Single-Parenting with Connection (NOT Perfection)

Dr. Gila 48 - 2.1 - Back-to-School Tips with Scotti Weintraub

Single-parenting in a world that’s not designed for you or your beautifully complex kid? Now, there’s a podcast that is! Welcome to Single-Parenting with Connection, NOT Perfection: Your go-to source for science-backed, heart-centered support that honors your messy reality. Join me, Dr. Gila, single mom and psychologist-turned-coach, for relatable stories, inspiring interviews, and practical tools to help you stop walking on eggshells and start actually enjoying parenthood. It’s the support you crave, without the emotional landmines. (And I promise I’ll never tell you to “just tag your partner in”!) Whether you’re divorced, widowed, single mom by choice or single dad by choice, or somewhere in between — or if you just feel like you’re doing it all on your own — you’re in the right place. Go to parentingwithconnection.com for free resources.

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Single-Parenting with Connection (NOT Perfection)

Episodes

2.1 - Back-to-School Tips with Scotti Weintraub

[Encore] Supporting Your Neurodivergent Learner at School and at Home (with Dr. Emily King)

[Encore] The 3 Kinds of Boundaries (And Why Mixing Them Up Makes Parenting Harder)

[Encore] Parent burnout: Radical shifts to survive and thrive, with Amanda Diekman

[Encore] 2 Reasons You Can't "Calm" Your Way Out of the Hard Stuff

[Encore] Power Struggles with Neurodivergent Kids: Beyond the Battles, with Dr. Danika Maddocks

[Encore] Being Playful When You're Running on Fumes, with Mia Wisinski

[Encore] Keeping Your Cool: Emotion Regulation for Parents

[Encore] Executive Functioning: The brain skills behind your kid's "lazy" or "difficult" behavior (with Carrie Bonnett)

[Encore] Raising securely attached kids in single-parent families, with Aurisha Smolarski

[Encore] Screens: The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything, with Ash Brandin

[Encore] Why Kids Lose It

35. 5 Parenting Tips for Summer Break

34. Supporting Your Neurodivergent Learner at School and at Home (with Dr. Emily King)

33. Raw, Unfiltered, and In the Pit With You

32. Sibling Jealousy: "You love them more than me!" (Listener question)

31. Summer Planning with Neurodivergent Kids (with Debbie Reber)

30. Self-Harm and Suicidal Thoughts in Kids and Teens: What Parents Need to Know (with Katie M Kay)

29. Boundaries in Parenting (There's More to It Than You Think)

28. Executive Functioning: The brain skills behind your kid's "lazy" or "difficult" behavior (with Carrie Bonnett)

27. Cooking with Kids and Teens: The Gateway Life Skill for Raising Confident Adults (with Katie Kimball)

26. Does Attention Reward the Tantrum?

25. Strength-Based Parenting & Schooling for Gifted and Neurodivergent Kids (with Sam Young)

24. Mindfulness for Real-Life Parenting (with Hunter Clarke-Fields)

23. Productivity Tips for Busy Parents

22. The Superpower Every Parent Has (And How to Use It for Good)

21. [BONUS] Less Snapping, More Snuggling: Why Parents Lose It, and How to Finally Break the Cycle

20. From Survival Mode to Steadier Ground after High-Conflict Divorce: Sara’s Story

19. When "traditional" parenting advice and school strategies backfire

18. When There's No One to Tag in: Snapping, Self-Compassion, and Nonviolent Communication for Solo Parents — with Ali Miller

17. Raised by a Widow: Grief, Resilience, Community, and Connection — with Real-Life “Gilmore Girls” Marisa Corcoran and Mom, Rita Fratto

16. The First Step to a More Peaceful Home

15. Five Parenting Truths to Remember

14. Nervous System First Aid: A Gentle Practice with somatic psychotherapist Meg Tobin

13. 10 Tips for the Winter Holidays and Break

12. Screens: The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything, with Ash Brandin

11. Being Playful When You're Running on Fumes, with Mia Wisinski

10. Is Gratitude Overrated?

9. Power Struggles with Neurodivergent Kids: Beyond the Battles, with Dr. Danika Maddocks

8. Aggression Reframed: 3 Things Every Parent Needs to Know, with Tosha Schore

7. Why Kids "Lose It": What's Beneath the Big Behaviors

6. 2 Reasons You Can't "Calm" Your Way Out of the Hard Stuff

5. Raising securely attached kids in single-parent families, with Aurisha Smolarski

4. Communicating with a Difficult Ex, with Jill Kaufman

3. Parent burnout: Radical shifts to survive and thrive, with Amanda Diekman

2. Keeping Your Cool: Emotion Regulation for Parents

1. You Belong Here. ❤️ (Welcome + Season 1 Preview)

0. Trailer: 🌱 Single-Parenting with Connection (NOT Perfection)