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Practical steadiness for single mums.
Beanstalk: Real Talk for Single Mums is a support show for mothers navigating life after separation or solo parenthood. Its conversations move between emotional resets, parenting tools, family law, neurodivergent children and the small routines that make home feel steadier.
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Beanstalk: Real Talk for Single Mums is a practical, emotionally literate show about raising children while rebuilding the shape of family life. It speaks to single motherhood without flattening it into inspiration slogans. The conversations are warm, but they stay close to the hard parts. A child may be anxious. A parent may be burned out. A separation may still carry grief, anger or legal confusion. A mum may be trying to build a business while refusing the old nine-to-five script. The show works best when it turns those broad pressures into small, usable moves. Stella Beckett brings confidence-building habits for children, from naming feelings to modelling self-kindness at home. Lara Owens frames family difference around pride rather than shame, especially for children learning that love matters more than labels. Elle’s conversation with Maggie gives emotional overload a concrete shape: noticing physical cues, pausing before reacting and saying out loud when stress is taking over. Episodes on anxious kids and perfectionism connect behaviour to fear, safety, control and family patterns. The co-parenting and mediation discussions stay realistic about hurt, but keep returning to the child’s relationship with the other parent as a stabilising perspective. The legal episode is similarly grounded, warning that loose agreements can create trouble when circumstances change. Bec McKay’s conversation on neurodivergent children adds another layer, encouraging mums to read behaviour as communication and trust what they know about their child. Beanstalk is not polished self-help from a distance. It sounds like mums comparing notes, calling things by their name and looking for the next workable step. That makes it especially useful for listeners who need support that respects both tenderness and fatigue.
Made for: For single mums navigating separation, co-parenting, burnout, children’s anxiety, family identity and everyday household pressure. It suits listeners who want warmth without sentimentality and advice they can actually try.
What sets it apart: The show combines lived single-mum perspective with guest guidance across parenting, emotional wellbeing, mediation, legal structure and neurodivergent support. Its strength is the micro-practice: small changes in language, routine and response that can shift a difficult day.
Welcome to the Beanstalk Single Mums PodcastA supportive space created to empower single mums from all walks of life, no matter where they are on their solo parenting journey.Hosted by Lucy Good (founder) and Elle Sitek (owner of beanstalkmums.com.au), each episode features expert guests who share practical advice and lived wisdom on the realities of single motherhood.We cover everything from separation and family law to co-parenting, education, careers, dating, sex, wellbeing, household management, and financial independence.🎧 Listen on your favourite podcast app or watch the conversation come to life on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@BeanstalkMums💛 Visit https://beanstalkmums.com.au f…
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Small, playful habits give confidence a place to grow in everyday family life.
Confidence comes across here as something children can practice in small, steady ways rather than a trait they either have or lack. Stella Beckett, a single mom and creator of Diary Dolls, talks about everyday habits that can help kids feel braver, recognize feelings, feel seen,…
A warm conversation about changing family shapes, identity, and helping children feel secure.
Beanstalk's conversation with Lara Owens keeps returning to one steady idea: a family can change shape and still feel whole. Owens, a single mum, Vine member, and author of Mummy, Me and Our Family, speaks to the messy, loving reality behind families that do not fit a neat…
A candid, practical listen about spotting overload early and choosing a calmer next move.
Beanstalk keeps emotional overload practical, focusing on what single mums can notice when life starts to feel stuck, heavy or exhausting. Elle, a counsellor and single mum, answers Maggie's questions in a role reversal that gives the episode an easy conversational charge.
A grounded conversation about what children's perfectionism may be communicating, and how parents can make imperfection feel safer.
Perfectionism is the thread running through this reflective conversation on children's behavior, fear, failure, criticism, control, and the need to feel safe.
Sasha Eborn turns burnout recovery into a practical case for choosing a work pattern that fits family life.
Burnout recovery is framed around a practical tension: who decides what a working mum's day is allowed to look like? Sasha Eborn, presented as a mum and coach who has been through burnout, talks about dropping the pressure to do everything and building a life and business that…
Candid disability sexuality support, handled humanely.
Pregnancy and postpartum support without dismissal.
Beanstalk: Real Talk for Single Mums speaks with Stella Beckett, who says winning Woman of the Year on the Gold Coast confirmed Diary Dolls was needed.
Lara Owens says her children's book Mummy, Me and Our Family started when her two-year-old son Presley watched Bluey and asked, 'Presley, dad.' She says she turned that moment into a manuscript in 10 to 15 minutes and then submitted it to 10 publishing houses after Googling how to do it at 10 p.m.
Beanstalk: Real Talk for Single Mums centers Elle and Maggie on the moment single-mum life feels "stuck, heavy or just plain exhausting," and Elle says she is both a counsellor and a single mum.
On Beanstalk Mums' "The Truth About Perfect Parenting & Ways to Calm Anxious Kids," Sarah says her own GAD history now helps her coach mothers through anxiety and perfectionism.
Beanstalk Mums Real Talk for Single Mums speaks with Sasha Eborn about rebuilding after burnout, asking for help, and setting work around single motherhood.
Beanstalk Mums speaks with Tad Hollis of Better Outcomes Coaching and Mediation in Brisbane, and he says he has handled more than 3,500 disputes across separation, parenting arrangements, workplace conflict, and government cases.
Ella Hickman says separation can turn into a housing, money, safety, and parenting crisis unless the legal steps are handled early.
This episode features a strengths-based autism support teacher and neuroflexible parent coach who shares practical advice for single mothers raising neurodivergent children.
This episode discusses financial agreements and empowerment for single mothers with expert Ian McLeod.
Host Lucy Good interviews property expert Louis Christopher about the Australian property market, tailored for single mothers.
A sexologist provides advice on enhancing sex life for single mothers.
Host Lucy Good interviews mother-daughter pleasure experts Dr.
Host Lucy Good interviews financial counsellor Deborah Naylor about managing debt and regaining financial control as a single mother.
This episode helps single mothers choose the right childcare by interviewing an expert from a childcare search website.
Host Lucy Good interviews Tara Hausman from Relationships Australia about mediation for single mothers navigating separation and co-parenting.