In this episode, I have Marie, a single mum and member of my Thrive Tribe community joining me.
Marie met her husband when they were both working in the British Royal Navy. They served on the same ship together for over five years at which point they decided she would leave so they could get married and have children.
After they got married and had a child, their marriage started to present cracks, and Marie agreed to immigrate to Australia with her husband in the hope that things would get better for their relationship.
Marie found herself, mostly alone, in a foreign country, with a toddler and a new baby and suffering with Post Natal Depression.
At the same time, her relationship with her husband got worse and the emotional abuse she was receiving increased.
They moved across the country to be closer to her (then) husband's parents and things only got worse. Her husband and his family were incredibly unsupportive of her joining the Police Force Academy to fulfil her dream of joining the Police Force. To make matters worse, Marie then suffered a stroke.
Before long she realised she had completely lost herself.
In this episode, Marie shares her story. She talks about:
Today, Marie is a single mum, she has a positive go-getter attitude, she is a full-time police officer, she is starting to get back to being her, and is working on improving things every day. I'm incredibly proud of Marie; she is a true inspiration!
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This week on the show I have Jess, a single mum and member of my Thrive Tribe community, sharing her story.
Jess talks about:
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Thinking of moving, or moving soon? Listen to this episode about moving as a single mum. In it, I share my top ten tips for moving as a single mum.
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Annabelle Wilson met her husband when she was 19 years old. He had already been diagnosed with brain cancer and had been given 18 months to live. He was 22 years old.
They ended up sharing ten beautiful years together. They got married and then Annabelle fell pregnant.
When she was seven months pregnant, her loving husband, Josh, lost his battle with cancer. Annabelle gave birth to their beautiful daughter, Primrose, a couple of months later on Josh's birthday.
In this episode, Annabelle shares her story.
She also talks about:
Annabelle is such an inspiration. She has an incredibly positive attitude and mindset and I'm so happy to have her on the show.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Find out more about Cure Brain Cancer Foundation HERE.
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Alexandra Collier is an award-winning writer and playwright from Melbourne.
She has spent over a decade in New York working in theatre, TV, print and advertising; her plays have been produced Off-Broadway. In Australia, her plays have been produced and developed at Sydney Theatre Company, La Mama and the Hayes Theatre Co.
She has also written for a range of mediums and people, including Esther Perel, Showtime and the Good Weekend magazine (The Age/Sydney Morning Herald). Her recent article for the Good Weekend described her journey of becoming a single mother by choice, using donor sperm. You can read that article here.
Her TV show Inconceivable, based on her experience of becoming a solo mother by choice, is currently under option by Revlover.
Alexandra now lives in Melbourne with her 14-month-old son, conceived using donor sperm.
In this episode, along with sharing her story, Ally also talks about
Ally also shares her advice for others thinking about becoming single mothers by choice.
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In this week's podcast episode, I chat with my beautiful friend, and Gogglebox star, Isabelle Silbery. We catch up on:
Links mentioned in the episode:
You can listen to the previous episodes with Isabelle, 136 and 137 here and here.
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In this week's podcast episode, I chat with Zoe about her experience escaping an abusive relationship and how the struggle she had in explaining to her son where his dad was led her to write the book: Where Is My Daddy? This is a beautifully written, and illustrated, book that helps explain to children in similar circumstances why they aren’t seeing their dad right now.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Find out more, and purchase the book here: www.whereismydaddybook.com.
Contact Zoe by emailing here at hello@whereismydaddybook.com
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The mindset series continues... I'm sharing some of my favourite tools and strategies with you to shift your mindset from negative to positive. Here is the fourth episode in the series.
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The mindset series continues... I'm sharing some of my favourite tools and strategies with you to shift your mindset from negative to positive. Here is the third episode in the series.
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The mindset series continues... I'm sharing some of my favourite tools and strategies with you to shift your mindset from negative to positive. Here is the second one.
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In the following few weeks, I'm going to share some of my favourite tools and strategies with you to shift your mindset from negative to positive. Here is the first one.
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Contemplating a skiing trip with your kids as a single mum? Listen to this first.
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Short and sweet this week: a quick update.
Thrive Tribe is now open. Sign up HERE.
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Megan Dalla-Camina is the Founder and CEO of Women Rising, a best-selling author, women’s mentor, speaker and coach and one of the world’s leading experts on women’s leadership, wellbeing and empowerment.
Megan is a global advocate for women, dedicated to helping women step into their power, create what they truly want and live with grace, ease and wellbeing. She's appeared on NBC, CNN, CBS News, and in hundreds of media outlets including Forbes and as a columnist for Psychology Today. She also has two masters degrees, a partial PhD and yoga and meditation teaching qualifications.
Along with all of this, Megan has a 19-year-old son and has been a single mum since he was 18 months old.
In this episode, Megan shares her career and single mum journeys with us.
We also talk about:
Links mentioned in the episode:
Thrive Tribe opens September 30th. Jump on the waitlist HERE.
Download the Inner Critic Guide HERE.
Sign up to Megan's Radical Confidence Masterclass HERE.
Find more on Megan HERE.
Connect with Megan on Instagram here and here.
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Stacey was 18 years old and homeless when she met her (now ex) husband. He played the rescuer but over time she began to see his manipulative tendencies, and the strength that she gained over the 12 years she was with him started to threaten him.
