MENTALLY TOUGH with SHAY MARTIN

Weekly Trash

Josie Van Dyke

Society & Culture

4.5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

We’re dumpster deep diving with Shay Martin today in one of our most raw and heartfelt conversations yet. Shay opens up about her upbringing and mission, how she met Tanner, and what it was really like walking through his long cancer journey as his caretaker. She shares the unimaginable reality of being pregnant while preparing to lose her husband, navigating grief after Tanner’s passing, and raising her daughter as a single mom. We also talk dating after loss, faith, healing, and everything in between.

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1:29.0	I'm your host, Josie Van Dyke, and I am sitting next to someone so special that I'm so excited to dumpster deep dive.
1:33.7	Shay Martin, everybody. Welcome to weekly trash. Thank you. And yes, we're going to address my
1:40.2	voice. I lost it, but it's kind of back and it's kind of sexy. So we're going to push through
1:45.5	and just make it work. Hopefully you talk more than me. So that way, people don't have to hear
1:50.8	it as much. But I have so many things I want to ask you, Shay. I started following you and Tanner
1:56.7	probably a year ago. And your story is so inspiring and emotional and heartbreaking, but also
2:05.0	really beautiful at the same time. And I think a lot of people listening probably started following
2:10.7	you guys a year or two ago. I know you guys like have your Instagram together. Yeah.
2:16.5	Was it always together? No, it was originally my Instagram and then I had a Tanner and Shea TikTok. Okay. And we posted some reals on or TikToks on there that went viral. And then we changed my Instagram to Tanner. I love it. Yeah. It's so special. But I need to know everything about you before Tanner because he's obviously a big part of your story. But there's more to you than that. So can I dumpster deep dive you? Let's do it. Okay. Shea, where are you from? Sorry to interrupt, but today's episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth. February is all about showing yourself a little extra love. And you guys know that I love Cozy Earth. So whether you're
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