EP 48: Co-Parenting with a High-Conflict Person with Megan Hunter, MBA
Stepmom, today we are chatting with fellow stepmom and co-founder of the High Conflict Institute, Megan Hunter! If your stepchild's other parent is high-conflict, then this is a discussion you can't a...
20 Feb 202433min
EP 47: Stepmomming is what you do, NOT who you are!
Have you ever felt like stepmomming has taken over your life? Like the main part of your identity is now “stepmom” and everything else has taken a backseat? I remember feeling like this pressure to be...
13 Feb 202412min
EP 46: Marrying a Widower and Blending Families with Rachel G. Scott
Two of the largest factors that can make an already-complicated role like stepmom even harder are blending two families and stepparenting when the children have lost their other parent. Today's guest,...
6 Feb 202433min
EP 45: Why I Won’t Allow My Stepdaughter To Call Me “Mom”
When my stepdaughter asked to call me "Mom," feelings of validation, warmth, and love overcame me. They were immediately followed by alarm bells. I refused to allow it. It felt disrespectful to the ir...
30 Jan 202410min
EP 44: The Importance of Setting and Discussing Expectations with Amy Ambrozich
You don't know what you don't know... And that is never more true in blended families than when it comes to the critical importance of setting and discussing expectations with your partner! Today, I'm...
23 Jan 202442min
EP 43: Overcoming Your Second Spouse Insecurities
If you struggle with insecurities because your partner experienced some of their firsts with someone else, you're definitely not alone! Being Kevin's second wife brought out insecurities in me I didn'...
16 Jan 202410min
EP 42: A Mom's Perspective Co-Parenting with a Stepmom with Ashley Machele
You are in for such an incredible conversation today, stepmom! I'm chatting with Ashley Machele, a mom who shares long-distance custody of her oldest daughter. She'll share her perspective co-parentin...
9 Jan 202435min
EP 41: Stepmomming Shouldn't Be Sacrificial
So many of my coaching clients complain they’ve sacrificed too much—some feel they’ve sacrificed everything—for their partners to get everything they want. But stepmomming shouldn’t be sacrificial. In...
2 Jan 202410min
