Being a parent is a beautiful and, at times, overwhelming experience. For people navigating single motherhood, this experience comes with its own set of unique highs and lows. That is where the magic of a good audiobook comes in. This curated list of the best books for single moms, brought to life as audiobooks, covers many topics, including prioritizing your well-being and self-esteem, co-parenting, and child support advice. So whether you are new to the world of single parenting or are an experienced single mom looking for an inspirational book to enjoy on the go, this list includes listens for moms in every chapter of motherhood.
The Kickass Single Mom: Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children is an Amazon bestseller and an audiobook that all single moms should listen to. Writer Emma Johnson wrote the book she needed when she was newly divorced, broke, pregnant, and raising a toddler alone. When she searched for the advice she needed to navigate her new life, she found not much to choose from. That is when she started her popular blog, “The Wealthy Single Mommy.” There she created a community of women who, like herself, wanted to thrive as single moms professionally, financially and personally. Single moms will get sage advice on things like building a new life on their terms, finding the time to improve their health, friendships and community, and being a joyful, present, and inspiring role model for their children.
Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year from author Anne Lamott chronicles her first year of single motherhood in a bright, funny, comforting audiobook. After deciding at 35 to have a child alone, she set out to document her experiences. She reflects on the concerns that arose when she found out she was expecting a boy and how the opinions of strangers, family and peers shaped the first year of her baby boy’s life. Profoundly honest and fresh, Anne’s account is a heartbreaking and inspiring listen. She expertly narrates the great and small events that make up the human experience of being a woman and a single mother.
The Badass Single Mom’s Survival Guide: 21 Life Hacking Tips is a brief and fresh guide to navigating the initial phases of being a single mom. This audiobook is a collection of 21 raw and honest tips from writer and veteran single mom H.M. Hudson. She examines many helpful topics using her experiences and hard-won wisdom in successfully running a single-parent home. Listeners will hear her advice on building a solid community, teaching children to cook, managing finances, dating, and staying sane and joyful. This audiobook is a great listen, no matter your stage of single parenthood.
The 10 Best Decisions a Single Mom Can Make: A Biblical Guide for Navigating Family Life on Your Own is a beautiful listen for single mothers everywhere. You may feel alone and overwhelmed no matter the reasons behind your single parenting journey. Using humour, devotionals, and advice full of wisdom, writers and experienced single parents Pam Farrel and PeggySue Wells teach single moms and single dads how to be firm but loving. She teaches how to create a nurturing home, be a proactive parent, date responsibly, pray for your children, and embrace your future. This audiobook is a great listen for encouragement and helpful advice.
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men, from writer Meg Meeker, MD, is an audiobook every boy’s mom should hear. Drawing on decades of her experience as a pediatrician, in-demand national speaker, assistant professor of clinical medicine and mother of four, she shares the secrets to strengthening or rebuilding a mother-son relationship. Especially useful for single mothers, this audiobook details the unique challenges and pressures young boys and men face. It also explores the sometimes overwhelming burden mothers can feel to guide them through these challenges. This empowering audiobook provides an invaluable roadmap of practical advice on raising extraordinary boys. It is one parenting book single moms will want to add to their audiobook playlist.
The Co-Parents' Handbook: Raising Well-Adjusted, Resilient, and Resourceful Kids in a Two-Home Family from Little Ones to Young Adults is the ultimate resource for single parents who co-parent. Regarding the fall-out of separation and divorce, writer Karen Bonnell sets out to restore peace and connection with her sage advice on co-parenting. This audiobook provides a "here's how" approach to ensuring parents can confidently take on the challenges of raising children in two homes. She skillfully addresses the emotional impact of grief, conflict, and separation and provides parents with a roadmap to safely and lovingly navigate them all. The audiobook will help parents keep their children front and centre, resolve everyday issues, and ensure they and their children thrive in their new chapter.
Being a single parent can be an overwhelming, exhausting and hilarious journey. In The Three of Us: A Brutally Honest, Often Hilarious, and Sometimes Heartbreaking Memoir of One Mom’s Adventures in Single Parenting, writer Summerlin Conner chronicles her inspirational and downright funny story of single parent life. She holds nothing back in this brutally honest audiobook. From financial ruin and loneliness to learning her ex is dating again and children acting out, it’s all here. Aside from being a fresh and candid look at one woman’s experience, this audiobook is great for anyone venturing into the single parenting world for the first time.
The Successful Single Mom by writer Honoree Corder is more than your typical audiobook. This audiobook is filled with inspirational advice and will help listeners become the woman they've always known they could be. Honoree Corder is a successful business coach and single mother whose honesty and expertise are comforting, reliable and effective. Filled with inspirational advice, this audiobook will help listeners become the woman they’ve always known they could be. This audiobook will provide listeners with practical, actionable methods to improve themselves professionally, physically, and emotionally. Be prepared to envision and achieve the life of your dreams once and for all with this fantastic audiobook.
The Brave Art of Motherhood: Fight Fear, Gain Confidence, and Find Yourself Again is nothing short of a beautifully inspiring listen. Full-time blogger, speaker, marketer, podcaster, and single mom of seven, Rachel Marie Martin has written one of the most inspiring must-reads for single mothers everywhere and is easily accessible as an audiobook. Paired with the insight from conversations with thousands of other women, Rachel reflects on the lessons she learned from parenting seven children independently. She encourages mothers to break the cycles of putting themselves last and embrace taking control of their passions, finding themselves and living a life of deep happiness and boundless joy. This audiobook will teach listeners to live every moment to the fullest and realize their dreams.
