Love Deeply.
Faith, family, friendship, grief, community and belonging. The relationships we nurture shape the lives we live.
A life worth living
Your next chapter has a 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.
Misha Porembski is a speaker, Southeastern Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, certified life coach, widow ministry consultant, nonprofit leader and facilitator who helps women navigate change, cultivate resilience, discover purpose and build lives of meaningful impact.
Misha’s storytelling career includes more than two decades in broadcast national network news and on-camera work as a business reporter for Georgia Public Broadcasting. She received a Southeastern Emmy for Best Documentary for Burning Questions, which she co-wrote, directed, voiced and appeared in to honor her father’s childhood experience in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The deeply personal film was broadcast nationally on PBS.
As Founder of Widow Strong and Iron Forums Buckhead Group Facilitator, Misha brings communication, faith, resilience and service into one continuing body of work that helps people move forward.
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.
Speaking, 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.
Misha's work
One mission. Distinct ways to engage.
Speaking, media & facilitation
Stories that move people forward.
Keynotes, workshops, leadership conversations, event facilitation and media that help people navigate change, cultivate resilience and live with purpose.
Explore Grief Resilience WorkshopsAward-winning filmmaker
Burning Questions
Southeastern Emmy Award Winner • Best Documentary
Co-written and directed by Misha Porembski, who also voiced and appeared in it, Burning Questions is a deeply personal documentary honoring her father’s childhood experience in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
The film brings together family history, faith, memory and the search for understanding.
Nationally broadcast on PBS.
Watch Burning QuestionsCoaching & resources
Clarity for what comes next.
Certified life coaching for adults, teens and young adults, offered in person and online through Life Transformed Christian Counseling.
Explore Coaching with MishaBooks & resources
New Beginnings
Misha’s books and grief-empowerment resources offer practical support for navigating loss, rebuilding life and moving toward renewed purpose.
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.
Widow 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.
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.
Community 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.
Leadership 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.
The philosophy
Love deeply. Laugh often.
Live your legacy.
Your life has a story. Your next chapter has a purpose. Let’s make it count.
Connect with Misha
Let’s start a conversation.
For speaking, facilitation, leadership opportunities, widow ministry consulting and coaching inquiries.