Episode 36: Healing After Pregnancy Loss: Grief, Stillbirth Awareness, and Journaling with Vallen Webb
In this powerful and deeply moving episode of The Embracing Layers Network, we welcome back Vallen Webb, a pregnancy loss educator, podcaster, and advocate for grief-informed healing. Vallen previously appeared on our Together We F.E.E.L YouTube panel discussing processing grief and hosted Melissa on her podcast, Pregnancy Loss and Motherhood. Today, she returns to share her story with courage, honesty, and purpose.
Vallen opens up about the devastating loss of her daughter during a traumatic and emotionally taxing delivery—an experience no parent should endure, yet one that impacts far more families than many realize. Stillbirth and miscarriage affect millions of women, often in silence. Through her personal journey, Vallen highlights how isolating pregnancy loss can feel and why open, judgment-free conversations about grief are essential.
In the aftermath of her loss, Vallen turned to journaling for grief as a way to process emotions, regulate her nervous system, and create meaning from pain. What began as a personal coping tool soon became a calling. By supporting other grieving families, she discovered her passion for education and went on to become a pregnancy loss educator, helping women navigate miscarriage, stillbirth, and postpartum grief with compassion and intention.
This episode explores how grief is nonlinear, deeply personal, and often misunderstood. Vallen reminds us that there is no “right way” to grieve and that unexpected loss can leave us searching for grounding and support. Through intentional self-care practices, mindful journaling, and emotional validation, healing becomes possible, though never rushed.
We also discuss the role of self-care for grieving mothers, emphasizing that it’s not about what you do, but how you do it. When everyday routines are practiced with intention, they can become powerful tools for emotional healing.
This conversation is a testament to resilience, maternal mental health advocacy, and the strength it takes to transform personal loss into community impact. Vallen’s work is changing lives, breaking stigmas around pregnancy loss, and creating space for women to grieve openly and heal collectively.
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Timestamps:
Prioritizing Self Care - ( 2:34 )
Confidently Setting Boundaries - ( 8:03 )
Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health - ( 9:46 )
Support self & other women unapologetically - ( 22:56 )
Coming Back to Your WHY and Your VALUES - ( 28:45 )
Living Out of Your Own Expectations - ( 32:07 )
Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself - ( 36:47 )
Living out FEEL, how does it affect your relationships - ( 40:11 )
5 Activities That Nourish You - ( 45:45 )
5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months - ( 52:59 )
Original FEEL Podcast Theme Music by Rio & Valencia Saint-Louis
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