Solo Parent

About Solo Parent

Being a single parent brings real pressure. You should not face it alone. The Solo Parent Podcast offers honest conversation, expert insight, and practical help for raising healthy kids while carrying the weight alone. Created by single parents for single parents, each episode speaks to the emotional, relational, and everyday realities of solo parenting. Hosted by author and Solo Parent founder Robert Beeson, alongside Elizabeth Cole, Vice President of Solo Parent and a single mom herself, this podcast has supported thousands of single parents worldwide. It is for single moms and dads navigating divorce, loss, or abandonment who want steadiness, hope, and connection. Solo Parent exists to make sure no single parent walks alone. Through daily support groups, articles, guided meditations, and a free dedicated app, Solo Parent provides steady, practical support for every stage of the journey. Listeners can engage beyond the podcast and find real community, daily encouragement, and tools built specifically for single parent life. Go to www.SoloParent.org or download our app, on any app platform, to learn more!

Publisher

Solo Parent

Category

kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Feb 2020

Latest episode

26 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

330 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Oct 2026

   Self-Care Heading Into the Holidays

   This week we're discussing Self-Care Heading Into the Holidays. The holiday season has a way of catching you off guard, even when you think you're ready for it. Schedules shift, old traditions surface feelings you weren't expecting, and the pressure to make it magical for your kids while managing your own grief and budget can quietly take over. This conversation is for every solo parent heading into Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas wondering how to get through it with some intention and maybe even some joy still intact. Robert Beeson, Founder & CEO of Solo Parent, Elizabeth Cole, single parent, and Amber Fuller, a counselor with a Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy (MMFT) and single parent, bring their own lived experience to this one. All three have navigated the holidays solo and come with an honest perspective and practical tools to share. Key Insights from this episode: Grief doesn't follow a timeline - and the holidays will remind you of that: The grief that surfaces during the holidays doesn't care how long you've been a solo parent. Stuffing it down only delays the reckoning, and learning to make space for it is what actually allows joy to show up too. Managing expectations is the most practical form of holiday self-care: Planning ahead for the hard days, saying no to what doesn't serve you, and holding your traditions loosely are small moves that make the season more survivable and more meaningful. The memories your kids carry aren't made by the gifts - they're made by the emotion attached to the moment: The pressure to get everything right is real, but what your kids will actually remember has far less to do with what's under the tree and far more to do with how they felt when they were with you. Resources mentioned in this episode: Tips for Surviving the Holidays Stay Connected + Get Support: This podcast is made possible by members of The Table at Solo Parent. If this episode encouraged you, we'd love for you to join The Table by giving a recurring gift to keep these conversations going for the next single parent who needs them. Download our Solo Parent App (https://onelink.to/kn2e2b) Join a Solo Parent Group (https://soloparent.org/online-groups/) Learn more about Solo Parent (https://soloparent.org/) Follow us on Instagram

2. 

   19 Oct 2026

   What Now? Rebuilding a Life Plan.

   This week we're discussing What Now? Rebuilding a Life Plan. At some point in the solo parenting journey, survival mode starts to loosen its grip just enough to ask a bigger question: what do I actually want to build from here? Getting to that question and knowing how to answer it is harder than it sounds when every decision lands on you and the old rulebook no longer applies. Robert Beeson, Founder and CEO of Solo Parent, sits down with Elizabeth Cole, single parent, and Marissa Lee, author and single parent, to talk honestly about what it takes to move forward with intention when the path isn't clear yet. All three have lived this, and what they bring to the conversation is grounded, practical, and real. Key Insights from This Episode: Acceptance comes before a new plan - You can't build something new until you've told the truth about where you actually are. Slow down before making big moves - Decisions made in the middle of overwhelm deserve a buffer before you act on them. This season is real life, not a waiting room - The life you're living right now counts, and claiming it changes everything. Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Becoming Mom and Dad: How God Fathers Through Single Mothers by Marissa Lee The 4 Tasks of Mourning Chip Dodd Stay Connected + Get Support: This podcast is made possible by members of The Table at Solo Parent. If this episode encouraged you, we'd love for you to join The Table by giving a recurring gift to keep these conversations going for the next single parent who needs them. Download our Solo Parent App Join a Solo Parent Group Learn more about Solo Parent Follow us on Instagram

3. 

   12 Oct 2026

   The Self-Care You Actually Need

   This week we're discussing The Self-Care You Actually Need. If someone asked you right now what you value most, could you answer? Not what you're supposed to say, not what made sense in a different season of life but what actually drives you today. Most solo parents, if they're honest, would pause. Not because they don't care, but because survival mode has a way of burying that question under everything else that needs to get done. Robert Beeson, Founder and CEO of Solo Parent, sits down with Elizabeth Cole, single parent, and Amber Fuller, a counselor with a Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy and single parent, to talk about what values-guided self-care actually looks like in the real, messy, full life of a solo parent. Together they unpack why so many of us don't know what we value anymore, how to start finding out, and why the answer is closer than you think. Key Insights from This Episode: Knowing your values is the foundation of self-care that actually works - when self-care isn't rooted in what genuinely matters to you, it just becomes one more thing to manage. Your values don't have to be figured out all at once -  they unfold - where you are emotionally shapes what your values look like right now, and that's allowed to change. What you keep returning to, even under pressure, is your truest guide - your values are already showing up in your life; the work is learning to notice them. Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Value Cards Adriana Girdler, Core Values Framework Stay Connected + Get Support: This podcast is made possible by members of The Table at Solo Parent. If this episode encouraged you, we'd love for you to join The Table by giving a recurring gift to keep these conversations going for the next single parent who needs them. Download our Solo Parent App Join a Solo Parent Group Learn more about Solo Parent Follow us on Instagram

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