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Dr. Ambra Brown Certified Health Coach Guiding women to fearlessly embrace the path to solo motherhood by choice with support & guidance.

10/12/2026

I still get emotional.

I listened back to my solo episode last Tuesday and I got emotional.

I could hear the pain, sadness, and sense of uncertainty, but also strength in my voice.

Being about four months removed from the loss of my mom and listening to that version of me, I would tell her sheโ€™s making it. She was grieving, caring for her dad, and raising her son on her own, all at the same time.

Those months were rough, trying to figure out the new norm without your mom, but you did.

Youโ€™re doing it.

Itโ€™s not always easy. Itโ€™s okay to cry. Itโ€™s okay to get angry and shout. Itโ€™s okay to feel overwhelmed. Itโ€™s okay to doubt yourself.

Youโ€™re doing it and Iโ€™m proud of you.

If youโ€™ve ever felt overwhelmed, unsure of yourself, or like youโ€™re holding too much on your own, this one is for you too. Watch it on YouTube and/or listen on Spotify. The link is in my bio.

10/06/2026

This is the first time I've really said any of this out loud.

Like really talked about it openly.

As some of you might know and new to others, my mom passed away on June 10th.
She was my best friend and my strongest support system. Since then I've been grieving, caring for my dad, and raising my son, all at the same time.

I don't have a neat lesson or a list of solutions. I'm still in the thick of it. I do know that some days I fall apart, some days I'm angry, and some days I'm stronger than I thought I could be. All of that is true at once.

Episode 11 of ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐˜† is my comeback episode, "I Lost My Mom, and almost Lost My Purpose too." I'm sharing the real, unpolished version of what this season has looked like, because solo motherhood isn't always rosy, and I never want anyone to feel alone in the hard parts.

If you're carrying loss, caregiving, or just a lot right now, I hope this one meets you where you are.

Listen on Spotify or watch the full episode on YouTube. Both links are in my bio.

Today is the day you made me a mom.The day I became a single mom by choice.When I started down this road, I didn't know ...
09/28/2026

Today is the day you made me a mom.

The day I became a single mom by choice.

When I started down this road, I didn't know anyone who had done it.

Sometimes I was questioning if I should go down this path or just wait a little longer.

Every now and then I think about the woman I was back then, wanting this and scared of it at the same time, and I wish I could tell her she was going to be okay.

Thank you Ashton, for making me a mom.

Happy Birthday, my love!

โ€” Mom

09/26/2026

Enjoyed spending time with my beautiful friend Nikki Cane the other day, but I couldn't go home without connecting to nature. ๐Ÿ˜Œ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ

There was a stretch back in 2013 where I had every book, every article, every bit of research I could find right in fron...
09/23/2026

There was a stretch back in 2013 where I had every book, every article, every bit of research I could find right in front of me, trying to figure out, in frustration and confusion, if this was really the right move for me.

"Was I really ready to have a child on my own?"

" Was this just a phase I was going through because I hadn't found my partner yet?"

"Was it because my biological clock was ticking?"

I wasn't even aware that a SMBC community existed, let alone that there was a term for becoming a single mother on your own.

I didn't know anyone personally in the position I was in, someone I could go to and ask, "is this actually possible for me?"

So I did what I could.

I researched on my own. I read books. I talked to single mother friends and married friends, but even their experience couldn't speak to mine.

So I had to fumble through and figure it out on my own. Figure out if this choice was right for me.

That's part of why I do this work now. If you're somewhere in that stretch of not knowing where to even start, I built my ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜‡ so you don't have to piece it together alone the way I did.

Come find your answer. Quiz's in my bio.

I didn't know how I would pay for a second round of IUI if the first didn't work.I didn't have financial help. No resour...
09/17/2026

I didn't know how I would pay for a second round of IUI if the first didn't work.

I didn't have financial help. No resources were handed to me. I had to figure this out completely on my own, and it was genuinely hard. I had a decision I wasn't willing to let go of, so I saved what I could and told myself I'd figure the rest out.

Readiness was never about having the finances all mapped out. It was about being certain of the decision first. My ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜‡ is built around exactly that, figuring out where you actually stand on the decision itself.

Your next step starts with knowing. Quizโ€™s in my bio.

