Single Mom Smiling | Mindset Strategies for Single Moms
Are you a busy single mom struggling with overwhelm, exhaustion, and self-doubt? Are you ready to discover hope that doesn’t come from a half-eaten chocolate bar found between couch cushions, another glass of wine in a sippy cup, or swiping through online dating sites? Then the Single Mom Smiling podcast is for you! Kerri Bishop is an author, speaker, and coach who now brings her energy and enthusiasm to podcasting. She is also a single mom of FIVE boys whose husband, on Mother’s Day, suddenly announced he was leaving. He moved out one week later. Kerri was 5 months pregnant with their 5th little boy at the time. Kerri now gratefully helps other women build lives of hope and positivity. Together, we will dive into unanswered questions, issues of self-worth, and next steps so you can become the woman and mom you are meant to be all while navigating this God-given adventure called life!
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Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
I know what it's like to be pregnant and alone. I know what it''s like to be TERRIFIED and to think you can't do this, that I don't have enough...
Worse, I know what it's like to think I AM not enough, that I can never have nor raise this child alone.
On the anniversary of Roe v Wade and in celebration of the March for Life, I offer advice, encouragement, and support to women and young girls who find themselves pregnant and alone.
Please leave a 5 start written review and, most importantly, share this episode to help others in these, seemingly impossible, situations.
God Bless...
Kerri
Pregnancy Resources:
Students for Life
Birth Right
Care Net
Care Net Resources
Susan B. Anthony
Save the Storks - For Every Woman
Walking with Moms
Priests for Life
Sisters for Life
For Fathers:
Priests for Life - Pregnancy Resources & Post Abortion Healing
Support After Abortion
For Siblings of Aborted Children:
Live Action
Pastoral Advice from Priests for Life
Post Abortive Care:
Project Rachel Ministry
Hope After Abortion
Rachel's Vineyard
Silent No More
Support After Abortion
The UnChoice
Movies & Books:
Dear Mommy
Unplanned
Bella
October Baby
October Baby Extras
Focus on The Family List
To Contact Me:
Email Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Use Single Mom Smiling's Contact Form
In This Episode:
Single Mom Smiling - Courses
Email Kerri to sign up for Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
My Writing:
Why Me Lord? The Bible's Answer to a Single Mom's Cry
God Knew What We Needed, When We Needed Him...Luke 1:26-38
Next Steps:
1. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - launches in January. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price!
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
When you are hit with a divorce, especially an unexpected divorce, your whole world shifts. In fact, it can feel like the whole world has been knocked off its axis.
In today's episode, I give a quick rundown of 5 critical actions you can take right away to protect yourself, your kids, and your assets and save your sanity when divorce is inevitable and out of your control.
I'd love to hear your ideas too. If you've been through this, let me know what helped you most, what mistakes did you make, what do you wish you knew? Tell me what I got right here and what should be added to improve this list and the lives of other parents and kids. I can't wait to hear your thoughts! :)
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Single Mom Smiling - Courses
Email Kerri to sign up for Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Glenn Meder's Privacy Academy - Sign Up Here
Next Steps:
1. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - launches in February. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price - Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me with questions, episode suggestions, and more at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
Quitter's Day is the second Friday of January, but we are not made to quit! Our country and our faith were not born of quitters. You were not born to be a quitter but to be great through trial and perseverance!
Jesus calls us to continue on in Love. This is true whether you are a struggling single mom or stuck in a struggling Marriage. The call to perfection is the call to Love in all circumstances.
Today's message is not just for single moms but for anyone who is ready to quit and give up or walk away. It may be controversial, but it also may be more needed than ever.
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Join the Single Mom Smiling's Exclusive Coaching Program Beta Group to test new programs! Find out more here or go straight to your application page here.
Email Kerri to sign up for Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Drive Research's New Year's resolutions statistics.
Next Steps:
1. Join the Single Mom Smiling's Exclusive Coaching Program Beta Group to test new programs! Find out more here or go straight to your application page here.
2. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - launches in January. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price!
3. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
4. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
5. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
6. Email me at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
7. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
The new year can be a time for new beginnings and the start of a new you. While many people set goals to be healthier, to get financially fit, to declutter, or to build better relationships, few keep those goals.
What if that's because they're aiming small? What if God is not simply calling you to meet a goal, but He is calling you to perfection?
Before getting on the anti-perfection bandwagon, consider that Jesus tells us to, "Be perfect as our Father in Heaven is perfect"?
Today's episode looks at what it means to strive for perfection in 2025. I'd love to hear what you think and how you're striving for perfection in your life!
