Best Chip Dodd Podcasts (2024)

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Using Loneliness to Your Advantage with Dr. Chip Dodd 56:28

5d ago56:28

56:28

TOPIC & GUEST This week we’re discussing Using Loneliness to Your Advantage with Dr. Chip Dodd PAIN POINT If there is one word to describe single parenting, it’s “loneliness.” We are reminded throughout the day—in big and small ways—that we don’t have a partner for companionship. Loneliness hits when we miss our kids if we’re co-parenting. And we’r…

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Building Healthy Relationships with Our Kids (Featuring Solo Kids Colton & Zara) 58:37

21m ago58:37

58:37

TOPIC & GUEST This week we’re discussing Building Healthy Relationships with Our Kids (Featuring Solo Kids Colton & Zara) PAIN POINT As single parents, we all want healthy relationships with our kids. And, as any parent knows, it’s not as easy as it sounds and there’s certainly not a cut-and-dry way of doing this. But are there some good practices …

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Building Authentic Relationships When You Don't Have Time 48:56

14d ago48:56

48:56

TOPIC This week we’re discussing Building Authentic Relationships When You Don’t Have Time PAIN POINT We crave deep and authentic relationships with other people but developing them takes time and emotional availability. How do we build authentic relationships when we’re running scarce on time or energy? 3 MAIN POINTS Today, we cover three main poi…

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Finding Peace in Singleness 29:01

20d ago29:01

29:01

ROUNDTABLE FORMAT TOPIC Today we are discussing Finding Peace in Singleness PAIN POINT As a single parent, the topic of singleness brings up all sorts of hopes, fears, and emotions. Can we make peace with being single while still wanting or being open to romantic love? 3 MAIN POINTS Today, we cover three main points: The importance of self-reflecti…

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Making Peace with Letting Someone Down 39:44

28d ago39:44

39:44

TOPIC This week we’re discussing “Making Peace with Letting Someone Down” PAIN POINT It’s easy to think making peace is “avoiding conflict” or “not standing up for yourself” because things do appear peaceful, but a lot of times, getting to a place of peace requires conflict or boundaries—and it’s really hard to do. How do we make peace with letting…

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Is it Peace or Denial? 42:14

1M ago42:14

42:14

TOPIC This week we’re discussing “Is It Peace or Denial” PAIN POINT We thought we had forgiven the person who hurt us, but our feelings don’t reflect it. We were expecting to stop feeling angry and hurt after we forgave. We’re expecting peace and relief. But the pain remains. Does this mean we didn’t truly forgive them? How do we know if we’ve real…

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How to Begin Healthy Tech Practices in Your Family w/ Andy Crouch 46:49

1M ago46:49

46:49

This week we’re discussing How to Begin Healthy Tech Practices in Your Family with Andy Crouch In the past 20 years, technology has advanced at an outstanding, often overwhelming rate. It’s ubiquitous; we use it at work, classrooms, homes, and churches. We use it to communicate, be entertained, interact with others, perform household tasks, navigat…

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How to Define and Move Towards Your Purpose 36:08

2M ago36:08

36:08

TOPIC This week we’re discussing How to Define and Move Towards Your Purpose PAIN POINT Trying to determine your purpose or navigating career growth might be the last thing on your mind as a single parent. But, having purpose and moving toward something is important. Being a single parent can feel limiting in many areas, whether it’s a logistical d…

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Financial Growth w/ Steve Coughran 59:08

2M ago59:08

59:08

TOPIC & GUEST This week we’re discussing Financial Growth with Steve Coughran. PAIN POINT Have you ever thought “I wish I knew how to grow my finances in a way that doesn’t require me to take on another job”? As a single parent, you likely don’t have a lot of extra time to pour into a lucrative side hustle and you don’t have the energy a pay raise …

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How to Help Our Kids Grow Spiritually 42:40

2M ago42:40

42:40

TOPIC This week we’re discussing How to Help Our Kids Grow Spiritually PAIN POINT In America today, most parents don’t feel like spiritual experts so they outsource it or hope their children will pick it up through exposure. But a child’s spiritual formation is one that a parent needs to prioritize and be involved with. How do parents actively and …

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Getting Out of Our Comfort Zone 30:55

2M ago30:55

30:55

TOPIC This week we’re discussing Getting Out of Our Comfort Zone PAIN POINT We all like being in our comfort zone because it feels … comfortable. It’s easy. When so much of our lives as single parents is challenging, it can feel good to simply hang out there. And after being through so much that has beaten us down, we don’t have a clear grasp on ou…

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Managing Big Emotions 33:19

3M ago33:19

33:19

We’ve all experienced a time when emotions got the best of us and completely lost our cool. As single parents, we don’t have a partner to co-regulate with or to cover for us as we fight to stabilize our emotions. Sometimes it feels nearly impossible to manage our responses well when we’re already trying to manage everything else. How can we regulat…

