WHAT YOU NURTURE WILL
GROW
From diagnosis, through treatment and recovery, don't go it alone.
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I am a professionally trained Life Coach with personal experience overcoming cancer as a mom in my mid-30's, after a diagnosis in 2014.
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As a Healing Hope Cancer Coach, I can help you process the emotional impact of a cancer diagnosis, teach you how to to develop the best care team, how to build circles of support, and how to become your own best advocate and ally.
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I offer stress reduction techniques to help manage fear and uncertainty, and coaching to support your healing path.
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After treatment ends I will help you form your personalized recovery roadmap, to support you in your healing and rebuilding all dimensions of life. ​​​​​​​
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This was me back in the summer of 2014. At the advice of one of my friends with metastatic cancer, I took matters into my own hands and shaved my head before chemo would make my hair fall out. I felt fierce, determined and ready!
"Thank you so much for your kind presence and willingness to listen as I struggled for the last few months, and also for your support and encouragement as I move forward into what I believe my heart is calling me to do - I've felt so much lighter and more joyful the last few weeks!" -B.V.
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"Melissa has been invaluable in helping me navigate 2 breast cancer surgeries and the continuing follow up. I'd been talking with oncology social workers, therapists, support groups, but I never felt really supported. Melissa gave me space to validate all my emotions, but always left me with uplifting thoughts and sometimes "homework" assignments that helped me clarify my needs & express them to drs. She has always answered when I have reached out to her, because with cancer & it's treatments, ordinary things can become a crisis. With Melissa guiding me, I didn't look back, but instead looked forward, trying to find the joy in little things when the big picture became too much. I am so thankful that she is in my life, truly." -S.F.
How I Can
Help You
In the aftermath of a cancer diagnosis, how do you find your path through the pain?
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How do you create circles of support, ask for what you need, and manage stress and uncertainty?
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What's next after the "Survivor Confetti"
has been swept away?
I am here to help.
