<p>In honour of Tracy- Tara&#39;s mom </p><p>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.</p><p>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&#39;t about moving on. It&#39;s about moving with.</p><p><strong>EPISODE OVERVIEW</strong></p><p>In 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.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>WHAT YOU&#39;LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE</strong></p><ul><li><p>Tara&#39;s experience of compound grief — losing her daughter and her mom within a year of each other</p></li><li><p>How she spent years in survival mode, pushing her grief down to hold her family together</p></li><li><p>The turning point that came five years ago when she stopped numbing and started truly feeling</p></li><li><p>How On Fridays We Dance was born from kitchen dance parties with her mom — and became a healing movement</p></li><li><p>The truth that grief is not linear — it comes in layers like an onion, and the body knows when you&#39;re ready for more</p></li><li><p>Why joy and grief can live in the same hand at the same time</p></li><li><p>The power of being witnessed — and why &quot;I see you&quot; can be the most healing words someone can say</p></li><li><p>How her community on Instagram became a lifeline: &quot;I don&#39;t feel so alone&quot;</p></li></ul><p><strong>A MOMENT THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU</strong></p><p><em>&quot;Healing isn&#39;t about moving on. It&#39;s about moving with.&quot; Tara&#39;s story shows us that grief doesn&#39;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.</em></p><p><strong>CONNECT WITH TARA</strong></p><p>Follow 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. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/taraporterofficial/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/taraporterofficial/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources:</strong></p><li><p>Download the free <strong>Can&#39;t Call your mom Anger Workbook Guide</strong> to begin taking care of yourself and moving stuck emotions: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3PxLMIArTwVxMaAI6uyvmoIJiG3IJRkuPIYXZ-h7yk/nicoleweston.ca/workbook"><u>nicoleweston.ca/workbook</u></a>.<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3PxLMIArTwVxMaAI6uyvmoIJiG3IJRkuPIYXZ-h7yk/edit">1</a></p></li><p><strong>Connect with Nicole</strong></p><p><strong>→  Book a free 15-minute connection call: </strong></p><p><a href="https://nicoleweston.as.me/connection"><em>https://nicoleweston.as.me/connection</em></a></p><p><strong>→  Join the Can&#39;t Call Your Mom community:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/channel/AbZEHq7v2zWhwJfc/"><strong>https://www.instagram.com/channel/AbZEHq7v2zWhwJfc/</strong></a></p><p><strong>→  Website:</strong> <a href="http://www.nicoleweston.ca"><u>www.nicoleweston.ca</u></a></p><p><strong>→  Instagram:</strong>  @thenicoleweston</p><p><br></p><p>Produced by Nicole Weston &amp; Co-Produced by Hunter Blackett</p><p>Photography by Heather Whitcombe<a href="https://www.whitcombecreative.com/"> <u>⁠⁠https://www.whitcombecreative.com/⁠</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p>