Single Parent Advocate Podcast

Presents vs Presence this Holiday Season as a Single Parent Family

Holiday outreach and activity can be SOOOO much more busy with all the details, visitors, experiences and events to attend. It can make the holidays go by so fast. Single Parents can focus on moments with their eyes on creating meaningful memories with their children by not being distracted, and by doing things together. It does not have to be all about the gifts, though they are nice.
 
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Single Parent Advocate is dedicated to equip, empower, and encourage single parent families such that those that need help, get help, and those who want to help, can.
Over 1 in 4 children in America today reside in a single parent household. That accounts for a large population of single parents that are working hard to navigate the journey of parenting alone. Many of those struggle at work and home. The majority hang in the gap between poverty and self sufficiency.
Single Parent families are all very different, and most of these parents face internal and external forces that cause them to struggle as they raise their children alone. Being a parent is often hard and being a single parent can be even harder without support. Single Parent Advocate wants to help empower and partner with single parents on their parenting journey.
Single Parent Advocate is dedicated to equip, empower, and encourage single parent families such that those that need help, get help, and those who want to help, can.
Thank you for being a part of our single parent family community!
 
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Overcoming Rejection in a Positive and Productive Way as a Single Mom or Dad

Feeling rejected often comes with the territory in life, especially as a single mom or a single dad. In this episode we dive into some good advice from an article online as to how we can relate and overcome as well as press on!
Announcements:  
We are helping 100+ families this holiday season.  Teens and Parents normally are overlooked for this special time of year and You can help! 
To contribute and help our work, find us HERE: https://bit.ly/3HIhzPb
Single Parent Advocate is dedicated to equip, empower, and encourage single parent families such that those that need help, get help, and those who want to help, can.   1 in 4 children are being raised in a Single Parent Home in the US today. Many of those struggle at work and home. The majority hang in the gap between poverty and self sufficiency.  
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Thanks also to RACC-TV on Twitch for helping raise awareness and support for single families and make a difference! Find RACC-TV: https://lnkd.in/gRm-TWd9
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Navigating the Holidays as a Single Mom or Single Dad

Navigating the holidays as a single mom or dad can be a tricky balance.  Sometimes it is not just a matter of time management.  It can often be a matter of the heart as well.  Join us as we dive in to ideas that can make  a positive difference if your heart is hurting this holiday season!
 
Announcements:  
We are helping 100+ families this holiday season.  Teens and Parents normally are overlooked for this special time of year and You can help! 
 
To contribute and help our work, find us HERE: https://bit.ly/3HIhzPb
 
Single Parent Advocate is dedicated to equip, empower, and encourage single parent families such that those that need help, get help, and those who want to help, can.   1 in 4 children are being raised in a Single Parent Home in the US today. Many of those struggle at work and home. The majority hang in the gap between poverty and self sufficiency.  
 
Special thanks to Work Innovators Network for producing our weekly podcast! Learn more about them here: https://lnkd.in/eX2MHBv
 
Thanks also to RACC-TV on Twitch for helping raise awareness and support for single families and make a difference! Find RACC-TV: https://lnkd.in/gRm-TWd9
 
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How can I be so active as a Single Parent - and STILL FEEL Lonely? Exploring Friends This Holiday Season

In today's podcast, we discuss ways to overcome loneliness.  Tune in for trends in American friendship and also insights on how to overcome feeling lonely.  We hope this is meaningful especially during this holiday season.
 
Life as a single parent is FILLED with activity.  From children's appointments and schedules to our own, we hop from one place to another with work, school, errands, and more.   Still, many feel alone and lonely despite all the activity in their lives.
In fact, there has been a survey done revealing that there is an actual decline in close friendships across the US population, and that loneliness is a real concern for single parents, their children, and many others who are isolated in some fashion.
We walk through overcoming loneliness when we lose a lifemate, change jobs, or endure illness or anxiety of some kind.  In the end, we agree, that while there are many ways to be active, this does not replace authentic, two-way connection ... the time we invest in relationships is likely the most important thing we can do to ensure a long, healthy, and fulfilling life.
 
Announcements:  
We are helping 100+ families this holiday season.  Teens and Parents normally are overlooked for this special time of year and You can help!  Please get involved and Adopt a Family Here.  To contribute and help our work, find us HERE.
 