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Unsung Hero with David & Helen Smallbone 1:13:23

3M ago1:13:23

1:13:23

Today we will be talking about the upcoming movie release Unsung Hero with David & Helen Smallbone. “Unsung Hero” follows Helen and David Smallbone after having lost everything when David’s successful music company collapses. In 1991, with nothing more than their seven children, suitcases, and a love of music, the family left everything they knew i…

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How To Deal With Uncertainty 37:52

3M ago37:52

37:52

There is so much uncertainty in our world today: our nation, the presidential election, wars, the stock market and economy, our health, the well-being of our children…the list goes on. When we find ourselves standing in the face of uncertainty, how can we deal with it in a healthy and sustainable way? Today, we cover three main points: 1) The desir…

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Helping Our Kids Find Stability in an Unstable World 44:17

3M ago44:17

44:17

Our kids encounter so many cultural influences and outside voices every day. Everything and everyone is vying for their attention, and information about literally anything is at their fingertips. How can we teach our children to stay true to themselves without micromanaging or sheltering them too much? Today, we cover three main points: 1).Identify…

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Is Stability Even Possible? 53:02

4M ago53:02

53:02

We know our kids have gone through much-unwanted instability already, and we will do anything in our power to instill more stability in their lives. But sometimes, this requires us to make really hard decisions. How can we make good decisions for our family, even if it comes at a cost? Is stability even possible? Today, we cover three main points: …

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It Takes A Village 35:14

4M ago35:14

35:14

Parenting is probably the biggest responsibility we’ll ever have, and solo parenting may be one of the biggest challenges we’ll ever face. Having a village of people supporting us on our best days and loving us on our worst days is paramount and the concept sounds great, but how do we go about building a village? Today, we cover three main points: …

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The Story of Solo Parent 52:44

4M ago52:44

52:44

Every girl deserves a faith-filled adventure click here for the NIV Kingdom Girls Bible Single Parent Day is in just a few days, on March 21st. For this episode, we wanted to do something special for our solos—and it just so happens that a lot of listeners have been asking us to tell the origin story of Solo Parent. This week we talked to Robert, A…

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Getting Out of Bed When You Don't Have What It Takes w/ Dr. Alan Noble 44:13

4M ago44:13

44:13

Every morning, we wake up and we have to decide: Are we going to get out of bed…or not? There are days when it all feels like too much; the trials and tribulations of this world seem insurmountable and the lure of staying in bed and hiding from everything and everyone looks like the only solution. Every solo parent has experienced this feeling of o…

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How to Tell if Our Kids are Okay w/ Kyle Cruze 48:14

4M ago48:14

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One of the most heart-wrenching parts of parenting is seeing our kids struggle. When our child is dealing with physical pain, we rush to their aid and see what we can do to help. Even if they insist they’re fine, you know a broken bone when you see it. But, mental health is altogether different. While mental illness can and does present itself phys…

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Does Love Feel the Same the Second Time Around? 41:26

5M ago41:26

41:26

Falling in love after loss or a failed relationship is not for the faint of heart. Any solo parent knows life is already overwhelming—and to add a romantic element into the mix can feel risky. Love the first time around is often when you’re young, inexperienced with the world, and marked with abandon, and recklessness. Does love feel the same the s…

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Is It Love or Is It Codependency? 44:28

5M ago44:28

44:28

If we’re honest, we need to admit we often don’t know what healthy love looks like. Codependency can often feel like love. So, how can we tell the difference between love and codependency? Today, we cover three main points: 1) What is codependency? 2) What is a healthy connection? 3) How to set healthy limits For all the detailed show notes, tips a…

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What Is Healthy Sacrificial Love 37:10

5M ago37:10

37:10

Loving as a single parent requires us to sacrifice in ways we didn’t expect. But sometimes, we get caught up in the pain and it becomes tit for tat—it turns into a burdensome type of love. We know we have to step outside of ourselves and elevate what is best for our kids but how do we sacrificially love in a healthy way? Today, we cover three main …

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How To Love Yourself 43:03

5M ago43:03

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Solo parents have experienced an enormous amount of hurt and loss. Some of it is extremely painful—and understandably so. But in order to love our children well, we need to love our story and all the parts of ourselves that participated in it. How can we love ourselves and embrace our inherent value after so much pain? Today, we cover three main po…

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Steps To Grieving Intentionally 50:30

6M ago50:30

50:30

All single parents are grieving at some level. We know we need to step into the grief and not bypass it, but we aren’t always equipped for the process, and we end up coping with grief in an unhelpful manner. How do we practice grief healthily and intentionally? Today, we cover three main points: 1) Defining grief and our understanding of it 2) Pers…

