Welcome and Warning: I say "this sucks" a lot in this episode!
If you’re a single mom navigating the holidays, this episode is going to make you feel like someone finally gets you.
Today, Esme is pulling back the curtain on what the holiday season really feels like when you’re doing it solo and how to find strength, joy, and sanity when everything around you feels heavy.
In this honest, faith-filled episode, she shares three raw and unfiltered truths about being a single mom during the holidays:
- Feeling like an outsider
- Sharing the kids (alternating holidays)
- Being the only parent who enforces the rules
With real stories, practical guidance, and warm encouragement, you'll walk away feeling seen, supported, and equipped to create a season filled with peace and meaningful memories.
Whether you're newly divorced, co-parenting, raising kids on your own, or simply searching for a Christian single-mom community that gets it, this episode gives you hope you can hold onto.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The real reason the holidays feel so isolating for single moms, and how to find your people
- How to process the emotional punch of sharing or alternating holidays with your kids
- What to do when you’re the only parent enforcing rules, routines, and boundaries
- Why “making memories over making everything perfect” will change the way you mom
- How to stay grounded in faith and confidence in the mom you are called to be
You are not behind. You are not too much. And you’re not doing this wrong.
You’re a strong, resilient, faith-driven mom who is building a home filled with love, and this episode gives you the tools to do it with confidence.
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