In this episode Julia talks with single mum, and co-founder of Wyld Tribe Tracy Mcfie.

Five years ago Tracy was happily married to her teenage love of over two decades, a fly-in-fly-out worker. Her and her two children lived in Western Australia, and her husband (who worked in the mines) was in China working 3 out of 4 weeks. Life was challenging at times but after living this lifestyle for 17 years, it was something that Tracy was used to (though slightly sick of).

Tracy's world came crashing down after she received a text message from another woman which revealed her husband's infidelity.

In this episode, Tracy tells us how she was left lying on the bathroom floor at the edge of the darkness and completely broken. She endured heartbreak, terrible betrayal, loss and grief. She also went through stages where she looked down the back of the couch for coins and worked her butt off doing anything to keep her family safe.

Five years after the darkness Tracy radiates happiness. Her attitude and zest for life is contagious. She rose from the ashes more vibrant, resilient, happy, and stronger than ever. She is not a victim, but a warrior. She explains how her experience has SHAPED her, carved her into the woman she is now, and how she will continue to evolve and grow.

Julia and Tracy also chat about:

• dealing with grief and heartache,
• healing after betrayal,
• the co-parenting struggle,
• the affect this has had on her (then) teenage children,
• how the experience inspired her to start Wyld Tribe,
• how great things can happen out of terrible experiences,
• the power of the sisterhood, and
• SO MUCH MORE!!

This episode is a MUST listen!

Links mentioned in Podcast:

• Wyld Tribe
• Connect with Tracy on Facebook or Instagram.
• Headspace
• to contact Julia, email: [email protected]
• 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 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 talks about goal setting for single mums. She tells you why setting goals will change your life, and how to set them so that you achieve them.

This is a continuation of Episode 86 - finding your identity as a single mum.

Some questions to ask yourself to get started:

• What do you want to achieve?
• Why do you want to achieve it?
• What is your plan?

Links mentioned in the episode:

You can listen to Episode 86 HERE.

Blog Post - 6 THINGS FOR A SINGLE MUM TO DO AFTER A REDUNDANCY

Don't forget! Sign up to the Don't Just Survive, THRIVE online program for single mums by Friday April 20, 2018 (sign up here).

To contact Julia, email: [email protected].

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 breast cancer warrior, 2016 Mother of the Year, and single mum Farrah Millar. Farrah was on the show a year ago (episodes 34 and 35) and in this episode we get an update from Farrah on the last 12 months since she was on the show.

Farrah was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer when her daughter was just 14 months old and her son was less than 24 hours old. Recovering from a caesarean section, Farrah began 4 months of intense chemotherapy, and then further treatment (including a double mastectomy), all whilst parenting two babies and dealing with the breakdown of her relationship.

With her daughter now three and her son two, Farrah updates us on what's happened in the last 12 months - 15 admissions to hospital (including 6 operations), her phenomenal efforts at raising money for breast cancer and spreading breast cancer prevention awareness, the overhanging fear of cancer returning, trekking the Great Wall of China, a new love, and so much more.

If you haven't already, listen to Part 1 (Episode 34) and Part 2 (Episode 35) before this one.

Links mentioned in Podcast:

• Breast Cancer Care WA is a WA charity that provides personalised emotional, practical and financial support and care to people affected by breast cancer.
• To contact Farrah, email: [email protected], or connect with her on Facebook or Instagram.
• Donate money to the National Breast Cancer Foundation and sponsor Farrah on her trek HERE.
• Help Farrah with her expenses for the trek HERE.
• Sign up to the Don't Just Survive, THRIVE online program for single mums by Sunday April 15, 2018 (sign up here).
• to contact Julia, email: [email protected]
• For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Services
• For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Services
• Book in for your complimentary 30 minute Clarity Call 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 talks about finding your identity as a single mum. Sometimes when we come out of our relationships we have lost who we are, and in this episode Julia shares her tips on how you can start to rediscover yourself again and get back to being YOU.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Download the finding yourself exercise here.

Sign up to the Don't Just Survive, THRIVE online program for single mums by Sunday April 15, 2018 (sign up here).

To contact Julia, email: [email protected].

For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Services.

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 of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast Julia chats with one of Australia's leading Relationship and Sex Experts, Isiah McKimmie.

Julia and Isiah talk about all things SEX AND BODY IMAGE. They discuss the perception that mums can't be sexual, why mothers are struggling to find their sense of sensuality and desire again, the male perception of a mother's sexuality, and what celebrity mothers are doing for the perception of sexuality in society.

Isiah also shares her advice:

• for any mother getting herself out there and feeling confident sexually if it's been a while, and having sex with a new partner;
• getting emotionally ready, and the potential of carrying forward old issues from the past;
• getting past the body image insecurities which can lead to feeling extremely self-conscious when it comes to getting naked and having sex;
• shutting the inner critic down during sex; and
• LOTS MORE!

