EPISODE · Mar 18, 2026 · 43 MIN
6. Moving With Grief, One Friday at a Time with Tara Porter
from Can't Call Your Mom with Nicole Weston · host Nicole Weston | Motherless mothers navigating life after motherloss
In honour of Tracy- Tara's mom Tara is the creator of On Fridays We Dance, a movement born from heartbreak, healing, and the courage to finally feel it all. For the past 15 years she has been fostering connection through her design business, helping people create spaces that feel deeply personal and alive. After losing her daughter Harper, and then her mom just one year later, Tara spent years pushing her grief down — before learning to honor it in the way it deserved to be seen and felt.She began sharing her story and a weekly dance as a way to process her pain and rediscover her joy. Through honest storytelling and unapologetically offbeat dance breaks, Tara helps others feel seen in their own grief and trauma — reminding us all that healing isn't about moving on. It's about moving with.EPISODE OVERVIEWIn this episode, Nicole sits down with Tara for a conversation that is raw, real, and deeply moving. Tara carries compound grief, the loss of her daughter Harper followed just one year later by the loss of her mom, and she brings all of it into this space without apology. This is a conversation about what it looks like to grieve in layers, to numb and then finally feel, and to discover that joy and grief can exist in the very same moment.Tara shares how five years ago she quit drinking, and when the numbing stopped, the real healing could finally begin. She talks about the kitchen dance parties she had with her mom, and how On Fridays We Dance grew from a moment of silliness between friends into a deeply healing, community-building practice that has touched thousands of people.WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODETara's experience of compound grief — losing her daughter and her mom within a year of each otherHow she spent years in survival mode, pushing her grief down to hold her family togetherThe turning point that came five years ago when she stopped numbing and started truly feelingHow On Fridays We Dance was born from kitchen dance parties with her mom — and became a healing movementThe truth that grief is not linear — it comes in layers like an onion, and the body knows when you're ready for moreWhy joy and grief can live in the same hand at the same timeThe power of being witnessed — and why "I see you" can be the most healing words someone can sayHow her community on Instagram became a lifeline: "I don't feel so alone"A MOMENT THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU"Healing isn't about moving on. It's about moving with." Tara's story shows us that grief doesn't end on a timeline. Fifteen years in, she is still dancing with it — and that is not a sign of failure. It is a sign of love.CONNECT WITH TARAFollow Tara on Instagram and join the On Fridays We Dance movement, a community that shows up every week to feel it all, laugh through it, cry through it, and dance through it together. https://www.instagram.com/taraporterofficial/Connect with Nicole:Register for Nicole’s free Masterclass: She’s Dead. Now what? May 6th @12pm ET https://www.nicoleweston.ca/masterclassgriefBook a free 20 minute introductory call with Nicole https://nicoleweston.as.me/introductorycallNicole's free Anger Workbook Guide: nicoleweston.ca/workbookWebsite: www.nicoleweston.caInstagram: @thenicolewestonProduced by Nicole Weston & Co-Produced by Hunter BlackettPhotography by Heather Whitcombe https://www.whitcombecreative.com/If This Episode Resonated: Please subscribe, leave a review, and share this with a woman in your life who is carrying this. You know someone who lost her mom during Covid and has never had a space to talk about it. Send it to her. Every share reaches another motherless mother who is searching for this community.
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In honour of Tracy- Tara's mom Tara is the creator of On Fridays We Dance, a movement born from heartbreak, healing, and the courage to finally feel it all. For the past 15 years she has been fostering connection through her design business, helping people create spaces that feel deeply personal and alive. After losing her daughter Harper, and then her mom just one year later, Tara spent years pushing her grief down — before learning to honor it in the way it deserved to be seen and felt.She began sharing her story and a weekly dance as a way to process her pain and rediscover her joy. Through honest storytelling and unapologetically offbeat dance breaks, Tara helps others feel seen in their own grief and trauma — reminding us all that healing isn't about moving on. It's about moving with.EPISODE OVERVIEWIn this episode, Nicole sits down with Tara for a conversation that is raw, real, and deeply moving. Tara carries compound grief, the loss of her daughter Harper followed just one year later by the loss of her mom, and she brings all of it into this space without apology. This is a conversation about what it looks like to grieve in layers, to numb and then finally feel, and to discover that joy and grief can exist in the very same moment.Tara shares how five years ago she quit drinking, and when the numbing stopped, the real healing could finally begin. She talks about the kitchen dance parties she had with her mom, and how On Fridays We Dance grew from a moment of silliness between friends into a deeply healing, community-building practice that has touched thousands of people.WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODETara's experience of compound grief — losing her daughter and her mom within a year of each otherHow she spent years in survival mode, pushing her grief down to hold her family togetherThe turning point that came five years ago when she stopped numbing and started truly feelingHow On Fridays We Dance was born from kitchen dance parties with her mom — and became a healing movementThe truth that grief is not linear — it comes in layers like an onion, and the body knows when you're ready for moreWhy joy and grief can live in the same hand at the same timeThe power of being witnessed — and why "I see you" can be the most healing words someone can sayHow her community on Instagram became a lifeline: "I don't feel so alone"A MOMENT THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU"Healing isn't about moving on. It's about moving with." Tara's story shows us that grief doesn't end on a timeline. Fifteen years in, she is still dancing with it — and that is not a sign of failure. It is a sign of love.CONNECT WITH TARAFollow Tara on Instagram and join the On Fridays We Dance movement, a community that shows up every week to feel it all, laugh through it, cry through it, and dance through it together. https://www.instagram.com/taraporterofficial/Connect with Nicole:Register for Nicole’s free Masterclass: She’s Dead. Now what? May 6th @12pm ET https://www.nicoleweston.ca/masterclassgriefBook a free 20 minute introductory call with Nicole https://nicoleweston.as.me/introductorycallNicole's free Anger Workbook Guide: nicoleweston.ca/workbookWebsite: www.nicoleweston.caInstagram: @thenicolewestonProduced by Nicole Weston & Co-Produced by Hunter BlackettPhotography by Heather Whitcombe https://www.whitcombecreative.com/If This Episode Resonated: Please subscribe, leave a review, and share this with a woman in your life who is carrying this. You know someone who lost her mom during Covid and has never had a space to talk about it. Send it to her. Every share reaches another motherless mother who is searching for this community.
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