Solo & So Well - Self-care, Daily Habits, Wellness, Time Management, Solo Parenting, Single Parenting Help, Military Spouse, Find Your Purpose
Are you a mama that often solo parents while your partner works away? Are you struggling to keep it together, and balancing all the things on your own? Do you have a hard time setting boundaries and prioritizing self-care? Do you wonder if more joy, peace, and fulfillment is possible for you in this season of life?
The Solo & So Well podcast is a landing spot for all the mamas out there struggling in their solo parenting roles. If that’s you, I want you to know you are safe, seen, and supported here. This is a judgement-free, real talk, value packed, and encouraging community. You are not alone in this season of hardship, and you will come out the other side, brighter and stronger than ever!
I’m your host Heidi Chirkoff, I know what you need, because I needed it too. It wasn’t that long ago that I was having an extremely hard time in the day-to-day - with two small boys, one on the way, a strained marriage, and loss of identity/purpose. I felt alone, I felt overwhelmed, I felt resentful, I felt like I was failing as a mother, and I felt guilty for feeling the way I felt. At the time, I didn’t know how to get “unstuck”, but I knew I needed to start making some changes, for myself, my kids, and my marriage – and that it was up to me, and only me, to start making them.
In my desperate search for solutions, I found some things that worked, and some that didn’t. And now that I’ve come out on the other side, I want to share everything I’ve learned. Here at Solo & So Well, we focus on you, the Mom. Even though it may not feel like it right now, you are the anchoring presence in your home, you are the glue, the tone setter, the gatekeeper, the one who knows all, and has actual superpowers. Don’t let that pressure you, let it empower you. A better life starts with you! When you start to rise – the whole family will rise with you.
My mission with this podcast is to be a guiding light, that shows other mamas the way to more joy, peace, and fulfillment - TODAY. It’s time to stop living in auto pilot, in struggle and survival mode – and start taking ownership of your life, one that is full of vibrancy and purpose. You were made for more! I know it, and you know it! We are going to shift you from always having life happen to you – to life starting to happen for you.
Big change starts with itty bitty, consistent, daily action.
Every time you press play on this podcast, the weight of it all gets lighter.
So let’s get started!
Solo & So Well - Self-care, Daily Habits, Wellness, Time Management, Solo Parenting, Single Parenting Help, Military Spouse, Find Your Purpose
038 // Back-to-School Transition: Is It Time to Focus on You?
Hey Mama!
How is the back to school transition going? How are you feeling heading into the last quarter of this year?
It's mind blowing to me that summer is already over and 2024 is soon coming to an end! Like, HOW?!
Last year, our oldest started kindergarten so it was the first time we were sending our kid "back to school". Needless to say, I was a MESS. I was excited, I was nervous, I had a lot of questions, concerns, doubts. I put an insane amount of pressure on myself to "get it together" and have motherhood all figured out before sending him off into the big world.
I was less than a year post-partum with our third boy, my husband working away for weeks at a time, and to be honest, I was hanging on by a thread. Mood and energy was low, and I was feeling like I was at max capacity.
It was exactly this time of year last year when I to leap of faith, invested in myself and hired a life coach - and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. I had already been in therapy for close to a year, and I can tell you, that 1:1 life coaching is next level support- and exactly what I needed to turn my life around in such a positive way.
It allowed me to experience so much more peace, joy, and fulfillment in what I was finding to be such a challenging and hard season.
I am filled with so much gratitude when I think about where I was, how I was feeling this time last year! So much growth and change has happened!
At the beginning of 2024 I launched this podcast, and my own Life & Wellness Coaching Practice. I get to now Moms who are on their own a lot, and struggling - move from operating and parenting from survival mode, to beginning to thrive! In and beyond motherhood.
Such a blessing, and I'm so honored to serve and support other Moms in this way!
I believe you clicked on this episode for a reason, and this just might be the nudge you've been waiting for. Make sure you listen until the end to hear the special offer I have for you right now. And I encourage you to take some time to sit with yourself afterwards so tune and listen to where that nudge, that inner knowing is telling you.
If it's to explore working with me, I can't wait to connect with you!
Always wishing you well,
xo
Heidi
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