
Solo Parent Podcast
Being a single parent comes with unique challenges, but you don’t have to navigate them alone. Our podcast is a space where you’ll find encouragement, expert insights, and a community that gets it.
This week we’re discussing When Self-Preservation Keeps You Stuck
Many single parents build needed walls after loss or overwhelm. Those walls help you breathe again, yet they can start to box you in. This episode addresses three pain points that keep you stuck: survival patterns that outlive their purpose, mistaking safety for thriving, and the courage it takes to reengage with people and opportunities. This matters because healing asks for compassion toward what protected you and small, steady risks that help you grow.
Today, we cover three main points:
- How to know when self preservation has outlived its purpose
- Why feeling safe is not the same as living fully
- How to honor the past and choose the future
When you can honor the ways you once kept yourself safe without letting them define what comes next, healing begins. Growth doesn’t happen in comfort, it happens when you stretch toward something new while remembering you can always return to your safe place when you need it.
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Show Notes
There’s a point in every solo parent’s journey when survival mode stops being helpful. You’ve built walls, learned routines, and
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There’s a strange tension that comes with the phrase “self-care.” For many solo parents, it doesn’t feel like an invitation
Some days as a solo parent, it feels like you’re living with your head just above water. The bills pile
You can be doing all the “right” things and still feel your strength thinning. The bills do not pause. The
Some seasons of solo parenting feel like you’re stuck at the bottom of a mountain with no way up. The
There’s a point in every solo parent’s journey when survival mode stops being helpful. You’ve built walls, learned routines, and
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