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Single Mom Smiling | Arming Warriors in the Battle for Marriage & Family
By Kerri Bishop - Author, Speaker, Coach & Catholic Single Mom of 5 Boys!Religion & SpiritualityChristianityEducationSelf-ImprovementParentingKids & Family
Single Mom Smiling | Arming Warriors in the Battle for Marriage & Family episodes
- 45 - Don't Settle for a Mediocre Sacrifice! Choose to Have a GREAT Lent this Ash Wednesday.
Are you tempted to take the easy way out this Lent?
While little things are good and do add up exponentially over time, they can also be an excuse for not doing the hard thing God calls us to.
Whether it's because you have heard other Catholics tell you little things are "good enough" or because you suffer from a fear of failure or struggle with perfectionism, not striving for the best you might be able to do, could be holding you back spiritually and in other ways as well!
Don't let those demons trick you into settling for anything less than the hardest thing God calls you to!
You cannot have a great life with mediocre sacrifice. Choose to make your great life start with a GREAT Lent this Ash Wednesday!
God Bless...
Kerri
Next Steps:
- Email me with questions about spiritual battles and your struggles in Marriage, family, and even single parenting. Share your stories and concerns or let me know someone I should interview about this topic at [email protected]
- Coach with Kerri by contacting me here.
22 min - 44 - Who is Your Enemy & How Should You Fight Him?
It's hard to identify who the enemy is in our conflicts.
It gets exponentially more difficult when you are under stress or feeling emotional, which happens so often in our most important, most intimate relationships. This all makes it much more difficult to know how to fight your battles and win over, or defeat, your enemies.
In today's episode, we look at what Ephesians says about who our enemy really is and then what Sunday's readings tell us about how to fight those who hurt us.
It's not an easy command, but it is a good one!
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
- Sunday's readings can be found here.
- Ephesians 6 can be found here.
- Email me with questions about spiritual battles in Marriage and family. Share your stories and concerns or let me know someone I should interview about this topic at [email protected]
- Coach with Kerri by contacting me here.
18 min - 43 - Spiritual Warfare the Battle for Marriage & Family, a New Direction for Single Mom Smiling
The issues single moms face are far bigger than we can handle with out own abilities. Single moms and hurting children deserve more than lessons on mindset and motivation alone.
It's time we realize we are in a spiritual battle and the evil forces we face are not of flesh and blood!
Join me in today's episode as we transition Single Mom Smiling from a straight up single mom podcast to one addressing attacks on Marriage and family.
Learn with me! Tell me what you think of this new direction and share your experiences, questions, and knowledge about spiritual warfare and attacks by the evil one on the family.
And please pray for me. I will be praying for you!
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
- Bible Readings - Sunday, February 16, 2025
- Email Kerri to sign up for the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - mind, soul, heart, and strength. [email protected]
Next Steps:
1. Email me with questions, thoughts, and experiences about spiritual warfare and how it affects Marriage and family at [email protected]
2. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
3. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
4. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
20 min - 42 - Loved Beyond Measure: Celebrating Love on Valentine's Day for Single Moms
The world tells you one thing about what love looks like, but what happens when that so-called love falls apart? What happens when your self-worth is so wrapped up in the modern idea of "love" that you lose yourself when you lose your lover?
In today's episode, realize love is not your God, but your God is Love.
Then, learn what it means to be Loved beyond measure whether you are never Married, divorce, annulled, widowed, or just feeling so terribly alone in this season. Learn how you can celebrate Love on Valentine's Day as a Single Mom.
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
- Single Mom Smiling - Courses
- Loved Beyond Measure: a 5 Day Journey to Seeing Yourself & Love through God's Eyes - launching Valentine's Day 2025!
- Email Kerri to sign up for Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. [email protected]
Next Steps:
1. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - launches in January. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price!
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at [email protected]
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
21 min - 41 - What You Can Do to Help a Single Mom, Especially One Left Pregnant & Alone
Finding out you are pregnant and unsupported by your unborn child's father is beyond terrifying. This is true whether you are a teen who doesn't know who to tell or an older woman whose life suddenly crashed and burned.
