Season 7: Episode 10: Waking up and becoming a fulltime stepmom to teens, with guest, Emily
What would you do if the ex just called and gave up custody? Christina welcomes Emily to chat her experience of raising teens while transitioning to full-time step parenting. Emily shares how she has...
28 Feb 202456min
Season 7: Episode 9: When a mom becomes a stepmom and what we all have to learn, with guest Chanda
Christina welcomes Chanda to offer her experience in being both a biomom AND a stepmom. Chanda shares what's it's been like to accept a stepmom into her kids' lives and how she's found her own footing...
14 Feb 20241h 6min
Season 7: Episode 8: Self Care vs. Soul Care and why Stepmoms need both with Guest, Coach Michelle
Christina welcomes back Coach Michelle to talk about how we are caring for ourselves this year. We've all heard of Self Care, but what is Soul Care? In the world of stepmotherhood, we need to advocate...
31 Jan 202453min
Season 7: Episode 7: No "ours babe" and what that means for a stepmom with guest, Nicole
Christina welcomes Nicole to chat about her decision to not have an ours baby, the outside pressure to change your mind, the grief that decision comes with, and all the feelings that follow. Christina...
17 Jan 202452min
Season 7: Episode 6: The Ours Baby that Broke the Camels Back with guest, Sara
Christina welcomes Sara who had been a stepmother for 3 years and had a great relationship with her stepson. Once her pregnancy was announced, coparenting dynamics changed for the worse. Sara will dis...
3 Jan 20241h 9min
Season 7: Episode 5: Creating your own unique family as a stepmom with guest, Brent Crandal, children's book author and family psychologist
Christina welcomes Brent Crandal, an author and family psychologist to discuss how the feeling of "family" is formed. As stepmoms, we can often feel like outsiders as we step into an "already establis...
20 Dec 202344min
Season 7: Episode 4: Let's Answer Your Holiday Questions!
Christina answers your holiday questions, everything from her own holiday plans, to navigating alienation, to implementing new traditions with or without an ours baby. What are some tips on how to kee...
6 Dec 202356min
Season 7: Episode 3: Tools for managing HC and words of wisdom from a seasoned stepmom with guest, Megan from the High Conflict Institute
Christina welcomes Megan from the High Conflict Institute to chat about co-parenting with someone who operates with a repetitive pattern of high conflict. In order to be effective, we have to understa...
22 Nov 202352min
