I Lost My Mother… Then I Lost Myself ft. Tekesia Shields.

I Lost My Mother… Then I Lost Myself ft. Tekesia Shields. Before there was Ms. Tk… there was Tekesia. A young girl raised by a single mother, becoming a teenage mom at just 16 years old while still trying to figure out life herself. But at only 18, everything changed when her mother unexpectedly passed away — and survival mode took over. In this raw and powerful episode of Break Phree Podcast, Tekesia opens up about grief, motherhood, the streets, survival, and how pain created a version of herself the world would later know as “Ms. Tk.” But her story doesn’t end there. After her own son was sent to prison, she transformed her pain into purpose by founding Mothers Against Gang Violence — advocating for families impacted by gang culture, incarceration, and violence. This episode is honest, emotional, and deeply reflective for anyone who knows what it feels like to lose themselves while trying to survive. Because survival may change you… but it does not have to destroy you.