The Motherless Mother

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...

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 a...

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 , Ti...

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...

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 i...

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 t...