Reclaim Your Life

Meet Gena Frangina

Gena Frangina is a single mom, IT professional, life coach, and hypnotherapist. As an expert in stress management, she helps professionals find balance and reclaim peace in their daily lives.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

• Why resilience matters more than perfection in single parenting

• The power of financial independence and self-worth

• Stress relief techniques for busy professionals

• How community support changes everything

Overcoming Toxic Love and Financial Strain

Gena opens up about leaving a partner who was financially irresponsible and emotionally unsupportive. This decision brought challenges—paying rent, bills, and managing burnout—but it also sparked a journey of resilience.

Practical Stress Management for Parents

As a life coach and hypnotherapist, Gena shares practical tools: breathing exercises, mindset shifts, and community support. These holistic wellness tips empower parents to create balance and avoid burnout.
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Meet Dr. Karalynn Royster
Dr. Karalynn Royster is a child psychologist and expert in co-parenting. Drawing from personal experience as a child of divorce, she supports moms navigating high-conflict divorces with practical tools and emotional guidance.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

• Avoid overcompensating or spoiling your child

• Maintain emotional security through consistency and validation

• Understand differences: co-parenting, parallel parenting, nesting

• Build resiliency to help children thrive

• Seek support through programs like Kids First Co-Parenting

The Importance of Emotional Security
Children in high-conflict divorce scenarios can experience stress and insecurity. Dr. Royster emphasizes attachment, consistent routines, and validating emotions to help kids feel safe. Learn more strategies in her Kids First Co-Parenting Program. Research supports that secure attachment improves long-term mental health.

Practical Tips & Reflections

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In this episode of Single Parent Success Stories, single mother by choice Moira Mills shares her journey of road schooling her son, balancing work and travel, and using sidereal Human Design to better understand their unique dynamic as a family of two.

Meet Moira Mills

Moira Mills is the founder of Soul Path Branding, a single mother by choice, and an advocate for alternative education. As an expert in Human Design and experiential learning, she has embraced full-time road schooling with her son while inspiring others to live authentically.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

• How managing expectations reduces stress in single parenting

• The benefits of road schooling and travel as experiential learning

• Why sidereal Human Design helps strengthen parent-child relationships

• The importance of health, wellness, and daily non-negotiables for solo parents

• Moira’s free 5-minute soul read resource for self-discovery

Road Schooling & Parenting Freedom

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On this episode of Single Parent Success Stories, host Irina Shehovsov speaks with Loretta Gavin, co-founder of the Heat Wellness Retreat, about resilience, plant-based healing, and the power of community for single parents.

Meet Loretta Gavin

Loretta Gavin is a wellness advocate, natural vegan chef, and co-founder of the Heat Wellness Retreat. After helping her sister Sharon recover from a rare autoimmune disease, Loretta became an expert in holistic health practices and supporting single parents through community and lifestyle changes.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

✨ What you’ll learn from Loretta’s inspiring story:

• How a plant-based lifestyle transformed her sister’s health

• Why community and support are essential for single parents

• The power of humor and kindness in parenting

• Daily non-negotiables for energy, wellness, and resilience

The Power of Plant-Based Living

When Sharon was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune condition, doctors offered limited...

Meet Mark Miller

Mark Miller, a Passive House architect and entrepreneur, is also the creator of the Love Notes App, a powerful tool for preserving family legacies. As an expert in reimagined memorial spaces and emotional connection, Mark helps families leave behind more than just material inheritance, he helps them leave love that lasts.

Key Takeaways from This Episode 

• Growing up fatherless taught Mark the importance of emotional connection over material possessions.

• His mother’s depression shaped his understanding of how parental mental health impacts children.

• Vulnerability and mentorship are vital for personal growth and strong parenting.

• The Love Notes App offers parents a way to create digital time capsules filled with love.

• Mark envisions a Spirit Park—a reimagined cemetery for fostering meaningful remembrance.

The Power of Emotional Legacy

One of the biggest themes in Mark’s story is the importance of emotional legacy. While money and assets ma...

When we think of medicine, we often picture pills, procedures, and prescriptions. For decades, that’s what cardiologist Dr. Julius Torelli practiced—focusing on the physical body, heart health, and the traditional interventions Western medicine is known for.

But after more than 30 years in the medical field, Dr. Torelli realized something crucial: true healing goes beyond the physical.

In this blog, we’ll explore his journey from a conventional cardiology practice to a holistic approach that integrates mindset, gratitude, and lifestyle. We’ll also dive into why Western medicine is both powerful and limited, and how his new initiative, Gratefully Well, is changing the way we think about health.

Western Medicine: Strengths and Blind Spots

Western medicine has saved countless lives. From antibiotics to advanced surgical techniques, it excels at addressing acute conditions. If you break a bone, have a heart attack, or need emergency care, Western medicine is second to none.

But what...