Melanie Mitchell is a Career & Life Coaching who helps people find meaning and fulfillment in both their lives and career. 

In this episode, she shares her story of being a solo mom.  She also talks about her struggles to make the best decisions for her and her children.  

Melanie fought through her challenges and rose above them. She has not allowed her past decisions to define who she is today.

The most important thing to remember as a solo mom is that you are not defined by your decisions.

Connect with Melanie: Instagram @mwexlercareercoach | LinkedIn | Website

Bio: Bringing 18+ years of recruiting and staffing experience, Melanie started Career & Life Coaching in 2017 to help people find meaning and fulfillment in both their lives and careers. (Cont'd).

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Don't Parent in Silence

Hello Solo Moms. As a solo mom of three adult sons, I understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. As a mentor, my mission is to help you shift your mindset and empower you to take control of your life, to see yourself as God sees you. I know that unresolved trauma can be a heavy burden to carry and parenting alone can be a lonely journey, but it doesn't have to be that way. I want you to know that you are not alone. You have the strength and resilience to overcome your challenges and create the life you desire.

Join the Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge

Hello solo moms. Do you want an easy and proven way to experience better mood and less anxiety? Even if you think you're too busy with work and family responsibilities, you owe it to yourself to take care of your mental health? Join my Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge. Studies. Show that writing down what you're grateful for.

Ayurveda is an ancient healing system that utilizes holistic methods to treat the mind, body and spirit. It has been practiced for thousands of years and is based on a belief that all living beings are interconnected.

In this episode, Sondra Rubin talks about Ayurvedic practices that can help us maintain a healthy lifestyle and prevent diseases from developing in our bodies. She explains why all diets don't work for everyone and should address individual lifestyles.

Ayurveda addresses the root cause of health issues rather than treating the symptoms alone. The aim is to restore balance within the body by removing toxins and restoring harmony in our internal systems.

Check out section 23:00 for a simple tip to help ease headache symptoms

Connect with Sondra: website Instagram: @anuayurvedahealth

Bio: Sondra Rubin is a Board Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner by NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association Medical Board) and a Certified Ayurvedic Wellness Educator. She is a passionate healer, and educator and has acquired her education from the Southern California University of Health Sciences. (Cont'd).

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Join the Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge

Hello solo moms. Do you want an easy and proven way to experience better mood and less anxiety? Even if you think you're too busy with work and family responsibilities, you owe it to yourself to take care of your mental health? Join my Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge. Studies. Show that writing down what you're grateful for.

Don't Parent in Silence

Hello Solo Moms. As a solo mom of three adult sons, I understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. As a mentor, my mission is to help you shift your mindset and empower you to take control of your life, to see yourself as God sees you. I know that unresolved trauma can be a heavy burden to carry and parenting alone can be a lonely journey, but it doesn't have to be that way. I want you to know that you are not alone. You have the strength and resilience to overcome your challenges and create the life you desire.

No your teen didn't turn into a monster overnight. They just want to be understood. They want to feel empowered to make decisions about their lives. Even when the ultimate decision is yours, it makes sense to give them the confidence to help you help them.

Scott Feld is a Certified Life Skills Coach for kids. Best-selling author of Dax to the Max. Owner/Creator MindZenMotion. He's also Dad to a 6-year-old son.

He talks about the struggles we face with our tweens and teens and how we can navigate conversations to help them. If you've had those big blow-ups with your teen (I know I've had a few) then this episode is for you.

Scott offers Engaging and Fun Life Skill/Mindset Power Parties and Power Quests for tweens and teens. In this episode, he shares how you can empower your teen to build a better relationship with them. And reduce the stress you feel in communicating with them.

Connect with Scott: IG - @mindzenmotion | website: www.mindzenmotion.com

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Studies show gratitude...Join my Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge and receive a 100-page gratitude journaling printable just for signing up.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Join the Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge

Hello solo moms. Do you want an easy and proven way to experience better mood and less anxiety? Even if you think you're too busy with work and family responsibilities, you owe it to yourself to take care of your mental health? Join my Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge. Studies. Show that writing down what you're grateful for.

