Solo Parent Podcast

This week we’re discussing The Self-Care You Actually Need.

If someone asked you right now what you value most, could you answer? Not what you’re supposed to say, not what made sense in a different season of life but what actually drives you today. Most solo parents, if they’re honest, would pause. Not because they don’t care, but because survival mode has a way of burying that question under everything else that needs to get done.

Robert Beeson, Founder and CEO of Solo Parent, sits down with Elizabeth Cole, single parent, and Amber Fuller, a counselor with a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy and single parent, to talk about what values-guided self-care actually looks like in the real, messy, full life of a solo parent. Together they unpack why so many of us don’t know what we value anymore, how to start finding out, and why the answer is closer than you think.

Key Insights from This Episode:

• Knowing your values is the foundation of self-care that actually works – when self-care isn’t rooted in what genuinely matters to you, it just becomes one more thing to manage.
• Your values don’t have to be figured out all at once – they unfold – where you are emotionally shapes what your values look like right now, and that’s allowed to change.
• What you keep returning to, even under pressure, is your truest guide – your values are already showing up in your life; the work is learning to notice them.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Value Cards
• Adriana Girdler, Core Values Framework

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