How I Made A Career Out Of Being A Single Mum

Lucy is the founder of Beanstalk. She sits at the centre of the think-tank of modern-day single motherhood and is a sought after social commentator on single parent issues. She’s appeared several times on national television, speaks regularly on national radio and writes articles for online and print parenting and business communities.

- Lucy Good

Few of us aspire to be a single mother. It was not part of my carefully laid life plans. And yet, sometimes the most difficult parts of our lives can result in the most unexpected and wonderful results.

Becoming a single mum is a unique journey with challenges that only another single mum will understand. It is like starting over. It is daunting but exciting. And like everything in life, it is what we make it.

I went through the motions and slowly adjusted to my shiny new status of ‘single mum’. The biggest lessons were learning to co-parent and coping financially. The practicalities of life had got a whole lot harder. There was no-where to turn for support. I was tired, I was stressed and, as I watched my friends winning in married-life, I was lonely.

It’s at breaking-point that the most wonderful things happen in our lives. I think of the phoenix rising. Bit dramatic maybe, but hey, I’m a woman, I love a bit of drama.

We get one life and I felt as though I had a second-chance at mine.

I became fuelled with passion to create a space that provided everything I had reached for as a single mother but had been unable to find. The seed that was Beanstalk was planted