Thank you, Mama

The One With Ana Tajder: A Mother’s Love Legacy

Many who have experienced the mother-daughter bond will testify that there is nothing truly like it. But when a mother passes, the void lingers for a lifetime. My guest on this episode is all about keeping her mother’s memory alive by driving conversations around motherhood.

Ana Tajder, an award-winning international journalist, author, and host of the “Thank You, Mama” Podcast, interviews women from around the world about the most important lessons they learned from their mothers. After more than a decade working in international marketing and advertising at large corporations, she published two memoirs and well over a hundred essays, articles, and interviews in renowned European newspapers, magazines, and journals.

Ana’s story is unique in that her birth country, Yugoslavia, is no more existent but gave way for Croatia. She talks about how she and her mum had to flee the country to neighboring Austria with an initial plan of just staying for a few days till everything settled, but that marked the start of a 21-year residency in Vienna. Surprisingly, a similar situation repeated itself years later when Anna packed a single suitcase for a short trip to LA to visit her then-boyfriend. It’s been ten years since, and she hasn’t looked back.