Single Parent Success Stories

“If you focus on literacy and numeracy at home and you make curiosity part of how you move through your day, in combination with respectful communication, then you've got yourself a beautiful quartet of learning that can take place.” - Christina Forgeron

Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. Today I speak to Christina Forgeron about educating our children, how we can make sure our children are not left behind by the system, voicing our concerns and worries to teachers and educators that can help, and stepping up to the plate of being your child’s first educator.

Christina has been a passionate professional in education for almost thirty years, working with children (and their parents) from grades two to nine on three different continents in private, public, and homeschooling environments. She has been a coach, a teacher, a vice-principal, an award-winning singer-songwriter, and most recently, a wife, mother, and entrepreneur. This August, she is very excited to announce the launch of the BolsterHub, an international, online platform for parents who want support, professional advice, regular webinars, and coaching. As parents, we can learn from each other, as well as from research and educational professionals, how to lead our children’s education with wisdom and confidence.

Christina Forgeron is a parent, experienced educator, and administrator as well as an entrepreneur. Her online community, called the BolsterHub, helps parents navigate school through group coaching, webinars, connection between parents, and above all, non-judgmental and wise support.

[00:01 - 11:49] Parents Are Their Children’s First Educators

[11:50 - 22:06] How COVID Has Affected Learning

[22:07 - 24:40] The Bolster Family Academic Support

[24:41 - 27:12] Closing Segment

Connect with Christina:

Website: https://bolsterfamilies.com

Connect with me:

Website: https://www.irinashehovsov.com/

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“If you give your power to somebody else, you are never going to find happiness, you're never going to find freedom, you're never gonna enjoy life again. Because your life depends on somebody else, how they treat you, how they look at you, how they speak to you, if they do whatever you want, or if they hit your expectations.” - Tommy Walker

Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. Today we talk about the power of the mind, and how you have control in reprogramming it. With my guest Tommy Walker, we discuss the importance of putting yourself first for others.

Tommy Walker is passionate about Inspiring and Helping you Empower yourself. He is a Mindset, Business and Life Coach, and better known as 'The Mind Engineer'. Tommy started his entrepreneurial journey more than 24 years ago and has studied and worked on the mind for over 12 years.

He has combined the best practices out there in the world, mixing the entrepreneur journey and mindset, and developed Rapid Subconscious Reprogramming™ combining coaching, neuroscience, inner child connection, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence.

Tommy is the author of ‘Mindset Secrets’, and the founder of ‘Unleashing Your Mindset For Success’.

His advice for single parents is work on your mindset, that is the key. Overwhelm is a symptom of something deeper. Identify the root cause, reprogram, and and free yourself from that.

[00:01 - 11:14] Your Mind Can Be Reprogrammed

Connect with Tommy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tommymindengineer

Connect with me:

Website: https://www.irinashehovsov.com/

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“We need to stop outsourcing our thinking. What we're doing is stopping ourselves from tapping into our own innate knowledge of what's best for us, and what's best for our children and our families.” - Lucy Power

Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Lucy Power, whose mission in life is to help families take back their power through education and coaching.

Lucy Power is a qualified and ICF professional certified Coach with a postgraduate qualification in Personal and Business Coaching from the University of Chester. She is also extensively trained and experienced in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy and integrates this with her coaching practice. Lucy is one of the cofounders of the Beyond School who's idea is to bring consciousness to parenting.

[00:01 - 08:52] Learning The Keys to Better Relationships

Connect with Lucy

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamlucypower/

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Connect with Irina:

Website: https://www.irinashehovsov.com/

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“The challenges before you are actually opportunities for you to discover what you are made of and what you're capable of. And your potential is unlimited. But you have to approach it one step at a time.” - Natalia Jansen

Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Natalia Jansen to talk about her amazing journey of becoming a life coach. There’s a dream and destiny within everyone and Natalia helps others get those dreams clear and figure out their first steps.   She is a single mom of two, originally from Slovakia, who teaches theatre arts by day and helps women - especially single moms  live happy, healthy and vibrant life through her Life Coaching and Health and Wellness business.

