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Gail is warm, personable, attentive, and keeps me focused. She has guided me on smaller short term goals while at the same time helping me keep my long range goals in focus. Gail helps me think outside of my box and out of my comfort level, which I have greatly needed. With her guidance, I have been able to approach life's situations with more perspective.
- Melanie, a pharmaceutical rep, Texas
Gail is warm, personable, attentive, and keeps me focused. She has guided me on smaller short term goals while at the same time helping me keep my long range goals in focus. Gail helps me think outside of my box and out of my comfort level, which I have greatly needed. With her guidance, I have been able to approach life's situations with more perspective.
- Melanie, a pharmaceutical rep, Texas
Life is filled with transitions. "Transition is simply the way in which one's life moves on and unfolds."
- William Bridges, Transitions - Making Sense of Life's Changes
As a Women's Transition Coach I work with women who want to achieve balance, direction, and focus in their lives.
I've lived a challenging life and learned lots of lessons which make it possible for me to empathize.
I've done it the wrong way, the hard way, and once in a while the right way.
Contact me for a FREE 15-minute introduction to Life Coaching.
Life Coaching focuses on:
You can do so long-distance on the phone or internet .
- William Bridges, Transitions - Making Sense of Life's Changes
As a Women's Transition Coach I work with women who want to achieve balance, direction, and focus in their lives.
I've lived a challenging life and learned lots of lessons which make it possible for me to empathize.
I've done it the wrong way, the hard way, and once in a while the right way.
Contact me for a FREE 15-minute introduction to Life Coaching.
Life Coaching focuses on:
- The present and the future
- Goals and taking action
- Exploring solutions
You can do so long-distance on the phone or internet .
Gail's Book is Available Now!
Living Learning Loving
by Gail Cawley Showalter
Comments from a reader
I learned several new strategies that have already made my life easier, such as discovering where I fall in the four personality types. Based upon the description chart in the book, I am a choleric and my daughter is a phlegmatic, which explains A LOT about the root of our conflicts. Simply put, this means I am constantly trying to do and be more, and because of that, I tend to push my daughter too much when her personality requires more peace at home. Discovering this helps both of us to have much more harmony at home. Thank you for that insight and many others, Gail! - Nicole
by Gail Cawley Showalter
Comments from a reader
I learned several new strategies that have already made my life easier, such as discovering where I fall in the four personality types. Based upon the description chart in the book, I am a choleric and my daughter is a phlegmatic, which explains A LOT about the root of our conflicts. Simply put, this means I am constantly trying to do and be more, and because of that, I tend to push my daughter too much when her personality requires more peace at home. Discovering this helps both of us to have much more harmony at home. Thank you for that insight and many others, Gail! - Nicole
Journey with Gail on the path through single motherhood. Identify with her stories and learn ways to make your crooked places straight. The book can be read independently or used in a group as a study guide.
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"101 Ways to Create a New Life" Review on AmazonLiving Learning Loving: Lessons of Insight and Encouragement on the Path of Motherhood is the most encouraging book I’ve read so far on my nine-year single mom journey, and I consider this book an essential guide for single moms everywhere. Although the book is not exclusively directed at single mothers, every detail Gail shares about her own single mom life boosted my spirits and I know it will do the same for others, whether single or not. What I cherish so much about Living Learning Loving is Gail’s honesty, openness, and vulnerability in sharing her own single mom struggles and challenges. As I savored each page, I was gratefully surprised to find my own single mom life mirrored in each chapter of the book. “You, too?” is what I kept thinking as turned page after page. Every word brought the relief of knowing I am not alone because I felt like Gail spoke personally to me through her uplifting words.
