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Seeds of Sunshine - A mother-daughter podcast

A multigenerational podcast to elevate your lives and dreams one seed of sunshine at a time. A mother/daughter podcast filled with joy, love, and wisdom to help you live your best lives while bridging the generational gaps and learning from one another through an interactive, inspiring, and motivational podcast with top experts in various fields, such as writers, entrepreneurs, athletes, public figures, etc. Our guests will be invited together with their children, parents, or grandparents, a unique and hands-on approach to connecting listeners from all over the United States and worldwide. “When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are able to change ourselves.” - Viktor E. Frankl

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Seeds of Sunshine - A mother-daughter podcast

Rebuilding Your Life with Author Gail Showalter

October 29, 2025 • Carmen Micsa and Sophia Micsa • Season 3 • Episode 123

Season Three, Episode 123

Join your hosts, Carmen and Sophia Micsa, to learn more about Gail Showalter’s mission to help everyone grow and reach their true potential through some tweaks to how they approach life, motherhood, and careers.

For the last 18 years, Gail Showalter has been helping single moms navigate their lives. The nonprofit she founded in 2007 supports single moms pursuing degrees that lead to employment. In southeast Texas, she is known as the “Old Bird with Feathers of Wisdom for Women and a Soft Spot for Single Moms.” Gail was a single mother of three for sixteen years before she remarried. Her first article on returning to college as a single parent was published in Single-Parent Family magazine.

Her book, Living, Learning, Loving, was published by Morgan James Publishing on September 9, 2025. Gail holds degrees in speech, art, and special education, as well as a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction. She is also a Certified Life Coach and Personality Specialist.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

As a single parent, Gail took what she learned as a single mom and helped other single moms navigate their lives.
Gail’s life lessons resulted in a beautiful book Living, Learning, Loving.
A big believer in the power of stories to shape our lives, Gail turned each chapter into a sharing of her personal experiences with readers, offering motivation and inspiration.
Gail knows that when we take care of ourselves and get our priorities right, we are all better off. Gail’s primary goal is to help single moms who need it to get through college, and I have pointers for those individuals depending on where they live. Gail created a nonprofit program to help single moms get through college.
As for Gail’s seeds of sunshine, she believes it is important to set reasonable goals related to lifestyle, raising children, finances, and more.

To connect with Gail and buy her books, please follow her:

Gail Cawley Showalter | helps single moms finish college | 152 Grandchase Drive, Nederland, TX, USA

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