MOMENT | Solo parenting: Letting go of the picture you thought you’d have

Written By ZOE BLASKEY

What happens when life doesn’t go to plan?


When the picture you imagined – the relationship, the family, the future – changes, and suddenly you’re doing it all on your own?

This week’s Moment is with Rebecca Cox, co-author of How to Be a Happy Single Parent. It’s a beautifully honest conversation about single motherhood, money, and letting go of the life you thought you’d have.

Rebecca shares the reality behind closed doors – the budgeting, the exhaustion, the pressure to hold everything together – and the quiet strength it takes to keep going. We also talk about shame and pride, and how asking for help can feel so hard, yet so freeing once you do.

She reminds us that community can change everything. Finding others in the same season of life can bring connection, comfort, and even new versions of “family” that look different but feel deeply right.

If your life looks different from what you imagined, this episode is a gentle reminder that it can still be full, beautiful and deeply meaningful – just in a new way.

To listen to the full episode with Rebecca Cox, listen here.

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