What happens when you realize the life you built was shaped by a version of you who never really got to decide who she wanted to be?

Mama Audra was raised in a strict Mormon household where she says her identity was essentially handed to her. She married at 20, became a mom at 22, raised three children, became a teacher and spent years trying to live the life she believed a good woman and mother was supposed to want.

She eventually left the church at 35.

But eight years later, while standing in her kitchen making an apple pie she didn’t even like, Audra realized leaving wasn’t the same thing as knowing herself.

That moment sent her into what she calls “grieving the life unlived” and forced her to confront questions about motherhood, career, identity, and even whether the woman she’d become would still choose the husband she’d married at 20.

This is a conversation about what can happen when a mom finally starts separating what she chose from what she was taught to choose.

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Everybody has advice for moms

• ​What to eat
• ​How to parent
• ​How much to work.
• ​What your career should look like
• ​What your kids need
• ​What a “good mom” is supposed to do

Tara became a mom at 23 and somewhere between raising three very different children, building her career, navigating marriage and becoming the breadwinner in her family, she started questioning how much of that advice actually belonged in her life.

Tonight, Tara joins Tia Lilley for a conversation about what changed when she stopped automatically following the script and started trusting herself.

Because sometimes you don’t need another opinion.

You need to hear your own!

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Can you be grateful for the family you have and still grieve the one you thought you’d have?

Hannah Neal joins Tia Lilley for a conversation about the complicated parts of motherhood that don’t always fit neatly into gratitude, happiness, or heartbreak.

From finding her place as a stepmom to navigating pregnancy loss, motherhood, marriage, identity, mom guilt, and the pressure women put on themselves to be okay, Hannah opens up about what it looked like when life and motherhood didn’t follow the plan she once imagined.

And somewhere in this conversation is a reminder for the mom who’s ever felt guilty because she can appreciate what she has while still hurting over what she doesn’t:

Both can be true!

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Content note: This episode includes discussion of pregnancy loss, miscarriage, infertility, pregnancy complications, and mental health.

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