The Motherless Mother

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  Episode 9: Loving a Motherless Mother 04.08.2026 22p

  When my mother died during the pandemic, the people who loved me wanted to help. They couldn't stop by. They couldn't bring a meal. They couldn't sit beside me. So they called. And because they could only call, their words were all they had. Over the years, I've realized there were things I wish people had understood—not just about grief, but about loving someone who's living through it. In this episode, I share seven reflections on what helped, what didn't, and what I've learned in the six y...
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  Episode 8: Still Her Daughter - Shonalee 28.07.2026 29p

  What does it mean to mother your children when you still miss your own mom? In the very first episode of our new Still Her Daughter series, I'm joined by Shonalee—a wife, mother, entrepreneur, and, as she says, "always and forever, Gwen's daughter." Through honest voice notes recorded in her own time, Shonalee shares what it's like to navigate motherhood after losing her mother, the ways her mother's influence continues to shape her parenting, and the truths that grief can never take away. To...
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  Episode 7: What Grief Doesn't Tell Us 21.07.2026 12p

  Episode 7: What Grief Doesn't Tell Us What happens after losing your mother? How does grief change the way you parent, make decisions, face fear, and see yourself? In this deeply personal episode of The Motherless Mother Podcast, host Tishka Moss reflects on the unexpected ways grief has shaped her life since losing both of her parents. This conversation explores what it means to navigate motherhood after losing your mother and the quiet transformation that often happens while we're simply tr...
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  Episode 6: The Pregnancy I Never Imagined 14.07.2026 14p

  Motherhood was never part of my plan. For years, I was certain I wouldn't have children. Then, just weeks after my husband and I eloped, I discovered I was pregnant. A few weeks later, my mother discovered she had breast cancer. In the same season I was preparing to become a mother for the first time, I was also facing the possibility of losing my own. In this deeply personal episode, I share the story behind the pregnancy I never imagined, the expectations that quietly disappeared, and what ...
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  Episode 5: The Woman My Children Call Dra 07.07.2026 16p

  Over the past few weeks, you've heard me talk about my mother. This week, you finally get to meet her. Her name was Lillian Scott. To my children, she was Dra. In this deeply personal episode, I share the story of the woman who insisted nobody was going to call her "Grammy"—and then became the kind of grandmother who rearranged her life around the grandchildren she adored. Through memories of family dinners, surprise visits, breakfast stops before school, Ring Pops, swim-practice dreams, and ...
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  Episode 4: The Versions of Me She Never Met 30.06.2026 13p

  Who have you become since your mother died? In this episode of The Motherless Mother Podcast, Tishka Moss reflects on the woman she has become since losing her mother—and the bittersweet realization that her mother will never meet the future versions of her still to come. Inspired by her parents' wedding anniversary, this conversation explores motherhood after losing your mother, identity after grief, faith, personal growth, and what it means to keep becoming while carrying the love of the wo...
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  Episode 3: Sometimes I Miss Being Someone's Child 23.06.2026 13p

  Sometimes I miss being someone's child. Not in a childish way. Not because I want fewer responsibilities or someone else to solve my problems. But because there was once someone in the world whose role it was to worry about me, check on me, notice when I was carrying too much, and remind me that I didn't have to hold everything alone. In this episode of The Motherless Mother Podcast, Tishka Moss explores one of the quieter realities of motherhood after losing your mother: missing the person w...
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  Episode 2: Apparently, We Become Our Mothers 16.06.2026 11p

  Have you ever heard yourself say something and immediately thought: "Oh no. That was my mother." In this episode of The Motherless Mother Podcast, we explore one of the most unexpected parts of motherhood: realizing how much of our mothers lives on in us. From inherited phrases and familiar habits to the instincts we never consciously learned, motherhood has a way of revealing the women who came before us. Whether you're grieving the loss of your mother, navigating motherhood without her supp...
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  Episode 1: The Sundays That Help Me Understand My Mother 09.06.2026 12p

  In the first episode of The Motherless Mother Podcast, Tishka Moss reflects on an ordinary Sunday morning and the surprising ways motherhood after losing her mother has helped her understand her own mother more deeply. For many motherless mothers, grief doesn't only show up during major milestones. It often appears in ordinary moments: preparing meals, managing family routines, carrying the invisible mental load, and realizing how much our mothers were doing all along. If you're navigating mo...
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  Welcome to The Motherless Mother Podcast 08.06.2026 1p

  If you're navigating motherhood without your mother, you're in the right place. In this short trailer, host Tishka Moss shares the heart behind The Motherless Mother Podcast and who it's for. Whether you lost your mother before becoming a mother yourself, while your children were still young, or are grieving the gradual loss of the mother you once knew, this podcast is a space for the realities of motherhood without her. We'll explore the ordinary moments that catch us off guard, the question...