Speaking and Media

Bring Melissa to Your Stage, Your Screen or Your Show

Melissa teaches wealth managers, financial advisors, and estate attorneys the skills of grief literacy and skilled listening. Her sessions are not motivational. They are operational.

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What Melissa Speaks On

The Conversations That Matter

Her sessions are not motivational. They are operational. Advisors leave with language they can use immediately, in the next client conversation.

  • The Language of Loss: What Your Clients Are Not Saying
  • $124 Trillion Conversation You Are Not Having
  • The HELD Framework™: Grief Literacy for Wealth Managers
  • When a Spouse Dies: Why Widows Leave Their Advisor
  • Building Multi-Generational Trust: What Advisors Get Wrong
  • Never what to say, always how to listen.
Ways to Bring Melissa In

Choose the Conversation

Bring grief literacy and skilled listening to the setting that fits your audience.

Speaking

Keynotes and conference sessions

Melissa speaks on grief literacy and skilled listening for wealth managers, financial advisors, and estate attorneys.

Skill development

Team workshops

Invite Melissa to lead a team workshop grounded in the skills of grief literacy and skilled listening.

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On air

Television and video interviews

Invite Melissa for a television or video interview about grief literacy and skilled listening.

In conversation

Podcasts, radio and press

Invite Melissa for a podcast, radio or press conversation about grief literacy and skilled listening.

In the Press and On Air

Recent Appearances

Television, live interviews, podcasts, articles and features, followed by a record of Melissa’s speaking engagements since 2019.

Television and live

Television

The Horse’s Mouth TV, Guest Interview

CF Media and Industry Champions Group, co-host Christine Campbell Rapin. August 19, 2026.

LinkedIn Live

The Leadership Lounge

Heartbeat for Hire, hosted by Lyndsay “Lynz” Dowd. May 28, 2026.

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Podcasts

Podcast

Fiduciary Alchemy

Hosted by Craig Andrews. Episode: “The Heart Side of Wealth Transfer”.

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Podcast

Stand Up to Stand Out

Hosted by Stuart Paap. Episode 21: “Beyond the Loss”.

Watch the episode
Podcast

Mojo, Motivation & Mental Health

Hosted by Michael Orlowski. Episode 29.

Watch the episode
Podcast

Getting Unstuck: Cultivating Curiosity

Hosted by Jeff Ikler. Episode 223: “Leading from Grief to Life”.

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Podcast

Leadership From The Arena

Strategic Government Resources. “Burnout & Bereavement in Today’s Workplace”.

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Articles and features

Article or interview

5 Things You Need To Heal After a Dramatic Loss or Life Change

Authority Magazine (Medium), interview by Pirie Jones Grossman.

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Article or interview

Total Health: On How We Can Optimize Our Mental, Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Wellbeing

Authority Magazine (Medium).

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Feature

Loss Has a Language: Teaching Wealth Management to Hear the Person Behind the Portfolio

Founded By Women.

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Magazine

LeadHer Magazine

Published article on entrepreneurship.

Speaking and Webinar History

Keynotes, webinars, workshops, lectures and conversations.

2026

  • Nov 2026RESET, University of MinnesotaGuest speaker. Topic: retirement grief. Virtual.
  • Oct 2026Grief-Informed MovesNASMM Conference, Indianapolis. Conference talk.
  • Aug 2026Grief-Informed Senior AdvisingSociety of Certified Senior Advisors (CSA) Conference, Denver. Conference talk.
  • May 2026The Weight They CarrySociety of Certified Senior Advisors (CSA/SCSA). Webinar.
  • Feb 2026Meaning Making 101Colorado hospice volunteer coordinators. Presentation, in person.

2025

  • Sep 2025Change Makers PresentationCU Denver, hosted by Aging Dynamics. Presentation.
  • May 2025Senior Club WorkshopApex Park and Recreation District, Arvada, Colorado. Workshop, in person.
  • Jan 2025Agewise WebinarAgewise. Webinar. Topic: aging and grief.
  • Jan 2025St. Paul’s WorkshopSt. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Lakewood, Colorado. Workshop, in person.

2024

  • Jul 2024IMN WebinarInterim Ministry Network (IMN). Webinar.

2023

  • Nov 2023IMN Annual ConferenceInterim Ministry Network (IMN). Conference presentation.

2022

  • Jun 2022Living with PurposeUBS Chicago Market, Team Associate Appreciation Day. Keynote and guest speaker.
  • May 2022Interview with CCSMCCSM. Interview.
  • Apr 2022Guest LectureUniversity of Colorado Boulder. In person.
  • Feb 2022The Anatomy of Grief WebinarICCA, open to the public. Webinar.
  • Feb 2022Grief Webinar, Park RidgeMainstay and CBH, Park Ridge. Webinar.
  • Feb 2022Illinois Counselor Webinar: The Anatomy of GriefIllinois Counseling Association (ICCA). Webinar.
  • Jan 2022Chicago Market Support Team WorkshopUBS. Workshop on support team wellbeing.

2021

  • Nov 2021Guest LectureUniversity of Colorado Boulder. In person. Topic: leadership and purpose.
  • Sep 2021Creating a Compassionate ClassroomInnovative Educators. Webinar.
  • Aug 2021The Anatomy of GriefSAP. Employee webinar.
  • Jun 2021From Mourning to MeaningBreathing Ubuntu. Interview and summit.
  • Jun 2021Time4Coffee PodcastHosted by Andrea Koppel. Podcast.
  • Jun 2021Forging Mettle PodcastForging Mettle Academy. Podcast. Topic: resilience.
  • May 2021How to Support Your Employee During Times of GriefGrief Journeys on Clubhouse. Panel.
  • May 2021SerenityConversation with Katherine Wells, Serenity Engage.
  • May 2021Facebook Live: Grief Counselor FeatureMavericks of Senior Living. Live interview.
  • May 2021Second Act Women WebinarSecond Act Women. Webinar.
  • 2021Let’s Talk About GriefHosted by Anne DeButte. Podcast.

2020

  • Apr 2020Grief PresentationCollege of DuPage. Virtual.
  • Mar 2020Guest SermonFirst Congregational Church of Naperville (UCC). In person.

2019

  • Nov 2019Guest SermonChurch in Bensenville, Illinois. In person.
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