Category coping with loneliness

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I’m taking a pause from memoir

June 15, 2025 · by · in Bonding with Children, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, budgeting as a single mom, church, coping with loneliness, coping with loss of a lover, courageous living, dealing with life as single parent, death of a marriage, Divorce, divorce recovery, Gail Cawley Showalter, Religion, Single Mothers · 1 Comment

Announcing a pause to concentrate on book launch

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.

Quote-Do not let your fears choose your destiny.

3 Steps to Turn Fear Into Fantastic

November 11, 2016 · by · in coping with loneliness, courageous living, facing change, fear, Gail Cawley Showalter, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

Turn Fears into Fantastic A One Minute Audio: What (or who) are you afraid of? All of us have fears. Fear in the extreme can be paralyzing. It can cause us to limit how we interact with people and with situations. It can prevade our lives.  Facing our fear is a valuable life skill. A […]

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How to Handle “Alone”

June 20, 2016 · by · in accepting solitude, accepting yourself, coping with loneliness, courageous living, developing your strengths, divorce recovery, how can I find peace?, learning during solitude, learning during time alone, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

Spend Some Time Alone   Related post: Creativity in Solitude You may have noticed by now that I say a lot about being alone, solitude, or simply being by yourself. There is a good reason for this-no there are many good reasons for this. I’ve had forced time spend alone and I’ve learned the true […]

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. […]

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Learning to Wait

September 20, 2015 · by · in accepting solitude, book for single mothers, coping with loneliness, coping with loss of a lover, dealing with life as single parent · 1 Comment

A Video Waiting Well Isn’t Easy #Gshowalter_livinglearningloving 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 to handle kids. […]

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Living Alone But Not Lonely-Solitude Can be An Opportunity

August 13, 2015 · by · in accepting solitude, coping with loneliness, Gail Cawley Showalter, Living Learning Loving, living with solitude, overcoming loneliness · 1 Comment

Living with Solitude Chapter 1 from Living Learning Loving 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 to […]