The Truth We Don't Want to Face
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This week we’re discussing The Truth We Don’t Want to Face. When betrayal, ongoing conflict, or a child’s escalating behavior keeps reopening old wounds, it’s easy to reduce people to their worst moments. That mindset feels protective, yet it shrinks our capacity for peace, models bitterness to our kids, and keeps us tethered to pain. Marissa Lee, author and single parent, joins Robert and Elizabeth to unpack how learning to separate a person’s worth from their actions helps us heal, set clearer boundaries, and stay grounded in dignity—ours and theirs. Today, we cover three...
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You're Worth A Life Reimagined
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This week we’re discussing the idea that You’re Worth a Life Reimagined Divorce can make it feel like your story is over…like joy, purpose, and belonging are things of the past. The shame and stigma can convince you that you’re somehow disqualified from hope. But what if your worth didn’t end with that loss? What if you’re still fully capable of building something new, beautiful, and whole? Today, we cover three main points: How to reimagine a life you still deserve How to create belonging for your kids in a new season How the church can better support solo parents and those...
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Knowing Your Worth Even When You're Broken
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This week we’re discussing Knowing Your Worth Even When You’re Broken Many single parents carry old stories that say you will never measure up. Those messages show up as shame from past failures, comparison to intact families, and a drive to perform or please. Left unchallenged, they shape how you parent, relate, and see yourself. In this episode, Amber Fuller, a counselor with a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy (MMFT), joins Robert and Elizabeth to unpack the distorted “cracked mirrors” we often look into, and how to start seeing ourselves through the truth of our worth....
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What to do When Self-Care Seems Impossible
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This week we’re discussing What to Do When Self-Care Seems Impossible Solo parents often feel squeezed by nonstop responsibilities, financial strain, cultural pressure to be endlessly strong, and isolation that makes help hard to ask for. “Self care” can even feel like a trigger when planning it adds guilt on top of exhaustion. These pain points matter because chasing idealized me time can keep us stuck. Reframing care as something we sometimes practice with our kids helps restore connection and models healthy boundaries in real life. Today, we cover three main points: Why me time...
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When Self-Preservation Keeps You Stuck
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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...
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Three Things Robbing You of Self-Care
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This week we’re discussing the Three Things Robbing You of Self-Care Many single parents are told to “take care of yourself,” yet what looks like rest can quietly drain us. Performance disguised as self care, doing everything alone, and endless comparison often leave us more depleted, ashamed, or isolated. Add in escapism, toxic positivity, or rumination, and we miss what our hearts actually need. These patterns matter because they stall healing, strain relationships, and keep us stuck in survival when what we really want is peace, presence, and energy for what matters most. Today,...
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Why Self-Care Can Trigger Single Parents
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This week we're discussing Why Self-Care Can Trigger Single Parents For many single parents, the idea of self-care doesn’t feel like a gift. It can feel selfish, unrealistic, or even triggering when you’re already carrying the full weight of responsibility. This conversation explores the complicated relationship single parents often have with self-care, why it sometimes feels like a weapon, why the myths around it can be harmful, and how to redefine it in a way that actually builds resilience. Today, we cover three main points: When self-care gets weaponized The myths of...
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How to Create Adventure at Home
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This week we’re discussing How to Create Adventure at Home Life as a single parent can feel like pure survival. The weight of responsibilities, constant demands, and unexpected setbacks can strip away joy and leave us feeling stuck. Our guest, Helen Smallbone, co-founder of MUMLife, author, and mother of seven, shares how reframing hardship into adventure can cultivate presence, gratitude, and resilience for the whole family. Today, we cover three main points: How survival mode robs us of presence and joy. Why reframing hard circumstances into adventure builds resilience for us and our...
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Solo Doesn’t Mean Stuck: Building Resilience
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This week we’re discussing the fact that Solo Doesn’t Mean Stuck: Building Resilience Solo parents carry a heavy load. The constant decisions, financial pressure, and emotional weight can leave you tired, second-guessing yourself, and stuck. It helps to name the traps that keep you from moving forward, like confusing resilience with powering through, camping out in feelings without taking the next step, or looping in imposter syndrome and analysis paralysis. This episode offers a clearer view of resilience and simple ways to practice it so you can keep showing up for yourself and...
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5 Daily Practices to Move Out of Survival Mode
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This week we’re discussing the 5 Daily Practices to Move Out of Survival Mode Life as a single parent often feels like a relentless cycle of responsibilities with no margin to catch your breath. The demands pile up, and it can seem impossible to find peace, let alone joy. That’s why today’s conversation with Will Acuff, co-founder of Corner to Corner and author of No Elevator to Everest, is so important. Will shares from his own story of despair, healing, and renewal—reminding us that even in the hardest seasons, there are small steps we can take toward wholeness. Today, we cover...
info_outlineThis week we’re discussing what Real Courage Looks Like
When you’ve been through divorce, betrayal, or repeated heartbreak, the thought of starting over again can feel impossible. It takes more than sheer willpower to stand back up, it takes tenacity, deep-rooted hope, and the kind of community that can carry you when you’re too weary to carry yourself. Toni Collier, founder of Broken Crayons Still Color and author of Don’t Try This Alone, joins us to share her journey through two divorces, raising two children as a single mom, and finding the courage to step into deep, confessional relationships instead of hiding in shame. Her story offers both a raw look at pain and a roadmap toward healing.
Today, we cover three main points:
- Tenacity is built, not inherited.
- Hiding keeps us from healing.
- Safe community starts with becoming a safe person.
Through raw honesty and practical wisdom, Toni reminds us that we aren’t designed to do life alone, no matter our personality, history, or fear of being hurt again.
Resources Mentioned In This Episode:
- Broken Crayons Still Color: Toni Collier’s global women’s organization helping women process brokenness and find healing and hope.
- Don’t Try This Alone by Toni Collier: A book on building deep community when you want to hide from your pain.
- Still Coloring Podcast: Hosted by Toni Collier.
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