What Does it Mean to be Strong? Navigating Grief & Redefining Strength After Loss - with Kami Wernimont

In observance of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, Leanna welcomes back Kami Wernimont, founder and president of Let the Light In, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting women and families through loss. Kami shares how her organization has grown and evolved over the past two years, offering one-on-one companion support, community events, and new initiatives for siblings and families. Together, Leanna and Kami explore what it truly means to take care of yourself in grief, how to find comfort in the uncomfortable, and why strength often looks more like gentleness, rest, and honesty than pushing through pain. This episode is a tender reminder that healing isn’t about moving on – it’s about learning to walk with grief – and that none of us have to walk it alone.

Full transcript available here.

Re-visit episode 17 to hear Kami’s story.

Re-visit episode 62 for last year’s update and to hear the lessons Kami shared about supporting others while maintaining her own self-care and quality time with her children.

If you’re moved to support the important work of Let the Light In, please donate here.

Connect with Kami and learn more about Let the Light In here.

Connect with Leanna here.