Melissa Josue
Our intimate relationships profoundly affect the quality and trajectory of our lives. When we live and love from the truth of who we are, our dating journey becomes a sacred path, a recreation, generative, grounded in deep purpose and authenticity.
For years, I was the woman who waited to be picked. Who over-gave. Who saw potential in men who weren’t available, and who confused emotional pain for being in love.
And when I met someone who was actually demonstrative, affectionate, consistent, and kind, I could hardly trust those gestures. I pushed it away.
A book I came across asked: Does being in love mean being in pain? The notion clicked with devastating clarity. I had equated suffering with love. Through humbling inner work, I realized I had been playing not to lose instead of taking a stand for what really mattered to me.
Still, it was years before I truly absorbed:
“Your needs matter. You don’t have to betray yourself for love.”
That’s what I wish someone had told me …
And it’s what I now take a stand for in my purposeful work.
What I bring is not a formula. It’s a framework for getting so clear on who you are and what you genuinely want that your dating path becomes less agonizing … and the path becomes truly yours.
I’ve been coaching women through dating and relationships for more than a decade, most of them divorced, many more than once.
Melissa Josue is a coach, writer, and educator who has spent over a decade supporting women, many of them divorced, through the deeply personal work of dating with clarity, self-knowledge, and intention. She holds advanced training from the Relationship Coaching Institute in Relationship Coaching for Singles, certifications in stepfamily coaching, trauma-aware Transformational Coaching, and Master Practitioner NLP, and therapeutic writing training through the Center for Journal Therapy. She holds a journalism degree, spent two decades in nonprofit communications, is a longtime meditation student and practitioner, and is currently a PCC-level coaching candidate. She lives in California with two grown stepdaughters and two beautiful little boys.
Here at SAS, we know from our women’s work that when a Divorced Woman can step into a new relationship from a conscious, embodied place — self-informed and self-aware — the right relationship becomes inevitable.
Ziva’s Group is an adaptation of the Conscious Dating® framework specifically for women navigating dating after divorce.
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“I wish I had found Melissa and her work sooner…Going through this transformation, I feel like a flower coming to bloom. I see so much potential in myself, and I am now able to share it not only with my partner but also with my children, my family, and my friends. Working with Melissa has been life-changing for me, and I will be forever grateful.”
– Autumn
“Before working with Melissa, I was stressed, anxious, attached, and clingy…Melissa helped me onto the path I want to be on…And regarding my love life, I am calm, relaxed and enjoying every moment of it…
I feel like a GODDESS again!”
– Katie
“I could feel the impact of my work with you in my dating & relationships very early on. I now feel empowered instead of drained as I did before. Dating with my head and my heart is guiding me towards the relationship that I want…not a relationship where I settle for what I almost want.
I now know that I am not going to pass over what I’m looking for – I will know when I see it.”
– Elyse D.
“I came in with the focus on my relationship, but ended up walking away with the knowledge that I needed to focus on MYSELF first and foremost to get the relationship I wanted. Now I have definitely gained so much strength and a much better blueprint regarding the type of woman I want to be. Your compassion, support, and encouragement are truly priceless.”
– Amanda
“I really feel like all of the work we have done together helped me clarify my feelings regarding what was missing for me and what I really needed. Once it was clear to me that those things weren’t going to happen, it made breaking up a natural, and an easy‘ish’ decision. I felt surprisingly confident almost immediately after it ended that it was the right decision…I have been very honest with myself about what I really think and feel so I can move forward and have peace with my new reality.”
– Jessica