The Motherless Mother
The Motherless Mother Podcast is a place for women navigating motherhood without their mothers.
Whether you lost your mother before becoming a mother, while your children were still young, years into your parenting journey, or are grieving the gradual loss of the mother you once knew, you'll find honest conversations about grief, motherhood, daughterhood, family, identity, and the women who shaped us.
Hosted by Tishka Moss, each episode explores the unique experience of becoming and being a mother while carrying the absence of your own.
Not only the grief.
But also the love.
The memories.
The traditions.
The questions.
The unexpected ways motherhood helps us understand our mothers differently.
If you're navigating motherhood after losing your mother, parenting without your mother's support, missing your mother, or simply longing for conversations you can no longer have, you'll find practical reflections, personal stories, and the reminder that you are not alone.
Because the goal isn't to help you move on.
It's to help you feel less alone while you keep going.
The Motherless Mother
Latest Episodes
Episode 14 — I Knew Mummy. But Did I Know Her?
I knew my mother very well. But after losing her, I’ve found myself wondering about all the versions of her I never got to meet.The tomboy-ish little girl who was mischievous but afraid of getting spanked. The young woman who became Miss...
Episode 13: Who Do I Call Now?
My mother was usually my first call of the morning and my last call at night.Sometimes I needed advice. Sometimes I had news. But most of the time, I called her about absolutely nothing.Nearly six years after losing her, there are...
Episode 12 — The Mother I Thought I’d Be
Before I became a mother, I had ideas about the kind of mother I would be—and the kind of woman I would remain.Then I actually became one.Motherhood didn't just add children to my life. It changed my priorities, my ambitions, and ...
Episode 11: What Kind of Mother Will They Remember?
One day, our children will tell stories about us.What will they remember?Losing my mother changed the way I think about memories. I don’t remember whether she got motherhood right every time. I remember her—her smile...