The hardest voice she had to silence…was her own. Before she could grow into the woman she’s becoming, she had to unlearn fear, doubt, and everything she believed about herself.

Tia sits down with Keelay, a mom, wife, speaker and author who opens up about growing up in a strict household, navigating motherhood, and discovering her purpose through life’s unexpected turns.

From saying she never wanted kids…to becoming a mother who found her strength, confidence, and calling through motherhood, this episode is real, reflective, and deeply relatable.

In this episode:

• ​learning to silence self-doubt and negative thoughts
• ​motherhood changing your identity in unexpected ways
• ​feeling unprepared but showing up anyway
• ​overcoming people-pleasing and setting boundaries
• ​navigating comparison and pressure from social media
• ​raising emotionally aware children through transparency
• ​breaking generational cycles through communication
• ​choosing faith even when life doesn’t make sense

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She didn’t even know she was pregnant…until she was almost 7 months along. Now she’s a mom of four, sharing what it really took to survive, heal, and break cycles.

Tia sits down with Sandra, a mother of four who opens up about growing up in trauma, navigating abuse, and stepping into motherhood without a roadmap.

From finding out she was pregnant late…to dealing with postpartum, parenting through behavioral struggles, and learning how to break toxic cycles, this is a real, unfiltered conversation.

In this episode:

• ​finding out you’re pregnant at 27 weeks
• ​becoming a mom with no time to prepare
• ​postpartum anxiety and overwhelming thoughts
• ​feeling like a “bad mom” and working through guilt
• ​raising children through trauma and behavioral challenges
• ​learning new ways to parent instead of repeating cycles
• ​why environment impacts children more than labels
• ​choosing to do things differently as a mom

This isn’t just about motherhood.

It’s about survival, growth and making sure your children don’t carry what you did.

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She stayed silent for years about the abuse she endured…now she’s using her voice to help other women finally speak up.

Tia sits down with Celena (Sunshine), a mother who opens up about surviving years of abuse, losing her identity, and what it really takes to find your voice again.

This isn’t just about what she went through…

It’s about what happens when you finally decide to stop carrying it alone.

In this episode:

• ​what silence really does to you internally
• ​losing your identity through trauma, motherhood, and survival
• ​why so many women feel responsible for protecting their abuser
• ​the signs parents should never ignore in their children
• ​what “healing” actually looks like behind closed doors
• ​breaking generational cycles through honesty
• ​why speaking up can change more than just your life

Follow and subscribe so you don’t miss more real, unfiltered conversations about motherhood, healing, and identity.

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Website

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She said what most moms are too afraid to admit out loud.

Not every mom enjoys pregnancy.

Not every mom feels connected right away.

And nobody talks about what that actually does to you.

Tia sits down with Kendall a mom who refuses to sugarcoat her experience, from childhood self-doubt to postpartum struggles and the emotional reality of motherhood most people keep hidden.

In this episode:

• ​growing up feeling “different” and learning to people-please
• ​not enjoying pregnancy and feeling guilt for it
• ​postpartum struggles no one prepares you for
• ​trying to bond while feeling disconnected
• ​breaking cycles instead of repeating them
• ​teaching kids emotional awareness early

She introduces “the cloud” a powerful way to communicate emotional overwhelm without shame.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, disconnected, or like you had to pretend motherhood feels better than it does…

This episode is going to hit.

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Mental Health Resources: Substack

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Author page

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This isn’t just about pregnancy sickness…this is what surviving it actually looked like.

Tia sits down with Leah, a mother of four, educator, and founder of the Society of Child Entrepreneurs, to unpack her journey from a challenging childhood to building a life centered around empowering kids to lead, speak, and create right now.

Leah opens up about growing up feeling unwanted, navigating motherhood with CPTSD, and learning how to break generational cycles while raising children who are confident, heard, and unafraid to take up space.

She also shares her experience with hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe pregnancy condition that nearly cost her life, and what it took to go through it not once but four times.

In this episode, we talk about:

• ​growing up without emotional safety and how it shapes motherhood
• ​breaking generational cycles and ending victim mentality
• ​raising confident kids who use their voice early
• ​hyperemesis gravidarum (extreme pregnancy sickness)
• ​balancing motherhood and building something meaningful
• ​why children are leaders now, not just the future
• ​how to give kids real responsibility and build confidence
• ​the truth about parenting, identity, and healing

This conversation will challenge the way you see motherhood, parenting, and what’s truly possible for your children.

If you’re a mom learning to unlearn, relearn, and raise your kids differently, this episode is for you.

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Website

https://societyofchildentrepreneurs.org/

https://bit.ly/m/SoCEHub

https://www.skool.com/socecircle

She didn’t just lose her twins…she lost the version of herself no one talks about.

Tia sits down with Shruti Trivedi, founder of Tulsi Heals Life Coaching, to talk about the parts of motherhood that are rarely discussed out loud, pregnancy loss, silent grief, mom guilt, and the journey back to yourself.

Shruti shares her heartbreaking story of losing pregnancies, delivering twin boys who lived for only two hours, and the emotional weight of being told to “move on.” Instead of burying the pain, she eventually found healing through therapy and transformed her experience into a mission to support other grieving mothers.

What’s something society tells moms to “just move on” from?

Together, we explore:

• ​coping with miscarriage and pregnancy loss
• ​the emotional reality of grief in motherhood
• ​the stigma around therapy and mental health
• ​mom guilt and the pressure to be a “perfect mother”
• ​breaking generational cycles for our children
• ​why healing doesn’t mean forgetting

This episode is raw, vulnerable, and full of powerful reminders for mothers who feel alone in their struggles.

If you're a mom navigating grief, burnout, identity shifts, or simply trying to keep your light burning through difficult seasons, this conversation will remind you that you’re not alone.

Season 6 is officially here and we’re going deeper than ever.

Subscribe and follow the podcast so you never miss an episode of real conversations about motherhood, healing, and growth.

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On Tia’s birthday, she reads a written confession from a mother who chose honesty over silence, pouring out the woman she used to be before motherhood, and the parts of her still fighting to breathe today.

If you’ve ever felt like you lost pieces of yourself while trying to be everything for everyone, this confession will sit in your chest. It’s vulnerable, it’s familiar and it’s the reminder so many moms have been waiting for.

No cameras

No pressure

Just truth

Listen in and share this episode with a mom who needs to remember she still exists.

Follow the show for weekly episodes, confessions, and real conversations that help mothers breathe again.

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What if you could build real income from home, without going viral or losing yourself in the process?

In this episode of The Torch Mom Podcast, we sit down with Meg The Creator a mom, mentor, and online income strategist who built quiet, consistent wealth while raising her daughters.

She shares how motherhood shaped her path, why she left the pressure to “be an influencer,” and how simple systems changed her family’s life.

This episode is for the moms craving freedom, confidence, and income that fits their real life.

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TikTok

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Facebook

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