In this episode of What She Taught Me by Go Long, Jill Consor Beck talks to Dita Guth about how her mother's emotional absence shaped her into becoming a nurturer. Dita opens up about growing up the only child of a socialite mother who could recite the difference between a shrimp fork and a dinner fork but couldn't show up emotionally. Dita talks about what she chose to consciously unlearn as a mom herself, and the words her mother waited until her literal death bed to finally say — words Dita isn't willing to make her own daughter wait decades to hear.

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Jump to:

00:00 Introduction

01:05 Nomadic Upbringing, Julia Child, and 400 Chickens

03:39 Gen X Women's Undefined Career Paths

05:23 Only Woman in '90s NY Kitchens

07:10 Amsterdam Wine Bar Dreams to Pop-Up Queen

10:37 20 Rocky Years With Her Mom

12:39 The Call: Cardiac Arrest, DNR, and a Lucid Goodbye

14:26 Negotiating With the Hospital to Let Her Go

17:43 Breaking the Chain Through Therapy and Journaling

20:57 Mentoring Women, Raising Her Daughter, Asking for Help