Single Parent Advocate is dedicated to equip, empower, and encourage single parent families such that those that need help, get help, and those who want to help, can.  
 
1 in 4 children are being raised in a Single Parent Home in the US today. Many of those struggle at work and home. The majority hang in the gap between poverty and self sufficiency.  
 
Special thanks to Work Innovators Network for producing our weekly podcast! Learn more about them here: https://lnkd.in/eX2MHBv
 
Thanks also to RACC-TV on Twitch for helping raise awareness and support for single families and make a difference! Find RACC-TV: https://lnkd.in/gRm-TWd9
 
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What Lights You Up Pt 2 - Marla Diann-International Business Coach-Former Single Mom-Key Takeaways for Single Parents

 
Tune in for Part 2 with Marla Diann as she shares how we can become more successful through career and job transition.  She challenges us to answer the question, "What Lights You UP?"
 
You can nurture your success with creativity and with JOY!
 
#1-Give Yourself Permission to Pursue your DREAMS! (from Pt1)
#2-Be loyal to YOUR feelings of JOY!   Balance creative things that feed  your spirit with the practical.  Listen to your intuition and instincts.  This actually fuels your business and practical success!
#3-Stop PUSHING and Start ALLOWING!  Operate through inspired action (self care along the way to the goal...not just tasks first, self later). Avoid burnout in our hearts and bodies.  Open up to healing and welcoming a balance of action, spirituality and opportunity in new ways. This involves being open, authentic, and letting go of controlling instincts and welcoming faith, trust, gratitude, vision, and creativity.  Aligning and sometimes re-aligning our talents to a new position or field that aligns with joy.
#4-Success is an Inside Job - Success is 80% mindset and 20% mechanics.  Prayer, meditation, self exploration.  Recommit every time you get disconnected from your spiritual center, or find yourself living from your head up, in order to truly live our best life.  Simply shift, let go of fear, and accept and believe that good things can come easily.  Remember you are not alone!  
#5-Get in Connection with your Numbers. Money is innocent of the fear, worry, doubt, lack, shame, guilt, and judgment that we put on it.  Money is a blessing and a tool. Our habits, behaviors and mindset surrounding money can be reframed around action, faith, trust, abundance, energy, worth, and value.  This leads to better results and higher success.
#6-Live by Gratitude. Gratitude is a multiplier of Good.  Take time to be thankful for things already in your life, and also things that are yet to be seen, including a new job with the right work/life balance and income. Choose faith and love over fear/worry/doubt.  
 
Marla offers Free Handouts at https://www.marladianne.com/free.  She suggests we download her Path to the Higher Earning Power, and Top Success Book Recommendations.  On social media, you can find her at Marla_Diann on Instagram, Facebook or Marla Dennis on LinkedIn.
 
Thank you so much for being a part of our community.    
 
Single Parent Advocate is dedicated to equip, empower, and encourage single parent families such that those that need help, get help, and those who want to help, can.
 
1 in 4 children are being raised in a Single Parent Home in the US today. Many of those struggle at work and home. The majority hang in the gap between poverty and self sufficiency.
 
Special thanks to Work Innovators Network for producing our weekly podcast! Learn more about them here: https://lnkd.in/eX2MHBv
 
Thanks also to RACC-TV on Twitch for helping raise awareness and support for single families and make a difference! Find RACC-TV: https://lnkd.in/gRm-TWd9
 
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What Lights You Up?-Meet Marla Diann-International Business Coach - Former Single Mom and Passionate Advocate Pt 1 of 2

 
Meet Marla Diann, International Success Coach and Business Strategist, who mentors and coaches  women and men creative entrepreneurs and professionals. 
 
Marla joins the Single Parent Advocate Podcast and shares key mindset and life hacks that can help us at work and at home.
 
Marla is no stranger to change and reinvention.  She believes life happens FOR you, not TO you. 
 
Reinvention in today's environment is required by so many of us as a result of the pandemic.  Many are rethinking and retooling how they work and can listen to their intuition to work and live a more joyful and successful life at work and at home.
 
She shares the first of six (6) steps to help single parents to create an Enlightened Reinvention, which is about living in our joy and prosperity.  Starting with giving ourselves permission to go after our dreams.  Listen as he asks, "What Lights YOU Up?" 
 
