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Single Mother Survival Guide

Becoming a single mum is one of the most daunting and overwhelming life changes someone will ever go through. Whether you are pregnant or have teenagers, you will most likely be confused and struggling with what to do next. I became a single mother in 2013 when my daughter was just a few months old, and it has been a challenging but rewarding journey ever since. This Podcast (and the website www.singlemothersurvivalguide.com) was created to assist newly single mothers in all things they may need to know about. SO WHAT IS THE SINGLE MOTHER SURVIVAL GUIDE PODCAST ABOUT? A Podcast for single mums, made by a single mum… The Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast includes a mixture of me babbling about single mums business, and interviews and discussions with different people and experts about different topics. First off the ranks this includes an interview with a Wills and Estate lawyer which contains everything YOU need to know about getting a Will done, an interview with a financial adviser on everyday money management, savings, spending and so forth, an interview with an online security expert so that YOU know how to keep yourself secure online, an open interview with a domestic violence survivor and advocate, and another interview with a financial adviser on everything to do with insurance, and what you should think about getting insured to ensure the financial safety for you and your kids. Coming up after that I have chats with people including parenting experts, family lawyers, and a life coach. I also chat about the social stigma of being a single mum, single parent travel, everyday tips to make YOUR life easier, dating, personal budgeting, resources out there to help YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN, child support, domestic violence, successful co-parenting, advantages to being a single mum, and the list goes on…
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Now displaying: July, 2019
Jul 30, 2019

Canna Campbell is a financial planner, YouTube personality on SugarMamma.TV and author of The $1000 Project and, soon to be released, Mindful Money.

In this episode, Canna chats with me about:

  • The $1000 project and how becoming a single mum inspired her to start it.
  • Savings tips.
  • Shares, dividends, and passive income as a form of wealth creation.
  • How to know what to do with your money - debts, emergency funds, saving for a house etc. 
  • Her tips for new single mums.
  • Plus SO much more. 

On her YouTube channel, Canna shares bite-sized tips on how to get out of debt, save money, achieve financial goals and build long-term passive income and makes money and finance more approachable, and even fun!  

Canna is passionate about educating, inspiring and empowering every individual to create financial harmony, freedom and independence in their lives, and in this week's episode, we chat all about this for single mums. 

Links mentioned in the episode:

  • Visit Canna's website here
  • Watch Canna's YouTube channel, Sugarmamma.TV here.
  • Connect with Canna on Instagram here, and on Facebook here

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Jul 23, 2019

In this episode, I answer some more questions sent in by listeners. These questions relate to:

  • How to deal with feelings of resentment and hostility when the father of your kids has another child with a new partner and then they also separate but your ex treats the new child better, or differently than your kids you have with him.
  • Is it unreasonable to know when the father of your children gets engaged?
  • How does one co-parent after betrayal and manage visiting schedules if the parents live in different states and the child is a baby?

Links mentioned in the episode:

Parenting arrangements for the 0 - 4 year age group Conference Paper by Federal Magistrate Robyn Sexton.

Helpful blog posts

Sign up to the next FREE 30 Day Get Your Sparkle Back Challenge HERE.

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Jul 16, 2019

In this episode, Amy shares Part 2 of her story...

After a brief stint "birdnesting", Amy and her husband sold their houses and started living separately. Slowly slowly Amy started getting her life back together. She had a relatively good co-parenting relationship with her ex, and she had started dating. Then, her husband said he wanted to work things out. After deciding she couldn't live with the what-ifs, Amy decided to give it another go with her husband. Not long after that, he had moved in.

A few months later, out of the blue, Amy received a message from her husband's past mistress/girlfriend on Instagram who told her to pass on to her husband to stop harassing her and to ask him about all the women. Such a blow. What she then discovered ended the relationship she had with him, and the trust in him, for good. 

In this episode, Amy so openly and vulnerably shares what happened. She talks about the shame she felt about her husband having affairs and not knowing, questioning her whole relationship with him and the lie, trust issues, coming to the realisation that the affairs were not her fault, and meeting her new partner.

You will need to get the tissues out for this one. 

Listen to Part 1 (episode 152) HERE

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Jul 9, 2019

Amy was with her husband (and father of her two children) for 12 years when he suddenly, and without any warning whatsoever, told her that their marriage was over. He had fallen in love with someone else.

This is part 1 of a two-part series in which Amy shares her story. In it, she talks about the life she had with her husband prior to the separation and the trusting relationship she thought they had... She tells me about how they dealt with a terminal cancer diagnosis in the family, renovating the family home and moving in with her inlaws, and the beauty of hindsight. We discuss her grief, trauma, panic attacks, and how she had a breakdown and ended up in a psych ward. 

After 12 years with her partner, it turned out her entire relationship had been a lie. Her husband was not the man she thought he was. 

Stay tuned for next week's episode where this story is continued... 

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Jul 2, 2019

In this episode, I chat about loneliness and strategies to deal with loneliness. 

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