Single Parent Success Stories

Growing up with a single dad after losing my mom taught me unexpected lessons about grief, resilience, and becoming the man I needed to be. Nick Volinchak shares his raw journey from childhood loss to finding purpose—and what he wishes every kid in a single parent home knew.

🎙️ Single Parent Success Stories explores the real, unfiltered experiences of single parents, adult children of single parents, and experts helping famili...

Meet Jeaneen Tang, a licensed speech therapist and single mom raising special needs child. In this powerful conversation, she reveals the common mistakes parents make unknowingly make that can delay their child's speech development, and exactly how to fix them.

In this episode you'll discover:

✨ The #1 thing parents do that sabotages speech progress

✨ Why waiting too long can cost your child years of development

✨ Simple at...

Perimenopause isn’t a moment — it’s a decade-long journey many women silently endure. In this episode, Irina sits down with Amita Sharma, co-founder of Nourish Doc, to discuss the truth about hormonal changes, mental health, and lifestyle shifts that support women through midlife transitions.

Discover:

🌿 The surprising 10-year duration of perimenopause

🧠 How to support mental health & relationships during this stage

☀️ Ayurve...

🎧 Join host Irina Shehovsov and guest Bridget Shirvell—journalist, author of Parenting and Climate Crisis, and single mom—as she shares her inspiring journey from food journalism to advocating climate aware parenting. Learn how she manages eco anxiety, nurtures her daughter’s love for nature, reduces waste, and fights for local climate action.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Parenting in a Climate Crisis

02:46 Navigating Eco-Anxie...

In this empowering episode of Single Parent Success Stories, Irina Shehovsov interviews Kelly Etter — former Radio City Rockette, certified Pilates trainer, and devoted single mom — who turned pain into purpose after divorce.

💃 Kelly opens up about overcoming depression, anxiety, and burnout through movement and nervous system nurturing. She shares practical tools like vagus nerve toning, self-care rituals, and ways to rediscover y...

Terri Lynn Murphy’s life changed forever when she was separated from her children for 10 years. In this powerful episode of Single Parent Success Stories, she shares how faith, forgiveness, and divine guidance led her from heartbreak to healing.

You’ll learn:

How to find peace in the hardest moments 💫

The power of meditation and mindfulness 🧘‍♀️

Why gratitude and forgiveness can set you free 🙏

How to teach your children emoti...

What if your biggest dreams didn’t die — they just fell asleep? 🌙

In this powerful episode of Single Parent Success Stories, transformational speaker Dean Taylor shares his journey from healthcare to purpose-driven leadership, and the life-changing moment he discovered his father’s unfulfilled dream.

🔥 Discover how to:

• Reignite your passion and purpose

• Align your values with your desires

• Live in the flow, not the grind

• Insp...

In this inspiring episode of Single Parent Success Stories, I sit down with Gena Frangina—a devoted mum to her 10-month-old son, IT professional, life coach, and hypnotherapist. Gena shares her deeply personal journey of navigating single parenthood after financial abuse, while facing housing uncertainty, debt, and the silent stigma many single parents carry behind a smile.

Through resilience, mindset shifts, and therapeutic tools, ...

👉Divorce is tough—but your child’s emotional health doesn’t have to suffer. 🎧 In this episode of Single Parent Success Stories, Dr. Karalynn Royster, child psychologist and co-parenting expert, shares her Kids First Co-Parenting System.

Learn how to:

Avoid common parenting mistakes after divorce

Support your child’s emotional security 💖

Choose between co-parenting, parallel parenting, and nesting

Build resiliency and attachment ...

Discover the truth about Human Design in parenting and how it can transform your relationship with your child. In this episode, single mom by choice Moira Mills shares her journey road schooling her son, balancing solo parenting with travel, and using sidereal Human Design to understand unique dynamics, improve communication, and raise confident, independent kids.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Moira chose solo parenting an...

In this episode of Single Parent Success Stories, Irina Shehovsov interviews Loretta Gavin, co-founder of the Heat Wellness Retreat. 🌱

Loretta shares her inspiring journey of supporting her sister Sharon through a rare autoimmune disease, their decision to adopt a plant-based lifestyle, and how they turned their personal struggles into a thriving retreat for single parents and wellness seekers.

💡 What you’ll learn:

• How food and li...

Parenting teens often feels like a battlefield, but it doesn’t have to. In this episode, parenting coach and Stanford graduate Jeanine Mouchawar shares how she went from struggling with her son’s ADD and high school challenges to building a close, respectful relationship through the power of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. You’ll learn how to set boundaries without punishments, manage your own emotions, and raise confident, honest,...

What happens when a fatherless childhood inspires innovation? Mark Miller, architect and entrepreneur, grew up in a single-parent home after losing his dad at age two. The emotional toll on his mother and the lack of support shaped his mission: to create the Love Notes App — a digital memory box for parents to leave heartfelt messages for their children.

In this episode, Mark shares:

💔 The impact of losing his father so young

🧠 ...

What if your health issues aren’t just physical?

In this episode of Single Parent Success Stories, cardiologist Dr. Julius Torelli shares why Western medicine often fails chronic illness sufferers—and how mindset, gratitude, and lifestyle changes can transform your well-being. Discover the Gratefully Well approach, practical tips to manage stress, and why self-worth is the foundation of health.

Listen for:

✔ The #1 overlooked caus...

Welcome to another episode of Single Parent Success Stories. Today Dr. Nigel Brayer shares his journey as a single parent and healthcare provider, discussing the challenges of parenting, the importance of emotional well-being, and his transition into alternative medicine. He emphasizes the significance of awareness in health, the role of nutrition, and the need for strong relationships in parenting. Dr. Brayer also introduces his I...

Discover how parenting coach MegAnne Ford transformed her teaching career into the powerful CLEAR method for single parents. Learn how connection, limits, empowerment, accountability, and reconnection can turn tantrums into teachable moments. 🎧 Tune in to hear her real-world stories, insights from “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen,” and how to find balance between discipline and empathy. Don't just survive parenting—thrive.

Resourc...

Struggling with your child’s sleep? 🎧 In this episode of Single Parent Success Stories, Allison Egidi—certified pediatric sleep specialist & founder of Sleep Coach LLC—shares her journey from a sleepless parent to helping hundreds of families restore rest. Learn why pediatricians get only 3 hours of sleep training, the science behind 11–12 hours of sleep for little ones, the hidden link between physical tightness and sleep, sc...

Are you a single parent relying on your job’s insurance plan? You could be dangerously under covered. In this episode of Single Parent Success Stories, Wallis Tsai, founder of Aboveboard Financial and former Goldman Sachs exec, reveals the TRUTH about life, disability, and long-term care insurance. Learn how to protect your family, avoid financial pitfalls, and get transparent, honest advice—no strings attached.

🔗 Get free tool...

In this powerful episode of the Single Parent Success Stories podcast, Lisa Johnson, co-founder of Been There Got Out, reveals how she survived a 20-year high-conflict marriage and turned her painful experience into purpose. Lisa discusses narcissistic abuse, legal strategies for high-conflict divorce, protecting your children, and how to create joy and healing after separation. Whether you’re facing divorce or seeking strength aft...