And here how the skills, and efforts she utilized logic, positivity, and spirituality raising her son as a single mom.  This actually helped her and her son in their business/career success as well as personally. She is passionate, inspiring and challenges us to get out our notepads and learn more about things like:
Positive/No Limits Mindsets
Celebrating Successes
Emotional Intelligence
Work Ethic
Creativity
Compassion
Investing in ourselves, and more.
She recommends a great read called "Fearless" by Rebecca Minkoff found on Smile.Amazon.com as well.
 
Announcements:  
We are helping 100+ families.   You can get involved and Adopt a Family for the Holidays Here:  
 
Single Parent Advocate is dedicated to equip, empower, and encourage single parent families such that those that need help, get help, and those who want to help, can.
 
1 in 4 children are being raised in a Single Parent Home in the US today. Many of those struggle at work and home. The majority hang in the gap between poverty and self sufficiency.
 
Special thanks to Work Innovators Network for producing our weekly podcast! Learn more about them here: https://lnkd.in/eX2MHBv
 
Thanks also to RACC-TV on Twitch for helping raise awareness and support for single families and make a difference! Find RACC-TV: https://lnkd.in/gRm-TWd9
 
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When Single Parent Children Become CEO‘s - Meet Nate Randle, CEO of Gabb Wireless - Inspirational Story from One of our Own

Our children have futures. They deserve inspiration to ask for help beyond our own experiences.
Nate, from Gabb Wireless shares his life in a humble fashion and generously supports our efforts to help single families...and specifically with technology that keeps them safe.
Tune In to learn more about being brave and asking for help when it feels weak...it is actually not weak..it is STRONG.
 
Single Parent Advocate is dedicated to equip, empower, and encourage single parent families such that those that need help, get help, and those who want to help, can.
1 in 4 children are being raised in a Single Parent Home in the US today. Many of those struggle at work and home. The majority hang in the gap between poverty and self sufficiency.
 
Special thanks to Work Innovators Network for producing our weekly podcast! Learn more about them here: https://lnkd.in/eX2MHBv
Thanks also to RACC-TV on Twitch for helping raise awareness and support for single families and make a difference! Find RACC-TV: https://lnkd.in/gRm-TWd9
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Single Parents Finding our Path to Success- How to Land on our Feet During Career Transitions - Finding New Horizons in our Work

When you are the only wage earner in your home, and raising children alone,  career and job changes can strike fear in our hearts and minds.  Job loss can leave us hurt, or even bitter.  However, there are SO MANY resources available to help us land on our feet like Career One Stop and local organizations affiliated with them.  Here are a few ideas to help:
 
Be Open to Change....If we can learn to be more comfortable with changes, we can protect our mental wellbeing and land on our feet.
Remember you are not alone - there are many going through this
Identify your resources - be sure to ask for help, apply for assistance.
Cultivate a network of support - isolation and "hiding" is not the answer.  Attend networking events, get in touch with your local chamber of commerce, talk with friends and fellow parents.  Don't be afraid to share your experience with those who might be able to equip or empower you and your family.  Take one step out the door, and learn about others.
Make your job search your full time focus.   Keep or maintain a routine.  Join a collaborative working office like Venture X or other types of shared office spaces.  "Your job is now finding a job."  Be curious, learn new things.  Give yourself some grace and have fun meeting new people.
 
Take care of your mind and body.  Maintain your physical wellness.   Exercise, eat well, get your sleep.  Remember you cannot take care of your children or secure a job if you are not physically, mentally, and spiritually centered.
 
Pick a path that suits YOU and your family.  Things change.  Take inventory about your needs such as flexible location or hours, child care.   Make a wish list about what will support your family well. 
Don't Get Stuck - Learn something new and be open to educating yourself, getting new certifications, or continuing your education.  Be willing to learn and explore your interests.  Perhaps explore freelancing on Upwork, Fiver, and other options like becoming self employed.  Be open to broaden your perspective to welcome success from multiple avenues.
 
To read the article we discuss, you kind find it HERE.
 
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Single Parent Advocate is a non-profit organization based in Dallas-Fort Worth committed to educating, equipping, and empowering single parent families such that those who need help get help, and those who want to help can.
 
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Quality Time with our Children - Keeping it Simple or Fancy - How do we best look at ”Playing” together with our children?

