I’m navigating loss or unexpected change.
Find support, resilience, community and practical resources for moving through grief and major life transitions.
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A life worth living.
Your life has purpose.
Life rarely unfolds exactly as we imagined. Some seasons change us. Some call us forward. And some invite us to decide what matters most now.
When life doesn’t go according to plan
Where are you in your next chapter?
Life can change in ways we choose and in ways we never would have chosen. Wherever you find yourself, there can be space to reflect, reconnect with what matters, and discover what comes next.
I’m wondering what comes next.
Create space for clarity, purpose, personal growth and meaningful next steps.
What’s possibleI’m leading people or building community.
Explore leadership, facilitation, consulting and meaningful community for women who lead.
Leadership & communityI’m looking for stories, resources or encouragement.
Explore books, documentary storytelling, video, media and other resources created to help people find meaning, resilience and hope.
Stories & resourcesThe philosophy
Love deeply. Laugh often.
Live your legacy.
Your life has a story. Your life has purpose. Live with intention.
Love Deeply.
Faith, family, friendship, grief, community and belonging. The relationships we nurture shape the lives we live.
Laugh Often.
Joy is worth cultivating—even when life hasn’t gone according to plan. Make room for beauty, adventure and delight.
Live Your Legacy.
Purpose, leadership, service, health and impact. Don’t wait to leave a legacy. Begin living it today.
Meet Misha
Misha Porembski is a storyteller, speaker, grief resilience coach, facilitator and nonprofit leader whose work centers on helping people navigate change, loss, leadership and life’s unexpected transitions.
A former national network news journalist and Southeastern Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, Misha has spent more than two decades using storytelling to help people understand what matters most.
Today, that work takes many forms—from speaking and coaching to nonprofit leadership, grief resilience, women’s leadership and community building.
My StorySpeaking, media & facilitation
Stories that move people forward.
Misha brings warmth, lived experience and practical insight to women’s events, leadership gatherings, churches and nonprofit communities.
Live Your Legacy
Love deeply. Laugh often. Build a life that matters.
The Courage to Begin Again
Moving from disruption to resilience to purpose.
Leading With Legacy
Why the way we lead today becomes what we leave tomorrow.
When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan
Finding strength, purpose and possibility after unexpected change.
Life & legacy coaching
Clarity for what comes next.
Certified life coaching services are provided by Misha, both in person and online, through Life Transformed Christian Counseling in Marietta, GA.
Whether you’re navigating a major life transition, rebuilding after loss or change, feeling stuck in an important decision, or simply wondering what comes next, coaching can provide a supportive place to find clarity and move forward.
Certified Life Coaching services provided through Life Transformed Christian Counseling.
Leadership & community service
Building communities where women are empowered to connect, grow, and lead.
Misha’s leadership work spans nonprofit service, faith-based community building and leadership facilitation.
Nonprofit leadership
Widow Strong
Widow Strong is the home of Misha’s nonprofit leadership, widow-focused community service, programs and impact.
Founded by Misha Porembski
Explore Widow StrongLeadership facilitation
Iron Forums Buckhead
Misha serves as the Iron Forums Buckhead Group Facilitator, helping create a trusted forum for women business and nonprofit leaders to grow in leadership, connection and purpose.
Facilitated by Misha Porembski
Explore Iron Forums BuckheadCommunity leadership
Passion City Widow Connect
Misha co-leads a Widow Connect Group at Passion City Church in Buckhead, creating a welcoming space for widows to connect through faith, friendship and shared experience.
Co-led by Misha Porembski
View Widow ConnectWidow ministry consulting
Compassion shaped by experience.
Misha helps churches, ministries and community leaders develop thoughtful, compassionate and sustainable approaches to serving widows and supporting women navigating loss.
Her work is informed by years founding and leading Widow Strong, developing grief resilience programming, facilitating widow groups, creating resources, leading workshops and partnering with churches and community organizations.
Start a conversationOne purpose. Many ways it comes to life.
180 Your Life
Books & small group series.
A print and video grief resilience small group series offering practical support for navigating loss and moving toward renewed purpose.
Written by Misha Porembski
- 180 Your Life Print & Video Small Group Series ↗
- Watch the Video Series Trailers ↗
- Preview Long-Format Sample Sessions ↗
- Listen on Audible: 180 Your Life — A Woman's Grief Guide ↗
Storyteller
Stories Worth Sharing
Storytelling has been at the heart of Misha’s work for more than two decades—from national network news to documentary filmmaking, books, video and conversations that help people make meaning of life’s most important moments.
Explore Stories & MediaDocumentary
Burning Questions
- Southeastern Emmy Award-winning documentary — Best Documentary
- Co-written and directed by Misha, who also voiced and appeared in the film
- Honors her father’s childhood experience in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
- Nationally broadcast on PBS
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Real Stories. Real Resilience.
Shop with purpose
Beautiful gifts. Meaningful impact.
Homegrown offers thoughtfully curated gifts designed to celebrate connection, encouragement and meaningful moments. Proceeds help support Widow Strong programs and the vision for a future retreat center serving widows and their families.
Contact
Let’s start a conversation.
Whether you’re navigating a transition, looking for a speaker or facilitator, exploring coaching or consulting, or simply have a question, I’d love to hear from you.
- Speaking
- Coaching
- Facilitation / Consulting
- Something Else