SoloMoms! Talk

Melanie Mitchell is a Career & Life Coaching who helps people find meaning and fulfillment in both their lives and career.  In this episode, she shares her story of being a solo mom.  She also talks about her struggles to make the best decisions for her and her children.   Melanie fought through her challenges and rose above them. She has not allowed her past decisions to d...

Ayurveda is an ancient healing system that utilizes holistic methods to treat the mind, body and spirit. It has been practiced for thousands of years and is based on a belief that all living beings are interconnected. In this episode, Sondra Rubin talks about Ayurvedic practices that can help us maintain a healthy lifestyle and prevent diseases from developing in our bodies. She explains why all d...

No your teen didn't turn into a monster overnight. They just want to be understood. They want to feel empowered to make decisions about their lives. Even when the ultimate decision is yours, it makes sense to give them the confidence to help you help them. Scott Feld is a Certified Life Skills Coach for kids. Best-selling author of Dax to the Max . Owner/Creator MindZenMotion. He's also Dad to a 6...

Is there a connection between stress and menopause? In this episode, I talk with Angel Counsel, a Leading Naturopath and Menopause Coach. She believes that when women understand what's happening with their hormones, they don't have to be afraid and they can make better decisions. Takeaways : In menopause, the messages between the brain and the ovaries start to shut down. The brain switches its con...

Are you curious about how to convert your knowledge, wisdom, and skill set into a commercial outcome? "The wisdom part is the most important part because if learned knowledge doesn't become experience, it won't become wisdom." In this interview, Mary Henderson Personal Brand Specialist and mother of two sons, ages 12 and 10. She also runs a successful coaching business where she helps industry exp...

Eleni Fuiaxis is a solo mom and author of Picky Patrick the story of an eight-year-old boy who seemingly has it all. Picky Patrick starts off one way and ends up being completely different. The book teaches kids the value of self-awareness, gratitude, tolerance, and inclusion. In this episode, you will learn: How as a mother you can help your kids with their own self-awareness. If you've lost your...

If you want to have more control over your finances you must learn ways to manage money. It may take unlearning everything you thought you knew about personal money management. Florian Fritz makes personal finance simple and easy. He's a money teacher who shares some values about how solo moms can improve their financial life. In this interview, he shares how you can develop a winning mindset when...

Kimberly Bell is a working solo mom of 5 children (4 of whom are adults) and 6 grandchildren. Kimberly finds creating balance a challenge sometimes as there are so many aspects to solo parenting. She also thinks that within that balance solo moms must remember to care for themselves as well. One way Kimberly manages is to connect with God and her spirituality to get the strength and wisdom she nee...

Ana Lennyr is a premier life strategist who specializes in helping teenagers and adults to build strong and supportive family relationships. She's a parenting and relationship mentor, and an anti-depression expert. Solo moms experience a higher risk of depression than partnered moms. In addition, depression affects how your teenage thinks. Ana helps teens and adults overcome depression. She strugg...

Renee Marie Simpson is a busy solo mom who advocates for sexual assualt awareness in Australia. But that's just the beginning. She runs group/support programs and is really passionate about supporting, young women. Along with her friend, Renee used her gap year to take a sailing trip across the ocean. During the trip they experienced a category 5 cyclone, mechanical failures and a host of other is...

Tom Glaser is a psychologist, author and happiness expert. He turned the tables on me a bit in the interview. It was fun but more importantly it was eye opening. Tom used his conversation starter tool with me so we could see how it works in real life. " Happier people connect with other people, themselves, and their passions." Tom Glaser The exercise made me nostalgic, taking me back decades. Conn...

After her 22 year old daughter died of a medically unexplainable cardiac arrest, Suzanne Falter slowed down from being a workaholic. Suzanne's daughter Teal lived a life that inspired Suzanne to slow down and learn to take better care of herself. Through the Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women Podcast, books and speaking Suzanne helps busy women find joy through self-care. Learn how Suzanne was for...

