Category accepting yourself

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Are You True to Yourself?

October 8, 2025 · by · in accepting yourself, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, courageous living, developing your strengths, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, Growing spiritually, identify your strengths, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, Personal honor, Personality Predicaments, personality profiles, Single Mothers, spiritual growth, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms · 1 Comment

The Real You Related posts: Find Your Strengths, Learn to be Self Aware, Know Yourself, Personalities Help the Family-a very brief audio “This above all – To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”– Shakespeare, Hamlet I’ve enjoyed being in […]

One Voice Evolving

“One Voice Evolving” Podcast

July 9, 2025 · by · in accepting solitude, accepting yourself, Bonding with Family Fun, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, boundary setting, budgeting as a single mom, Christian perspective, courageous living, dealing with life as single parent, developing your strengths, Divorce, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, How to persevere, Keep going, learning during solitude, learning from blind students, Learning to Value Morality, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood · Leave a comment

A book review

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Single Motherhood, “A Beacon of Light”

June 25, 2025 · by · in accepting solitude, accepting yourself, Bonding with Family Fun, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, boundary setting, budgeting as a single mom, Christian perspective, courageous living, dealing with life as single parent, developing your strengths, Divorce, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, How to persevere, Keep going, learning during solitude, learning from blind students, Learning to Value Morality, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood · Leave a comment

A book review

Religious Reorientation: a Memoir-Religion That Confuses 

October 23, 2024 · by · in accepting others, accepting yourself · Leave a comment

You have probably noticed by now, if you have been following my “Religion Reorientation” that I am not one to take scripture literally.

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Religious Reorientation

April 3, 2024 · by · in Accepting change, accepting life, accepting yourself, Caroline Myss, Christian perspective · Leave a comment

As I prepare to share my memoir I am reviewing numerous books that I’ve read. The following books are written by authors that I respect. As you can see, I am not taking my religious reorientation lightly. This list of some of my favorite books will give you and idea of how my journey has carried me through to where I am today. Who knows where tomorrow will take me.

Who Are You?

September 8, 2021 · by · in accepting yourself, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, courageous living, developing your strengths, divorce recovery, Enneagram, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, Growing spiritually, how do I make it through a divorce, identify your strengths, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, loving yourself, overcoming difficulties, overcoming hurtful relationship, overcoming past abuse, personality profiles, raising kids in a crazy world, Single Mothers, spiritual growth, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms · Leave a comment

“You have forgotten who you are. Look inside yourself. You are more than what you have become. Remember who you are. Remember. . .”
– Mufasa speaking to Simba

Have You Spent Time Alone Lately?

September 1, 2021 · by · in accepting solitude, accepting yourself, coping with loneliness, learning during solitude, learning during time alone, Single Mothers · 3 Comments

You may think that I say too much about this topic. Well – here I go again. Because as a mature (a-hm) woman I know that in order to have inner peace one must spend some time alone. It is that time that will bring peace.

How to Live Your Life So That You Are Free

July 23, 2021 · by · in accepting yourself, gail cawley, Gail Cawley Showalter, gail showalter, knowing yourself, Life Coach, Life Coaching, Living Learning Loving, loving yourself, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

Most of us want to believe that we live our lives in a fairly self-aware, consciously chosen fashion. Unfortunately, in the busyness and noise of our culture, that is often not the case. Self-awareness is a particular challenge for many women. (p. 29)

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How well do you know yourself?

July 12, 2021 · by · in accepting yourself, courageous living, developing your strengths, Gail Cawley Showalter, identify your strengths, knowing yourself, personality profiles, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

Know Yourself There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.”-Benjamin Franklin  Seems simple, right? You look in the mirror everyday and you recognize your face. You think you know yourself. I think that self-awareness is a spiritual process and often takes a lifetime. Some will tell you that self-awareness […]

2 Ways to Become Happy and at Peace with Yourself

June 7, 2021 · by · in accepting yourself, boundary setting, Enneagram, Gail Cawley Showalter, Life Coach, Life Coaching, personality profiles, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

You will discover a new way of relating to others that will prove to bring peace and harmony into your friendships as well as your family gatherings.

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