When we try to spend quality time with our children, the journey often involves "curve balls".  Whether it is the weather, changing circumstances, or surprises along the way - we can get derailed and lose perspective, but if we "hang in there" we often have a chance to build the best memories by keeping things simple.
Today we talk about summer vacations with our children and how much we learned as parents when we look back at the times when we gave it our best to provide incredible experiences, but our efforts yielded a big lesson - not only in our surroundings, but in ourselves.
 
Special thanks to Work Innovators Network for producing our weekly podcast! Learn more about them here: https://lnkd.in/eX2MHBv
Thanks also to RACC-TV on Twitch for helping raise awareness and support for single families and make a difference! Find RACC-TV: https://lnkd.in/gRm-TWd9
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Become the Hero of Your Own Journey - Meet Melissa Brown - Single Mom of 15 Years - Turned Certified Health Coach

"As a single parent...IT MATTERS...if we don't make it! It changes EVERYTHING in our kids' world(s).  Having a healthy weight MATTERS.  Not just that though...emotional, physical, mental, financial factors impact our health as well. If we are not the best for ourselves, we cannot fill our kids' lives. The more we can be the best for ourselves, the more we can affirm and love our children."
Meet Melissa Brown is the co-founder of My One Healthy Life LLC located in the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Florida area.  She's veteran of the United States Navy, has a blended family of 5 adult children, 5 grandkids and 2 fur babies. 
She challenges single parents to imagine our future self in 5 years.  What is that future person asking you to stop, start, do more of, or do less of?  Health, Finances, Exhaustion, or something else?
In her own life, she actually let go of 40 lbs and 5 dress sizes. This revealed a passion in her heart  to help others achieve the best version of themselves. In addition, many others wanted her help for themselves their families and friends.
She gives us 5 quick tips:
1. Write down the goal you want to achieve - especially if it is related to our health
2. Meals every 2 hours after waking up (1st w/in one hour of waking up)
3.  DRINK MORE WATER.
4.  Get UP and GO. MOVE your body hourly for about 5 minutes.  
5.  Make time for self care that gives you 7 hours of sleep nightly
 
Melissa's mission is to guide others, especially singles, toward their own healthy life through a transformation process to live healthier, happier, lives for as long as possible.
 
Announcements:
Be A Go-Giver and Support Families online this month!  We are raising funds for clothing, school books for parents in university, and for our fall outreach programs.  We appreciate all you do to keep our work moving forward!
North Texas Giving Day-SPA - support us as we look to provide clothes for students and books for parents attending university!  You can create your own page and promote among your friends, families and co-workers!  Hop In and let's help some families!
Smile.Amazon.com - when you shop, you can give!  Amazon matches your shopping with a small donation to your charity of choice!   Choose Single Parent Advocate!
Make Shopping Count - Buy Office Supplies, Home Goods, Travel and More and support families as you go.   
More about this podcast and the Single Parent Advocate community:  
Special thanks to Work Innovators Network for producing our weekly podcast! Learn more about them here: https://www.workinnovators.com/
Thanks also to RACC-TV on Twitch for helping raise awareness and support for single families and other programs that make a difference! Find RACC-TV: https://www.twitch.tv/racctv/about
Support a Single Parent family:    https://bit.ly/3jsk4LJ
 
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Feel free to leave a comment on your thoughts on this week's topic!
 
If you would like to support our work, you can find us here: https://bit.ly/3ajhB0W
To join our volunteer email list, please connect here: https://bit.ly/3mWh89O
 
Single Parent Advocate is dedicated to equip, empower, and encourage single parent families such that those that need help, get help, and those who want to help, can. Over 1 in 4 children in America today reside in a single parent household. That accounts for a large population of single parents that are working hard to navigate the journey of parenting alone.
Many of those struggle at work and home. The majority hang in the gap between poverty and self sufficiency. Single Parent families are all very different, and most of these parents face internal and external forces that cause them to struggle as they raise their children alone.
Being a parent is often hard and being a single parent can be even harder without support. Single Parent Advocate wants to help empower and partner with single parents on their parenting journey.
Single Parent Advocate is dedicated to equip, empower, and encourage single parent families such that those that need help, get help, and those who want to help, can. 
Thank you for being a part of our single parent family community!
 
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