Parenting
Hearing with Your Heart
Should you ask your child what would make you a better parent? Single mom of four Kristen Chase asked her 9-year old and here’s what she said.
Parenting
Nobody Said It Was Easy
Changing and managing your expectations about the divorce process can help make you a better advocate for yourself and your kids.
Relationships
Single Mom: Adventures in Online Dating
Ever wonder what it’s like to date online? Here’s a little insight into the online dating adventures of a single mom.
Uncategorized
Hitting the Reset Button
Single parent or not, we all need to allow ourselves a break and a chance to reboot and reset for the sake of our kids. Hold the guilt.
Parenting
Single Mom: The Kids Will Be Alright
What happens when being the single mom to your four kids is exhausting?
Your Life
Single Mom: Anything is Possible
As much as single moms might not want to admit it, there’s a fear of being alone. Kristen Chase shares her own worries about finding love again.
Your Life
Single Mom: Honesty is the Best Policy
Staying in a bad marriage can make you a liar to your friends, your children, and yourself. Here’s how single mom Kristen Chase started telling the truth.
Parenting
Single Mom: What About Staying Together for the Kids?
Single Mom of four Kristen Chase answers a reader question about making the decision to stay in an unhappy marriage for the sake of the kids.
Health
Why We Can All Benefit from Yoga
In support of yoga practice for single moms or any moms for that matter, and how being alone and focusing on nothing can help us better focus on everything.
Parenting
How To Tell Kids You’re Getting a Divorce
A reader asked how to tell her kids about the divorce. Single Mom Kristen Chase shares her 5 tips on how to have that difficult conversation.
Parenting
Need Some Parenting Perspective? Write Your Will.
Beyond the important decisions of your children’s welfare and estate, there’s nothing like writing your will to give a heavy dose of parenting perspective.
Health
Single Mom: In Pursuit of Self-Care
The constant pursuit of self-care is important for all parents to consider, but especially if you’re a single mom.
Your Life
Single Mom: 5 Tips for Bringing Vacation Home with You
If you want to keep your vacation buzz going long after you’ve gotten home, try these 5 simple tips that might just help you keep your stress at bay.
Parenting
Never Apologize for Kids Being Kids
Why are we holding kids to adult standards when we’re out and about? On letting kids be kids and not apologizing for it. They are kids, after all.
Parenting
Along For the Ride
When we can’t slow things down, when things are speeding by us too quickly, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Maybe we just need to hang on and enjoy the ride.
Relationships
On Motherhood and Marriage Regret
Kristen Chase talks about motherhood and marriage regret, and how giving ourselves permission to step outside the box might be the key to personal happiness.
Parenting
How To Have a Successful Outing With Your Kids
Here, Kristen Chase shares her 5 tips for a successful outing with your kids, no matter how many you have.
Your Life
Life is Like a Box of Lipstick
Sometimes it takes being forced to try something new for us to realize what we’re doing isn’t the best thing for us, whether it’s love or just lipstick color.
Relationships
Stories Don’t Mean Anything If You’ve Got No One To Tell Them To
Is blogging all truth, or is there fiction in the retelling of our stories? Kristen Chase talks about her ex’s reaction to her column.
Relationships
Single Mom: I Don’t Owe You Anything
Single mom, Kristen Chase, pulls a Berger.