While reading Chapter 2, “Living with Boundaries,” I learned several new strategies that have already made my life easier, such as discovering where I fall in the four personality types. Based upon the description chart in the book, I am a choleric and my daughter is a phlegmatic, which explains A LOT about the root of our conflicts. Simply put, this means I am constantly trying to do and be more, and because of that, I tend to push my daughter too much when her personality requires more peace at home. Discovering this helps both of us to have much more harmony at home. Thank you for that insight and many others, Gail! The other concepts Gail takes time to clarify in each chapter, like courage, morality, and priorities, serve as challenges for mothers to incorporate in their own lives as they become their best selves. Acronyms like P.E.A.C.E. (Personal Effortless Acceptance of Circumstances Every day) also help busy moms to recall strategies from the book that will assist them with their spiritual growth. Finally, journal questions at the end of each chapter reinforce the book’s concepts so readers can begin integrating positive changes into their lives and move along paths of self-discovery. In fact, this book would be the perfect centerpiece for a single mom's support group. Currently, as a pseudo taxi driver for my teenage daughter and homeowner with many responsibilities, I do not have the time to be involved in a single parent group like I used to, so reading Gail’s book provided that support I so desperately need. Moreover, her blog posts from her SMORE for Women Website (Single Moms:: Overjoyed, Rejuvinated, & Empowered) also give me the consistent encouragement I need on this challenging journey. Through _Living, Learning, Loving_, Gail calls single mothers to maturity—and gives us the tools to get there! Let us not forget how important our influence is in our children’s lives, as Gail establishes with these words: “As a single mother, you may be the single biggest influence in your children’s lives. I’ve heard it said that our children will do as we do, not what we tell them to do.” - Nicole Blean FREE Videos for Each Chapter
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Single parenting is hard. . . but you are not alone.
So many single mothering books focus on the “mothering” part of a woman’s life, but in this book Gail Cawley Showalter focuses on the personal issues each woman faces which are compounded by being a single mother. Gail shares her struggles and heartbreaks as well as her triumphs as a woman who found herself as a single mother of three for sixteen years. Her insights and guidance have helped and encourage young struggling moms for many years. More Reviews on Amazon- A Man's Perspective As a middle-aged male engineer fond of biography and military history, I picked up this little gem when my wife bought it for a single mom friend of ours. In truth, I was simply attracted to the cover art, but when I began to leaf through it, I quickly became absorbed in a remarkably well-spun yarn of personal struggle and triumph, interspersed with succinct and relevant practical suggestions. The author's heart-rending recollections of challenges, failures, and successes actually (I'm a bit - but only a bit- embarrassed to admit) had me moist-eyed more than once. Besides simply being an engaging, worthwhile read, it might even give folks like me some much-needed insight into the struggles others (like single moms) face, and the basis for a new-found respect for these heroic ladies. It's a cheap book, and a quick read, and if I wasn't disappointed, I'm pretty sure nobody else could be. Even though I am not a single mom at this time, I gained tremendous insight into my strengths and weaknesses, my relationships and my power to change for the better. Gail Showalter shares her own experiences, struggles and successes that resonate with everyone.
The chapter on personality types and interactions,alone, can transform close relationships for the better because understanding others mindset builds positive communication. Showalter gives practical suggestions for building the foundations of a loviing and peaceful home. At the end of each chapter there are thought-provoking questions to help the reader discover new ways to apply the lessons discussed. No matter your current relational situation, you will be glad you read Living, Learnin, Loving. - A Must Read for Those with Children & Without Click here: Interview podcast with Gail "Help! I'm a Single Mom" on "Chained No More" Radio with Robyn BesemannGail has a Heart for Women
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Gail has been passionate about single moms and the challenges they face for many, many years. Having been a single parent herself, she is quite familiar with the unique struggles and joys of raising children without the consistent help of a spouse. Gail's ministry has been continuous and effective throughout the years, and has become one of the leading thinkers and voices for ministry to single moms in the United States. |
I have attended many seminars and workshops during my thirty years in the corporate world, some of which were for professional development while others addressed personal growth and relationships. There are always those few programs that stand out and Gail Showalter's seminars are most definitely among them. Gail shares great information in a format that is easy to comprehend, extremely well organized and as entertaining as it is educational. Two thumbs up! |
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