Natialia's advice for single parents: Breath, ask for help, make self care - even it's just a few minutes a day - but make it a priority. Remember that you are valuable, your feelings and life matter and when you focus on fun, and appreciating all the things that are going well - no matter how small they may seem - they help keep your energy in the higher and more positive frequency.

[00:01 - 11:59] You Have Control Over Your Own Life

To connect with Natalia: 

[email protected]

Connect with Irina:

https://www.irinashehovsov.com/

“That's how you operate your life on intuition. You really need to be in the present moment, you really need to listen to the signals.” - Sunil Godse

Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Sunil to educate us on intuition and how it is critical in moving your life forward and figuring out how to navigate single-parenthood.

After making a series of bad decisions, with one leading to a friend being shot and killed, Sunil Godse spent thousands of hours on research and interviews to find out that the reason we waste time making bad decisions is because we ignore our intuition, a subconscious phenomenon that we are all born with that helps us make the right decision at the right time in any situation we find ourselves in.

Sunil developed a seven-step process that shows you how to sharpen your intuition so that you have a mind map for making the right decisions.

[00:01 - 10:21] What is Intuition and Where Does It Come From?

[10:22 - 23:11] How People Experience Intuition

[23:12 - 44:19] Getting Back To Our Values

[44:20 - 47:09] The Intuition To Leave

[47:10 - 48:36] Closing Segment

Resources Mentioned:

● FAIL FAST. SUCCEED FASTER by Sunil Godse

Connect with Sunil

Website: https://www.intuitionology.com/

Connect with Irina

https://www.irinashehovsov.com/

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“Whether it's done by someone like me, or a therapist, or the parents, just being able to sit down and listen, really without judging, is an important thing. For therapy with children, the therapy itself is not so important. It's really having another adult that the children know care about them.” - Jim Hendrix

Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Jim Hendrix to talk about caring for your child’s brain. Whether it’s protecting them from physically injuring their heads, to taking care of their mental health, loving your child’s brain is an important job for a child’s development.

Jim Hendrix is a former single parent of one boy, a step-parent of 6, and has 11 grandchildren. He is an engineer, psychotherapist, and Amen Clinics certified brain health coach. He is also the developer and presenter of The Brain Health Course – Care, Physiology, and Psychology: A gentle tour from dysfunction to function.

Connect with Jim:

Email: [email protected]

Connect with Irina:

https://www.irinashehovsov.com/

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“If we don't set aside, in a creative way, money that comes in, there's no way that our personal money is going to grow. And so that's one of the big things that people need to be thinking about in terms of establishing that solid financial platform. What is the level of commitment that I'm willing to put forth?” - Eunicia Peret

Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Eunicia Peret to talk about planning your financial future as a single parent.

Eunicia is an accomplished Financial professional and business owner with over 15 years of experience in the financial industry.   After a successful and lucrative corporate career where she led many organizations, she pivoted to pursue her passion of helping individual families and small businesses find their way to Financial Independence.

Eunicia focuses on helping individuals that want to grow long-term wealth but don’t have the secrets to establish a path to financial stability, safety and independence.

She is a strong believer that people deserve to gain the unfair advantages that financial advisors typically hold back from their clients.  Her Financial Freedom Formula is the “master-class” on the secrets that financial institutions (like your bank) do not want you to know. Once clients understand those financial secrets, their financial outlook is never the same because they are empowered with the tips, tricks and know-how to grow and protect their money… in a way that feels right to them.

[00:01 - 09:15] Getting to Know Eunicia

[09:16 - 24:12] Why You Need An Expert on Your Side

[24:12 - 47:08] Financial Do's and Don'ts After Divorce

[47:09 - 49:01] Closing Segment

Connect with Eunicia:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/euniciaperet/

Book: How to Build Wealth...Without "Gambling in the Casino of Wall Street" 

Online Course: Key Strategies To Financial Wellbeing

Connect with Irina:

https://www.irinashehovsov.com/

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“I keep getting criticized for the fact of being a single mother. I get pressured to settle down and get married again to someone else. So, this idea of being single and raising a daughter is something which is difficult for people to digest out here.” - Lubna Maelzer

Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Lubna Maelzer, an incredibly inspirational and strong single mother of one, who shares the daily overcoming of not just living, but thriving, in a culture that looks down on her circumstances.

