Single Mother Survival Guide

In this solo episode, Julia answers some more questions sent in by listeners. These questions relate to: How to remain calm and not respond to an ex trying to upset you, and not allowing his behaviour or actions affect you. If shared parenting gets easier and how to manage an ex who plays games and seems to have no interest in a child's physical and mental well-being. How to handle a brand new break-up - from feeling devastated for the kids, managing grief, feeling lost, finding support, and strategies to move forward. Plus what to do if he is moving in with another woman immediately.  Links mentioned in the episode: Thank you to this week's sponsor - Fernwood Fitness, and its incredible Foundation for women's mental health - The Fernwood Foundation. For the month of November buy your 10-day trial pass for just $10 and experience what Fernwood Fitness has to offer whilst supporting women living with depression and anxiety (ALL proceeds go to The Fernwood Foundation). BUY YOUR 10 DAY PASS HERE.  To contact J

On this week's episode, Julia speaks with Kat Wieczorek-Ghisso. Kat is the co-founder of Paisley Park Early Learning and is also a single mum. Kat has made a significant contribution to the education of young children and is recognized as a thought leader and expert within the field. In this episode, Kat shares her advice for single mums from the perspective of an early learning educator, and also as a fellow single mum. Julia and Kat also chat about cooking with kids, managing the juggle, parenting consistencies, mum guilt, and so much more.  Kat also shares her own single mum story.   Links mentioned in the episode: Thank you to this week's sponsor - Fernwood Fitness.  Paisley Park Early Learning Centres. Connect with Kat on Facebook. To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com. For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Mentoring and E-Courses. Book in for your 90 minute one-off intensive one-on-one session with Julia

Ashlene Marshall was fast asleep when her husband woke her up and told her he had something to say. He told her he was done. They had been together for ten years and had a 21 week old and a 2 year old. There were no prior to signs that there was anything wrong in the relationship, or that he was unhappy.  In this episode, Ashlene shares her single mum story.  She also discusses ten signs of men who suddenly abandon their wives (according to Vikki Stark), the impact the abandonment has had on her life, her discovery of the other woman, challenges she’s come across, and how she has coped. Plus so much more. As raw and heartbreaking this story is, ultimately it’s a story of courage, and inspiration. Links mentioned in the episode: Thank you to this week's sponsor - Fernwood Fitness.  BOOK: Runaway Husbands - The Abandoned Wife's Guide to Recovery and Renewal To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com. For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single

In this solo episode, Julia offers some strategies to attract positive energy to your life.  Links mentioned in the episode: Thank you to this week's sponsor - Fernwood Fitness.  Don't Just Survive, THRIVE! - The online course for single mums to get empowered (kicking off on 22nd October 2018) - ENROLL HERE. To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com. For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Mentoring and E-Courses. Book in for your 90 minute one-off intensive one-on-one session with Julia right HERE.  Book in for your complimentary 30 minute Clarity Call with Julia here.  Visit us at Single Mother Survival Guide.  Or connect with Single Mother Survival Guide on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Pinterest.

In this solo episode, Julia answers some questions sent in by listeners. Links mentioned in the episode: Don't Just Survive, THRIVE! - The online course for single mums to get empowered (kicking off on 22nd October 2018) - ENROLL HERE. To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com. For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Mentoring and E-Courses. Book in for your 90 minute one-off intensive one-on-one session with Julia right HERE.  Book in for your complimentary 30 minute Clarity Call with Julia here.  Visit us at Single Mother Survival Guide.  Or connect with Single Mother Survival Guide on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Pinterest.

In this week's episode, I chat with Zoe Hendrix from Australia’s very first season of Married at First Sight. Australia watched with anticipation as she married Alex and their love story continued on for four years after the show. In November 2016 their beautiful daughter Harper Rose was born, and then six months ago, in April 2018, they separated. Zoe is now a single mum and she’s on the show this week to share some of her story and to have a bit of a chat about single mum life.  We chat about the shame of becoming a single mum, allowing yourself to feel the grief and heartache of a break-up, treating yourself like you do your child, how life changed as a single mum, setting free the "perfect life plan", strategies to rise from rock bottom, how connecting with other single mums can change your life, the stigma of single mums (and how amazing we really are!), dating as a single mum, and how doing things for ourselves does NOT make us bad mums. We also chat about overcompensating as a single mum, how Zoe's dau

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 fourth time. We chat about dating, mean girls on the P&C, frequent flyers, the state of Australian politics, buying houses, running a business, recovering from break-ups and settling into single mum life.  Links mentioned in the episode: Listen to our first Secret Single Mums Business Episode here.  Listen to the second Secret Single Mums Business Episode here. Listen to the third Secret Single Mums Business Episode here. Don't Just Survive, THRIVE! - The online course for single mums to get empowered (kicking off on 22nd October 2018) - JOIN THE TRIBE HERE. Blog post: THE DAY I REALISED I LET MY DAUGHTER DOWN . New business details: website isn't live yet, BUT the first workshop details are HERE.  To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com. For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit 

