Single Parent Success Stories

Today's guest is Brent Scarpo from Palm Springs, CA. Brent has been raised in a single parent household in the 60s. Life was way different back then for a kid of divorced parents. Brent shares his experiences, challenges he faced, intuitive approach to living and many inspirational stories. Brent is an Intuitive Life Coach, Former Hollywood Casting Director, Award Winning Speaker for Corporations,...

“Don't doubt yourself. You’re doing a great job. You’re exactly what your child needs.” - Elham Raker Today's guest is Elham Raker, a board-certified pediatrician and parent coach with a virtual platform. Her goal is to help parents deal with the overwhelm of parenting by providing reassurance, guidance and peace of mind all from the comfort of your home. She is based in Los Angeles, CA and is a m...

“I would recommend starting with a lot of compassion, that it's enjoyable to spend time on screens, it's relaxing, that you want your child to have time to relax.” - Amy Weber Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. Our guest for today is Amy Weber, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Brooklyn, New York. She has over 25 years of experience working with children a...

“I quickly learned that good enough is sometimes great and I also just learned to be gentle on myself.” - Dr. Susan Bernstein Dr Susan Korb Bernstein is a full time single mom of 3 amazing children. She is a Certified Divorce Coach and Certified High Conflict Divorce Coach and is known for helping families with special needs children. She is a leader at the local New York level and national level...

“You have to learn to enjoy the journey. You have to learn to enjoy the process and laugh at things.” - Tricial West Tricial West is a 40 year old single mother of two who is a Navy Veteran serving her community from cleaning impoverished neighborhoods to feeding the homeless to speaking about her dark knight of the soul moments through poetry all for healing humanity. She struggled with childcare...

Tiffany Harnsongkram is Founder of From Divorce to Destiny, and she serves on the leadership of CoMastermind, X17 Labs, The Wild Lounge, and W/M Nexus. Tiffany personally went through a transformational divorce that included high-conflict custody changes, international litigation and offshore holdings - the kind that make attorneys' heads start spinning. Because of this experience, she knows that...

“Realizing that staying together to not be a statistic wasn't worth it. It wasn't healthy. We weren't healthy as a family unit, we weren't healthy as parents. We both recognized that we were divorcing each other, we weren't divorcing the kids.” - Kathryn Knott Kathryn Knott is a single mom of 3 kids, one girl and twin boys who were micro-preemies with a long journey of self-discovery. Being a cham...

Ariel helps business women and mothers struggling with chronic fatigue, stress, and burnout, find a personalized wellness practice that honors their bodies, so that they can feel balanced, energized, and confident to be their best in business and in life. As a new mother, she is redefining what being her best means. Working moms come to her for pre- and post-natal wellness and fitness programs tha...

“If you focus on literacy and numeracy at home and you make curiosity part of how you move through your day, in combination with respectful communication, then you've got yourself a beautiful quartet of learning that can take place.” - Christina Forgeron Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. Today I speak to Christina Forgeron about educating our children, how w...

“If you give your power to somebody else, you are never going to find happiness, you're never going to find freedom, you're never gonna enjoy life again. Because your life depends on somebody else, how they treat you, how they look at you, how they speak to you, if they do whatever you want, or if they hit your expectations.” - Tommy Walker Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host,...

“We need to stop outsourcing our thinking. What we're doing is stopping ourselves from tapping into our own innate knowledge of what's best for us, and what's best for our children and our families.” - Lucy Power Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Lucy Power, whose mission in life is to help families take back their power through ed...

“The challenges before you are actually opportunities for you to discover what you are made of and what you're capable of. And your potential is unlimited. But you have to approach it one step at a time.” - Natalia Jansen Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Natalia Jansen to talk about her amazing journey of becoming a life coach. Th...

“That's how you operate your life on intuition. You really need to be in the present moment, you really need to listen to the signals.” - Sunil Godse Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Sunil to educate us on intuition and how it is critical in moving your life forward and figuring out how to navigate single-parenthood. After making...

“Whether it's done by someone like me, or a therapist, or the parents, just being able to sit down and listen, really without judging, is an important thing. For therapy with children, the therapy itself is not so important. It's really having another adult that the children know care about them.” - Jim Hendrix Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episo...

“If we don't set aside, in a creative way, money that comes in, there's no way that our personal money is going to grow. And so that's one of the big things that people need to be thinking about in terms of establishing that solid financial platform. What is the level of commitment that I'm willing to put forth?” - Eunicia Peret Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehov...

“I keep getting criticized for the fact of being a single mother. I get pressured to settle down and get married again to someone else. So, this idea of being single and raising a daughter is something which is difficult for people to digest out here.” - Lubna Maelzer Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Lubna Maelzer, an incredibly i...

You can't help everybody. But you can help you… So be good for you. Because if you're not good for you, as my father used to say, you're not going to be any good for anybody else.” - Judy Wong Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Judy Wong to talk about her incredible story and life, how no matter what age you are, you have to live yo...

Jackie Simmons, - Jackie@TeenSuicidePreventionSociety.org – is an international speaker, the host of The Suicide Prevention Show, the co-founder of the Teen Suicide Prevention Society, and the author/compiler of the book: Make It A Great Day: The Choice Is Yours and author of The “Why Not?” Workbook: Breaking the Silence on Teen Suicide. Jackie believes that teen suicides can be prevented.  T...

“Everything we go through is for a reason. You can't change the past, all you can do is create a new pathway, and just learn and grow from it.” - April Uzzell Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, April Uzzell shares her incredible story of overcoming struggles as a young single parent to become the person God has called her to be. April Uzzell...

“In life, everyone will have struggles. There's not one person who has a perfect life from birth to death. Things happen in life. And so, if from a young age we teach our kids to face their struggles head-on, and take it as a challenge, then when struggles come along they’ll find solutions to go over, under, or on the side.” - Marjorie Aunos Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host,...

“You, as a parent, are a superhero to your child, whether you like it or not. They are looking up to you everyday and they're watching you. So it is your job, as a role model, to be the best self you can be, even on your bad days.” - Brian Eckels Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Brian to talk about the blessings and challenges of...

“Let go of the past and look out for the best for your children.” - Joeri Billast Joeri is a single dad of two teenagers from Bierbeek, Belgium. He has been a single parent for the past 8 years. He is passionate about helping companies grow their business through social media, Joeri has been advising entrepreneurs and organizations with Efficado on how to use social media to develop their business...

“Because as a child of divorce, my father being a financial planner, his big thing was teaching his girls that if something ever happened, if life ever threw a curveball, that we'd be able to take care of ourselves. We weren't dependent on somebody else.” - Tricia Daniel Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Tricia Daniel to talk about...

“You are exactly where you need to be. I think our negative emotions, frustration, sadness, and all that comes from us expecting life to turn out the way we think it should. But once you start changing your expectations and detaching yourself from outcomes and just enjoying the journey, the conversation in your head starts to change.” - Victor Chieng Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m y...

“You're gonna make it through. It might be hard for a while but there is light on the other end of the tunnel.” - Amy Greene Amy Greene, an incredibly strong single mother of 3 beautiful teenagers, shares her story of how she turned this huge obstacle of going through a divorce into something very inspiring. Amy Greene and her two business partners are trio of co-founders for the social media plat...