Throughout the relationship, she was also dealing with an undiagnosed mental illness - borderline personality disorder, and drug addiction.
Four years ago she hit rock bottom. Her love for her son saved from suicide that night and that resulted in her getting help the very next day. Since then she has completely turned her life around and also remarried.
In this episode, Stacey shares her story.
We also talk about:
Stacey also shares some brilliant advice for other single mums and her favourite things about being a single mum.
Stacey is a true inspiration, and I hope you love this episode!
Links mentioned in the episode:
Sign up to the 10 day FREE Get your Sparkle Back Challenge HERE.
Jump on the waitlist for Thrive Tribe HERE.
Connect with Stacey on Facebook here and here, and on Instagram here and here. Or search for Resilience Voyage on the platform of your choice!
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Samantha X is a journalist, an author, a business owner, a high-class escort and a madam. And she’s also a single mum.
I'm delighted to have Samantha X on the show this week. We talk about:
Links mentioned in the episode:
Sign up to the 10 day FREE Get your Sparkle Back Challenge HERE.
Jump on the waitlist for Thrive Tribe HERE.
Checkout podcast episode 202 - Introducing Thrive Tribe HERE.
For help with alcohol abuse, visit AAmeetings.org.au, Smart Recovery, South Pacific Private, and check out the book: This Naked Mind by Annie Grace.
Visit Samantha X After Dark HERE.
Connect with Samantha X on Instagram HERE and Twitter HERE.
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In this episode, I share eight first steps to take as a brand new single mum.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Sign up to the 10 day FREE Get Your sparkle Back Challenge HERE.
Listen to episode 208, with Lynn Jimenez, HERE.
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Happy fourth birthday to the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast!! Thanks so much for being a part of the journey.
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In this episode, I answer more questions sent in by listeners. This week, these questions relate to:
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In this week’s podcast episode, I talk with wife and husband team Poppy and Geoff. Poppy and Geoff have a beautiful love story. They were college sweethearts, who then both went their separate ways and 32 years, and two divorces later each, they came back together.
Poppy and Geoff are Certified Supreme Court Family Law Mediators and Relationship Counselors with expertise in neuroscience.
As Certified Parenting Experts, and Certified Myers Briggs Practitioners, they offer guidance to parents and co-parents, to help them move forward and flourish in their life.
In this episode, Poppy and Geoff talk about three tools that we can use to better understand our ex-partners and ourselves, and how we can use this knowledge to better our co-parenting relationships and to improve the parent/child relationship we have with our kids.
These tools include:
Links mentioned in the episode:
Find out more about poppy and Geoff, and contact them here.
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Lynn Jimenez (based in Southern California), is a mental health therapist, yoga instructor, and single mum. She's also the founder of Connect.Flow.Grow - a platform that provides parents with easy to use tools so they can teach their kids about feelings and behaviours, reducing stress and frustration in the home, and increasing the MAGIC of family time.
She's had a broad range of experience ranging from the activation in the stress response system, to creating school-based programs to teach kids social-emotional skills, to working with adults in a substance abuse treatment centre.
In this episode, Lynn shares some tips to help you help your kids become emotionally intelligent by teaching them about their feelings and what to do with them. These easy to use tools will help parents and kids manage their emotions, will bring them closer together and will help promote peace in the home.
We also talk about:
Links mentioned in the episode:
Visit Lynn's website Connect.Flow.Grow here.
Lynn has been kind enough to provide us with a discount code (SINGLEMUM20) to her foundational course or to enrol in her ongoing membership.
Connect with Lynn on Instagram and Facebook.
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In this episode, I share seven lessons I learned as a single mum that will be sure to help you too.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Blog post: 9 REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO FIND YOUR SINGLE MUM TRIBE.
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Paula Booth was very much in love with an amazing man when after almost 8 years together he decided that he didn't want to have kids after all. Paula wasn't sure if she could have children of her own after an accident in 2011 left her with a spinal cord injury which had resulted in her becoming a paraplegic. Nonetheless, she was left with a decision - stay with her partner and forego the chance to try having a child or leave her partner and follow her dream of becoming a mum. Paula chose the latter.
After a brief stint of online dating, Paula decided it wasn't the path she wanted to take and spoke to her GP about becoming a single mother by choice. The GP advised her that she was not suitable for a referral to a fertility clinic because she didn't think she was capable of being a mother, let alone a single mother. How would she teach her child to climb a tree?
She decided to go about it privately and found a site where people who wanted to be donors or co-parent advertise. After a few false matches, she found a donor who was (and still is) in a relationship with a woman who didn't want children and this was their compromise.
After 7 months of trying to conceive, it was successful, and Paula now has a beautiful baby boy, who was 12 weeks old at the time of recording.
In this episode, Paula shares:
Paula is a true inspiration to anyone, and especially to other disabled women to know that they don't have to give up their dreams of being a mum.
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July 2020... the perfect time to re-focus and plan out the rest of this year, one that will be sure to go down in history. How will you remember 2020?
Links mentioned in the episode:
Listen to Episode 193 (single parenting in the time of coronavirus) HERE.
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In this episode, I answer more questions sent in by listeners. These questions relate to:
Links mentioned in the episode:
Blog Post: THE BEST 5 BOOKS FOR CHILDREN OF SINGLE PARENTS.
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