Don't Parent in Silence

Hello Solo Moms. As a solo mom of three adult sons, I understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. As a mentor, my mission is to help you shift your mindset and empower you to take control of your life, to see yourself as God sees you. I know that unresolved trauma can be a heavy burden to carry and parenting alone can be a lonely journey, but it doesn't have to be that way. I want you to know that you are not alone. You have the strength and resilience to overcome your challenges and create the life you desire.

Is there a connection between stress and menopause?

In this episode, I talk with Angel Counsel, a Leading Naturopath and Menopause Coach. She believes that when women understand what's happening with their hormones, they don't have to be afraid and they can make better decisions.

Takeaways:

• In menopause, the messages between the brain and the ovaries start to shut down.
• The brain switches its connection from the brain to the adrenal glands, and the stress hormones from the adrenals get mixed up.
• Menopause is a transition out of reproductive age.
• It is not normal to have symptoms.
• Women should listen to their bodies and take care of their own health, not rely on pills to solve their problems

Connect with Angela: https://angelacounsel.com/speaking/

Bio: Angela Counsel is a Leading Naturopath and Menopause Coach who guides women to embrace the changes that are happening to their bodies as they move through their menopause transition. She is on a mission to spread the word that it is possible to thrive in menopause and this can be a time of stepping into your wisdom and falling in love with yourself and your life.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Don't Parent in Silence

Hello Solo Moms. As a solo mom of three adult sons, I understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. As a mentor, my mission is to help you shift your mindset and empower you to take control of your life, to see yourself as God sees you. I know that unresolved trauma can be a heavy burden to carry and parenting alone can be a lonely journey, but it doesn't have to be that way. I want you to know that you are not alone. You have the strength and resilience to overcome your challenges and create the life you desire.

Join the Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge

Hello solo moms. Do you want an easy and proven way to experience better mood and less anxiety? Even if you think you're too busy with work and family responsibilities, you owe it to yourself to take care of your mental health? Join my Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge. Studies. Show that writing down what you're grateful for.

Are you curious about how to convert your knowledge, wisdom, and skill set into a commercial outcome?

"The wisdom part is the most important part because if learned knowledge doesn't become experience, it won't become wisdom."

In this interview, Mary Henderson Personal Brand Specialist and mother of two sons, ages 12 and 10. She also runs a successful coaching business where she helps industry experts unpack their knowledge, wisdom, and skill sets to create a brand and an online business.

Mary believes that age should not be a factor when it comes to finding your purpose.

In this episode, you will learn the following:

1. How taking a personal inventory can help you commercialize your skills

2. How you can use your knowledge, wisdom, and skill set to fulfill your purpose.

3. How to create an ecstatic brand experience for your customers?

Here's a breakdown of what is covered:

[00:00:59] - Who is May Henderson?

[00:03:27] - What is personal branding?

[00:06:53] - You are you inc.

[00:12:32] - The mindset is the problem.

[00:13:12] - What is purpose.

Connect with Mary: www.maryhendersoncoaching.com

Mary believes that when women reach a certain age, they are considered too old for certain things. She believes that they need to challenge the status quo and take their lives into their own hands.

Mary believes that personal branding can be applied to both business and personal life. That's really good. Spot on.

Mary is another amazing guest from PodMatch

Other episodes you'll enjoy:

Master Your Next Job Interview w/ Carrie-Lynn Hotson

Connect with me:

Website: www.solomoms-talk.com | Twitter/IG: @jrosemarie1

Watch this and other interviews at SoloMoms! Talk TV

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Mentioned in this episode:

Don't Parent in Silence

Hello Solo Moms. As a solo mom of three adult sons, I understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. As a mentor, my mission is to help you shift your mindset and empower you to take control of your life, to see yourself as God sees you. I know that unresolved trauma can be a heavy burden to carry and parenting alone can be a lonely journey, but it doesn't have to be that way. I want you to know that you are not alone. You have the strength and resilience to overcome your challenges and create the life you desire.

Join the Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge

Hello solo moms. Do you want an easy and proven way to experience better mood and less anxiety? Even if you think you're too busy with work and family responsibilities, you owe it to yourself to take care of your mental health? Join my Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge. Studies. Show that writing down what you're grateful for.

