This week, my podcast turns 9 years old – can you believe it?! When I started Single Mother Survival Guide, I hoped it might reach one or two single mums and help them feel less alone. Now, nearly a million downloads later, I’m pinching myself. This episode is extra special because it’s also my first time recording in 2025, after taking some time off to welcome my beautiful baby boy, Sebastian, in February (on my birhday).
In this episode, I share big life updates – from moving back to Sydney and celebrating Christmas, to my baby shower, a trip to Tasmania, catching COVID, Sebastian’s birth, the baby blues, and checking in on my mental health. I talk about parenting this time with a partner (and proving to myself I could still do it alone if I had to), relationship curveballs, postnatal anxiety, matrescence, and joining an anxiety group. I also reflect on moments that brought back single mum memories, co-parenting challenges, supporting my daughter through a big year of change, and the lessons I’m still learning.
It’s a mix of celebration, honesty, and heartfelt gratitude – and I’d love for you to join me in this conversation. Press play, celebrate with me, and let’s keep walking this journey together.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Check out Tresillian, Australia's largest not-for-profit early parenting service offering families guidance in the early years of their child's life.
Download the E-book, I'm A Single Mum... Now What? - HERE
Click HERE to learn more about the Trauma coaching and support group program.
Join the Thrive Tribe waitlist HERE.
Click HERE to join the free Facebook Group, The Single Mother Survival Guide Support Forum.
Download the E-book – Thirteen single mothers share their struggles, top tips, and their favourite things about being a single mother – HERE.
To contact Julia, email: julia@singlemothersurvivalguide.com.
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