Single Mother Survival Guide

In this episode Julia talks with single mum, and co-founder of Wyld Tribe Tracy Mcfie.  Five years ago Tracy was happily married to her teenage love of over two decades, a fly-in-fly-out worker. Her and her two children lived in Western Australia, and her husband (who worked in the mines) was in China working 3 out of 4 weeks. Life was challenging at times but after living this lifestyle for 17 ye...

In this solo episode Julia talks about goal setting for single mums. She tells you why setting goals will change your life, and how to set them so that you achieve them. This is a continuation of Episode 86  - finding your identity as a single mum. Some questions to ask yourself to get started: What do you want to achieve? Why do you want to achieve it? What is your plan? Links mentioned in the ep...

In this episode Julia talks with breast cancer warrior, 2016 Mother of the Year, and single mum Farrah Millar. Farrah was on the show a year ago (episodes 34 and 35) and in this episode we get an update from Farrah on the last 12 months since she was on the show. Farrah was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer when her daughter was just 14 months old and her son was less than 24 hours old. Recover...

In this solo episode Julia talks about finding your identity as a single mum. Sometimes when we come out of our relationships we have lost who we are, and in this episode Julia shares her tips on how you can start to rediscover yourself again and get back to being YOU. Links mentioned in the episode: Download the finding yourself exercise here .  Sign up to the  Don't Just Survive, THRIVE  online...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast Julia chats with one of Australia's leading Relationship and Sex Experts, Isiah McKimmie. Julia and Isiah talk about all things SEX AND BODY IMAGE. They discuss the perception that mums can't be sexual, why mothers are struggling to find their sense of sensuality and desire again, the male perception of a mother's sexuality, and what cele...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia talks with Marcia Watts. This is Marcia's second time on the show. Marcia is a counsellor in the private practice  Transform to Lead  based in Brisbane, Australia. She offers clients a compassionate, solution-oriented counselling service, enabling them to overcome obstacles and achieve their full potential. She is passionate about...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with single mums Nadia Mori and Lyndsey Bramble about secret single mums business for the third time. We chat about kids starting school, single mum guilt, dating, and so much more. Listen to our first Secret Single Mums Business Episode  here .  Listen to the second Secret Single Mums Business Episode here . Sign up to the ...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast Julia chats with single mum, and editor of Australia's number one parenting website Kidspot, the gorgeous Melissa Wilson. Mel shares how she manages to juggle being a single mum to two kids and the editor of Kidspot, a typical day in her life, the relationship with her ex ending and how she coped in the early days and weeks of being a sin...

In this solo episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats about what's been going on for the last couple of months. She talks about her last trip to Perth, her recent holiday to Fiji, her daughter starting school, and more. Links mentioned in the episode: Blog post:  Top Tips for Single Mum Travel .  Blog post:  Why a child's first day at school is so hard on single mums . Brav...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats to holistic health practitioner Robin LaCross.  Robin and Julia discuss how to talk to kids about sex, the right terminology to use with children, how to answer the where did I come from? question and any other sex related questions, talking to our kids about menstruation, what HPV is, the cervical cancer vaccine, how to prot...

In this solo episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats about Valentine's Day for the new single mum and how to get through it. But it is suitable for ALL single mums to listen to, no matter how long you've been a single mum.   Links mentioned in the episode: To contact Julia, email:  julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com . For information about the single parent mentoring prog...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia continues her chat from last week with family lawyer Todd Street.  This is the second part of Todd's second time on the show and again, Todd answers questions which were sent in by the Single Mother Survival Guide Community. The questions relate to getting an ex drug tested, when your ex wants to change the current 60/40 care arran...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with family lawyer Todd Street.  This is Todd's second time on the show and again, Julia asks Todd questions which were sent in by the Single Mother Survival Guide Community. The questions relate to changing a child's surname to the mother's surname, self representing in court, how to find a good lawyer, adding travelling ove...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with single mother by choice Emma Fraser. Like many women, Emma spent her twenties and thirties carving out a career she was very proud of, and having turned 40 and single felt that something was missing: a child. So Emma embarked on an IUI journey through IVF Australia, and ended up with a beautiful baby. We discuss why she...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with lawyer and mediator, Anne-Marie Cade. Julia and Anne-Marie talk all things mediation - the mediation process, the benefits of mediation, some things that people should think about prior to attending mediation, what topics are discussed at mediation, what to do if one party wants to "fight it out" but the other doesn't, a...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with gentle parenting expert Pinky McKay. On the show we discuss toddler tactics, gentle parenting, how to handle children's separation anxiety from the primary carer, when one parent is a smacker and the other is not, self care as a mum and the importance of not putting so much pressure on ourselves, trusting your gut, plus...

In this solo episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats about the difficulties of Christmas and New Years Eve. She also talks about how she went in undertaking the habits she set for 2017, and commitments to set for 2018, and why they can be more beneficial than goals at this time of year. She also suggests some commitments that you, as a single mum, might like to make. Links...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with Tim Robards. Tim is a talented Chiropractor, a human biomechanics enthusiast, a personal trainer, a TV personality, a speaker, an inspired educator in health & well-being, an all-round fitness fanatic, founder of The Robards Method, and also Australia's very first Bachelor, back in 2013. Along with telling us what he's b...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with single mums Nadia Mori and Lyndsey Bramble about secret single mums business for the second time. We chat about our best and worst moments of the year, our goals for 2018, Christmas as a single mum, kids starting school next year, and so much more. Listen to our first Secret Single Mums Business Episode here .  To contac...

In this solo episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia talks all things Christmas as a single mum - how to make some quick cash beforehand, how to get through the day and make it easier and better (whether it's your first Christmas as a single mum or not), and what you can get started on this year to make Christmas 2018 even better and less stressful... Links mentioned in the epis...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with family lawyer Todd Street.  Julia asks Todd questions which were sent in by the Single Mother Survival Guide Community. The questions relate to parenting diaries for disputes, what happens when a father has not been involved in a child's life and suddenly wants to be involved, court orders, sole parental responsibility,...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with single mum Angela Hadchiti.  The 25th of November was White Ribbon Day - the International day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The message is loud and clear - stand up, speak out, and act! And that is exactly what this week's guest, Angela, has done and continues to do. She is a domestic violence survivor,...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with single mum Kate Mather and single dad Michael Hayes.  Raising three children (two of them boys) as a single mum, Kate worried about being able to provide "manly" opportunities to her sons, and so who better to team up with than single dad and outdoor expedition adventurer Michael Hayes?  Michael has been conducting outdo...

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia continues her chat from last week's episode, with Viviana Ochoa.   Viviana is a bikini fitness bodybuilding single mum on a mission. In Episode 65 Viviana told us how she gets it done as a single mum. She shared her story of becoming a single mum, and gave us an insight into a typical week in the life of a body building single mum....

In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with Viviana Ochoa.   Viviana is a bikini fitness bodybuilding single mum on a mission. She tells us how how she gets it done as a single mum. Along with sharing her story of becoming a single mum, Viviana also gives us an insight into a typical week in the life of a body building single mum. She also shares her tips for stay...