The Motherless Mother
The Motherless Mother Podcast is a place for women navigating the realities of motherhood without their mothers. It covers not only the grief and loss, but also the love, memories, traditions, questions, and identity shifts. Hosted by Tishka Moss, each episode explores the unique experience of mothering while motherless. The podcast offers honest conversations, practical reflections, and the reminder that you are still her daughter.
Episodes
Episode 18: The Momma Bear I Lost
Six years after losing my Mom, I found myself at a wedding thinking about the kind of mother she was — and the kind of mother I'm becoming.My mother, Lillian Scott, was the ultimate Momma Bear. She loved her children fiercely, but that didn't mean she automatically took our side. If we were wrong, she told us so. Still, we never had to question whether she was in our corner.And she had a
Episode 17: The Things I Judged My Mother For Before I Had Children
There were things Mummy did when I was growing up that I was absolutely certain made no sense.Why did my little sister have to come everywhere with me? Why couldn't Mummy just go to sleep when I was out late? Why could everybody sleep at our house when I wasn't allowed to sleep at theirs? And why, from where I stood, did her life seem so... boring?Then I became a mother.In this episode o
Episode 16: When Did I Become The Grown-Up?
You're the grown-up now.You're the one raising the children, making the decisions, filling out the forms, scheduling the appointments and somehow being expected to know where everybody's missing shoes are.But becoming the grown-up doesn't necessarily mean you stop needing one.In this episode of The Motherless Mother, I'm reflecting on one of the quieter realities of mother
Episode 15: I Thought I’d Be Grown by Now
When I was 19, my mother was 46.Back then, 46 sounded middle-aged to me. Grown grown. Surely by that age, you knew who you were, had life figured out and had done most of the becoming.Now I’m 46.And apparently, 19-year-old me had absolutely no idea what she was talking about.In this episode of The Motherless Mother Podcast, I reflect on midlife, motherhood and mother loss by looking back at the wo
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 Nassau Beach Hotel. The sister who went dancing with my Auntie Wasi and gave men fake names—Linda Pinder and Sandra Fernander—and then switched places when those
Episode 13: Who Do I Call Now? Motherhood After Losing Your Mother
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 still moments when something happens and my first thought is: I need to call Mummy.In this episode of The Motherless Mother, I’m talking about missing your mother after
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 even my definition of success.And somewhere along the way, I started wondering about something women hear all the time:Don't lose yourself in motherhood.But wha
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, her laugh, the scents she wore, the meals she made, the softness of her skin, and the way she showed up.And lately, I’ve been wondering: What will my children remember about me?After
Episode 10: I Wish My Mother Could See This
There are moments when the joy is so big — and right alongside it comes the ache.I wish my mother could see this.As I prepare to travel to Trinidad to watch my son represent The Bahamas as part of the national swim team, I've found myself thinking about the person I most wish could be in the stands with me: my mother.But one of the things I've learned about grief after losing my mother i
Episode 9: Loving a Motherless Mother
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 th
Episode 8: What Death Can Never Take Away | Still Her Daughter with Shonalee Johnson
What does it mean to mother your children when you still miss your own mom?In the very first episode of our Still Her Daughter series, I'm joined by Shonalee King Johnson —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 your mo
Episode 7: What Losing My Mother Changed in Me
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, I reflect on the unexpected ways grief has shaped my life since losing both of my parents—and what it means to navigate motherhood after losing your mother.This isn't a conversation about “getting over” gr
Episode 6: The Pregnancy I Never Imagined: Becoming a Mother While Facing the Loss of Mine
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 episode of The Motherless Mother, I
Episode 5: The Woman My Children Call Dra: Keeping Grammy's Story Alive
This week, you finally get to meet her.Her name was Lillian Scott. To my children, she was Dra.In this deeply personal episode of The Motherless Mother, 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 st
Episode 4: The Versions of Me She Never Met
Who have you become since your mother died?In this episode of The Motherless Mother Podcast, I reflect on the woman I've become since losing my mother—and the bittersweet realization that she will never meet the future versions of me still to come.Inspired by my parents' wedding anniversary, this conversation explores identity after losing your mother, motherhood after loss, faith, perso
Episode 3: Sometimes I Miss Being Someone's Child
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, I refle
Episode 2: Apparently, We Become Our Mothers
Have you ever heard yourself say something and immediately thought:“Oh no. That was my mother.”In this episode of The Motherless Mother Podcast, I explore one of the most unexpected parts of motherhood: realizing you're becoming like your mother—and discovering just how much of her lives on in you.From inherited phrases and familiar habits to instincts we never consciously learned, motherhood
Episode 1: The Sundays That Help Me Understand My Mother
In the first episode of The Motherless Mother Podcast, I reflect on an ordinary Sunday morning and the surprising ways motherhood after losing my mother has helped me understand her 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 load of motherho
Welcome to The Motherless Mother Podcast
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—a podcast for women navigating mother loss, motherhood after loss, and motherhood without the support or presence of their mothers.Maybe your mother has died. Maybe she's still here, but distance, illness, a comp
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