Sandy Chalkoun is a lawyer and the owner of her own legal training business in Montreal, Canada.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Second BirthdaySection 1 Three Fundamental TruthsTruth #1 What You Believe Will Control Your LifeTruth #2 Being Positive Will Improve and Extend Your LifeTruth #3 Actions Can Breathe Life into Your IdeasSection 2 Empty Your CupChapter 1 "I'm Afraid"Chapter 2 "I'm So Anxious"Chapter 3 "I'm So Angry"Chapter 4 "I Feel Guilty"Chapter 5 "Things Are Awful"Chapter 6 "I'm So Worried"Chapter 7 "I Have Low Self-Esteem"Chapter 8 "No One Respects Me"Chapter 9 "I'm Helpless"Section 3 On the Road to HappinessSection 4 22 Happiness StrategiesStrategy #1 Try a New Explanatory StyleStrategy #2 Shift Your FocusStrategy #3 Exercise Your FreedomStrategy #4 Be Open to PossibilitiesStrategy #5 Find a Role ModelStrategy #6 Do Not Keep Up with the NeighborsStrategy #7 Accept YourselfStrategy #8 Be GratefulStrategy #9 SimplifyStrategy #10 Limit Your ChoicesStrategy #11 Take Care of YourselfStrategy #12 Sleep WellStrategy #13 Listen to MusicStrategy #14 Turn off the TVStrategy #15 LaughStrategy #16 ExerciseStrategy #17 MeditateStrategy #18 Back to NatureStrategy #19 Work Toward Your GoalsStrategy #20 VisualizeStrategy #21 Make Some FriendsStrategy #22 And Finally, Be Kind to OthersSection 5 The Single Mother in ChargeHer PowerHer RoleHer InstinctsHer InfluenceHer ExpectationsHer StrengthHer WisdomHer EmpathyHer GenerosityHer AuthenticityHer LeadershipHer AttitudeHer EncouragementHer Family TimeHer Connection with Her KidsHer FlexibilityHer Parenting GoalsSection 6 In the Words of Single MothersSeries Afterword by Michele A. PaludiNotesIndex

Her book is cleverly broken up into small chapters (probably to accommodate an audience that just doesn't have time to read). She gives clear instruction on overcoming fear and anxiety, developing the right mindset to succeed as a single human who must also provide for other humans. She draws from scientific research to help the reader be happy – not just get by — and lists twenty-two concrete happiness strategies. Most important, Sandy Chalkoun shows the single mother how to build her self-esteem, which was very likely tattered in her divorce. Through the book, women will learn to use their own power to improve the quality of their lives and their children's. Additionally, the author offers some solid parenting advice, which may be helpful to those single mothers who feel compelled to spoil their children (either by spending too much money on them, by giving in to their every whim, by doing things for them they can do for themselves, and so on).In the end, this guide should be reassuring to single mothers who wonder if they're doing 'it' right, whatever 'it' may be.

Sandy Chalkoun is a lawyer and the owner of her own legal training business in Montreal, Canada.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Second BirthdaySection 1 Three Fundamental TruthsTruth #1 What You Believe Will Control Your LifeTruth #2 Being Positive Will Improve and Extend Your LifeTruth #3 Actions Can Breathe Life into Your IdeasSection 2 Empty Your CupChapter 1 "I'm Afraid"Chapter 2 "I'm So Anxious"Chapter 3 "I'm So Angry"Chapter 4 "I Feel Guilty"Chapter 5 "Things Are Awful"Chapter 6 "I'm So Worried"Chapter 7 "I Have Low Self-Esteem"Chapter 8 "No One Respects Me"Chapter 9 "I'm Helpless"Section 3 On the Road to HappinessSection 4 22 Happiness StrategiesStrategy #1 Try a New Explanatory StyleStrategy #2 Shift Your FocusStrategy #3 Exercise Your FreedomStrategy #4 Be Open to PossibilitiesStrategy #5 Find a Role ModelStrategy #6 Do Not Keep Up with the NeighborsStrategy #7 Accept YourselfStrategy #8 Be GratefulStrategy #9 SimplifyStrategy #10 Limit Your ChoicesStrategy #11 Take Care of YourselfStrategy #12 Sleep WellStrategy #13 Listen to MusicStrategy #14 Turn off the TVStrategy #15 LaughStrategy #16 ExerciseStrategy #17 MeditateStrategy #18 Back to NatureStrategy #19 Work Toward Your GoalsStrategy #20 VisualizeStrategy #21 Make Some FriendsStrategy #22 And Finally, Be Kind to OthersSection 5 The Single Mother in ChargeHer PowerHer RoleHer InstinctsHer InfluenceHer ExpectationsHer StrengthHer WisdomHer EmpathyHer GenerosityHer AuthenticityHer LeadershipHer AttitudeHer EncouragementHer Family TimeHer Connection with Her KidsHer FlexibilityHer Parenting GoalsSection 6 In the Words of Single MothersSeries Afterword by Michele A. PaludiNotesIndex

