Lisa Appelo Featured Expert Archives - The Life of a Single Mom

Lisa Appelo is a speaker, writer and Bible teacher who inspires women to deepen their faith in loss and find hope in the hard. She’s a Florida girl born and raised and followed her passion for writing into law, where she worked as a litigator for many years. God had other plans, quickly increasing her tribe, and when she had her fourth child in 7 years, she retired from law and has been home full time with her children since.

Eight years ago, Lisa went to bed happily married to her high school sweetheart and woke up a widow and single mom. As she navigated grief and shepherded her children through their own grief, God reshaped her broken heart. Lisa is passionate about rich Bible study and teaches a weekly ladies Bible class at her home church. She’s a speaker with She Found Joy and has been published at Proverbs 31 Ministries, (in)courage, Risen Motherhood, Jennifer Rothschild and more.

Welcome to our 2022 Featured Experts Team!

TLSMSTAFF2023-12-07T11:42:22-05:00January 3rd, 2022|Audrey Renee, Chuck Bentley, Dannah Gresh, Help For Ministry Leaders, Help For Single Moms, Lisa Appelo, Nakisha Wynn, Nicolette Alger, Rebecca Bender, Summer Owens, Zach Garza|

Welcome to our 2022 Featured Experts! Before we go too far, we want to say thanks again to every Featured Expert who encouraged single moms throughout 2021! If you missed any of their content be sure to check out their articles on our page. You can find it HERE!With that being said (...or typed), we [...]

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5 Lies Single Moms Believe and the Truth that Frees by Lisa Appelo

TLSMSTAFF2023-12-07T11:44:53-05:00November 22nd, 2021|Lisa Appelo|

I threw myself a party last week. It was actually a surprise party where pity was the theme, lies did the catering and weariness invited me in. Fortunately, I found the exit door and got out, but it made me realize how easily my thoughts can trip me up. I began to take a hard [...]

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You’re Not Stuck in a Second-Best Life

TLSMSTAFF2023-12-07T11:52:29-05:00October 11th, 2021|Help For Single Moms, Lisa Appelo, Single Mom Encouragement|

Single parenting sometimes feels like second best.Even after ten years of single parenting, I can sometimes lapse into feeling this is a second-rate life of the one I ordered. Like I’m living the leftovers of the one I’d planned and my kids are getting cheated out of the beautiful upbringing in a healthy, intact family [...]

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How to Cast a New Family Vision by Lisa Appelo

TLSMSTAFF2023-12-11T12:57:23-05:00April 5th, 2021|Help For Single Moms, Lisa Appelo, Single Mom Solace|

Dear Single Mom, this is not the “in-between.” These are important years where, more than ever, you need a direction, purpose, and vision for your family.When my husband passed away suddenly, I was thrust into a whole new world of single parenting seven children. It felt temporary, like the days my husband would go on [...]

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What Doesn’t Kill You Doesn’t Make You Stronger by Lisa Appelo

TLSMSTAFF2023-12-11T13:19:36-05:00March 15th, 2021|Help For Single Moms, Lisa Appelo, Single Mom Solace|

They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the whole truth. Because what doesn’t kill you can make you bitter. What doesn’t kill you can leave you numb. And what doesn’t kill you can lead you to make bad decisions with even worse consequences.I became a single mom a few years [...]

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