self-publishing Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/self-publishing/ S.O. What! Wed, 12 Jan 2022 07:11:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://i0.wp.com/summerowens.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-Summer-Owens-S.O.-What.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 self-publishing Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/self-publishing/ 32 32 152051023 Persevere to the End https://summerowens.com/how-to-be-successful-in-life/ https://summerowens.com/how-to-be-successful-in-life/#respond Sat, 22 May 2021 00:00:53 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=20045 Today as I celebrate my 42nd birthday, I also reflect on my 15th birthday when an incident that happened so fast changed everything about my life. And made me question if I would be successful. What I learned in my journey, 26 years after becoming a mother, is that to be successful in life you […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/how-to-be-successful-in-life/feed/ 0 20045 10 years later. 5 More Life Lessons from My Story https://summerowens.com/5-life-lessons-from-my-story/ https://summerowens.com/5-life-lessons-from-my-story/#respond Tue, 18 May 2021 00:00:48 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=20041 Ten years ago, I shared my story and life lessons in my first book, Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother. I had no idea then what would happen when I told it. A new chapter in my life started back then. And as I celebrate an anniversary like […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/5-life-lessons-from-my-story/feed/ 0 20041 Single Moms: Keep Your Dreams Alive https://summerowens.com/keep-your-dreams-alive/ https://summerowens.com/keep-your-dreams-alive/#respond Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:55 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=20037 Single mothers out there, keep your dreams alive because God fulfills them. By the time I went to graduate school to study for my MBA, I had already achieved a lot in my career and life. Now, I wanted a relationship for myself and a father figure for my son. I had dated in high […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/keep-your-dreams-alive/feed/ 0 20037 Remember this when you feel like giving up https://summerowens.com/when-you-feel-like-giving-up/ https://summerowens.com/when-you-feel-like-giving-up/#respond Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:31 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=20031 Before finding out that I was pregnant, I had dreams. I wanted to go to college. I wanted to be successful. I wanted a career. Then at 15 I got pregnant by a guy I didn’t know and was soon a single, teenage mother. If you have found yourself in the same situation, you may […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/when-you-feel-like-giving-up/feed/ 0 20031 Exploring Relationships As A Single Parent https://summerowens.com/exploring-relationships-as-a-single-parent/ https://summerowens.com/exploring-relationships-as-a-single-parent/#respond Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:29 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=20027 At some point I was exploring relationships because I wanted my son to have a father figure in his life. I had been a teenage mother from the time I was 15-years old. I’d also been raising my son alone as a single mother for years. I wanted to have a boyfriend and had dated […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/exploring-relationships-as-a-single-parent/feed/ 0 20027 Parenting Tips for Single Parents https://summerowens.com/parenting-tips-for-single-parents/ https://summerowens.com/parenting-tips-for-single-parents/#respond Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:42 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=20023 Being a single parent comes with its unique challenges. And the parenting tips for single parents I picked up along the way, really helped me learn and grow in my role as a mother. My son Jaylan spent a lot of time with me at work. He had been measured to be the mini-mascot for […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/parenting-tips-for-single-parents/feed/ 0 20023 It’s Just Temporary https://summerowens.com/its-just-temporary/ https://summerowens.com/its-just-temporary/#respond Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:51 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=20020 Making sacrifices today with a hope to reap the reward later can be hard. John Maxwell the leadership expert, coach and world-renowned speaker is quoted as saying, “You can pay now, and play later, or you can play now and pay later. But either way, you are going to pay.” I saw that expression play […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/its-just-temporary/feed/ 0 20020 The Key to Beating Working-Mom Guilt https://summerowens.com/key-to-beating-working-mom-guilt/ https://summerowens.com/key-to-beating-working-mom-guilt/#respond Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00:04 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=20016 There’s no doubt I had to work at beating working-mom guilt early in my career. My son had been part of my life through high school, college and even my MBA. One of my goals for my life, and his by extension, was to work hard so he could have options I hadn’t had. This […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/key-to-beating-working-mom-guilt/feed/ 0 20016 A Must-Have Time Management Tip for Working Moms https://summerowens.com/time-management-tip-for-working-moms/ https://summerowens.com/time-management-tip-for-working-moms/#respond Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:42 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=20012 When I decided to go back for my MBA, I didn’t realize how important this one time management tip for working moms would be. I was working my first career job and raising my son away from the support of family. As I kept achieving my goals, I set new ones. If you’ve made it […]

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