Welcome, friend. I’m Portia Booker, storyteller, producer, and host of Groove with Portia. Groove with Portia is a storytelling podcast centered on one powerful question: how did you find your groove through adversity? If you’re here, chances are you’ve experienced grief. The loss of a loved one, a dream, or the version of yourself you once knew. Maybe you pivoted from corporate life into entrepreneurship, or maybe everything you worked for was suddenly stripped away. Every Thursday, I sit down with everyday people, leaders, creatives, and visionaries who share how they turned pain into purpose, obstacles into opportunities, and grief into growth. These conversations are honest, soulful, and healing. Groove with Portia is recognized as a top 10 percent global podcast, reflecting a growing community that believes in the power of storytelling to guide, teach, and restore. If you’re navigating loss, faith, mental wellness, or a major life transition, you’re in the right place. Welcome to the groove.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome, friend. I’m Portia Booker, storyteller, producer, and host of Groove with Portia. Groove with Portia is a storytelling podcast centered on one powerful question: how did you find your groove through adversity? If you’re here, chances are you’ve experienced grief. The loss of a loved one, a dream, or the version of yourself you once knew.
Recent episodes include "Can You Be Grateful for Your Life and Still Want More?" (27 October 2026, 28 minutes), "What Does It Mean to Have a Say in How Your Life Ends?" (22 October 2026, 25 minutes), and "When Your Parents' Trauma Becomes Your Childhood" (20 October 2026, 22 minutes).
Groove with Portia publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 28 minutes.
Booking probability for Groove with Portia is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Groove with Portia requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Groove with Portia's contact route on record: verified email.
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Groove with Portia is a health show.
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Groove with Portia
Can you be grateful for the life you've created and still want something more? What happens when the career, marriage, family, or future you once dreamed about no longer feels like the life you're meant to live? In this...
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What if hospice care isn't what you've always imagined? What if the final months of someone's life could still include laughter, meaningful conversations, celebrations, and even a trip they've always dreamed of taking...
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Can you grieve a childhood you never had? What happens when you realize your parents were carrying pain they never learned how to heal? In this episode of Groove with Portia, I sit down with Juliana Bermesch, author of...
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What if resilience isn't about staying strong, pushing through and pretending nothing hurts? Kat Konkoli once believed resilience meant developing a tough exterior and refusing to let life's losses affect her. After...
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What happens when grief doesn't give you enough time to grieve? Kellye Thunder Davis spent decades teaching meditation, mindfulness and stress management. But after experiencing the deaths of four people close to her...
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What happens when everything you know professionally about grief suddenly becomes personal? Dr. Patricia Timerman had worked in suicide prevention, intervention and postvention. She had studied suicide grief and...
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What happens when you stop using drugs, but the pain that led you there is still waiting for you? On this episode of Groove with Portia, I sit down with Nikki Mammano, author of Breaking Good: A Memoir, for an honest...
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Leaving an abusive relationship doesn't always mean you immediately feel free. On this episode of Groove with Portia, I sit down with Lori Carter, domestic violence survivor, advocate and founder of The Beautiful...
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What happens when someone you love suddenly needs long-term care and you realize you weren't prepared for what comes next? On this special episode of Groove with Portia, I'm joined by Jacklyn Ryan, Lindsay Friedman and...
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What happens when the person who is used to fixing everything is suddenly faced with something she can't control? On this episode of Groove with Portia, I sit down with author and cancer survivor Farla Efros for an...
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What if moving on was never the goal? On this episode of Groove with Portia, I sit down with Kelly Edmondson, founder of Timely Presence and mother of Darius, for an intimate conversation about child loss, continuing...
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What happens when the life you built suddenly changes direction? On this episode of Groove with Portia, I sit down with entrepreneur and Podcast Connections co-founder Noémi Beres for a conversation about grief...
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What happens when you're trained to tell everyone else's story but never given the space to process what those stories are doing to you? Before becoming the CEO of Healium, Sarah Hill spent years working in television...
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In this powerful episode of Groove with Portia, host Portia Booker welcomes Ellen Lubensky, a patient advocate and founder of the Mental Health Choice Project, for a vulnerable and important conversation about mental...
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We have more ways to communicate than ever before. We can text, chat, connect through social media and even turn to artificial intelligence when we need someone—or something—to talk to. So why are so many people still...
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We’re finally talking about menopause. But are we really listening to what women are experiencing? On this episode of Groove with Portia, I welcome back my longtime friend and menopause expert Carleeka Basnight Menendez...
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On this episode of Groove with Portia, I sit down with Erica Baccus, author of A Promise Kept, to talk about her love story with her husband, John, his Alzheimer's diagnosis, and their deeply personal decision to travel...
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What happens when the life you envisioned for yourself doesn’t happen according to plan? On this live episode of Groove with Portia, I sit down with Dr. Marline C. Duroseau, affectionately known as “Dr. Mar,” for a...
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Leaving an abusive relationship is often described as the end of the story. For many survivors, it's only the beginning of another journey—healing from what happened, rebuilding an identity, supporting children who...
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Grief and healing don't discriminate. Even the people we call during our darkest moments experience heartbreaking loss, mental health struggles, and the challenge of rebuilding after tragedy. In this episode of Groove...
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Founder, Windward Parents Association
trauma nurse, grief counselor, Shining Light mother, The Timely Presence
author of The Period Brain: The Science of Why We PMS and How to Fix It, Change the Chamber Lobby for Climate
attorney, mental health reform advocate, Mental Health Choice Project
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