Category Single Mothers
Expect Resistance When You Set Boundaries
Resistance to Boundaries A Rerun Article Resistance is painful. We know we should, but . . . During the time my ex-husband and I were separated he was starting a new business, Novrosky’s, with his “testimonial” office assistant. I was mothering three young children and managing our home. One day I went to the […]
How to Make a Single Mom Happy on Valentine’s Day
Give a Single Mom Some Heart A rerun worth a reread Article by Gail Cawley Showalter as it appeared in Beaumont Enterprise – February 12, 2012 No one wants to be on a six-hour, red-eye flight with a crying baby and it doesn’t make the mother happy either. The mom on this flight was an […]
Money-Never Enough
Single Moms Never Have Enough Money Here’s a Bite of Soul Food Click above for link to brief audio message 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 […]
Scholarships and Grants for Women
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?
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 […]
How to Handle Difficult People
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 […]
First Christmas Without my Kids
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 […]
How I Learned to See from Blind Children
“Learning with Wisdom Gathered from Others” Chapter 12 Living Learning Loving Gail Cawley Showalter’s new book 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 […]
Do Your Kid’s Need Privacy or Safety?
Parenting in the New Age of Texting A lot of stories about parents invading their kids’ “privacy” have been headlining the news lately and fueling the debate over teen privacy and safety. Skyrocketing this issue back into the spotlight recently was a leaked viral video of a 13 year old girl showed her father shaving […]
Set Boundaries in Your Family and Workplace
Boundaries Keep You Safe For an audio message Click on the above title, “Set Boundaries in Your Family and Workplace.”
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