Isiah also shares her tips for any women whose bodies may have taken a toll due to illnesses such as cancer, and who are struggling to feel comfortable with their body image and sex.

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 on the Today Show and SBS. She is the go to expert on sex in Australia.

Links mentioned in the episode:

https://www.isiah-mckimmie.com/

Connect with Isiah on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

Sign up to the Don't Just Survive, THRIVE online program for single mums here.

To contact Julia, email: [email protected].

For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Services.

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 of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia talks with Marcia Watts. This is Marcia's second time on the show. Marcia is a counsellor in the private practice Transform to Lead based in Brisbane, Australia. She offers clients a compassionate, solution-oriented counselling service, enabling them to overcome obstacles and achieve their full potential. She is passionate about helping adults and couples improve their personal lives, marriages, and family relationships and she has a special interest in re-partnering and step families, as well as her own personal experience of marriage breakdown and five years as a single parent of 3 boys, before marrying her now husband, Ian, and creating a blended family.

In this episode Marcia and Julia discuss:

• the different terms for step families and blended families,
• the concept of loving step children as your own, and if that is even possible,
• the idea of the "intentional family",
• how children may feel when one of their parents remarries,
• avoiding divorce in second marriages,
• the role of the step dad vs the role of the step mum,
• the "bio-bitch" concept, and
• LOTS MORE!

To enter the competition to win a free copy of Marcia's book - A step up for step families, please email Julia the answer to the following question:

What was Marcia's definition of an intentional family and what does that mean to you in 50 words or less?

The first person who emails Julia with the correct response will win a copy of Marcia's book.

Links mentioned in Podcast:

• Listen to Marcia's first time on the show (ep 38) - here.

• http://www.goodtherapy.com.au/marcia_watts

• http://www.transform2lead.com.au

• Marcia Watt's Book: A step up for step families available 22nd March – see details here.

• To contact Marcia, email: [email protected], or connect with Marcia on Facebook (Marcia Watts Relationships & Wellbeing Counsellor).

• Sign up to the Don't Just Survive, THRIVE online program for single mums here.

• To contact Julia, email: [email protected].

• For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Services.

• 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 of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats with single mums Nadia Mori and Lyndsey Bramble about secret single mums business for the third time. We chat about kids starting school, single mum guilt, dating, and so much more.

Listen to our first Secret Single Mums Business Episode here.

Listen to the second Secret Single Mums Business Episode here.

Sign up to the Don't Just Survive, THRIVE online program for single mums here.

Book: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari.

To contact Julia, email: [email protected].

For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Services.

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 of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast Julia chats with single mum, and editor of Australia's number one parenting website Kidspot, the gorgeous Melissa Wilson.

Mel shares how she manages to juggle being a single mum to two kids and the editor of Kidspot, a typical day in her life, the relationship with her ex ending and how she coped in the early days and weeks of being a single mum, how she felt about becoming a single mum and how it's changed over time, and co-parenting with her ex.

She also shares her advice for other mums who are struggling with the decision of leaving a relationship or staying in it, benefits she's encountered and advice for new single mums.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Kidspot.com.au The Juggling Act Podcast

Connect with Mel on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram (here and here).

Sign up to the Don't Just Survive, THRIVE online program for single mums here.

To contact Julia, email: [email protected].

or information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Services.

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 of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats about what's been going on for the last couple of months. She talks about her last trip to Perth, her recent holiday to Fiji, her daughter starting school, and more.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Blog post: Top Tips for Single Mum Travel.

Blog post: Why a child's first day at school is so hard on single mums.

Braving the Wilderness: The quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone by Brené Brown

To contact Julia, email: [email protected].

For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Services.

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 of the Single Mother Survival Guide Podcast, Julia chats to holistic health practitioner Robin LaCross.

Robin and Julia discuss how to talk to kids about sex, the right terminology to use with children, how to answer the where did I come from? question and any other sex related questions, talking to our kids about menstruation, what HPV is, the cervical cancer vaccine, how to protect yourself from HPV, having safe sex with HPV, natural birth control methods and much more.

Robin specializes in women's reproductive health. She is on a mission to reduce unintended pregnancies and the spread of STDs in the world by changing the way mothers talk to their children about growing up, sex and staying safe. She is also the founder of The HPV Education Project to raise awareness about the virus, new advances in HPV testing and holistic methods of promoting cervical health.

Links mentioned in the episode:

The HPV Education Project

www.cervixhealth.com

www.raisingempowereddaughters.com

Email Robin at [email protected] or connect with her on Twitter, or Facebook here and here.

Join the Facebook Group for Moms Raising Empowered Daughters here.

To contact Julia, email: [email protected].

For information about the single parent mentoring programs available with Julia, visit Single Mother Survival Guide Services.

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.