LIFE AFTER + 1

If you’ve just become a single parent, I want you to know something straight away: What you’re feeling right now is normal. The overwhelm. The grief. The stress. The anxiety. The loneliness. The “how am I going to do this?” thoughts. It can feel like your whole world has been flipped upside down overnight. And even if you know the breakup was necessary… it doesn’t make it easy. Because now it’s not just a breakup. It’s a breakup plus parenting. Plus finances. Plus routines.

One of the biggest mistakes I see single parents make when their ex gets a new partner… …is automatically thinking: “There’s something wrong with me, that’s why I was so quickly replaced.” And honestly? I get it. Because when your ex moves on quickly, it doesn’t just sting, it can completely shatter your self worth . It can feel like you’ve been replaced. Like you didn’t matter. Like they’ve “won” and you’ve been left behind. And before you know it, you’re spiralling into tho

Loneliness as a single parent it’s not just being alone in your house once the kids go to bed. It’s not just the quiet time. It’s the fact that many single parents feel so isolated in a way that’s hard to explain unless you’ve lived it. Because when you go through a breakup, you don’t just lose a relationship, you often lose your sense of safety, your routine, the future you had planned, and in many cases… you lose friendships and your social circle. When the Breakup Doesn’t