Her book is cleverly broken up into small chapters (probably to accommodate an audience that just doesn't have time to read). She gives clear instruction on overcoming fear and anxiety, developing the right mindset to succeed as a single human who must also provide for other humans. She draws from scientific research to help the reader be happy – not just get by — and lists twenty-two concrete happiness strategies. Most important, Sandy Chalkoun shows the single mother how to build her self-esteem, which was very likely tattered in her divorce. Through the book, women will learn to use their own power to improve the quality of their lives and their children's. Additionally, the author offers some solid parenting advice, which may be helpful to those single mothers who feel compelled to spoil their children (either by spending too much money on them, by giving in to their every whim, by doing things for them they can do for themselves, and so on).In the end, this guide should be reassuring to single mothers who wonder if they're doing 'it' right, whatever 'it' may be.

Sandy Chalkoun is a lawyer and the owner of her own legal training business in Montreal, Canada.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Second BirthdaySection 1 Three Fundamental TruthsTruth #1 What You Believe Will Control Your LifeTruth #2 Being Positive Will Improve and Extend Your LifeTruth #3 Actions Can Breathe Life into Your IdeasSection 2 Empty Your CupChapter 1 "I'm Afraid"Chapter 2 "I'm So Anxious"Chapter 3 "I'm So Angry"Chapter 4 "I Feel Guilty"Chapter 5 "Things Are Awful"Chapter 6 "I'm So Worried"Chapter 7 "I Have Low Self-Esteem"Chapter 8 "No One Respects Me"Chapter 9 "I'm Helpless"Section 3 On the Road to HappinessSection 4 22 Happiness StrategiesStrategy #1 Try a New Explanatory StyleStrategy #2 Shift Your FocusStrategy #3 Exercise Your FreedomStrategy #4 Be Open to PossibilitiesStrategy #5 Find a Role ModelStrategy #6 Do Not Keep Up with the NeighborsStrategy #7 Accept YourselfStrategy #8 Be GratefulStrategy #9 SimplifyStrategy #10 Limit Your ChoicesStrategy #11 Take Care of YourselfStrategy #12 Sleep WellStrategy #13 Listen to MusicStrategy #14 Turn off the TVStrategy #15 LaughStrategy #16 ExerciseStrategy #17 MeditateStrategy #18 Back to NatureStrategy #19 Work Toward Your GoalsStrategy #20 VisualizeStrategy #21 Make Some FriendsStrategy #22 And Finally, Be Kind to OthersSection 5 The Single Mother in ChargeHer PowerHer RoleHer InstinctsHer InfluenceHer ExpectationsHer StrengthHer WisdomHer EmpathyHer GenerosityHer AuthenticityHer LeadershipHer AttitudeHer EncouragementHer Family TimeHer Connection with Her KidsHer FlexibilityHer Parenting GoalsSection 6 In the Words of Single MothersSeries Afterword by Michele A. PaludiNotesIndex

Her book is cleverly broken up into small chapters (probably to accommodate an audience that just doesn't have time to read). She gives clear instruction on overcoming fear and anxiety, developing the right mindset to succeed as a single human who must also provide for other humans. She draws from scientific research to help the reader be happy – not just get by — and lists twenty-two concrete happiness strategies. Most important, Sandy Chalkoun shows the single mother how to build her self-esteem, which was very likely tattered in her divorce. Through the book, women will learn to use their own power to improve the quality of their lives and their children's. Additionally, the author offers some solid parenting advice, which may be helpful to those single mothers who feel compelled to spoil their children (either by spending too much money on them, by giving in to their every whim, by doing things for them they can do for themselves, and so on).In the end, this guide should be reassuring to single mothers who wonder if they're doing 'it' right, whatever 'it' may be.