S5 Trailer: BSMC and STFM The Mashup!

[00:00:04] Welcome to Start to Finish Motherhood, a podcast for those thinking or already Single Mothers by Choice. Just looking for practical advice for navigating life's relationships. When you decide to have children on your own, it doesn't mean that you're completely alone. I'm Aisha Jenkins and I'm partnering with you every step of your journey. [00:00:26] Hey y'. All. So when I left off at the end of season four, I mentioned that I would be taking a bit of a hiatus since life was moving into a new chapter. I started a new job, the kids were growing, puberty has entered the picture as well as pre menopause and life was just generally life thing. It got more complicated and I redirected you to my very first podcast, Black Single Mothers by Choice. And then it occurred to me why send you all over to the earlier podcast when I could simultaneously bring the earlier podcast to you? [00:01:05] So there are about 40 or so episodes which tell the story of my earlier parenting journey, which captures me as I was first stepping into solo motherhood. [00:01:17] I was a new mother of two young children and we had lived through a pandemic. So it was raw, it was real, it was rooted in figuring things out one step at a time. So you may also notice that the episodes have been edited and I wanted to solely capture my contributions to that podcast and to honor my friends who had brought to the podcast their own stories, their expertise, and I love them for it. [00:01:46] So I'm bringing these episodes over to Start To Finish Motherhood because the story didn't end, it just evolved. And whether you're new here or you've been walking this journey with me for a while, I wanted you to have access to the full picture from pre K pickups with a single child into some of my pre motherhood ponderings what actually got me onto this journey. [00:02:12] And these are episodes that I'm calling Mashup Episodes so you'll see them noted as so on the COVID art that I use for each of the episodes. And there are archive gems that still have something to say and completes the picture today. [00:02:29] So let's get into it. [00:02:38] Thanks for listening to Start to Finish Motherhood with Aisha. If you want to keep the conversation going, follow Start to Finish Motherhood on Instagram or email [email protected] if you love this episode, please share it with anyone who's thinking of becoming a single mother by choice. Anyone who's already parenting as a single mother by choice and just looking for advice on navigating it all. Or a friend or family member who's looking to support someone else's single mother by choice Journey. Until next time. Bye now.