery and the power of alternative healing
  • How to reclaim identity, purpose, and joy in life after loss


If you’ve experienced deep loss or love someone who has, this episode offers comfort, insight, and hope.

You’re not alone in your healing.

Much love,

Laurie


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Confessions of a Freebird - Midlife, Divorce, Heal, and Date Differently with Somatic Experiencing, Empty Nest, Well-Being, HappinessBy Laurie James - Podcaster, Author, Somatic Relationship Coach

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