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Daily Intentions 32:04

6M ago32:04

32:04

We’re in a brand new year, but for single parents, it might feel like Groundhog Day, where daily life continually feels crazy and out of control. Are there daily intentions we can implement so that we—along with our kids—find a new and better daily rhythm? Today, we cover three main points: 1) When you’re a busy single parent, daily life can feel l…

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Living With Intention 28:00

6M ago28:00

28:00

We get so caught up in the everyday tasks of day-to-day living that we don’t feel like we have the bandwidth to live intentionally into a future we want. Today, we cover three main points: 1) Starting with the end in mind—what to begin, what to end 2) The importance of making mistakes in front of our children 3) Keeping our eyes on the end goal For…

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Three Ways To Be Intentional in 2024 39:13

6M ago39:13

39:13

Every January, we make resolutions that we’ll break. We resolve to exercise more, eat better, lose weight, and save money. However, researchers suggest that only nine percent of Americans complete their resolutions. So often, our goals or resolutions are surface-oriented and do not get at the root of the issue. We need focus and direction—we need i…

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Necessary Endings 39:30

7M ago39:30

39:30

To grow in life, we need to let go of toxic people, situations, patterns, and habits. But it’s challenging to let go of the old so the new can be ushered in. How can we welcome necessary endings into our lives? Today, we cover three main points: 1) Defining, naming, and normalizing necessary endings 2) Why it’s so hard to let go, why endings can fe…

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Bonus Rewind: O'Holy Night with Curtis Zackery 24:27

7M ago24:27

24:27

As we prepare to celebrate Christmas, many Christians around the world join in the celebration of Advent. Advent is the anticipation of the arrival of Christ and a time of preparation to celebrate His birth. Today, our focus will be on the joy we find in Advent and the hope we find in Jesus. A couple of years ago, just before Christmas, we had a be…

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Bonus Rewind: Simple Steps To Financial Stability with Ron Rauch 26:41

7M ago26:41

26:41

Most solo parents worry about how they are going to make ends meet during the challenges of living as a one-income family. Any kind of significant life transition or crisis can lead to unsettling circumstances, especially financially. Because single parents often find themselves dealing with unexpected financial changes related to budget and practi…

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Bonus Rewind: Getting Back To The Me I Lost with Dan Allender 27:14

7M ago27:14

27:14

Trying to navigate the exhausting demands of raising our kids as solo parents can leave us at a loss of who we are, completely depleted of our identity. Maybe we don’t recognize who we were—or who we’re supposed to become. Even that concept can seem elusive and out of reach—we’re so often just struggling to get by. We wanted to reintroduce our conv…

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Bonus Rewind: Calming Anxiety with Dr. John Delony 27:14

8M ago27:14

27:14

Welcome to the Solo Parent podcast, My name is Robert Beeson - and I'm here with Elizabeth and Amber (HELLO) we are so glad you have joined us. All this month we are doing something a little different. We’re playing clips from some of our (and your) favorite episodes over the last several years. Each week, a different member of our podcast team has…

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How To Survive The Supposed To's Of The Holiday Season 35:19

8M ago35:19

35:19

Tis the season to feel a lot of pressure. The list of supposed to’s is never-ending. There are expectations from family, work, our kids, our friends, and even ourselves. It’s not just a to-do list, but how we’re supposed to be, what everything is supposed to look like and be what it’s supposed to be like. All of this is so overwhelming and if you l…

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How Wonder and Creativity Create Contentment with Dr. Chip Dodd 43:33

8M ago43:33

43:33

As single parents the daily grind gives us tunnel vision that keeps us in survival mode. In turn, survival mode squelches out opportunities for adventure, creativity, and wonder. With so much on our plates and so many problems to solve, we think things like adventure, creativity, awe, and wonder are luxuries, and that it’s wise to give up on them. …

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How to Deal With Discontentment 30:51

8M ago30:51

30:51

As single parents, we can sense when something isn't right, but we may not recognize what is going on underneath some of our behaviors. You have so much on you. Are there indicators in our lives that are trying to tell us something? Today, we cover three main points: 1) the signs you’re not ok 2) what to do when you recognize a sign 3) three essent…

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How to Find Happiness When You Feel Hopeless 41:46

8M ago41:46

41:46

For so many of us, we feel like we’re sludging through Solo Parent life and all that comes with it. We’re bogged down with all that we have to deal with and heal from. Some days we can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel and we feel hopeless. What do we do when we feel this way? Is it possible to feel happiness, even in the midst of feeling ho…

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How to Plan For The Holiday Season 36:59

