HGTV star Page Turner has candidly lifted the lid on her ongoing struggle to come to terms with the death of her mother, Patricia Turner, admitting that losing her closest friend and relative to breast cancer is the hardest thing she’s ever had to face.
The “Love It or List It” star, 53, reflected on her mom’s death while speaking on her podcast, “Between Us,” which she hosts with her boyfriend, Mike Hill.
She admitted that although she has gone through her fair share of obstacles, nothing compared with how she felt when her mom died.
“My mom died June of 2025. I’ve carried the weight of being a single mom with no child support, it was just me and my mom and my sister really, you know, raising these kids,” she said.
“It wasn’t until she died, when I was like, I’ve had to hustle: light bills, car notes, I’ve given cars back. You know what I’m saying? I’ve done all this stuff, but I don’t know how to do this. I don’t know how to let my mama die.”
Page confessed that she had to “immediately” start therapy following her mom’s death, noting that it was difficult for her to process.
“I knew I had to get into grief therapy immediately. I think I started within a month, maybe even two or three weeks,” she added. “Like, I’m not going to be able to do this.”
While sharing the clip on social media, Page noted that her mom’s death prompted her to think back to the other challenges she has faced, before noting that she lost her “breath and anchor”
“I’ve done hard things my whole life. Starting with when my dad died at 8. Single mom of 3 by 23. Zero child support of any kind. Entrepreneur for 26 years. Built a career that put me on TV at 44. All by faith.”
The designer added, “But nothing, I mean NOTHING prepared me for losing my mom. I lost my breath AND my anchor.”
She admitted that although she is usually able to navigate the obstacles life throws her way, her mom’s death was a pain that caused her to not be able to see “straight.”
“For the first time ever, I couldn’t see straight, and I didn’t have a strategy. I knew immediately that I didn’t have the tools for the waves of grief that I was already going through.
“My PATTERNS. My pain. My healing AND what I have avoided for years. It all became the thing that started setting me free. And in a weird way, along my therapy journey, I can say: Thank you, Mommy,” she said.
At the time of her mom’s death, Page shared a heartwarming tribute to her mother on Instagram.
She revealed that she sat by her mother’s side when she took her last breath, while thanking her children and her grandma for being there for her.
Page then shared a silly memory, penning, “The last episode of ‘Love It or List It’ my Mom saw a few weeks ago, she said ‘Honey, you’re saying “Gonna” too much,’ and I said, ‘OK OK Ma, I’ll watch that’—I know what to say, goING not gonna, ING like in KING.”
At the end of the caption, she added, “Rest well Mama, you gave us your ALL & I don’t quite know what we’re gonna do without you … But I bet you’re already telling a host of angels ‘It’s ING ING like in KING!’ Love you forever Ma.”
Page teamed up with David Visentin as the co-host on “Love It or List It” in 2025 after Hilary Farr revealed she was leaving the series. In August, HGTV revealed that the show would be coming back for another season.
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