Love & Loss

Mary Toland Shaw is a certified Spiritual Life Coach, a HeartMath Resilience Mentor, a Healing Touch Practitioner, a Life-Cycle Celebrant, and soon to be ordained Interfaith Minister. Her second son, Michael John, transitioned from life, 38 weeks in the womb in July of 1991. Mary also experienced 3 miscarriages at between 3-4 months in the womb. Mary has 3 wonderful adult living ch

Melinda is an Intuitive Health Practitioner, bereaved mother, maternal death survivor, registered nurse (RN), adoptive mother, and entrepreneur. She is the founder of Scarlit Coaching, a integrative health movement for women to find joy and true healing through reconnecting to the wisdom of our bodies. Despite adequate prenatal care, Melinda lost her son Oak and almost her life in

Growing up in a family that had a passion for writing and drawing, Kirsten was influenced by generation after generation of writers and artists. She has shared these passions since childhood, but did not self-publish her first book, rearranged, until her late twenties. She was moved to share her work after going through loss, grief and healing. In writing, she experienced light aft

RTZ HOPE is a national non-profit organization that provides holistic support, resources, and community for all people who have experienced unimaginable loss during the journey to parenthood. No matter if your loss is recent or in the past, RTZ HOPE is dedicated to empowering parents to seek whatever paths to healing are right for you. We come alongside anyone who would otherwise

Natasha de Sousa is a mother, wife, avid reader, and aspiring author. In 2013, she lost her son Leo at 23 weeks of gestation. Since Leo's passing, she has been actively involved in the pregnancy and infant loss community by volunteering for various organizations. She is currently the Board Chair for RTZ Hope (@rtzhope), a national non-profit organization that provides holistic supp

Hadeer is a certified doula in infertility and infant and pregnancy loss. She has helped many people pass through the grief. She herself experienced 6 losses back-to-back. After her Termination for Medical Reason (TFMR), she couldn't navigate the grief alone. She took up the doula course to help her understand what she's experiencing. She has had multiple miscarriages and a late-te

Hadeer is a certified doula in infertility and infant and pregnancy loss. She has helped many people pass through the grief. She herself experienced 6 losses back-to-back. After her Termination for Medical Reason (TFMR), she couldn't navigate the grief alone. She took up the doula course to help her understand what she's experiencing. She has had multiple miscarriages and a late-te

Michele Benyo is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®, early childhood parent coach, and the founder of Good Grief Parenting. After her 6-year-old son died of cancer, her 3-year-old daughter said, “Mommy, half of me is gone.” This heartbreaking statement focused Michele’s career as an early childhood parenting expert on the impact of grief on young children, particularly a

Amy is a certified life and grief coach. She combines her own experiences with stillbirth, miscarriage and pregnancy after loss with powerful mindset tools to help moms find themselves again after baby loss. She is the host of the Smooth Stones podcast. Along with helping her clients she loves her family, her faith and being in the mountains. https://smoothstonescoaching.com/ http

Amy is a certified life and grief coach. She combines her own experiences with stillbirth, miscarriage and pregnancy after loss with powerful mindset tools to help moms find themselves again after baby loss. She is the host of the Smooth Stones podcast. Along with helping her clients she loves her family, her faith and being in the mountains.