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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Ashley Ortiz became a mom at 19 and graduated high school with her three-month-old daughter in the audience. She became a single mom, survived an abusive relationship while pregnant with her second child, rebuilt her life, created a blended family, and eventually helped build a seven-figure family painting business.

But this isn’t a conversation about pretending the hard parts were necessary to become successful.

Ashley joins Tia Lilley for the return of Season 6 of The Torch Mom Podcast to talk honestly about young motherhood, leaving an abusive relationship, raising teenagers, breaking cycles through honesty with her children, marriage, building a business while her kids grew up alongside it, being a woman in a male-populated industry, and realizing that sometimes the person underestimating you is you.

She also shares the five-minute conversation that helped change the direction of her career, why she tells her teenagers to call her even when they’ve messed up, the guilt she carried while building the family business, and the moment one of her children finally understood what all those late nights had been for.

For the mom who can’t see past what she’s going through right now, this conversation is a reminder:

Right now isn’t forever.

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Nobody warned her that motherhood would change her identity, her body, her brain, and her sense of self for far longer than she expected.

This episode of The Torch Mom Podcast is a powerful conversation about motherhood, identity, burnout, healing, twin pregnancy, marriage, mental health, and the long road back to yourself.

Tia sits down with Josie, a therapist, professor, group practice owner, wife, and mother of twins, for one of the most honest conversations about what happens after motherhood changes everything.

From navigating a difficult twin pregnancy and a NICU stay to rebuilding her sense of self nearly two years later, Josie shares the realities many mothers experience but rarely talk about openly.

In this episode:

• twin pregnancy and NICU experiences

• identity loss after motherhood

• burnout and perfectionism

• balancing marriage, motherhood, and career

• relational trauma and healing

• raising emotionally aware children

• breaking generational cycles

• supporting moms through community

• why healing happens in relationships

• the truth about feeling like yourself again

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She was helping homeless families…while secretly living in her car herself.

This episode of The Torch Mom Podcast is one of the rawest, most powerful conversations about trauma, survival, motherhood, purpose, resilience, and faith you’ll hear.

Tia sits down with Vitelle actress, speaker, author, entrepreneur, and founder of a production company focused on trauma healing through storytelling, for a deeply honest conversation about surviving impossible seasons while still showing up for others.

From childhood trauma and becoming a mother after sexual assault…to helping the homeless while secretly living in her car, Vitelle shares the reality behind resilience that most people never see.

In this episode:

• ​surviving childhood trauma and abuse
• ​becoming a mother after rape
• ​healing through storytelling and creativity
• ​helping homeless communities while secretly struggling herself
• ​the emotional pressure of always being “strong”
• ​living in a car while building businesses and touring
• ​breaking generational cycles through healing
• ​faith, resilience, and refusing to give up

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Surviving something life-changing doesn’t mean you magically become okay afterward. Sometimes you survive and still have to grieve the person you used to be.

This episode of The Torch Mom Podcast is a raw and powerful conversation about motherhood, identity, burnout, survival, healing, and learning how to exist after life changes you forever.

Tia sits down with Amanda, a breast cancer survivor, mother of three, speaker, and podcast host who opens up about navigating motherhood during COVID while battling cancer, and the emotional reality of surviving something that permanently changes you.

From balancing treatment and parenting to rebuilding her identity after remission, Amanda shares the truth many women quietly carry but rarely say out loud.

In this episode:

• ​surviving cancer while still showing up as a mom
• ​grieving the version of yourself that no longer exists
• ​mom guilt during hard seasons
• ​burnout, people-pleasing, and learning to say no
• ​why women struggle to admit they’re not okay
• ​rebuilding identity after trauma and survival
• ​giving yourself grace during seasons of change
• ​learning to become intentional with your life

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Modern motherhood has become deeply isolating and many moms are silently drowning trying to do everything alone.

This conversation finally says that part out loud.

This episode of The Torch Mom Podcast is a real and refreshing conversation about motherhood, sleep deprivation, identity shifts, entrepreneurship, asking for help, and why moms were never meant to carry everything by themselves.

Tia sits down with Jackie, a parent concierge, sleep support advocate, entrepreneur, former vet tech, equestrian, and mother for an honest discussion about modern motherhood and the pressure women face to “figure it all out” alone.

From IVF and postpartum transitions to building support systems for families, Jackie opens up about the reality of parenting in a world where community often feels missing.

In this episode:

• ​the mental and emotional effects of sleep deprivation
• ​why asking for help is necessary, not weakness
• ​motherhood identity shifts and rediscovering yourself
• ​parenting without yelling and creating a peaceful home
• ​balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood
• ​how isolation impacts modern moms
• ​building a support system and village
• ​why all children have different needs

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