Between Us Mother Daughter UNFILTERED
Hosted by Zeynep and Tara Khaleesi, Between Us Mother Daughter UNFILTERED is not a picture-perfect parenting podcast. It is bold, brutally honest, emotionally intelligent, and refreshingly funny. Together, this mother-daughter duo pulls back the curtain on the chaos, comedy, pressure, and emotional landmines of growing up, and parenting, in today’s world.
For the past seven-plus years, Zeynep has done deep personal work and self-study in psychology, child and adolescent development, emotional patterns, family dynamics, and breaking generational cycles. That work became the foundation for the way she parents Tara Khaleesi, and eventually, the heart of this podcast.
From toxic friendships to first crushes, from setting boundaries to breaking cycles, Zeynep and Tara Khaleesi call it like it is; no sugar-coating, no shame, and definitely no filters.
Whether it is PMS, peer pressure, rage baiting, social media, red flags, or that one “friend” who only texts when she needs something, they name it, decode it, and hand you the tools to deal with it.
Red flags? Exposed.
Green flags? Celebrated.
Generational cycles? We are breaking them together. On and Off Air.
Listeners walk away laughing, thinking, and a little more emotionally fluent than when they came in.
This is parenting redefined. Girlhood unfiltered. Growing up, but with receipts, reflection, and a really good microphone. And the best part? They are doing it together while staying UNFILTERED.
About Zeynep
Zeynep (Yurderi) Marasheski is an award-winning designer, entrepreneur, and founder of the luxury custom boot and accessories brand Zeyzani, worn by icons including Dolly Parton, Whoopi Goldberg, Kesha, Addison Rae, and many others. Her work has been featured across television, fashion, and pop culture, and she has earned multiple honors including Business Woman of the Year, NJ Under 40 Top CEOs, the Business Excellence Award, and a Congressional Proclamation from the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey recognizing her excellence in business, innovation, leadership, and impact in fashion.
After building a career around creativity, resilience, reinvention, and female empowerment, Zeynep’s next chapter is deeply personal. Through years of intense self-work, emotional healing, and study in psychology, child development, adolescence, family patterns, and generational cycles, she became passionate about helping families have the conversations most people avoid.
As a mother, she is fiercely protective, emotionally direct, and committed to raising Tara Khaleesi with honesty, self-awareness, boundaries, and strength.
As a co-host, she brings the fire, the life experience, the pattern recognition, and the “let’s not pretend this is normal” energy with her unfiltered and brutally honest style.
About Tara Khaleesi
Tara Khaleesi is the fiercely authentic Gen Alpha daughter of Zeynep and Tom Marasheski, and the co-host of Between Us Mother Daughter UNFILTERED since age 12.
Sharp, funny, socially aware, and refreshingly honest, Tara Khaleesi brings her generation’s perspective to the table without trying to sound older than she is or smaller than she is. She says what many girls are thinking, but may not always know how to explain yet.
Her voice brings humor, honesty, curiosity, and emotional clarity to conversations about friendship, social pressure, crushes, hormones, boundaries, and growing up in a digital world that moves way too fast.
Between Us Mother Daughter UNFILTERED
We Retired "Cringe," "Tricked Our Brains," and "Clocked It!"
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Zeynep and Tara Khaleesi are back! In this episode of Between Us: Mother–Daughter Unfiltered, they retire "cringe." they "trick their brains" and tell you how; and read your DMs about "red flag friendships" - out loud!
This Gen Alpha daughter and her Xennial Mom share how to stop letting "cringe" break connection between parents and kids; how to stay disciplined when motivation ghosts you and how to recognize red flags hiding in plain sight before they hurt you.
It's part hilarious, part honest therapy session between generations. Honest, funny, and deeply relatable. The kind of conversations families everywhere are finally ready to have.
Don't miss this one, especially when they talk about their Halloween photo shoot, where they almost drowned...
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