So many people say they want to help but assume the government or churches or "somebody" else is going to fill the gap. Still others just don't know what to do to help.
In this episode, I begin to answer the question of what single moms, especially moms who have been left pregnant and alone, need most from those around them. I even include lessons from Dan Quinn (Green Beret) as was taught us in Jason Van Camp's (also a Green Beret) Deliberate Discomfort Challenge training.
Don't forget, the best thing you can provide for a single mom is presence. Be there for her, love her, and let her know she can count on you.
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
- Single Mom Smiling - Courses
- Jason VanCamp's Deliberate Discomfort Challenge
Next Steps:
1. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price!
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at [email protected]
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
19 min - 40 - Single Moms Whose Boyfriends Left Them Pregnant & Alone Respond to 3 Questions
What do single moms who were abandoned while pregnant say about their experiences? I recently asked single moms whose boyfriends got them pregnant and then left them three questions. They gave me permission to share their responses in today's episode.
If you find yourself pregnant and abandoned, please reach out. As these women's words portray, there is such joy in in the unexpected!
And always, know you are stronger than you know and more courageous than others give you credit for. Know there is help. You are not alone. You are LOVED!
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
- Crisis Pregnancy Resources
- Coincidence? I Met Two Angels - Single Mom Smiling blog post about Betsy and Rochelle, the women who returned my $100. Please pray for them and their families! :)
Next Steps:
1. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - Lenten Challenge. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price! [email protected]
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at [email protected]
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
28 min - 39 - Pregnant & Abandoned, a Single Mom's Advice, Encouragement & Support to a Woman Considering Abortion
I know what it's like to be pregnant and alone. I know what it''s like to be TERRIFIED and to think you can't do this, that I don't have enough...
Worse, I know what it's like to think I AM not enough, that I can never have nor raise this child alone.
On the anniversary of Roe v Wade and in celebration of the March for Life, I offer advice, encouragement, and support to women and young girls who find themselves pregnant and alone.
Please leave a 5 start written review and, most importantly, share this episode to help others in these, seemingly impossible, situations.
God Bless...
Kerri
Pregnancy Resources:
- Students for Life
- Birth Right
- Care Net
- Care Net Resources
- Susan B. Anthony
- Save the Storks - For Every Woman
- Walking with Moms
- Priests for Life
- Sisters for Life
For Fathers:
- Priests for Life - Pregnancy Resources & Post Abortion Healing
- Support After Abortion
For Siblings of Aborted Children:
- Live Action
- Pastoral Advice from Priests for Life
Post Abortive Care:
- Project Rachel Ministry
- Hope After Abortion
- Rachel's Vineyard
- Silent No More
- Support After Abortion
- The UnChoice
Movies & Books:
- Dear Mommy
- Unplanned
- Bella
- October Baby
- October Baby Extras
- Focus on The Family List
To Contact Me:
- Email [email protected]
- Use Single Mom Smiling's Contact Form
In This Episode:
- Single Mom Smiling - Courses
- Email Kerri to sign up for Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. [email protected]
- My Writing:
- Why Me Lord? The Bible's Answer to a Single Mom's Cry
- God Knew What We Needed, When We Needed Him...Luke 1:26-38
Next Steps:
1. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - launches in January. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price!
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at [email protected]
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
19 min - 38 - 5 Critical Actions for Single Moms After Being Served Divorce Papers
When you are hit with a divorce, especially an unexpected divorce, your whole world shifts. In fact, it can feel like the whole world has been knocked off its axis.
In today's episode, I give a quick rundown of 5 critical actions you can take right away to protect yourself, your kids, and your assets and save your sanity when divorce is inevitable and out of your control.