Aishwarya Gupta is a 16 year old high school student and the host of Make a Change Podcast. She encourages "unashamed conversations" with women about mental health. What motivated this young woman to notice the plight of women in her community during the pandemic? Check out Aishwarya's podcast: Make a Change Check out SoloMoms! Talk blog Watch SoloMoms! Talk TV on YouTube Connect with other Moms:...

Pascale Brady is a life coach and parenting education teacher.  Pascale calls herself the challenge coach because she helps people with really serious life challenges. The challenges we face in life can be insurmountable. Especially when hardships and setbacks seem to happen all at once.  Some people work through issues in different ways. Some find it too much and can end up in really ba...

Many misconceptions exist around the Bible and how we manage our finances. Personal finance advisor, Leo Marte breaks down several Biblical principles as they relate to how we manage money. Takeaways : How money management is different for the believers (03:23) The connection between Abraham and wealth? (04:59) Biblical giving (09:13) The principle of generational wealth (15:01) Take care of your...

Leslie Lindsay Davis overcame is the author of You Can't Eat Love. Leslie overcame emotional eating and lost about 100 lbs when she discovered the reasons for her emotional eating. Leslie says “No one can make you anything except reservations for dinner” . So she decided to stop overeating and lost the excess weight she carried. Leslie's advice for solo moms: 16:20 Try to find another word other t...

Attending job interviews can be a nerve racking experience. Women especially, tend to lack the confidence necessary for a succesful job interview. Also, we tend to downplay solid skills we developed as moms due to lack of confidence in our own abilities. Unfortunately, we sometimes don't know how to own our genius. Carrie-Lynn is a former HR professional and Job Interview Coach. She shares her tip...

As a "codependent people, pleaser" Alicja Pytlak lived her life on autopilot. Unconsciously living through her marriage and parenting her daughter. Is your need for perfection a result of needing to prove you're better than the people who hurt you? Or are you recycling the hurt you endured instead of seeking healing and forgiveness? ...Being reactive, being reactive is also a sign of unhealed stuf...

Mayim Vega is a naturopathic herbalist who teaches people the art and science of holistic health and healing. She found solace in being a mother to her 7 children during a time when she felt her marriage wasn't what she thought it would be. Mayim homeschooled all her children and raised them without the need for pharmaceutical drugs, conventional medical doctors, or even dentists. She used motherh...

Alison Rothman is a solo mom to her 12-year-old son and a Body Centered Holistic Wellness Coach. She decided that leaving her marriage and raising her son alone was safer than staying. Alison shares her struggles as a solo mom but also talks about the many ways she has learned to embrace life. Especially after experiencing a near-death experience in Mexico. SoloMoms! Talk is about the stories that...

Today's episode is a conversation with Megan McLaren about the pressure she put on herself as a new stepmom. Megan shares how putting high expectations on herself affected her mental health. Megan is the mother of twin daughters as well as the stepmom of two boys. As a mental health practitioner, Megan was not immune from placing unrealistic expectations on herself. So through her work as a coach,...

Craig Thompson is the host of Restoration Matters podcast. He's also the CEO of Rockside Ranch with a mission to " help young men overcome crisis and thrive in work and life". In this interview, Craig talks about how his program helps young men in crisis to learn new skills, focus on their mental health, and engage with strangers to form their own community. Craig explains how boys after graduatin...

The best way to heal is to focus on all aspects of our wellbeing. Psychotherapist & Mindset Coach, Carrie Leaf shares with us her expertise on how we can self heal. Carrie aims to identify where we're stuck, identify where we're repeating patterns, and ultimately identify our negative belief systems in life that are keeping us stuck or holding us back from anything and everything. Because gett...

The workplace can be a difficult and sometimes dangerous place for solo moms. But can you imagine dealing with the hormonal effects of your monthly cycle or symptoms of menopause while trying to fit in at work? Women, especially women going through menopause are outnumbered in the boardroom and all signs point to the fact that talking about the symptoms of menopause or even mentioning that you hav...

Rachel Burns is a Certified Financial Planner who helps newly single women achieve financial independence after divorce or death of a spouse. She shares her financial insights as well as the story of her own personal journey navigating her husband’s terminal illness. Pitfalls for divorced & widowed women: Take a longer view of your financial situation; don't just focus on the here and now. Try...