Some days you need a swing, some days you need a step.
Grief doesn't come with a map or a deadline...
Despite what your well-meaning aunt keeps texting you about ‘stages.’ Some days, remembering to put on matching socks feels like conquering Everest. Other days, you catch yourself humming in the grocery store and think, Holy wow, maybe I’m ready for something that doesn’t involve hiding in sweatpants.
Wherever you are on this emotional tilt-a-whirl that nobody asked to ride, you’re welcome here.
This isn’t some ’12 Steps to Widow Wonder Woman’ program or a spiritual checklist designed to fast-track you to fine. It’s a collection of honest, no-BS offerings for women who know that healing happens in yoga pants and messy kitchens, not Instagram-worthy moments. Some are light and gentle for days when you can barely handle your own thoughts. Others go deeper for when you’re ready to excavate the hard stuff without sugar-coating it.
Scroll through and see what doesn’t make you want to run screaming. There’s no wrong door to walk through first—just the one that feels possible today. Even if today’s possibility looks like crying into a bowl of cereal while listening to someone who gets it.
Because sometimes the bravest thing you can do is admit you need a hand to hold while you figure out who you’re becoming.
The Harvest Path
Listen to the free podcast: Still Held: The Harvest Path offers short, soulful reflections that don’t rush your healing or sugarcoat the pain
Download the printable devotional: When You Don’t Know Where to Start—a soft place to land when Scripture feels out of reach
Sign up for Porch Letters: Inbox encouragement with no spiritual clichés and no pressure to reply (because some days you just can’t)
Next Step Nurturing
You’ve caught your breath. Or maybe you’ve just run out of reasons to keep pretending you’re fine. This is for the woman who still whispers “I don’t know what I’m doing,” but now wants to hear something back. These offerings go beyond the first hello—they’re for the space between surviving and rebuilding.
Subscribe to the private podcast: Still Held: At the Kitchen Table—the unscripted, unfiltered side of grief and faith
Read The Porchlight Journal: Stories, reflections, and the kind of writing that makes you whisper, “me too”
Watch From the Porch on YouTube: Casual conversations, scripture that doesn’t feel preachy, and maybe a story about a goat or two
The Back Porch
Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is admit: “I can’t keep carrying this alone.”
This space is for the woman who’s tired of surface-level support. She’s not looking for a spiritual bootcamp or a Pinterest-perfect plan. She wants someone who knows grief in the marrow and who can sit beside her while she figures out what comes next.
Explore 1:1 mentoring—private, weekly support where we create a soft, structured path through your after-loss season
Take the Still Held course: The Journey Home—a self-paced guide for rebuilding with grace, grit, and faith
Keep listening with the private podcast: Still Held: At the Kitchen Table (because sometimes you need real talk in your earbuds at 3 a.m.)