Grief has a way of making you look back at every choice you've made.This one, I'd still choose. But I wish I'd known the...
09/04/2026

Grief has a way of making you look back at every choice you've made.

This one, I'd still choose. But I wish I'd known these three things before I started.

If one hits home, tell me which one in the comments.

My mom never got to see these pictures.Eh! It's my birthday. Another year around the sun. It's been a crazy several mont...
08/27/2026

My mom never got to see these pictures.

Eh! It's my birthday. Another year around the sun. It's been a crazy several months to say the least, but one thing I know for sure is that I'm grateful to be living another year.

I wanted to share something with you. Truthfully, I wanted to share it with my mom first. But by the time I had it, she wasn't aware enough of what was going on to respond.

I value my mom's thoughts and opinions more than almost anyone's. She was my best friend. My biggest cheerleader. And I know, without a doubt, she would've loved these.

I had a photoshoot while I was in Bali, hosted by . It was fun and different for me in the best way. Being free. Being happy. Being relaxed. I'm proud of how these turned out, and I wanted to share them with you.

I think that's part of what this journey has taught me too. As a Single Mom by Choice, it's easy to stay in go-mode and forget to actually capture yourself living. Not just surviving the day-to-day, but being seen, being celebrated, being present in your own joy.

So today I'm choosing to celebrate this version of me. The one my mom would've been so proud of.

What do you think? Do you think she would've loved them? Drop a comment below and let me know.

Today would have been my parents' 53rd wedding anniversary.Bittersweet doesn't even cover it.My mom isn't here to celebr...
08/24/2026

Today would have been my parents' 53rd wedding anniversary.

Bittersweet doesn't even cover it.

My mom isn't here to celebrate it with my dad this year. And I'm sitting with that in a way that's hard to put into words.

I keep thinking about how grateful I am. Grateful I was born and raised by two incredible parents. Grateful my mom was here for so much more than I ever let myself expect. She got to watch me give life to my son. She helped me raise him. She got to see him grow into this amazing young boy he is today.

If I had waited. If I had kept holding out hope that the traditional path would eventually align the way I always pictured it. I don't know if she would have gotten to see any of that.

Life doesn't wait for our timelines. It doesn't ask if we're ready. It just happens. And her passing has reminded me of that in a way nothing else could.

I made the decision to move forward with becoming a Single Mom by Choice (many years ago) instead of waiting and hoping. And today, of all days, I'm reminded why that decision mattered so much and how short and precious this life really is.

I don't have a neat takeaway today. I just wanted to be honest with you, and let you see this part of the journey, too. The joy and the loss, existing in the same breath.

If you're navigating anything similar, holding a big loss while still showing up for motherhood or for yourself, I see you. You're not doing it wrong.

I almost walked away from all of this.Two months ago, I lost my mom. And in the weeks after, Instagram, my business, my ...
08/24/2026

I almost walked away from all of this.

Two months ago, I lost my mom. And in the weeks after, Instagram, my business, my community, all of it felt like something from another life. I didn't have the bandwidth to show up. Some days I wondered if I even had it in me to do this again.

Grief has a way of stripping everything down to what actually matters. But it wasn't just the grief. Almost overnight, I had my mom's responsibilities to carry, I became a full-time caregiver for my dad, and I was still trying to be fully present as a mom to my son. Something had to give, and for a while, I genuinely thought this was going to be it.

But somewhere in the last few weeks, something shifted. A little light came back in. A little room to breathe. And when I sat with it, I realized this work isn't separate from my healing, it's part of it.

Here's the thing. Talking to you, this community of women thinking about or living out solo motherhood, lights something up in me that nothing else does. Because I am you. I know what it's like to lie awake wondering if you can really do this on your own. I know what it's like to make a hard decision with no one beside you to talk it through with in real time. I know the specific kind of alone that comes with choosing this path.

And even while I'm carrying all of this, I don't want you carrying your own uncertainty about becoming a mom on your own terms alone.

So I'm back. Not because I have it all figured out, but because this is where I'm supposed to be, and because you deserve someone in your corner who actually gets it.

Have you ever had to step away from something you loved because life demanded everything from you, and find your way back to it? Drop a comment below, I'd genuinely love to hear your story.

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