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Posts tagged dating as a single mom

Episode 17: Samie Sorenson – Pregnant in High School, Single Motherhood and Dating as a Single Mom

By Jourdan on June 13, 2019

Episode 8: Vicki Averett – Ectopic Pregnancy, Overcoming a Drug Addiction, Divorce, Dating, Raising a Blended Family with 6 Kids

By Jourdan on May 21, 2019

Episode 3: Casey Hudgens – Loss of a Sister, Domestic Abuse, Divorce and Life of a Single Mom

By Jourdan on May 7, 2019

Episode 2: Emilie Farrer – Living with Type 1 Diabetes and Being a Single Mom

By Jourdan on May 2, 2019

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One particular day after Olivia had gotten out of the shower, she noticed her husband’s phone going off, one text after another. He had left his phone on the bathroom counter on purpose, to prove that “he wasn’t doing anything.” But this girl was proving otherwise. So Olivia responded and said she was the wife. The girl was texting Olivia back on the husband’s phone telling Olivia everything that had been going on. Olivia, once again, confronted her husband and he went into a narcissistic rage. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 In this episode, I chat with an anonymous guest that we’ll call “Olivia.” Olivia shares what it was like to be married to a narcissist and how she was manipulated and made to believe that she was crazy. Olivia was finally able to realize what was going on in her marriage and filed for divorce. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Olivia had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #lifegoeson #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #commonsense #toxicrelationship #narcissist #hardtimes #wellbeing #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

It was a very emotionally abusive relationship. The girl would always control McKel and was never happy for her when anything positive happened. McKel didn’t realize how bad it was until their friends would say and point things out. McKel also didn’t know that her family did not like this girl at all. Eventually, McKel ended the relationship and began talking to her now-husband. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 In this episode, I chat with my friend McKel (@mckelwahlstrom) about several things. First we started out talking about how she found out that her dad was actually her step-dad. She later did find her biological father and several siblings. McKel shares about a very toxic and emotionally abusive relationship she was in. She was pregnant before marriage and once she did marry, she became a Military wife. McKel shares the struggles that come along with that. She also gets into her anxiety and lastly, a miscarriage she suffered. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Michelle had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #lifegoeson #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #selflove #toxicrelationship #toxicfriendship #hardtimes #wellbeing #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

Ed would also control Melanie’s pills. Sometimes he would only let her have X amount and other times he would give her a little more to make her loosen up.. Instead of trying to help her stay clean. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 In this episode, I chat with Michelle (@michellestandley) about the murder of her sister. Michelle feels like the news stations did not do a good job of portraying who Melanie really was. She was more than just a drug addict. Michelle shares how they did their own detective work because the cops weren’t taking the situation too seriously until a couple months after they had reported her missing. You’ll hear the sad truth of what really happened. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Michelle had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #lifegoeson #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #selflove #murder #lossofalovedone #lifeafterloss #wellbeing #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

In this episode, I chat with Carolina (care-oh-lee-nuh, @carolinavee_) about how she grew up in poverty with her mother, who also suffered from OCD and bipolar disorder. Carolina always knew she was a mistake and carried a lot of blame around from things her mother would say. Carolina suffered sexual assault by her grandfather, moved out of the house when she was 16 with two garbage bags and eventually cut ties with both of her parents. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Carolina had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #lifegoeson #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #selflove #painfulreminder #poverty #toxicparents #wellbeing #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

One night, he just went for it.. “But by some miracle, it was on safety.” 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 In this episode, I chat with Colton (@colt803) the husband of Jenessa (@jenessa.ogden - from episode 16, who admits she had an affair), to hear his side of the story. Colton also shares other things from his life, such as a nearly fatal motocross accident, being suicidal, serving a partial LDS mission and then, of course, about his marriage. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Colton had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #lifegoeson #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #selflove #suicidesurvivor #maritalaffair #survivor #wellbeing #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

When Amanda and her husband got married, they felt some pressure pretty quickly to have children. However, they wanted to pay off some debt and travel and spend some time together as a couple before they brought kids into the mix – rightfully so! “No one can make that decision for you, except you and your husband.” 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 In this episode, I chat with Amanda (@healingthroughmiscarriage) about what it was like to be 17 years old, seeing a fertility doctor. From there, we talk about her diagnosis of PCOS, infertility, a very sad miscarriage and how she and her husband heal through this hard season of life. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Amanda had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #lifegoeson #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #selflove #miscarriage #healing #resentment #wellbeing #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

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