Eleni Fuiaxis is a solo mom and author of Picky Patrick the story of an eight-year-old boy who seemingly has it all. Picky Patrick starts off one way and ends up being completely different. The book teaches kids the value of self-awareness, gratitude, tolerance, and inclusion.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How as a mother you can help your kids with their own self-awareness.
• If you've lost your own sense of self, it's not too late to recognize your purpose when life begins to unravel.

[00:05:54] - Losing an identity as a mom.

[00:14:33] - About the book Picky Patrick.

[00:26:00] - How reading to your children helps with your parenting

[00:27:22] - Encouragement for solo moms.

Connect with Eleni on Instagram/Twitter: @elenifuiaxis. And www.mascotbooks.com

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Mentioned in this episode:

Don't Parent in Silence

Hello Solo Moms. As a solo mom of three adult sons, I understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. As a mentor, my mission is to help you shift your mindset and empower you to take control of your life, to see yourself as God sees you. I know that unresolved trauma can be a heavy burden to carry and parenting alone can be a lonely journey, but it doesn't have to be that way. I want you to know that you are not alone. You have the strength and resilience to overcome your challenges and create the life you desire.

If you want to have more control over your finances you must learn ways to manage money. It may take unlearning everything you thought you knew about personal money management.

Florian Fritz makes personal finance simple and easy. He's a money teacher who shares some values about how solo moms can improve their financial life.

In this interview, he shares how you can develop a winning mindset when it comes to money regardless of how much money you have or make. Listen and learn how you can become your own money hero.

Takeaways:

04:07 - Why money seems to be a mystery to some people

04:11 - How we can better manage money

05:09 - What is financial freedom?

09:17 - Rule #1 of financial freedom

10:48 - How not to rob your future self

13:37 - The 3 superpowers of the Money Hero

17:48 - Parkinson's law explained

19:24 - How to invest in cannibis where it's legal

Connect with Florian in his Facebook group Money Hero

Bio: Florian is the founder of the Money Hero Academy, where he is teaching how to create financial freedom by improving your money mindset, money management and money making skills.

As a financial advisor, Florian realized during the last financial crisis in 2008 that the financial industry was only looking out for their own best interest and not that of their clients. Continue...

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Watch this interview on YouTube: SoloMoms! Talk TV

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Another awesome guest from PodMatch.com

This podcast was recorded with Riverside.fm

Podcast artwork created with Canva

This podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free.

Mentioned in this episode:

Don't Parent in Silence

Hello Solo Moms. As a solo mom of three adult sons, I understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. As a mentor, my mission is to help you shift your mindset and empower you to take control of your life, to see yourself as God sees you. I know that unresolved trauma can be a heavy burden to carry and parenting alone can be a lonely journey, but it doesn't have to be that way. I want you to know that you are not alone. You have the strength and resilience to overcome your challenges and create the life you desire.

Join the Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge

Hello solo moms. Do you want an easy and proven way to experience better mood and less anxiety? Even if you think you're too busy with work and family responsibilities, you owe it to yourself to take care of your mental health? Join my Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge. Studies. Show that writing down what you're grateful for.

Kimberly Bell is a working solo mom of 5 children (4 of whom are adults) and 6 grandchildren.

Kimberly finds creating balance a challenge sometimes as there are so many aspects to solo parenting. She also thinks that within that balance solo moms must remember to care for themselves as well.

One way Kimberly manages is to connect with God and her spirituality to get the strength and wisdom she needs.

Kimberly agrees that we minimize our struggles by depending on God for guidance.

A balanced life doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you live in the moment. You do what works in that moment.

Kimberly shares her story of being adopted after her biological parents dropped her off at 5 years old and never came back for her. She talks about this and other childhood trauma in her book The Epitome of Kimmy.

Connect with Kimberly: www.kimberlyannebell.com

Studies show gratitude...Join my Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge and receive a 100-page gratitude journaling printable just for signing up.

Check out  SoloMoms! Talk blog

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Connect with other Moms: RSVP for our next meet up

Learn to set goals that will improve your life: Join the waitlist

Another awesome guest from PodMatch.com

This podcast was recorded with Riverside.fm

This podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free.

