Thank You, Mama

Listen to this mini episode to celebrate International Women’s Day and “Thank You, Mama” turning one. Ana shares with you the challenges of launching this podcast in the middle of a pandemic, while h…

Ilona Dreyer is a 3rd generation German in Namibia, where she is running a textile business with her husband, and raising her two children. Ilona tells us about her mom Heidi from whom she learned to…

Brianne Davis, TV & Film actress (Desperate Housewives, True Blood, Nip Tuck) and author of “Secret Life of a Hollywood Sex & Love Addict”, talks about her recovery from addiction, and about her mom …

Biotech professionals and hosts of “Work in Progress” podcast, twins Dana and Angela Chou lost their Taiwanese mom Jen to breast cancer when they were only 17. In this joint interview, they share les…

TV producer and host of “Diferente” Maribel Quezada Smith talks about her mom Lulu who immigrated from Mexico to the US and, in spite of not being allowed to attend college, built a million dollar bu…

In this very inspiring and positive episode, HR Expert and author of “Choosing Hope: One Woman. Three Cancers.” Munira Premji talks about her Tanzanian mom Zerakhanu. Munira shares Zera’s beautiful l…

Poet and storyteller Andrea Grant talks about being raised in the congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses by a Native American father and a Welsh-Irish mother. While both Andrea and her father left the c…

Retired preschool teacher Mitra Jordan talks about her Iranian mom Sattareh Farman Farmaian, the mother of social work in Iran and author of “Daughter of Persia”. Sattareh grew up in a harem, receive…

Actor, writer and coach, Courtney Bryant, talks about her American mom Shondra who recovered from a paralyzing stroke at 47. Courtney only started living with her mother at the age of 15 and they soo…

Mama, US Marine Corps combat veteran and Navy psychologist, Dr. Julienne Shin, talks about lessons she learned through her difficult relationship with her Filipino mom Corazon: about the impact of a …

Speech Pathologist Lena Livinsky talks about her Polish mom Weronika who moved to the US at the age of 45, and beat all odds for success by becoming a hair stylist and opening her salon. From Weronik…

In this mini holiday episode, Ana is making two big exceptions, and welcoming a guest who is male and very young. Kai shares lessons he learned from his Croatian & Austrian mama – your host Ana – on …

Integrated marketing professional Liz Prats tells a fascinating story of her parents' immigration from Cuba to the US, and shares lessons she learned from her mom Aida. Aida paused her MBA to concent…

Mom, NASA analyst and host of “Mommifaceted” (the community for moms of color juggling motherhood, career and real life)  Rachel Pierre talks about lessons she learned from her American mom Donna: fo…

Sheena Yap Chan, the host of “Tao of Self Confidence” talks about her Chinese Filipino mom Didi and her lessons on adjusting to new situations, not letting age to define you, learning new skills, and…

Maruska Strah, Executive director of World Space Week Association, talks about her Slovenian mom Zlatka’s lessons on working on love; always expanding your knowledge; spreading kindness and only sayi…

It’s Thanksgiving and I wanted to reach out and say “Thank you” to you, dear listeners, and celebrate the global success of “Thank You, Mama” with you: only 40 episodes in, we have listeners from 57 …

A former Lieutenant Colonel and Commander in the US Air Force, Dr. Uchenna Umeh is a pediatrician, global activist on youth suicide prevention, bestselling author and mother of three. Uchenna talks a…

Jessica Ashley, a newly divorced mom who just launched her podcast “Stay Calm Mom”, talks about her American mom Donna, with whom she shares her birthday, but also her college days - Donna enrolled i…