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!
Episodes

Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Join me to discover one thing you can do to help you clearly determine whether you achieved your Lenten sacrifice each day.
As I prepared for bed last Ash Wednesday, I realized I could not clearly state whether I had sacrificed as I intended or not that day. One day into Lent, and I already felt like I may have missed the mark on my Lenten obligation.
I cringed realizing, as a life coach, I know what I have to do to state my goals, but when it comes to faith, I sometimes fail to clearly define what it is I will do to grow my faith.
What about you?
We are one week into Lent. How well are you accomplishing what you set out to achieve?
Are you sacrificing as powerfully as you intended? Did you define your intentions before embarking on your Lenten journey or did you just pick a sacrifice and hope for good enough?
Maybe, if you're like me, you dove right in without considering metrics to help you know whether you are meeting that goal or not.
In today's episode, I talk about one thing you can do in as little as five minutes to get you on track this Lent and some of the benefits of setting strong goals.
If you like this episode, please leave a 5 star written review and share it on social media. Thank you! :)
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Email me for coaching, speaking at your event, or with questions about spiritual battles in Marriage and family. Share your stories and concerns or let me know someone I should interview about this topic at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Positive Psychology article.

Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Are you tempted to take the easy way out this Lent?
While little things are good and do add up exponentially over time, they can also be an excuse for not doing the hard thing God calls us to.
Whether it's because you have heard other Catholics tell you little things are "good enough" or because you suffer from a fear of failure or struggle with perfectionism, not striving for the best you might be able to do, could be holding you back spiritually and in other ways as well!
Don't let those demons trick you into settling for anything less than the hardest thing God calls you to!
You cannot have a great life with mediocre sacrifice. Choose to make your great life start with a GREAT Lent this Ash Wednesday!
God Bless...
Kerri
Next Steps:
Email me with questions about spiritual battles and your struggles in Marriage, family, and even single parenting. Share your stories and concerns or let me know someone I should interview about this topic at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Coach with Kerri by contacting me here.

Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
It's hard to identify who the enemy is in our conflicts.
It gets exponentially more difficult when you are under stress or feeling emotional, which happens so often in our most important, most intimate relationships. This all makes it much more difficult to know how to fight your battles and win over, or defeat, your enemies.
In today's episode, we look at what Ephesians says about who our enemy really is and then what Sunday's readings tell us about how to fight those who hurt us.
It's not an easy command, but it is a good one!
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Sunday's readings can be found here.
Ephesians 6 can be found here.
Email me with questions about spiritual battles in Marriage and family. Share your stories and concerns or let me know someone I should interview about this topic at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Coach with Kerri by contacting me here.

Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
The issues single moms face are far bigger than we can handle with out own abilities. Single moms and hurting children deserve more than lessons on mindset and motivation alone.
It's time we realize we are in a spiritual battle and the evil forces we face are not of flesh and blood!
Join me in today's episode as we transition Single Mom Smiling from a straight up single mom podcast to one addressing attacks on Marriage and family.
Learn with me! Tell me what you think of this new direction and share your experiences, questions, and knowledge about spiritual warfare and attacks by the evil one on the family.
And please pray for me. I will be praying for you!
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Bible Readings - Sunday, February 16, 2025
Email Kerri to sign up for the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge's pioneer launch. This 40 day program is designed for remarkable women who want to get in shape - mind, soul, heart, and strength. Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
Next Steps:
1. Email me with questions, thoughts, and experiences about spiritual warfare and how it affects Marriage and family at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
2. 10 Questions Every Woman Should Ask - Click for your FREE eBook
3. Coach with Kerri - Check out your best coaching plan here.
4. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.

Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
The world tells you one thing about what love looks like, but what happens when that so-called love falls apart? What happens when your self-worth is so wrapped up in the modern idea of "love" that you lose yourself when you lose your lover?
In today's episode, realize love is not your God, but your God is Love.
Then, learn what it means to be Loved beyond measure whether you are never Married, divorce, annulled, widowed, or just feeling so terribly alone in this season. Learn how you can celebrate Love on Valentine's Day as a Single Mom.
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Single Mom Smiling - Courses
Loved Beyond Measure: a 5 Day Journey to Seeing Yourself & Love through God's Eyes - launching Valentine's Day 2025!
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
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 Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Finding out you are pregnant and unsupported by your unborn child's father is beyond terrifying. This is true whether you are a teen who doesn't know who to tell or an older woman whose life suddenly crashed and burned.
So many people say they want to help but assume the government or churches or "somebody" else is going to fill the gap. Still others just don't know what to do to help.
In this episode, I begin to answer the question of what single moms, especially moms who have been left pregnant and alone, need most from those around them. I even include lessons from Dan Quinn (Green Beret) as was taught us in Jason Van Camp's (also a Green Beret) Deliberate Discomfort Challenge training.
Don't forget, the best thing you can provide for a single mom is presence. Be there for her, love her, and let her know she can count on you.
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Single Mom Smiling - Courses
Jason VanCamp's Deliberate Discomfort Challenge
Next Steps:
1. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - 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 29, 2025
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
What do single moms who were abandoned while pregnant say about their experiences? I recently asked single moms whose boyfriends got them pregnant and then left them three questions. They gave me permission to share their responses in today's episode.
If you find yourself pregnant and abandoned, please reach out. As these women's words portray, there is such joy in in the unexpected!
And always, know you are stronger than you know and more courageous than others give you credit for. Know there is help. You are not alone. You are LOVED!
God Bless...
Kerri
In This Episode:
Crisis Pregnancy Resources
Coincidence? I Met Two Angels - Single Mom Smiling blog post about Betsy and Rochelle, the women who returned my $100. Please pray for them and their families! :)
Next Steps:
1. Fiercely Beloved: the Grit, Grace, & Growth Challenge - Lenten Challenge. 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 at Kerri@SingleMomSmiling.com
6. Join Catholic Single Moms' Private Facebook Group.

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
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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
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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.