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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.

May 26, 2020

Wanjiku Kiarie, an accountant and podcaster from Kenya, talks about her mama Frasia, a teacher who raised and supported her four daughters during her husband’s battle with drinking. The episode is bursting with lessons on finding God; forgiving and giving; working hard, saving and investing; raising amazing women; and...


May 19, 2020

Stephanie Mitchell, a game producer from Seattle, talks about her mom Tanya who raised her three children as a single mother while working as a bar tender. We learn about hard work, being a people’s person, how much independence is too much, and the importance of recognising and dealing with addiction running in...


May 12, 2020

Monica Cermeno, former performance testing engineer at Boeing, talks about her Mexican mama Fina, a seamstress who became a business owner. We learn to control our actions and not other people’s, that good deeds come back three times, about working hard and making the best out of our circumstances, and the importance...


May 8, 2020

In this special mini episode, seven little girls, Olivia, Elise, Gabriella, Lola, Sophia, Penny and Bailey, share the lessons they learned from their mothers. You will learn how to protect lettuce from naughty bunnies, avoid fighting, speak Spanish, Korean and Slovak, make lasagna, jump rope, that we all actually have...


May 5, 2020

Writer and podcaster Ronit Plank talks about her mom who left to follow Guru Bhagwan in India. We learn that while most people don’t change, some do; that the way people treat you shows who they are, not who you are; the importance of expressing feelings in a vulnerable and constructive way; and to always use more...