Category Accepting change

How to Accept Life on Life’s Terms

November 5, 2018 · by · in Accepting change, accepting life, accepting yourself, Gail Cawley Showalter, gail showalter, Single Mothers, spiritual growth, spiritual life · 1 Comment

As the years have gone (or flown) by I’ve learned a few lessons. The main one is I’m not the one in charge. It is only when I release that I am able to embrace life.

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What Can You Change?

August 27, 2018 · by · in Accepting change, Attitude of gratitude, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, knowing yourself, loving yourself, Positive Thinking, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

I don’t know why we spend so much time, energy and effort on those things we can’t change.

How Facing and Accepting Disappointment Can Bring Peace

June 1, 2018 · by · in Accepting change, accepting loss, Divorce, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, how do I make it through a divorce, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

When a woman reaches a certain level of insight, she takes an entirely different view of her unhappiness.

What is Acceptance, 7 Steps to Get Past Divorce

August 14, 2017 · by · in Accepting change, accepting life, accepting loss, Living Learning Loving, Living with Grief, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

What does that mean exactly? After much thought this is the conclusion I’ve come to- Acceptance is the willingness to embrace what is.

Bird of Paradise with quote-Happiness can exist only in acceptance -George Orwell

3 Steps Towards Acceptance

January 2, 2017 · by · in Accepting change, accepting life, accepting others, Gail Cawley Showalter, Single Mothers · 3 Comments

I have an idea. Just as an experiment, take three days and practice acceptance. I mean accepting something about another person that you’d prefer were different. When you are faced with that something you do not like follow immediately with a deliberate thought of something you like about the person. It may be something small, even insignificant or it may be something truly important. Pet peeves are a good place to start.

Change Can Be Good

September 2, 2016 · by · in Accepting change, courageous living, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, goal setting, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

Is Your Life Changing? I’ve heard it said that most people fear change more than just about anything. And yet we know that life is all about change. Life Coaching is one way to face life changes. I’ve lived a while now and am here to tell you that whatever is happening in your life […]

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4 Keys to Perseverance

June 5, 2016 · by · in Accepting change, accepting loss, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, courageous living, dealing with life as single parent, developing your strengths, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

Believe & Persevere my article in Single Matters online magazine Believe and persevere are two words that are loaded with promise for the fruitful future. Without believing, you won’t think you can persevere. And without persevering, you won’t have the fruit of what you believe. Read more. . . Gail raised three children as a single mother before she […]

How to Get Through a Divorce and Move On

May 3, 2016 · by · in Accepting change, accepting loss, accepting solitude, accepting yourself, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, budgeting as a single mom, coping with loneliness, coping with loss of a lover, courageous living, dealing with life as single parent, death of a marriage, developing your strengths, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, how do I get out of this hell?, how do I make it through a divorce, identify your strengths, learning from blind students, Learning to Value Morality, Living Learning Loving, living with solitude, Loving the Growth, ministering to single moms, overcoming loneliness, parenting alone, parents without partners, Personality Predicaments, personality profiles, Prayer is aligning our will with God's, Single Mothers, SMORE for Women, spiritual growth, study for small groups, study guide for single moms, teaching children with visual Impairments, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms, value of solitude, valuing morality, what blind kids taught me · 1 Comment

Living Learning LovingLesson & Encouragement on the Path of Motherhood Review from Amazon reader: “You are not alone” isn’t enough unless you connect with the one who says it. From chapter 1, you will connect with Gail as she opens her heart in a way that will touch yours. Her words paint a picture that […]

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Single Moms Shouldn’t Live with Regret

April 15, 2016 · by · in Accepting change, accepting loss, accepting solitude, accepting yourself, coping with loneliness, coping with loss of a lover, dealing with life as single parent, Single Matters, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

  Single Moms, I hope you are not living with regret. I believe that regret is an awful feeing that only brings us down, never up. If you’ve lived-you have regret. Be honest, we all do. Some may seem more significant than others. All regret, however, brings with it a sense of guilt or shame. […]

First Christmas Without my Kids

December 19, 2015 · by · in Accepting change, accepting loss, Christian perspective, coping with loss of a lover, dealing with life as single parent, death of a marriage, Divorce, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, Growing spiritually, how do I make it through a divorce, making the most with what you have, overcoming difficulties, Single Matters, Single Mothers, site for Christian singles, SMORE for Women · Leave a comment

My Classic Christmas Story Published on Single Matters Magazine Today Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She has experienced the potholes, pests, and perils of being the single head-of-household. As an educator in regular and special education for twenty years she knows a great deal about child development and how […]

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