When her daughter was six, Evie Farrell left her corporate job, packed up her house, and embarked upon a two and half year backpacking adventure travelling around the globe. Evie is a single mum, inspiring people all over the world to travel with their kids. She runs the travel blog and Instagram account Mumpack Travel and is the author of the book Backyard to Backpack.

In this episode, Evie chats about:

• Her relationship with her ex and how it came to end.
• Hanging on to hope in a bad relationship.
• How her ex leaving her was the best thing that happened for both her ex and her.
• How sometimes when a relationship ends, the people you thought were friends are lost, but how it can also lead to the rekindling of other friendships.
• What inspired her to leave Sydney and start travelling the world with her daughter Emmie.
• Homeschooling and travel.
• Getting robbed in Spain.
• Dealing with trolls.
• Dealing with different safety standards in foreign countries.
• How travelling changed her.
• How travelling taught her daughter about confidence, and how it has opened her mind to be accepting and aware of the world and different cultures and religions.
• Travelling with kids of different ages.
• Plus LOTS LOTS more.

Evie also shares her favourite thing about being a single mum and her advice for any single mum keen to travel with kids.

You will absolutely LOVE this episode and the inspiration that Evie provides.

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Check out the Mumpack Travel travel blog HERE.
• Connect with Evie on Instagram here, and on Facebook here.
• Buy the book Backyard to Backpack HERE.

To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com.

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My (anonymous) guest from last week is back this week to talk about raising teenage girls solo, plus she fills us in on her new relationship. 

This is Part 2 of a two-part episode. You can listen to Part 1 here. 

Last week she told us about her single mum story - she was with her husband for 18 years when one ordinary day, seven years ago, she got home from work early and discovered that all his clothes were gone. He didn't respond to any attempts she made to communicate with him. He had vanished into thin air.

Almost a week later she was walking through the shopping centre when she ran into him. He completely gaslighted her and called her crazy. My guest describes her experience like her husband being alive one day and dead the next (only he wasn't dead).

In last week's episode we discussed all of that plus my guest also shared:

• how, in hindsight, his behaviour had changed over the 12 months prior in that he was going out regularly until the early hours of the morning and caring more about his appearance,
• how one day she got home and he had just moved back in,
• discovering his new relationship,
• realising how abusive he was after the relationship ended and how he had constantly gaslighted her,
• the continuing abuse and death threats that continued even after the relationship ended,
• child support issues,
• the importance of teaching her children self-respect,
• having to get an AVO out, and
• how, ultimately, she is grateful for the experience because it has made her the woman she is today, and it's made her kids the people they are today. 

Links mentioned in the episode:

To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com.

Visit us at Single Mother Survival Guide. 

Or connect with Single Mother Survival Guide on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Pinterest.

My (anonymous) guest on the show this week was with her husband for 18 years. One ordinary day, seven years ago, she got home from work early and discovered that all his clothes were gone. He didn't respond to any attempts she made to communicate with him. He had vanished into thin air.

Almost a week later she was walking through the shopping centre when she ran into him. He completely gaslighted her and called her crazy. My guest describes her experience like her husband being alive one day and dead the next (only he wasn't dead).

In this episode, my guest shares her story. She also shares:

• how, in hindsight, his behaviour had changed over the 12 months prior in that he was going out regularly until the early hours of the morning and caring more about his appearance,
• how one day she got home and he had just moved back in,
• discovering his new relationship,
• realising how abusive he was after the relationship ended and how he had constantly gaslighted her,
• the continuing abuse and death threats that continued even after the relationship ended,
• child support issues,
• the importance of teaching her children self-respect,
• having to get an AVO out, and
• how, ultimately, she is grateful for the experience because it has made her the woman she is today, and it's made her kids the people they are today. 

This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Part 2 will be released next week.  

Links mentioned in the episode:

To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com.

Visit us at Single Mother Survival Guide. 

Or connect with Single Mother Survival Guide on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Pinterest.

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

• Setting yourself up for leaving a partner.
• When your new partner struggles to accept your children.
• Setting up a parenting schedule to help an ex foster a relationship with your child but they keep letting you down. 

Book in for an intensive mentoring session HERE.

 To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com.

Visit us at Single Mother Survival Guide. 

Or connect with Single Mother Survival Guide on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Pinterest.