S8E8 Solo Parenting Older Children and Thriving in Business With SMBC Beile Grünbaum

The Single Greatest Choice: For Single Women Exploring Solo Motherhood by Choice (SMBC), Fertility, and Having a Baby on Their Own Through Donor Conception or Adoption

What does life look like a decade into solo motherhood? If you've ever wondered what’s on the other side of the baby and toddler years, this conversation with Beile Grünbaum will give you an exciting glimpse.

Beile is a solo mom by choice of two sons, now 10 and 12, and her story is anything but ordinary. A former financial journalist in Denmark, Beile made the leap into solo motherhood in her late 30s and early 40s. But the transformation didn’t stop there. After being laid off while on maternity leave with her second child, she took her expertise in finance and turned it into a thriving financial coaching business, Money & Freedom.

Today, she lives with her boys in Portugal, runs an online business, and shares her journey as a podcaster and entrepreneur. She opens up about her fertility story, life after the baby years, building community abroad, dating as a solo mom, and what it really means to design a life that fits you, and your kids.

If you’ve been craving stories about solo parenting older children, or wondering what’s possible for your career and lifestyle as an SMBC, you won’t want to miss this one!

In this episode on solo parenting older children, we discuss:

• Navigating donor conception and fertility treatments in Denmark;
• Parenting through the toddler years and deciding to have a second child;
• Raising two boys with honesty, confidence, and joy;
• Being laid off on maternity leave and pivoting into entrepreneurship;
• Becoming financially free and moving her family to Portugal;
• Dating as a solo mom (and how ChatGPT supports her search);
• The mindset shift from waiting to be saved to building her dream life;
• And much more!

Connect with Beile Grünbaum:

Website | YouTube | Instagram | Podcast

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