2.6 Getting Back on Your Feet as a Single Parent (with Ron Platt)

Free therapy and discounts on childcare for single parents? ...Yes, please!

This week I’m talking with Ron Platt, founder of the National Association for Single and Divorced Families (NASDF), about his own journey from starting over with no money for food, to building the kind of support single and divorced families often can’t find.

A heads-up: this episode includes discussion of drug addiction.

You’ll hear:

• Ron's difficult breakup and how he rebuilt after losing nearly everything.
• The daily practices that got him through his hardest moments, when he couldn’t afford therapy.
• What NASDF members get, like free mental health sessions, discounts on childcare and school supplies, and career coaching for parents heading back to work.
• Ron's unique insurance solution that keeps child support and alimony coming if the paying parent dies, becomes disabled, or loses their job.

RELATED RESOURCES:

⭐️ NASDF membership

⭐️ Support Insured (child support and alimony insurance)

⭐️ Dr. Gila’s Free Short Meditation for Single Parents

ABOUT RON PLATT

Ron is a serial entrepreneur with over 35 years of experience, but it’s his personal experience, both as a foster parent and advocate for families in crisis, that shaped his true mission: to reform the systems that fail single-parent and divorced households. This passion led to the creation of NASDF (National Association for Single and Divorced Families), a first-of-its-kind membership organization offering an umbrella of products, services, support and resources to support families nationwide.

He also created the only divorce insurance product on the market that guarantees the continuation of child support and alimony payments should the payor die, become disabled, become involuntarily unemployed, or declare a business bankruptcy. This is a game changer for the divorce community.

👉 Website: www.nasdf.org

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