SoloMoms! Talk

Carol Stratton has moved 22 times with her family. She has learned that moving often can be challenging. However, she believes that making connections soon after you move into your new home can help you settle into your new life.

• foster new connections even when you don't feel like it
• children are resilient and can even benefit from many new experiences

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Heather Ross is a solo mom of a child who struggles with addiction. She also coaches moms on how to deal with addiction in themselves and their children.

She reminds us that:

• addiction affects the whole family
• it doesn't only involve drugs or alcohol
• it's easy to miss the signs
• addiction is a family problem
• your reaction to your child's addiction could be because of your own personal experience

If you or your child is struggling with addiction, please reach out to someone who can help. Also, Heather can be reached at Heather Ross Coaching

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Dorit Palvanov is a married mom of three daughters who found a solution to being tired and worn out during her cycle. She discovered that:

• women have 4 cycles not two
• when you feel weak and worn out is not the time to double down on strenuous activities
• solo moms can learn to harness resources by seeking help outside the time of her cycle so she can take the time to rest when needed.

Bio: Dorit Palvanov is a registered holistic nutritionist, cycle-syncing expert and femininity mentor.

Through her work and podcast, Confident, Energized and Sexy Mama she empowers women to embrace their menstrual cycles as a framework to create flow in their lives and homes, align energetically, and ditch the millennia-old story that women are destined to struggle, burnout, and sacrifice their health, relationships and/or careers if they want to ‘have it all’. 

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Geraldine Schmid is a solo mom who encourages children to develop leadership and communication skills by working in teams on Pods she creates.

Through her Story Weaver platform she's on the cutting edge of a changing education landscape.

Our conversation also covers her experience as a solo mom, while creating multiple businesses.

Some thoughts to consider:

• If something is not working reexamine your strategy. Don't blame yourself
• Processes & routines gives you freedom
• Pods allow kids to communicate/socialize with other kids globally

Bio:

Geraldine is an executive-level leadership trainer and the founder of the 'Influence Method' which has taught parents and entrepreneurs around the world how to manage teams, inspire their networks, and communicate with compassion and drive.

website: thestory-weavers.com

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It doesn't matter if you are married if dad's not engaged in co-parenting and providing for his family. Diji Shujahi shares her story of raising her two daughters, creating multiple careers, and "leveling up even in the midst of a pandemic." Solo mom strong!

Takaways:

• guilt is common among solo moms
• a mom is not a substitute for a dad but we do our best
• even on lockdown in a foreign country, she shook off depression and wrote a book

Bio: Diji is a proud mother of two, CEO of Pinnacle Events, TV presenter, and public speaker. First established in Dubai, her business Pinnacle Events has planned many successful events and catered to companies such as Coca-Cola, Krispy Kreme, Nikon, and KIA. Diji has been featured on national TV and hosted and produced a show called Woman of Arabia, which is centered around interviewing other successful women in the middle east. She has tons of experience speaking to audiences both live, online, and on-air.

Diji Shuhaji wrote her book Leveling Up During a Pandemic while she was on lockdown in a foreign country. (affiliate)

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At the age of 40, Kelly Hopkins realized that life was not working the way she imagined it.

But she didn't let the end of a committed relationship stop her from having children. She fulfilled a life long desire to adopt.

She started by making radical changes to her life. She also realized that for things to change, she had to change. So she quit her job, moved to Costa Rica with her two young children, and started an arts exploration business.

Kelly helps women get unstuck, clarify their purpose, and unleash their passion.

"When you feel overwhelmed, go to your kids, hug them and remember why you are doing this" ~~ Kelly Hopkins

Kelly Hopkins is the founder of Soul Art Exploration, a stress management coaching business. She says that Soul Art came from an Art Connection Group she started with her neighbors in Costa Rica drawing on my 26 years of social services work in LA.

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In Part 2 of Bullying, I continue the conversation with Simon about how resilient children are. He discusses his process in helping kids to understand and determine what being bullied means to them.

Through his work, Simon helps children rebuild confidence in themselves by taking their focus away from the bully.

• Being bullied is not your fault
• Something is wrong with the bully. Not you.
• Our feelings are not us.

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At the end of each year you make a decision to set your New Year's resolution. But that is a failed experiment.

This is evident from studies done that shows only 7% of Americans are successful in achieving their New Year's resolution goals.

Why is it so hard to keep resolutions? They are not personal enough.

Successful goal setting requires:

• connection driven by emotions
• objectives that are written
• use tools like SMART goals & OKRs to design your strategy
• goals that are tracked and reviewed regularly

If you are serious about keeping your goals. If your desire is to live in abundance. If extraordinary life is your objective. Let me help you reach your goals. Click this link to find learn more.

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Reference (affiliate): Measure What Matters by John Doerr

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Bullying is prevalent in all areas of life. It starts with school children and can be very painful for the victims. Bullying also takes place at work and in cyberspace. It all adds up to the same thing. One human being abusing another. #itsnotyouitsthem

• Build emotional resilience in kids
• Bullies have problems they take out on others
• Some adults take the experience of being bullied from the school yard into their own heads
• There's a fine line between aggression and bullying in the workplace
• emotional bullying can be harder to determine but is still harmful

Connect w/Simon: www.simonbenn.co.uk

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Solo moms do not always choose to raise children solo. But we are great at making lemonade with the lemons life hands us.

Lizbeth Meredith shares her story of enduring domestic abuse. She also suffered in anguish when her ex kidnapped their two young daughters and took them to another country.

Thankfully, all that is behind now.

Currently, Lizbeth Meredith is an author, speaker, and online teacher based in Alaska. Her work has appeared in Sunlight Press, Feminine Collective, and A Girls Guide to Travelling Alone by Gemma Thompson.

She's a former domestic violence advocate and is retiring from a career in probation.

Her memoir, Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters is currently optioned for television.

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https://www.facebook.com/lizbethmeredithfan/.

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