Category: Mental Health

The daily schedule of a working and homeschooling single mum in quarantine

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The daily schedule of a working and homeschooling single mum in quarantine.

Spending two weeks in quarantine as a single mum whilst also working, plus homeschooling, plus recovering from heartbreak was truly one of the most challenging times I have faced as a single parent.

One of the main things that got me through each day was having a routine. Don’t get me wrong, the whole experience still just about broke me, but I do think having that structure was one thing that helped me get through that period.

Here’s what I did during our quarantine period:Continue Reading →

Single Mum Solo Vacay – Koh Lipe

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In December I celebrated my first Christmas without my daughter. Okay, celebrated is the wrong word. For a carol singing, Santa hat-wearing, Christmas LOOOOOVING gal, “survived” is probably a more accurate description.

I always knew that after almost seven years as a single mum, and six Christmases with my six-year-old daughter, I would find it tough. So I decided that if I couldn’t celebrate with my daughter, the next best thing would be to take myself on a little rejuvenating vacay.

And so I did some googling and some price comparing and found the perfect spot… Koh Lipe.

Since posting about it on Instagram, and chatting about it a little on my podcast, I have been asked many questions about Koh Lipe and my solo trip there, and in this blog post, I answer the most frequent ones so that if you too are thinking of going to Koh Lipe, hopefully, it helps.Continue Reading →

My Invisalign Treatment Begins

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(This is a partnership between Single Mother Survival Guide, Invisalign, and Bright Smile Dental).

When I was about 13 years old, an orthodontic surgeon told me that I would need an operation to bring my jaw forward. He told me I had a disfigured face. The operation would involve entering through my mouth, peeling my face up, breaking my jaw, moving it forward, and then sewing my face back down.

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Top 10 Reasons To Try Fernwood Fitness

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Top 10 Reasons To Try Fernwood Fitness

(This Post is a partnership with Fernwood Fitness.)

A month ago I was invited to try out a Fernwood Fitness health club of my choice to experience all that Fernwood has to offer and to see if I like it.

I jumped at the chance because I have never experienced a female-only gym environment and had heard only good things about Fernwood Fitness.

A month on, here are my top 10 reasons to try Fernwood Fitness. Continue Reading →

The day I realised I let my daughter down

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The day I realised I let my daughter down.

This blog post is a bit different. It’s not what I would usually write about, but writing is therapeutic for me and I feel I need to get my thoughts and feelings out, and on to paper (so to speak). I also want to answer some of the common questions I have been getting because I am completely overwhelmed with messages and emails at the moment (which is also super lovely) about what happened to my daughter and I last week with the Instagram impersonator.

The 19th September was an awful day for me. I had just clicked on my notifications on Instagram when I noticed the very top notification; it was the last person who had liked one of my photos. I didn’t recognize the name or handle, but it was the Instagram user’s profile photo that caught my eye. It was a photo of my daughter and I in the Blue Mountains.Continue Reading →