Lubna Maelzer is a single mom of Angel from Kolkata, India. Lubna faced incredible adversity from social and cultural norms. Divorce is considered taboo and is frowned upon. Coming out of an abusive relationship she was faced with many challenges. As they say, we grow through struggles. Everything Lubna went through culminated in the formation of GPE ( Girl Power Empowerment ) a social community working towards uplifting the lives of girls for the last 4 years. She is also the Vice President of WICCI India - Eastern Australia Business Council, she is a Global Goodwill Ambassador, and the City Mayor of Entrepreneur Cafe.

[00:01 - 06:04] The Societal Taboos of Divorce in India

[06:05 - 11:01] The Things Lubna Had To Overcome

[11:02 - 17:58] Advice for Single Parents

[17:59 - 28:57] The Turning Point

[28:58 - 30:47] Closing Segment

Connect with Lubna:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lubnamaelzer

Connect with Irina:

https://www.irinashehovsov.com/

You can't help everybody. But you can help you… So be good for you. Because if you're not good for you, as my father used to say, you're not going to be any good for anybody else.” - Judy Wong

Welcome to Single Parent Success Stories! I’m your host, Irina Shehovsov. In this episode, I welcome Judy Wong to talk about her incredible story and life, how no matter what age you are, you have to live your life for living, and advice for younger and older single parents out there.

Judy Wong is an International Educator /Consultant /Life Coach/Inspiring International Speaker. She is a renaissance woman who raised three young men, mostly on her own, put them, and herself, through college and embarked on an amazing new life at 60! She is based in NYC.

Her slogan is, “Life isn't over yet!” And she lives that out to the fullest.

Her advice for single parents: Nothing has ever been achieved through perfection. Forgive yourself often. Take the best care of yourself because you are no good to your children if you are no good to yourself. Children will survive despite us so just take one day at a time. Rain storms are rocky but remember there will be a rainbow and the sun on the other side. You will be okay.

[00:01 - 19:33] It’s Never Too Late and It’s Not Over Yet

[19:34 - 26:25] I Live My Life For Living

[26:26 - 41:46] Advice for Single Parents

[41:47 - 43:10] Closing Segment

Connect with Judy:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejudywong/

https://LivingOutLoudAintOverYet.com

https://www.facebook.com/livingoutloudaintoveryet

Connect with Irina:

https://www.irinashehovsov.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJCe0MIFwK63EiKqZG03mA

https://www.facebook.com/irina.shehovsov

https://www.instagram.com/irina089/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/slaythelimits

Breakthrough Coaching: https://www.irinashehovsov.com/breakthrough-coaching

Happiness Academy Online Course: https://bit.ly/3isSifx

Jackie Simmons, - [email protected] – is an international speaker, the host of The Suicide Prevention Show, the co-founder of the Teen Suicide Prevention Society, and the author/compiler of the book: Make It A Great Day: The Choice Is Yours and author of The “Why Not?” Workbook: Breaking the Silence on Teen Suicide. Jackie believes that teen suicides can be prevented. 

The mission that drives Jackie’s life is to make suicide, especially teen suicide, a thing of the past. When you work with Jackie, she’ll invite you to discover what's true and what's not true for you. She'll offer you a different perspective and help you spot the elephant in the room that’s creating self-sabotage in your life. Together you'll turn that elephant into your path to self-empowerment.

[00:01 - 12:32] We Live What We Learned

Resources Mentioned:

● Watch “The Talk” on TEDx – please comment on it, like it, and most importantly, SHARE IT. You never know whose life you’ll save http://www.jackietedx.com/

Connect with Jackie:

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