The Motherless Mothers

The Motherless Mothers

Hosted by Adina and Lou, Founders of TMM Community

Episodes 57
Avg. Duration 43m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (2)
Since Oct 2024
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
100%
Hosting
anchor.fm

About This Podcast

Welcome to The Motherless Mothers Podcast, where we explore the unique and often untold experiences of women navigating motherhood without the support of their mothers. Hosted by Lou and Adina, our podcast features everything from our community of motherless mothers to experts in psychology, grief, and personal development. We offer a space for heartfelt conversations, shared stories, and expert insights. We discuss the challenges, triumphs, and emotional complexities of raising children while healing from the loss of your mother, whether by circumstance or by choice.

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Recent Episodes

S2E41 Ep58: Lockdown Pregnancy, Postpartum Psychosis and No Mum: Geri’s Story

Jun 11, 2026 59m

Geri is mum to two boys and a mum-influencer with over 30,000 followers. She’s musical and cares deeply for young people, a love that led her to run London Music Box, a musical school for students on…

S2E40 Ep57: Before I became a mother, I lost mine: Sophie’s story.

Jun 04, 2026 58m

Sophie lost her mother as a teenager—a loss that shaped not just her grief but the woman, mother, and leader she would become. Now a mother of two young sons, Sophie reflects on what it means to grow…

S2E39 Ep56: Finding Peace: Lou’s Journey of Estrangement

May 28, 2026 48m

Lou is a woman in business - she owns her own business, she’s a creative director and has been shaping businesses from the ground up since 2004. In recent years, she has embraced personal healing,…

S2E38 Ep55: The Short Goodbye: Lindsay’s Story

May 21, 2026 54m

In February 2022, everything changed in a matter of thirty-five days. Our guest today joins us to discuss the reality of a pancreatic cancer diagnosis that left no room for long goodbyes. While her…

S2E37 Ep54: Co-Founder Catch Up: Adina and Lou’s Spill the TMM Tea

May 14, 2026 1h 1m

In this episode, TMM co-founders Lou and Adina come together to reflect and share what’s going on behind the scenes at The Motherless Mothers.Although their work now spans different spaces - Lou in…

S2E36 Ep53: Six Years In: Megan’s Story

May 07, 2026 43m

What do you do when your world ends and begins in the same breath? This week, Adina sits down with Megan, who lost her mother just six weeks before discovering she was pregnant with her first child.…

S2E35 Ep52: Miranda Malone: Losing My Mom at Five Months Old and Creating The Dead Mom Club

Apr 30, 2026 47m

What does it mean to lose your mom before you even know her? In this deeply moving conversation, we sit down with Miranda Malone, aka Dead Mom Therapist, about the lifelong impact of losing a mother…

S2E34 Ep51: Holding My Baby, Holding My Grief: Abigail’s Story

Apr 23, 2026 51m

Abigail’s story is one of deep contradiction: anger and grief, motherhood and loss. When Abigail’s mother died unexpectedly during her pregnancy, their relationship was already complicated. Years of…

S2E33 Ep50: Sarah: What Happens When Grief Arrives Before Adulthood? The Christmas That Changed Everything.

Apr 16, 2026 54m

Mum-of-three Sarah lost her mum suddenly a week before Christmas when she was only 15 years old.Years later, when Sarah became a mum herself, the absence of her mum brought new layers of grief,…

S2E32 Ep49: Our Stories, Our Community: Motherless Mothers x Jess Press Play

Apr 09, 2026 51m

In this special episode, we share a conversation originally recorded on the Jess Press Play podcast, now brought to The Motherless Mothers listeners. Lou, Adina, and Jess explore their experiences as…

S2E31 Ep48: Motherless Mothers x Mommy’s Boy: PJ Ellis on Grief and Losing Mum

Apr 02, 2026 52m

In this episode, we sit down with PJ Ellis, former Big Brother housemate, charity founder, and now the creator of Mommy’s Boy, a brave new space for men grieving the loss of their mums.PJ, who grew…

S2E30 Ep47: Liv: Grief, Growing Up and Losing Mum as a Teen

Mar 26, 2026 54m

Last summer, Liv found us on Instagram with one simple but powerful truth – parenting without your own mother is different, and meeting other motherless mothers changed everything.In this episode,…

S2E29 Ep46: Grief Without Closure with Ashton

Mar 19, 2026 44m

*Trigger warning – this episode talks about suicide.Some losses leave us with stories. Others leave us with silence. In this episode, we're joined by Ashton about becoming a motherless mum through…

S2E28 Ep45: Health Anxiety as a Mother Without Her:Sophie’s Story

Mar 12, 2026 1h 6m

Health anxiety isn’t something you’re taught to deal with as a first-time mum. But after Sophie became a mum in 2023, three years after her mum died, she finds herself confronting a relationship with…

S2E27 Ep44:An Island on Its Own: Megan’s Take on Motherhood When Your Mum is Gone

Mar 05, 2026 50m

When Megan first got in touch, we genuinely got chills after reading her email. Honest, raw and had a way of describing motherhood we’d never heard before - “We can see our friends and family on…

S2E26 Ep43: Sydney and her Mum Michelle: An Unbreakable Bond

Feb 26, 2026 53m

Sydney lost her mum to cancer three years ago and is now navigating motherhood with her little girl while carrying the weight of that loss. A dedicated volunteer for TMM, she bravely spoke out on…

S2E25 Ep42:The Mother She Never Met-Evodia’s Story

Feb 19, 2026 49m

In this episode, we speak with Evodia, a twin mum whose mother died during childbirth. She opens up about growing up motherless, how becoming a mother changed her relationship with loss, and why she…

S2E24 Ep41: A Slow Loss: My Mum and Dementia - Kennedy’s Story

Feb 12, 2026 29m

Losing your mum before her time is never something you see in life’s plan. Losing her slowly, piece by piece, is on another level. In today’s episode, Kennedy steps up to talk about what a genetic…

S2E23 Ep40: What we build after loss, a conversation with Ann from Full Feedings

Feb 05, 2026 1h 3m

Ann is the founder of Full Feedings, a community member, and a motherless mother raising three children. In this episode, she joins Adina to talk about losing her mother to pancreatic cancer,…

S2E22 Ep39: A Conversation with Motherless Mother Alex Bollen, Author of Motherdom

Jan 29, 2026 56m

Alex Bollen is many things: a researcher, a postnatal practitioner, author of Motherdom: Breaking Free of Bad Science and Good Mother Myths and Adina’s neighbour. As three motherless mothers, they…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does The Motherless Mothers have?

The Motherless Mothers has published 57 episodes since October 2024, covering topics in Kids & Family, Parenting.

Is The Motherless Mothers still active?

The Motherless Mothers is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 43m.

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