Back Porch isn’t a tips-and-tricks podcast or curated girl talk; it’s an honest space for truth. I’m Jennifer Shatzer, a writer, strategist, and survivor who’s spent years wrestling with silence, faith, trauma, and the messy work of starting over.
For most of my life, silence was my default. I carried family secrets, swallowed my own words, and lived with the wound of not being heard. After an injury that forced me to stop, I found myself writing over 200,000 words to survive. I discovered that speaking those words out loud, whether on my porch, with my therapist, or even into AI as a safe container, was where healing began.
This podcast is where writing meets voice. Sometimes I’ll share psalms from the hard place, raw prayers that don’t belong on a stitched pillow but in the messy middle of faith and doubt. Other times, I’ll tell stories of resilience, identity shifts, and rebuilding after life unravels. And often, I’ll speak directly to the themes we don’t talk about enough: trauma, honesty, surrender, starting over, and what it really takes to keep showing up when silence feels safer.
Back Porch is not a performance. It’s not polished answers with a bow on top. It’s the crickets in the background, the late-night conversation with a friend, the kind of truth that only comes out when the guard is finally down.
I’ve been a military spouse, a mom, divorced, an entrepreneur who’s built businesses and lost businesses, and a woman who’s spent countless hours in therapy learning how to find and use her voice again. Through it all, faith, writing, and speaking have been my anchors.
If you’re tired of the noise, the quick fixes, and the performance-driven world we live in, pull up a chair. This porch is open to anyone longing for honesty, connection, and a reminder that silence doesn’t get the last word.
If you’d like to go deeper, join me on Patreon for behind-the-scenes reflections, extended writings, and live porch nights: patreon.com/JenniferShatzer.
Learn more about me, my writing, and future projects: JenniferShatzer.com.
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Instagram: @thejennifershatzer
Facebook: facebook.com/jenniferlshatzer
