a Modern Practitioner for Today's World

THE Uncommon Shaman

Melissa welcomes invitations for podcasts, in-person events, retreats, workshops, and virtual appearances. To inquire about scheduling, rates, or customized topics, please use the contact form or email her at Uncommon.Shaman@gmail.com.

Include details about your event, audience size, preferred dates, and goals for the engagement, and you’ll receive a personalized response within 48 hours.

Speaking Engagement & Collaborative conversations

So much is misunderstood about death, the dying process, and what happens after we die. Education is one of Melissa's passions. Melissa brings decades of experience in end-of-life care, shamanic guidance, and compassionate communication to audiences who are ready to rethink how we approach death, grief, and transformation. Her talks illuminate what it means to meet mortality with courage and curiosity, blending spiritual insight with grounded, real-world experience. Melissa has a rare gift for translating difficult subjects into meaningful dialogue—whether she’s speaking at a conference, on a podcast, or in an intimate community setting.

Melissa is available for keynotes, panels, TEDx-style talks, and podcast interviews, as well as group readings and discussions focused on death midwifery, grief navigation, legacy work, and the unseen aspects of transition. Each engagement is crafted to meet the needs of the audience, weaving education, story, and presence into an experience that is both thought-provoking and healing. Listeners walk away with a new understanding of death as not an ending, but a crossing—and with renewed appreciation for the sacred work of living fully until the last breath.

Melissa’s presentations can be customized for audiences ranging from healthcare professionals to spiritual seekers, end-of-life practitioners, and the simply curious. Popular topics include:

• Death as a Crossing: Reframing fear through compassion and awareness
• The Modern Death Doula: Bridging the sacred and the practical in end-of-life care
• Digital Aftercare: Managing online legacies and private histories after death
• When the Unseen Becomes Seen: Stories from years of energy and property clearings
• Grief as Transformation: How loss reshapes identity and deepens connection
• Living Until the Last Breath: What the dying teach us about truly being alive​