In this week's episode, Julia chats with Lauren Patterson. Lauren is a single mum, a personal trainer, mental health advocate, and blogger at Mad Max Mum. Lauren knows what it’s like to hit rock bottom. After living with depression and an eating disorder in her younger years, separating from the father of her children, and suffering from post-natal depression, a passion for living a balanced and healthy lifestyle was fueled which focused on self-love, empowerment and mindfulness. In this episode Lauren shares some of her single mum story and life. Lauren chats with Julia about how being a single mum brought out positive changes in her life, how she managed with her relationship break-up and PND, getting through the dark days of being a new single mum, challenges of being a single mum, and how her view on herself as a single mum has changed. Lauren also shares the benefits she's found being a single mum and her advice for new single mums. A must listen! Links mentioned in the episode: Mad Max Mum Connect with

In this solo episode, Julia answers some of the most common questions sent in by listeners relating to when the ex gets a new partner... How to deal with it as an ex partner? How to deal with it as a mum? How to talk about it with the kids? And the dreaded... do I have to meet them?  PLUS, what if your ex insists your children call his new girlfriend "mum"?  Links mentioned in the episode: To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com. For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Mentoring and E-Courses. Book in for your 90 minute one-off intensive one-on-one session with Julia right HERE.  Book in for your complimentary 30 minute Clarity Call with Julia here.  Visit us at Single Mother Survival Guide.  Or connect with Single Mother Survival Guide on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Pinterest.

Isiah McKimmie, one of Australia’s leading relationship and sex experts is back to chat with Julia in this week's episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast. This time, Julia and Isiah talk about sex and pain. Sex and pain are not two words we’d typically like to put in a sentence together; not when it's unwanted anyway.  In this episode Isiah chats with Julia about: The different types of pain including sexual pain, pelvic pain, and chronic pain.  If there are any stages in life where it could get worse. How common it actually is for women to experience pain during and after sex. What the potential causes are of the pain. And how to fix it! - the treatment options available (and why orgasms support the body in dealing with pain). Isiah also shares preventative tips to prevent pain. If you have ever experienced pain during or after sex then this is the episode for you!  Isiah is a passionate couples therapist, sex therapist, sexologist and tantra expert who has been helping women and couples discov

In Australia, Father's Day is on Sunday. In this solo episode, Julia talks about the emotions that can come up for single mums on Father's Day, especially the single mums with majority care of children and some great reasons to celebrate. Links mentioned in the episode: Blog post : Five behaviors that scream your ex is a Disneyland Dad To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com. For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Mentoring and E-Courses. Book in for your complimentary 30 minute Clarity Call with Julia here.  Visit us at Single Mother Survival Guide.  Or connect with Single Mother Survival Guide on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Pinterest.

Anna Kellerman is passionate about art, kids, sharing and connecting. She is a trained art educator, with a Bachelor of Art Education, majoring in Educational Psychology, and a registered art therapist with a Masters in Art Therapy. She has published a thesis on the benefits of working with clay and children with anxiety disorders. Over the past ten years she has worked with kids and teens with a range of emotional and behavioural problems, and most recently worked with children from domestic violence backgrounds. Anna is also the founder of Mama Creatives which is about building a supportive and collaborative community for creative mothers to connect and flourish. And she’s also a single mum and she's on the show this week to share her story. Julia and Anna discuss the following points. Debunking the relationship myth that long term relationships = success, and therefore, the end of a relationship must = failure. Not true!  The fear of being single in middle age. Choices. How life changed for Anna as a sing

In this solo episode, Julia talks about forgiveness and why it is crucial. Links mentioned in the episode: To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com. For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Mentoring and E-Courses. Book in for your complimentary 30 minute Clarity Call with Julia here.  Visit us at Single Mother Survival Guide.  Or connect with Single Mother Survival Guide on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Pinterest.

