ESP 4.5 Bobbi Brooks Wilcox wrote the book on getting it wrong and turning it around.
You can find Bobbi’s website at blendedfamiliesunited.com and her book "Reconciled" is available from Amazon. Try the Nacho Kids Academy at no risk for a month and support this podcast at the same tim...
11 Aug 202033min
ESP 4.4 How do you bond with a kid that wants nothing to do with you?
It's actually pretty simple: you bond around the fact that they don't want to connect with you! I'll explain how it looked in my family and how it worked out for us. Spoiler alert: Happy Ending! Check...
28 Jul 202021min
ESP 4.3 Go Blend Yourself: Busting More Stepfamily Myths
This is my new go-to comeback for anyone who wants to give me unsolicited advice about my stepfamily dynamics. They can try whatever they like on their own family! Visit my website at essentialstepmom...
21 Jul 202020min
4.2 Busting Blended Family Myth #2
Myth #2 is that Blended Families are forever families. Truth is, they unblend just the same as other stepfamilies do. What can we do to make our families stand the test of time, despite messed up cust...
7 Jul 202013min
4.1 The Myth of the Blended Family
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that stepfamilies aren't required to blend. They have a much more noble mission in my opinion, which is to "mend". When you shift your focus, everything coul...
30 Jun 202015min
3.10 The Evil Stepmom Archetype: #notme
Do you feel like you're walking around wearing a heavy backpack that you can't take off? I don't know about you but I hate it that the idea of a stepmother is automatically linked to an image of someo...
23 Jun 202014min
3.9 3 easy steps to conquering Guilty Parent Syndrome
Is your partner struggling with guilty parent syndrome? Here’s help in 3 easy steps. Grab my free cheat sheet: 100% Dad In Half The Time Interested in hanging out on social with some other dads in the...
16 Jun 202016min
3.8 Why feeling bad might be the best thing that ever happened to you [and to your stepkids].
Join my email community by sending an email to info@essentialstepmom.com with the subject line EMAIL! Here's where you can find the podcast episode of "Unruffled" with Janet Lansbury: UNRUFFLED - list...
3 Jun 202017min