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Single Mom Smiling's Exclusive Coaching Program Beta Group to test new programs! Find out more here or go straight to your application page here.
Email Kerri to sign up for Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Drive Research's New Year's resolutions statistics.
Next Steps:
1. Join the Single Mom Smiling's Exclusive Coaching Program Beta Group to test new programs! Find out more here or go straight to your application page here.
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
Christmas can be tough on single moms. That is true whether you are trying to cram all the joy of the season into one day or even week or you are sitting alone, feeling forgotten, dejected, and missing your children on the holidays.
In today's episode, single mom coach, Kerri Bishop gives tips on making the most of Christmas no matter what your circumstances.
She also asks one important question based on the words of Saint Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, as she greets the pregnant Virgin Mary. How you answer this question has the power to reframe your Christmas thinking.
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Email Kerri to sign up for Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
My Heart of Hope: A 5 Day Journey of Grace & Gratitude - self-guided mini course - Pulled for revisions Check back soon for the relaunch date!
Next Steps:
1. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - launches in January. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price!
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
The 4th Sunday of Advent is all about love, but it can be difficult for a single mom to feel loved when she has been so beaten down. It can be worse when you have been told you were never loved or that you were unlovable, but these are lies from the devil.
Want to know the truth? In this episode, we reframe the lies surrounding how loved you are and begin to ask what if everything that happens to you is actually happening because you are Loved?
What if there is a new kind of love awaiting you?
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Email Kerri to sign up for Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
"Catholic Divorce, Loneliness, and Believing this Christmas" - My article posted on Single Mom Smiling
My Heart of Hope: A 5 Day Journey of Grace & Gratitude - mini course self-guided with early-release price available for a limited time - Pulled for revisions Check back soon for the relaunch date!
Email Kerri with your Christmas tree prayer requests at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Next Steps:
1. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - launches in January. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price!
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
The 3rd Sunday of Advent is meant to celebrate Joy, but what happens when you can't find any joy to celebrate?
There have been holiday seasons I wasn't sure I could survive. In one particularly hard year, I fell to the bathroom floor and sobbed. I didn't want to go on.
And yet...there in the dark, there was reason to find Joy!
Join me today as we discuss a very difficult topic too many people encounter in the holiday season.
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Email Kerri to sign up for Grit, Grace, & Growth's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
My Heart of Hope: A 5 Day Journey of Grace & Gratitude - mini course self-guided with early-release price available for a limited time.
I am the God Who Sees - Beautiful song that helped me know I am seen and so are you.
Email Kerri with your Christmas tree prayer requests at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Next Steps:
1. Grit, Grace, & Growth - launches in January. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price!
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Do you wonder what the Immaculate Conception is or what God planned for Mary? Maybe you question whether you have purpose in the role you play or wonder what kind of impact you can have?
When you're tired, rundown, and stressed this holiday season, My Mary provides a good example of tirelessly running after children.
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Email Kerri to sign up for Grit, Grace, & Growth's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
My Heart of Hope: A 5 Day Journey of Grace & Gratitude - mini course self-guided with early-release price available for a limited time - releasing this week!
Email Kerri with your Christmas tree prayer requests at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Next Steps:
1. Grit, Grace, & Growth - launches in January. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price!
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Tis the season to be...stressed out!?!
If you need more peace in your Advent, it's time to take a step back away from the chaos, overwhelm, and expectations and use these 5 steps for designing peace in your heart and home.
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Email Kerri to sign up for Grit, Grace, & Growth's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
My Heart of Hope: A 5 Day Journey of Grace & Gratitude - mini course self-guided with early-release price available for a limited time.
Email Kerri with your Christmas tree prayer requests at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Next Steps:
1. Grit, Grace, & Growth - launches in January. Email me now to sign up for a VERY low price!
2. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
3. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
4. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
5. Email me at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.
Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
Pandora's box shows us how we tend to get bogged down by false ideas of hope. Advent is the perfect time to find genuine Hope.
Can you guess what you can be most grateful for? Stick around to the end and see if we have the same idea!
If you'd like help letting gratitude fill your heart, sign up for my new self-led downloadable program, My Grateful Heart, or shoot me an email. I'd love to hear from you!
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
My Heart of Hope: A 5 Day Journey of Grace & Gratitude - mini course self-guided with early-release price available for a limited time.
Email Kerri with your Christmas tree prayer requests at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Next Steps:
1. Join The Smiling Cadre a brand new private facebook group dedicated to rising to our challenges through gratitude, laughter, and a fantastically awesome community!
2. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
3. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
4. Email me at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
5. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.