Tag Archives: setting boundaries as a single mom

7 Steps for Setting Boundaries with Kids

They are established for protection and learning how to live life. Boundaries help your kids learn how to gain control of their own impulses.

How to Have a Strategy for Your Life

Have a Strategic Plan Related Posts – Difficult People, Why? (audio), Change Your Life Boundaries Are Strategic Businesses have strategic plans. A strategic plan is a deliberate and intentional plan for each step of a business or endeavor. I find that women are more likely to go through life letting things happen to them than […]

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 […]

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.”    

2 Tips to Identify Dysfunction in Your Family

Identify Dysfunction If you are on a mobile device click title, “2 Tips to Identify Dysfunction in Your Family” above. Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was an educator in regular and […]

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Why You Should Set Boundaries & Live Your Life

Set Boundaries & Live Your Life   Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was an educator in regular and special education for eighteen years, finishing her professional career as a Braille teacher. […]

Arched wood bridge over stream

Connections with Others Are Important, Sunday Thought from SMORE

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.  – Isaac Newton

A Christmas Plan

Creating Christmas for Your Children Gail Cawley Showalter Related post- Managing Your Money If you are the single head-of-household you know the loneliness that can grip you as the holiday season approaches. Decorations, Christmas tunes, jingle bells, television specials may stir up heartaches of your past. Children on the other hand are filled with eager […]

Setting Healthy Boundaries

Blue Jays and Boundaries   The blue jay is a stunningly beautiful bird, but what he offers in beauty, he lacks in balance.  He has a well-earned reputation for being the neighborhood bully.  He stakes his claim to territory, whether rightfully his or not, and staunchly defends it. His tactics are aggressive and downright selfish […]

Junkfood Really is Junk and Bad for Kids’ Health

Junk Food and Kids: Could It Be Making Childhood Illnesses Worse? We are all familiar nowadays with the fact that we ought to avoid junk food for kids as it tends to have high salt and high fat content.  Eve Pierce, health writer, tells us about new research now pointing to the fact that junk […]