Just a few weeks after Rosanna found out she was pregnant, she was diagnosed with cancer and shortly afterwards, her partner left her. He moved out of their home whilst she was interstate and she never saw him again. Her life was turned upside down. Although encouraged to terminate her unborn child, Rosanna carried on with her pregnancy and started treatment to fight for her and her unborn child's life. This is her story. In this episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Rosanna shares how she dealt with becoming a single mother and having cancer during pregnancy, cancer treatment throughout and after pregnancy, how cancer changed her, what she learned through her experience, her identity struggles, how she copes having an ex partner who has zero involvement with her daughter and how she intends to explain the situation to her daughter. Rosanna also shares her advice for new single mums, her advice for anyone going through cancer, and what she loves the most about being a single mum. Links mentione

This episode is essential listening for any single mother in Australia. In this episode, Julia chats with Kerry who has been investigating the My Health Record system, and the potentially devastating impacts on single-parent families. Links mentioned in the episode: Sign up for the Don't Just Survive, THRIVE e-course kicking right here - doors close Friday 3rd August 9pm (AEST). Contact the PM HERE. OPT OUT of My Heath Record HERE.  Articles: SMH Article by Dana McCauley - My Health Record a new battleground in family disputes. My Health Record undermines teens' right to medical privacy, critics fear. My Health Record privacy framework 'identical' to failed UK scheme, expert says. As a doctor, here’s why My Health Record worries me. Why I support My Health Record after my husband's terminal illness. 'Serious' risks of domestic violence in new online health system. There is no social licence for My Health Record. Australians should reject it. My Health Record: confusion as some Australians shocked they alre

In this solo episode, Julia chats about what's going on in her life at the moment, her daughter's recent return from a trip with her dad, and some weekly challenges. Plus she answers one of the most common questions she's getting asked lately.  Links mentioned in the episode: Sign up for the Don't Just Survive, THRIVE e-course kicking off on the 30th July right here.  Blog post - Enough with the parent alienation accusation if it’s not true. Blog post - How I got through the dark days. Vote for Julia in the Podcast Awards To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com. For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Mentoring and E-Courses. Book in for your complimentary 30 minute Clarity Call with Julia here.  Visit us at Single Mother Survival Guide.  Or connect with Single Mother Survival Guide on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Pinterest.

Isiah McKimmie, one of Australia’s leading relationship and sex experts is back to chat with Julia in this week's episode of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast. This time, Julia and Isiah talk about the relationship between sex and stress. They discuss the impact that stress has on sex and how sex can benefit stress, plus lots more! Isiah is a passionate couples therapist, sex therapist, sexologist and tantra expert who has been helping women and couples discover deeper intimacy and desire for over a decade.   One of the most qualified Sex and Relationship Experts in Australia, Isiah holds a Masters degree in Relational Psychotherapy, a Master degree in Science in Medicine (Sexual Counselling/Psychosexual Therapy), a Post-Graduate Diploma of Sexology and a Certificate from the prestigious Institute for the Advanced Studies of Human Sexuality.   She has been featured in or written for publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, The Huffington Post, Mamamia, Cosmo, the SMH, Cleo, My Body and Soul and has been o

In this solo episode, Julia celebrates the 100th episode of the podcast by talking about the positives of being a single mum - and yes, there are lots!   Links mentioned in the episode: Thank you to this week's sponsor - Goodstart.  Sign up for the Don't Just Survive, THRIVE e-course kicking off on the 30th July right here.  To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com. For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Mentoring and E-Courses. Book in for your complimentary 30 minute Clarity Call with Julia here.  Visit us at Single Mother Survival Guide.  Or connect with Single Mother Survival Guide on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Pinterest.

In this episode, Julia talks with single mum, and founder of Wanderess Beauty Jessica Kiely.  Jessica tells us about her experience of separation and divorce, with two very young children and with a narcissistic ex-husband. She shares her struggle with losing herself in marriage and separation and then rebuilding herself back again through her divorce and beyond. She also discusses the challenges and benefits of becoming a single mum and the birth of her business Wanderess Beauty and why she does it. Links mentioned in Podcast: Thank you to this week's sponsor - Goodstart.  Wanderess Beauty Connect with Jessica on Facebook or Instagram. to contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com Sign up for the Don't Just Survive, THRIVE e-course kicking off on the 30th July right here.  Vote for Julia in the 2018 Mum Blog Awards here.  For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Mentoring and E-Courses  Book in for your complimentary 3

In this week's episode, Julia chats with Michele Chevalley Hedge - nutritionist, and creator and author of The Healthy Hormone Diet.  Michele tells us how hormones affect our weight, mood, and energy and how important those things are for single mums. She also answers the following questions: What happens if hormones are unbalanced? Can we get hormone levels tested? How do we know when our hormones are in sync? What do hormones (cortisol, insulin, thyroid, serotonin, testosterone, leptin, oestrogen) do and how do they affect us and what affects them?  Where are hidden sugars, and how do we know how much hidden sugar we are consuming? Is it OK to drink a glass of wine every now and then? Spoiler alert - yes! In fact, it's essential.  About Michele: She is often introduced by health magazine editors as “the modern-day nutritionist – the one who likes a bit of wine and coffee.”  She is not about everything being completely paleo or having zero sugar, but she’s placed somewhere in the healthy middle. Every week