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Shawna Lander

Shawna Lander is the creator, writer, and star of the viral "Shawna the Mom" comedy series (the "Shawnaverse"), with over 4 million followers across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, and author of "The Role of Mom Will Be Played By."

Sep 17, 2026

25:31
Why don't you leave the room, then, if it makes you sad? Yeah,
25:33
that's kind of like, consider the source.
25:35
You can't even be offended by that because that's just so stupid.
25:38
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
27:09
After one of those things alone, I'd be like, okay,
27:12
I can't.
27:13
Go back toward the beginning.
27:15
They went to their house for the wedding weekend and she woke up early and was being loud.
8:16
I was like, "What an amazing world we're living in, where someone can put this art on screen and just make us feel collectively together." So I want to applaud you for that, but that had to be very challenging to think of how are people reacting to this, what's an emotion people might have.
8:33
Yeah.
8:34
I wanted to represent grief with that storyline.
8:37
It's just about the worst thing that could happen to anyone, is to, the possibility of a baby or want a baby, you know, have a child, and then to lose your child.
8:45
Worst thing that anyone could go through.
8:48
I went through breast cancer, and so going through treatment and stuff, and I faced mortality.
8:52
There's a lot of grief involved in that.
10:19
But how do you think that affected you before versus after in motherhood, in your storytelling? 'Cause I know you also shared about your journey th- with breast cancer on social media as well.

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