Solo Parent Podcast

This week we’re discussing Who Are Safe People?.

When you’re parenting on your own, the question of who to trust carries a lot of weight. You want connection. You need it. But after being hurt or let down, it’s hard to know how much to share, how fast to move, or whether your read on someone is accurate or just wishful thinking. Most of us have let someone in before they’d really earned it. And most of us have paid for that in some way.

In this episode, 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 through what it actually looks like to identify safe people, build trust slowly, and become the kind of person others can feel safe with too.

Key Insights from This Episode:

• Trust is built by reliability over time, not first impressions. Watching someone show up consistently across different situations is the only real way to know if they’re safe.
• Loneliness and exhaustion lower your guard, and that’s not a flaw, it’s human. Understanding what’s driving your need for connection helps you move toward people thoughtfully rather than reactively.
• To find safe people, you have to become one. Developing your own capacity for safety, presence without judgment, reliability, and the ability to make repair, is what makes you able to recognize it in others.

Whether you’re navigating new friendships, dating, or even professional relationships, the challenges single parents face around trust are real and specific. This conversation addresses some of the most common ones.

Join Us Live:

We’re continuing this conversation in a free live webinar on Sunday, July 19th at 7:00 PM Central. The topic: Can men and women really just be friends? Register here: soloparent.org/safepeople.

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