Melanie Pensak, M.S., CCC-SLP, CMT-P - Proficiency Partners Diplomate

Melanie Pensak, M.S., CCC-SLP, CMT-P / Contact Here

Melanie runs Meditation 4 CIRS, a weekly mindfulness-based meditation class for folks recovering from CIRS. She is the founder of The Heart of CIRS Podcast and CIRS Healing Grief Circles. Melanie is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher and Grief Educator who guides individuals and groups through meditation and nature connection in trauma-informed practices. She also offers one-on-one CIRS support calls, as well as mentoring sessions, to those recovering from CIRS who wish to process their emotional and spiritual journey through the lens of mindfulness and compassion. Mentoring sessions incorporate meditation, somatic inquiry, problem-solving and mind- body support specific to your CIRS challenges. Some call Melanie their, “emotional/spiritual coach.”

Melanie brings 2 decades of experience as a speech-language pathologist and love for meditation to folks with CIRS. She has completed first level Shoemaker Protocol training on CIRS and is a Proficiency Partner Diplomate. Melanie is committed to ongoing education and completed A4M’s Breakthroughs in CIRS training. She has worked with people as a teacher and guide for over a decade and has experienced and worked through deep grief and emotional healing through her own CIRS process. Each session combines spirituality, science and support, personalized for your recovery.

Relevant training and work includes:

-Mindfulness Training Institute Certification led by teachers Martin Aylward and Mark Coleman
-Completed David Treleaven’s Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Program
-Teacher of Sangha Live’s Chronic Illness and Disability Affinity Group
-Awake in the Wild Graduate from Mark Coleman’s contemplative nature program
-Certified Speech-Language Pathologist for 20 years
-Surviving Mold Shoemaker Proficiency Partner Diplomate
-Completed A4M’s Training, Breakthroughs in CIRS
-Founder of Meditation 4 CIRS and CIRS Healing Grief Circles
-Founder of The Heart of CIRS Podcast
-Grief Educator through David Kessler


Melanie Pensak, M.S., CCC-SLP, CMT-P (she/her)
Certified Speech-Language Pathologist
Certified Mindfulness & Nature-Based Meditation Teacher
Shoemaker Proficiency Partner Diplomate