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Thank You, Mama

Our mothers’ lessons are an immense treasure, which so many of us never articulate. This podcast does just that: award-winning author and journalist Ana Tajder talks to women of different backgrounds, nationalities, ages, and professions who share the most valuable lessons they learned from their mothers. This weekly trip around the world should allow the colorful experiences and wisdom of global mothers to inspire, motivate, and maybe teach the listeners a lesson or two.

Mar 31, 2020

Doris W Lee, a former marketing expert, now a busy mom of three, is sharing her mama Sophia, a nurse from South Korea who is teaching us about being brave but also kind and sweet, having a healthy suspicion of people, not taking the first thing you get, and empowering your children by teaching them about sex. 


Mar 24, 2020

Los Angeles based TV and movie actress Laura Allen talks about her stay-at- home-mom Julie, from whom she learned the importance of a career, the courage to age naturally, respect for other women, and how to embrace change. 

 


Mar 9, 2020

Jaynie Jackson, a music talent manager from Los Angeles talks about her mom Florence who beat cancer in her seventies, and raised her nine children with a strong sense of religion, altruism and love for performing arts. Mama Florence teaches us the power of prayer, family values, art of sharing, loving and serving...


Mar 9, 2020

Claire Bidwell Smith, best-selling author of three books on loss (The Rules of Inheritance, After This, Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief), a grief therapist, and a Charleston-based mom of three (or six!), lost her mama Sally when she was only 18. From Claire, we learn about “healthy grief” and that there is no...


Mar 9, 2020

Rupa Chawla, a retired United Nations employee from Austria and India, talks about her Burmese mother Ada who, at 86, is still the pillar of the family. Ada still meditates and practices yoga every day, and teaches us about gentle honesty, real strength, life without judgement, being self-contained, the magic of...