I'd love to hear your ideas too. If you've been through this, let me know what helped you most, what mistakes did you make, what do you wish you knew? Tell me what I got right here and what should be added to improve this list and the lives of other parents and kids. I can't wait to hear your thoughts! :)
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
- Single Mom Smiling - Courses
- Email Kerri to sign up for Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. [email protected]
- Glenn Meder's Privacy Academy - Sign Up Here
Next Steps:
1. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - launches in February. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price - [email protected]
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me with questions, episode suggestions, and more at [email protected]
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
16 min - 37 - Quitter's Day - Instead, Strive for Perfection, Strive for Love
Quitter's Day is the second Friday of January, but we are not made to quit! Our country and our faith were not born of quitters. You were not born to be a quitter but to be great through trial and perseverance!
Jesus calls us to continue on in Love. This is true whether you are a struggling single mom or stuck in a struggling Marriage. The call to perfection is the call to Love in all circumstances.
Today's message is not just for single moms but for anyone who is ready to quit and give up or walk away. It may be controversial, but it also may be more needed than ever.
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
- Join the Single Mom Smiling's Exclusive Coaching Program Beta Group to test new programs! Find out more here or go straight to your application page here.
- Email Kerri to sign up for Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. [email protected]
- Drive Research's New Year's resolutions statistics.
Next Steps:
1. Join the Single Mom Smiling's Exclusive Coaching Program Beta Group to test new programs! Find out more here or go straight to your application page here.
2. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - launches in January. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price!
3. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
4. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
5. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
6. Email me at [email protected]
7. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
24 min - 36 - New Year, New Beginning, New You & God's Call to be Perfect in 2025
The new year can be a time for new beginnings and the start of a new you. While many people set goals to be healthier, to get financially fit, to declutter, or to build better relationships, few keep those goals.
What if that's because they're aiming small? What if God is not simply calling you to meet a goal, but He is calling you to perfection?
Before getting on the anti-perfection bandwagon, consider that Jesus tells us to, "Be perfect as our Father in Heaven is perfect"?
Today's episode looks at what it means to strive for perfection in 2025. I'd love to hear what you think and how you're striving for perfection in your life!
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
- Single Mom Smiling's Exclusive Coaching Program Beta Group to test new programs! Find out more here or go straight to your application page here.
- Email Kerri to sign up for Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. [email protected]
- Drive Research's New Year's resolutions statistics.
Next Steps:
1. Join the Single Mom Smiling's Exclusive Coaching Program Beta Group to test new programs! Find out more here or go straight to your application page here.
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at [email protected]
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
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About Single Mom Smiling | Arming Warriors in the Battle for Marriage & Family
From the publisher's feed
Are you a busy single mom struggling with overwhelm, exhaustion, and self-doubt?
Are you ready to discover hope that doesn’t come from a half-eaten chocolate bar found between couch cushions,…
Are you ready to discover hope that doesn’t come from a half-eaten chocolate bar found between couch cushions,…
another glass of wine in a sippy cup, or swiping through online dating sites?
Then the Single Mom Smiling podcast is for you!
Kerri Bishop is an author, speaker, and coach who now brings her energy and enthusiasm to podcasting.
She is also a single mom of FIVE boys whose husband, on Mother’s Day, suddenly announced he was leaving.
He moved out one week later.
Kerri was 5 months pregnant with their 5th little boy at the time.
Kerri now gratefully helps other women build lives of hope and positivity.
Together, we will dive into unanswered questions, issues of self-worth, and next steps so you can become the woman and mom you are meant to be all while navigating this God-given adventure called life!
Then the Single Mom Smiling podcast is for you!
Kerri Bishop is an author, speaker, and coach who now brings her energy and enthusiasm to podcasting.
She is also a single mom of FIVE boys whose husband, on Mother’s Day, suddenly announced he was leaving.
He moved out one week later.
Kerri was 5 months pregnant with their 5th little boy at the time.
Kerri now gratefully helps other women build lives of hope and positivity.
Together, we will dive into unanswered questions, issues of self-worth, and next steps so you can become the woman and mom you are meant to be all while navigating this God-given adventure called life!