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If you’re a single parent, that doesn’t mean you’re alone. Motherly is here with honest advice and perspectives from other mamas who’ve been there.

The labor requirements of a single mother are uniquely intense. Sometimes when I break it down for myself I feel like a superhero and sometimes I feel even more tired.

Melissa Hartwig Urban is the co-founder and CEO of the Whole30—an intensive…

It suggests that if you become a single mother by choice—your kids are going to be just fine.

What I want to tell you most about having a husband who is gone a lot is this: It is harder on him than it is on me.

“Find out who you are, what you think, and what you stand for,” says this mom of 6.

“It wasn’t until I accepted some help that I could just flourish as a mom,” says Blair.

It isn’t easy—but it does teach you how strong you are.