Single Mom Smiling | Arming Warriors in the Battle for Marriage & Family

How many times have you wanted to quit something important? 

Do any of these describe where you are or have been?

Maybe you've thought of throwing in the towel and walking away from it all.

While it can be understandable, it is not helpful. Many women give up just before a break through.

In today's episode, we will look at why this happens and what you can do to persevere.

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Please pray for me and mine too.

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If the devil used tactics like shock and awe, we would see him coming a mile away and avoid him like the plague.

Instead, he is wily and takes out his epic fury against Our Lord and His children in more subtle ways.

In today's episode, we look at what has been called the devil's greatest trick and what that may look like in us.

The enemy's tactics are not new, but they are ones we repeatedly fall for. If we want to protect ourselves and our families, knowing what this trick is and how it manifests itself in us is important.

If you would like help leaning into Our Lord's plans to find joy and love even in hardship, it would be helpful for you to follow the podcast, sign up for the newsletter, and/or contact me for coaching.

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Please pray for me and mine too.

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Kerri

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Do you struggle with loving yourself?

If you're feeling lonely or wishing you had better relationships, self love may be the first step you are missing.

While it sounds strange, loving yourself can be very difficult.

If you've been through trauma, such as abuse, abandonment, or neglect, feeling worthy of any kind of love can seem like a foreign concept, but difficulties surrounding self love are not limited to those who have been through trauma.

Many struggle with the concept of loving themselves.

We see the evidence of this in disordered love. Disordered love makes people choose poorly. They find relief in the moment only to end up worse than when they started later.

In today's episode, life coach Kerri Bishop, looks at self love and gives you 5 ways to build greater genuine, well-ordered love for yourself whether you are new to this journey or well on the path.

Join me in today's exploration of self-love, and don't forget to sign up for Thursday's newsletter which expands on this beautiful topic! 

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Kerri

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This is the first episode Single Mom Smiling formally begins addressing the war on Biblical Marriage and family.

I recorded this episode four times before realizing why I was so unhappy with my work.

Then, sitting in front of the Tabernacle, I realized what I was doing wrong and felt God reveal what I was missing.

It was so obvious!

Today, I read straight from the journal entry I wrote while sitting there in the Church. 

Learn what must be the foundation of how we approach this battle and how we stand strong for Our Lord and His plans no matter what life throws at us.

I know it is not easy, but it is GOOD! 

And healing comes, not from what is easy, but what is Good. 

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Kerri

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Being a single mom is hard enough without adding additional sacrifice in, yet that is what we are told to do during Lent.

In this Ash Wednesday episode, women's resilience coach Kerri Bishop explains the three facets of Lent as prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

Then she explains why it is good for those with hard lives to choose suffering during this sacred season.

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If you've ever felt anger as a single mom, you are not alone.

While anger may be a very valid emotion when your ex treats you badly, when the courts rule unjustly, and when you are simply exhausted and run down, anger is not healthy for you or your children.

Jesus compares anger to killing someone and clearly tells us we must overcome anger.

In today's episode, I look at what Jesus tells us about anger and how we can lay anger aside to invite peace into our homes.

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Kerri

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Why does today's society so often get marriage wrong when so many early Christian cultures got it right?

Marriage and family are not just cultural institutions.

They are spiritual battlegrounds.

In this Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes/Marian Consecration episode, we look at on overlooked cause for so many marriages struggling today. Could it be that the deeper issue is not solely about misunderstanding Marriage but may be about misunderstanding Mary.

Mary is not a side character in salvation history.

She is the Spouse of the Holy Spirit. She is fully united to Him in will, mission, and love in a way no human marriage can perfectly imitate. When we get Mary wrong, or ignore her altogether, we misunderstand marriage itself.

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Did your spouse tell you he'd love you forever and then leave?

Do you now have a hard time figuring out who you are after you've been cheated on or abandoned?

If so, you are not alone!

When two flesh become one and then get torn apart, learning to stand on your own again can seem impossible and is without this one thing.

But there is hope!

If you can build this through your trials, you will rebuild your identity and discover what a beautiful soul you are!

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Why do women, and those who love them, show up at the March for Life?

In this episode, I walk the March for Life and chat with other marchers. In mostly short clips, you’ll hear from people whose paths look nothing alike - bikers, students, religious sisters, researchers, and young women.

Yet all are there because they care about women facing unplanned pregnancies and the babies they carry so close to their hearts.

Behind each person I spoke with is a desire to protect life and surround the most vulnerable, both mothers and babies, with compassion, support, and help.

If you’re pregnant and feeling alone, afraid, unsure, or overwhelmed, I want to tell you, you matter. Your story matters. Your baby matters. And neither of you needs to be alone, even if it feels that way right now.

I am here for you.

You can always reach out to me at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/133-voices-from-the-2026-march-for-life-pt-1-hope-for/id1745819514?i=1000746999665

If you've ever faced hardship and wondered where God was or how Jesus expects you to handle what you are going through, the Beatitudes assure you God knows how hard this life can be. 

He also knows the path to perfection and peace lies in living, not as the world tells you, but counter culturally through the poetically beautiful but so difficult to live out Beatitudes. 

Jesus teaches the Beatitudes to show us He knows life is not going to be easy but that there are surprisingly peaceful ways to handle adversity.

Those ways are not easy but lead us to the perfection and unexpected peace we desire and that He wants for us.

In today's episode I break down what the Beatitudes are in today's terms and give one doable action to help you to begin moving toward that perfection and peace.

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Kerri

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