9M ago36:59

36:59

The holiday season is so hard on single parents. It can be super stressful and emotionally daunting. So we wanted to get a head start. If we don’t plan ahead we run the risk of numbing out, stressing out or just getting swept up in the crazy busyness of the season and miss the whole thing. How can we avoid going on auto-pilot and be more deliberate…

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How to Deal With Regret 39:11

9M ago39:11

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Single parents carry around regrets—whether we made the mistakes yesterday or years ago. We have a long list of regrets, like contributing to the breakdown of relationships, our bad habits, or maybe it’s feeling we can’t be the parents we could have been if we were in an intact family. How do we stop carrying around all of these regrets that make u…

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Self-Care When You Have No Margin 41:33

9M ago41:33

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As single parents, self-care is hard because we rarely have margin. We don’t have room for flexibility. It’d be great if we could share a one-size-fits-all self-care routine but that’s not reality. Self-care is nuanced. It depends on so many factors including how much time we have with our kids—whether we have them all the time or some of the time.…

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How to Practice Self-Care in a Toxic Relationship with Katie Anthony 41:07

9M ago41:07

41:07

So many of us cannot escape toxic relationships. Whether it’s someone we work with, a parent, or an ex, we must be around this person. How do we care for ourselves and our kids when we feel unsafe? Our guest is Katie Anthony, a collaborative and trauma-informed therapist. She is EMDR trained and is completing her Traumatic Stress Studies Certificat…

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How to Be Brutally Honest With Yourself 38:49

10M ago38:49

38:49

If we’re really honest, most of the time, we’re dishonest with ourselves. We don’t like to admit it, but sometimes the conversations we have with ourselves are really unhealthy and even the root of many of our problems. We can be negative or catastrophize everything, or we go from one extreme to the other, either in total denial of our feelings or …

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How to Know if You’ve Really Forgiven 43:24

10M ago43:24

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We thought we had forgiven the person who hurt us, but our feelings don’t reflect it. We were expecting to stop feeling angry and hurt after we forgave. We’re expecting peace and relief. But the pain remains. Does this mean we didn’t truly forgive them? How do we know if we’ve really forgiven? Today, we cover three main points: 1) The biggest reaso…

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How to Forgive Your Family of Origin with Adam Young 44:11

10M ago44:11

44:11

Many of us experienced neglect and abuse from our family of origin–the people, whether parents, grandparents, or other caregivers, that raised us. Some of us might suspect that things happened to us but aren’t really sure, and some are very aware of the abuse and neglect brought on by our parents or even that we were over-parented or too sheltered.…

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How Toxic Shame Keeps You From Forgiving with Dr. Chip Dodd 41:13

10M ago41:13

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Toxic shame tells us we’re not good enough. When we listen to our toxic shame, we get stuck in the blame game, and we don’t grow. Blaming others feels powerful. But blaming doesn’t get us where we want to be. How do we move from blaming to forgiving? Our guest is Dr. Chip Dodd an author, speaker, and counselor. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling. Along…

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Understanding The Cost of Forgiveness 34:16

11M ago34:16

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Forgiveness sounds good on paper, and it is a command in the Bible, but in reality, it is so hard. Why is that? Sometimes, our perspective is that it isn’t fair, and we feel like we’re letting the person off the hook when we forgive. How can we change our perspective on forgiveness to be more willing to embrace it? Today, we cover three main points…

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How to Have the Courage to Change with Brandi Wilson 41:58

11M ago41:58

41:58

In this episode, we delve into the topic of having the courage to embrace change, particularly in the face of traumatic experiences such as the loss of a spouse through death or divorce. We explore the tendency to resist change and the importance of adapting and flowing with life's transitions. Our guest today is Brandi Wilson, an author, coach, an…

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How to Model Courage for Your Kids 36:03

11M ago36:03

36:03

Our children face daily challenges, from friendships to interactions with teachers, coaches and potentially strained family relations. They need us to help them understand, experience, and model courage. However, showing courage can be scary. We often admire courage in others but struggle to find it within ourselves. How can we guide our kids in le…

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Building Confidence in Your Courage 34:55

11M ago34:55

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Being a single parent means juggling many responsibilities, often leading us to overlook our own courage. Too often, we focus on the negatives and fail to see our own bravery. How can we reduce our fear and feel more connected to our inner courage? In this episode, we'll dive into: 1) Identifying the biggest fear that stops us from seeing our coura…

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How to Rely on God for Your Courage 39:58

11M ago39:58

39:58

We often assume courage comes from within us, trying to show strength and keep everything together. But that's not always effective. We believe true courage comes from God, but how do we actually make that shift from self-reliance to relying on God? In this episode, we'll discuss: Why we tend to think courage comes from ourselves. Steps to start re…

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