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This podcast is dedicated to sharing real life stories of that single mom life. Yep, the messy parts and the not-so-messy parts. The funny moments and the bring-you-to-your-knees-I'm-gonna-cry-in-the-bathroom moments too. You'll find interviews, insights and a community right here. Whether you're a single parent, someone who does a lot of parenting on your own, or a mom who has an extra set of hands to help, you’re bound to see yourself in these stories.
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On this episode of the Single Mom Stories podcast I’m diving into a topic that many listeners—and yours truly—find challenging: body image, the relationship we have with our bodies, and how to positively change this in our culture. In North America, 85-95% of women are either extremely dissatisfied with or flat-out hate their bodies. That’s an epid…
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On the 16th episode of Single Mom Stories, Kelly introduces the audience to enneagrams. The Enneagram of Personality is a typology of the nine different personality types, and, as many of you may know already, Kelly is an expert. She uses enneagrams with her clients to highlight their strengths, parenting styles, and where they might have opportuni…
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On this week’s episode of Single Mom Stories, Kelly welcomes Avigail Gimpel to the show to talk about her work, both personal and professional, involving children living with ADHD. She starts off by addressing the recent spike in prescribing medication and attributes that to people incorrectly using medicine as a form of discipline. Avigail notes t…
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Kelly welcomes Dr. Jennoa Graham to the podcast today to chat about her experience beginning her single mom journey at 15 and making it as an entrepreneur at the same time. Dr. Graham opens up the episode by discussing her uniquely grueling experience of working, going to school, and raising a child full time. Dr. Graham finds that it wasn’t until …
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Kelly welcomes Helen Hicks to the podcast this week. A counselor with a Masters in Business, and a single mother of five, Helen knows a thing or two about multitasking. She first got pregnant at the age of 19 at the hands of an abusive boyfriend turned abusive parent, and then went on to finish school with a bachelor’s degree in psychology with the…
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Today Kelly welcomes Natasha Steer to the Single Mom Stories podcast. Giving birth as a teenage mother and going it alone without the help of a partner, Natasha introduces the audience to her inspiring story in which she and her son moved from Toronto to China, traveled abundantly abroad, and they found solace in each other. Natasha opens up the co…
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J. Rosemarie joins Kelly on the podcast today to give her perspective on raising her children as a single mom and coming out the other side. She first became a single mom when she came home one day to find that her husband had abandoned her and her children, taking valuables with him, including the kids’ piggy bank. Rosemarie admits that those firs…
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Kelly goes it solo again on this week’s episode of Single Mom Stories, as she discusses the immense guilt and shame that single parents feel, especially when they compare themselves to their fellow coupled peers. This undeserved shame and guilt partially stem from the stigma surrounding single parenthood, but also a large portion stems from within.…
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On this episode of Single Mom Stories, Kelly chats with Pascale Brady, a single mother, widow, and coach. After moving to the US at the age of 26, she married a man, only to lose him to illness a few years later. While becoming a single mother and losing her husband was remarkably difficult, she finds it important to acknowledge the struggles of ch…
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In this week’s episode of Single Mom Stories, Kelly talks about the prominence of change during divorce, and how both parents and children benefit from predictable and stress-free transitions. It’s no secret that going through a divorce changes your life, and it can be overwhelming. That being said, Kelly realizes that the more seamless the change,…
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On today’s episode of Single Mom Stories, we welcome Cathy McKinnon, a transformation coach, author, and mother who became single when her son was just barely out of diapers. She and I open up the conversation by detailing the initial shock that one experiences after filing for divorce, and Cathy says she and her son found solace in a schedule. Set…
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Today on another episode of the Single Mom Stories Podcast, I welcome fellow podcaster, Amy Bullman, to the show. Having divorced when her children were very young, Amy opens up today’s conversation by saying that she’d already felt like a single parent far before signing her divorce papers. The only difference after the divorce was that her poor f…
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Welcome to another episode of the Single Mom Stories Podcast! Today I don’t have a guest joining us, but that feels rather fitting considering I will talk about the importance of self-compassion. As single parents, we often feel guilty and frustrated that we don’t have enough time to wash our hair, let alone do something for ourselves. It’s hard to…
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Today’s guest on the Single Mom Stories podcast is Emma, an ex-single mom, business owner, and domestic violence survivor. We begin today’s conversation by reviewing the moment when Emma found out she was pregnant. She remembers feeling scared to tell her Catholic parents that she was pregnant, especially since she had yet to graduate college. A lo…
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Khadijah Tishan, author, speaker, licensed therapist, founder of Real Healing Center, and single mom joins me on the podcast this week. In her role as a REAL Life Strategist, Khadijah offers support, strategies and tools to assist people experiencing overwhelm, anxiety, and burnout. Today, she joins me to talk about her life journey and the importa…
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As the first of many conversations with single moms, I welcome writer, producer, and podcast host Jeni Besworth to the first official episode of Single Mom Stories. We open up the episode by talking about the importance of starting new traditions with children, especially in the wake of drastic familial change. Jeni discusses the heavy bouts of dep…
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**Sorry for the patchy audio on this one. My furry child was chewing a bone and he gets loud for a bit.** Welcome to the very first episode of Single Mom Stories, a new podcast in which I seek to help single parents feel slightly less alone. Today, I open up the episode with the remark that I don’t have other family members or friends who are singl…
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This podcast is dedicated to sharing real life stories of that single mom life. Yep, the messy parts and the not-so-messy parts. The funny moments and the bring-you-to-your-knees-I'm-gonna-cry-in-the-bathroom moments too. You'll find interviews, insights and a community right here. Whether you're a single parent, someone who does a lot of parenting…
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