Category courageous living

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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 […]

Who Are You?

May 23, 2016 · 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 · 5 Comments

Do You Remember Who You Are? Related posts: Journey to Self, Am I Strong or Weak?, Who Am I? We saw The Lion King last night at the Lyceum Theatre in London. Magnificent! I admit I’d forgotten so many of the meaningful lines in the story. The one that lingers in my mind for the […]

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Education Builds Self Awareness

May 15, 2016 · by · in Author, Book for single moms, book for single mothers, Christian perspective, courageous living, developing your strengths, Education is key, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, going to school as single mother, Growing spiritually, identify your strengths, Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the path of motherhood, Living Learning Loving, Loving the Growth, new starts, overcoming difficulties, overcoming hurtful relationship, returning to college, Single Mothers, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms · Leave a comment

Related articles: Education is Key, Baby Steps to College Education opens doors. For me gaining a Master’s Degree was not only an adventure it was a confidence booster of the best kind. I took one step at a time until I found doors opening.  I like the illustration of the Israelites carrying the Ark of […]

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 […]

Pioneering Women

March 18, 2016 · by · in courageous living, developing your strengths, Education is key, Mary Simon, Personal honor, Single Mothers, the tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms · 1 Comment

I’m honored to be selected as a Pioneering Woman 2016 In 2003, Georgine Guillory started the nonprofit group to honor women in the community for their professional, volunteerism and vocational contributions and to help promising students pay for higher education. Each year, a committee selects a handful of women to honor for their efforts in […]

Do You Live with Regrets?

February 29, 2016 · by · in accepting loss, coping with loss of a lover, courageous living, death of a marriage, developing your strengths, facing change, Gail Cawley Showalter, how can I find peace?, how do I make it through a divorce, making the most with what you have, new beginnings, new starts, overcoming hurtful relationship, overcoming past abuse, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

  Click HERE for Audio 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. She is […]

Scholarships and Grants for Women

January 13, 2016 · by · in courageous living, developing your strengths, Education is key, Gail Cawley Showalter, going to school as single mother, grants for college, how do I get out of this hell?, identify your strengths, new beginnings, new starts, returning to college, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

P.E.O. Provides Scholarships and Grants for Women I’ve been the fortunate recipient of the Program for Continuing Education (P.C.E.) grant and it changed the course of my life. There are many more stories of others like these women who received the P.C.E.   Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She […]

Do You Let Others Think for Themselves?

December 27, 2015 · by · in accepting yourself, courageous living, developing your strengths, Divorce, divorce recovery, Growing spiritually, how do I make it through a divorce, overcoming hurtful relationship, Single Mothers · Leave a comment

Think For Yourself Taken from Courage to Change published by Al-Anon Family Group Maybe we need many points of view in order to understand life more fully after all, no one person’s view is totally complete. So when my partner, my child, my employer, or friend takes a position unlike my own, I have a […]

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How to Handle Difficult People

December 24, 2015 · by · in courageous living, Divorce, Gail Cawley Showalter, how do I make it through a divorce, Living Learning Loving, message in the chaos, overcoming hurtful relationship, Single Mothers · 1 Comment

Dealing with Nasty or Difficult People This may seem like a strange topic to post on Christmas Eve, however, so many of the women I Coach deal with this issue and Christmas just makes it worse. Click the title above to read my article on Single Matters Magazine today, December 24, 2015. Gail raised three […]

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Pope Says Holy Spirit Works in the Chaos – CNN

September 26, 2015 · by · in Caroline Myss, Christian perspective, courageous living, divine chaos, how do I get out of this hell?, how do I make it through a divorce, message in the chaos, Pope Francis, sister teresa of avila · 1 Comment

Divine Chaos Can Be a Good Thing “To say it clearly, the Holy Spirit annoys us. Because he moves us”, he explained, “he makes us journey, he pushes the Church to go forward,” – Pope Francis, 2013 in Vatican Insider As many of you have heard me say there is always a message in the […]

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