Mentioned in this episode:

Join the Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge

Hello solo moms. Do you want an easy and proven way to experience better mood and less anxiety? Even if you think you're too busy with work and family responsibilities, you owe it to yourself to take care of your mental health? Join my Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge. Studies. Show that writing down what you're grateful for.

Don't Parent in Silence

Hello Solo Moms. As a solo mom of three adult sons, I understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. As a mentor, my mission is to help you shift your mindset and empower you to take control of your life, to see yourself as God sees you. I know that unresolved trauma can be a heavy burden to carry and parenting alone can be a lonely journey, but it doesn't have to be that way. I want you to know that you are not alone. You have the strength and resilience to overcome your challenges and create the life you desire.

Ana Lennyr is a premier life strategist who specializes in helping teenagers and adults to build strong and supportive family relationships. She's a parenting and relationship mentor, and an anti-depression expert.

Solo moms experience a higher risk of depression than partnered moms. In addition, depression affects how your teenage thinks.

Ana helps teens and adults overcome depression. She struggled with depression most of her childhood and also attempted suicide at the age of 19. Now she teaches parents how to teach their teens to recognize who they are so they can better handle their feelings.

Ana shares how we can recognize depression in our teens.

Some Takeaways:

05:13 - Understand your teen

05:47 - Learn to identify each level of your teen's behavior

06:27 - Rebuilding relationship with your teenager

07:10 - How to mind read your teenager

08:46 - Explaining the four elements as it relates to human behavior

12:01 - Why re-establishing relationship with your teen may be the best way for them to heal

Check out Ana's course offerings at www.betteraskana.com

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Mentioned in this episode:

Join the Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge

Hello solo moms. Do you want an easy and proven way to experience better mood and less anxiety? Even if you think you're too busy with work and family responsibilities, you owe it to yourself to take care of your mental health? Join my Easy 5-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge. Studies. Show that writing down what you're grateful for.

Don't Parent in Silence

Hello Solo Moms. As a solo mom of three adult sons, I understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. As a mentor, my mission is to help you shift your mindset and empower you to take control of your life, to see yourself as God sees you. I know that unresolved trauma can be a heavy burden to carry and parenting alone can be a lonely journey, but it doesn't have to be that way. I want you to know that you are not alone. You have the strength and resilience to overcome your challenges and create the life you desire.

Renee Marie Simpson is a busy solo mom who advocates for sexual assualt awareness in Australia. But that's just the beginning. She runs group/support programs and is really passionate about supporting, young women.

Along with her friend, Renee used her gap year to take a sailing trip across the ocean. During the trip they experienced a category 5 cyclone, mechanical failures and a host of other issues.

The onslaught of Murphy's law made Renee stop to take stock of her life. No longer in an alcohol induced haze, she remembered being raped by her friend's boyfriend. She was encouraged not to report the crime because she spoke to the wrong person.

At the time Australia also had laws on the books that fined rape victims up to $10,000 for speaking about being raped. Thankfully the #metoo Movement inspired change with initiatives such as #LettHerSpeak.

Still Renee was holding or masking so much trauma. I've learned that those monsters we keep stuffing under our beds will one day not have enough room and will come bursting out.

She finally acknowledged all the sexual trauma she had experience from the age of six years old.

What to do if you're suffering in silence after sexual abuse (16:16). Some helpful discussion on healing yourself follows.

Grab a copy of Renee's book detailing her experiences: I Want To Go Home: Reclaiming power after sexual.

Connect with Renee on her website. On social: @reneemariesimpsonauthor

Recommended Reading: The Body Keeps the Score

Check out  SoloMoms! Talk blog

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Connect with other Moms: RSVP for our next meet up

Learn to set goals that will improve your life: Join the waitlist

This podcast was recorded with Riverside.fm

Podcast artwork created with Canva

This podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free.

Mentioned in this episode:

Don't Parent in Silence

Hello Solo Moms. As a solo mom of three adult sons, I understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. As a mentor, my mission is to help you shift your mindset and empower you to take control of your life, to see yourself as God sees you. I know that unresolved trauma can be a heavy burden to carry and parenting alone can be a lonely journey, but it doesn't have to be that way. I want you to know that you are not alone. You have the strength and resilience to overcome your challenges and create the life you desire.