"May you always have the freedom and courage to create the family that you want and need." - Emma Johnson
Certain stats out there about single mothers would have you believe that you are doomed to a life of welfare, struggle and your children are destined for trouble and probably prison. While some of those stats might be true, that doesn't have to be true for your single mom journey.
This week's Book of the Week is a helpful resource for any single mom or mom that is considering decisions that would put her in that situation in the future.
The Kickass Single Mom: Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children by Emma Johnson is a book I read a few years ago that had a huge impact on how I saw myself as a single mom and inspired me to take full responsibility for my situation and creating the best life possible for my son and me.
In this episode you'll hear about several of the topics covered in Emma's book - some inspiring and others that might be triggering at first - but all will make you think and give you hope how you can not just survive single motherhood, but really thrive in it.
The book is broken out into 4 main sections:
Within each section, I share some of the specific chapters that stood out to me and lessons learned from my own experience as a single mom, including how I become one, finally detaching from the child support chase, letting go of anger and bitterness, the experience of having an involved father figure for my son from a past relationship, getting over my selfish need to be the only one my son could have fun with, the self-sabotaging strategy of being a mom martyr, allowing for help, what I learned from dating single dads and seeing the "other side," and intentionally seeking fulfillment outside of motherhood and work.
Other chapters that are touched on but Emma gets more into the juicy details on inside the book itself include:
If you have any questions about single motherhood that you want to ask me don't hesitate to reach out and message me over on IG at @sarahlynn.co or email at hello@sarahlynnco.com! xoxo
Below are the Single Mom Tribe resources I mentioned at the beginning of the episode:
Add The Kickass Single Mom to your own bookshelf here (affiliate link)