62: Making The Conscious Decision To Become a Single Mother By Choice (SMBC) with Alyssa Garrison

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There’s a lot of internal and external pressure to find Mr. or Mrs. “Right” to hunker down and start a family with when you hit your late 20s. 

Not one to give in to societal pressures, Alyssa Garrison (Founder of the colourful lifestyle blog, Random Acts Of Pastel) made the commitment to herself that if she was still single by the time she was 27, she would become a Single Mother By Choice (SMBC). Two years ago, she did just that and continues to challenge what modern love and families look like through her platforms with her one year old daughter, Summer, by her side!

Tune into the full episode on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and/or Stitcher.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Alyssa’s decision to become a Single Mother By Choice (SMBC)

  • When to decide to stop waiting for the right person and do it on your own

  • The process of selecting a sperm donor

  • The challenges that come with single parenting

  • How Alyssa makes its all works

  • Running a business while raising a child on your own

  • Dating and single parenting 

  • Going after what you want even if it means living outside of convention

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Podcast, Intuitive LifestyleRachel Molendalifestyle blogger, single motherhood, parentingComment