Single Parents
Empowering Single Parents: Strategies to Elevate Your Resilience
I have mentioned in several of my blogs how challenging it is to navigate life as a single parent. Even if you are fortunate enough to not have to deal with the financial strains and pressures of being a single parent, you will still have to deal with potential trauma, conflicting priorities, instilling discipline in…
Read MoreFind God
If you are truly struggling with your divorce, being a single parent, or anything else for that matter and you feel as If you have lost all hope, I can assure you that you are not alone. If you are a Christian, you may feel as if God has deserted you, or you start to…
Read MoreFind Your Heros
Many times in life we turn to others for inspiration. Names like Zig Ziglar and Tony Robbins, or religious leaders like Billy Graham, Martin Luther King, John Paul II, Mother Teresa and Gandhi to name only a few. In a world saturated with social media, there are an infinite number of platforms offering advice. Throughout…
Read MoreNetworking as a Single Parent
We all understand the benefits of networking. It’s not just about business though. You should build a strong network of people that are willing to help you in all aspects of your life and I don’t mean this in a selfish way. You can build your network though LinkedIn, professional associations and even networking groups…
Read MoreBuild Your Brand
Build Your Brand & New Identity as a Single Parent Most of us understand the term branding. If there was ever an example of building a brand, look at the Kardashian’s. Love them or hate them, those women know how to build a brand. Everyone knows the name. Even if you haven’t watched the show,…
Read MoreTake The High Road
Sounds simple enough, but it isn’t easy. I was not as successful at this step as I should have been, especially at the beginning. I failed on more than a few occasions, but it is very important to say nothing negative about your former spouse. If you think it through, there is very little upside…
Read MoreDon’t Date
Here we go, my favorite subject. I know I am going to take some heat from this blog, but I don’t care. If you get divorced or separated and you have children, don’t date. If you are a single parent with one or more young children, don’t date. The biggest mistake divorced, or single parents…
Read MoreInstill Discipline
This section may seem obvious, but so much of it depends on the age of your child or children. The main theme of this blog however, is to instill and maintain discipline with your children regardless of what your spouse may do. It’s only natural for kids to try to pin one parent against the…
Read MoreSet Goals
When I decided to pursue a certification as a health and wellness coach it was primarily to work with divorced or single parents with kids. Having gone through a very difficult time as a single divorced parent, it took me years just to make my way back to normalcy and even longer to land at…
Read MoreReclaim Your Health
In the previous blog I mentioned priorities. Unfortunately, my health was not in the top four. Income, food, shelter and my children were my top four. I worked multiple jobs with flexible schedules to be able to have an income and care for my children. By about the fourth or fifth year after my divorce,…
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