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Stepmom Sanity
by Cheryl Shumake
Hope for Stepmoms Who Are There, from Stepmoms Who’ve Been There!
Episodes
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Co-Parenting with a Toxic Ex
Co-parenting is hard. Co-parenting with a toxic ex? That can feel like warfare. In this episode of the Stepmom Sanity Podcast, host Cheryl Shumake and co-host Ashara Hood dive deep into the emotional, mental, and spiritual challenges of navigating a high-conflict co-parenting relationship.They...
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Blending with Grace: A Candid Conversation with My Daughter
On this episode of the Stepmom Sanity Podcast, I sit down with my daughter, Kayla, to share an honest conversation about her experience transitioning into a blended family. We talk about the highs, the lows, and everything in between — from navigating new relationships to finding stability in the...
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10 Things I Hate About My Husband with Shayla Huber
In this raw and uplifting episode ofStepmomSanity, we sit down with Shayla Huber, author of10 Things I Hate About My Husband: How God Healed My Heart,Restored My Marriage, and Set Me Free. Shayla shares her honest journey through marital struggles, the breaking point that brought her to her…
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Good Sex God's Way: A Celebration of Intimacy for Blended Family Couples
Navigating past relationships, co-parenting dynamics, and emotional baggage can make cultivating a healthy sex life feel complicated—but it doesn’t have to be. Christian Sexpert, Angela Griffith, will help us uncover how couples can embrace God’s design for intimacy, heal from past wounds, and...
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Promise Shaped: Lessons from Sarah on Faith and Fear
As women in blended families we often deal with tension, comparison, or unmet expectations threatening to pull our families apart. Navigating these relationships can feel overwhelming, especially when waiting on God to fulfill His promises in your family. What can we learn about faith, grace, and...
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More Than A Stepmom
Being a stepmom is a beautiful calling, but let’s be real—it’s easy to feel like you’re losing yourself in the process. Between blending families, managing expectations, and navigating relationships, it can feel like your identity takes a back seat. But here's the truth: you are so much more than...
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Co-Parenting a Differently Abled Child with Dr. Richelle
"Navigating co-parenting is already complex, but when a differently abled child is involved, the challenges and blessings grow tenfold. In this heart-to-heart episode, we unpack the unique journey of stepmoms co-parenting special needs children. Discover practical wisdom and faith-driven…
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Staying Sane and Stepping Smart with Laura Petherbridge
Join us for the re-release of Parts 1 and 2 of this Q&A with the Smart Stepmom herself, Laura Petherbridge! Follow Laura on Facebook and Instagram @smartstepmom Connect with her and subscribe to her email list at www.smartstepmom.com
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Staying Sane and Stepping Smart Part 1 with Laura Petherbridge (part 1)
Q and A with the OG herself, Laura Petherbridge, co-author of best-selling book, The Smart Stepmom, and founder of the ministry by the same name. Connect with Laura at www.thesmartstepmom.com
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The Family Core: A Strategy to Help Your Family Blend
Join Cheryl and Dr. James and Gina Dellaripa as they chat about their innovative communication tool used in courts, and families of all types, to help those families decrease family stress, increase family harmony, and live like a family. Connect with our Guests Email: [email protected]...
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Overcoming Father Wounds with Kia Stephens
Author and speaker Kia Stephens shares about her book, Overcoming Father Wounds: Exchanging Your Pain for God's Perfect Love, speaking to wounded women everywhere about the power of God's love to transform them and redeem their brokenness. Listen as she declares that our father wounds do not have...
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The Beauty of Broken with Elisa Morgan
How would you feel if you could change the narrative on your family? What if your brokenness is not only okay, but beautiful in the eyes of our Lord? Our guest, Elisa Morgan, helps us reframe our thinking so we can receive the blessing of brokenness and broken people. Elisa Morgan (MDiv) has...
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Boundaries That Bless
It's been said that we train others how to treat us. But what if we don't know how to do that? What if we struggle with accommodating unacceptable behavior? Even worse, what if we think it's biblical to do so? Our guest today unpacks the importance of establishing and maintaining good boundaries…
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We Need Shepherds Too
It has been said that ministry to blended families is a high-need low-demand endeavor. However, if we're going to have healthy, functioning blended families we need the cheering and support of our church communities. For every pastor, ministry leader, and Joe next door, wanting to be part of the...
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A Blended and Redeemed Conversation
In Blended and Redeemed, Scott and Vanessa have provided a roadmap through the challenges unique to living in a step family. Their vulnerable and empathetic voice invites readers to honest reflection. Their unwavering adherence to the Word of God invites readers to challenge their hard emotions...
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Grandparenting Step by Step
A well-adjusted, inclusive bonus grandparent can make a huge a difference in helping a blended family bond... and a divisive grandparent can cause great harm. Join Cheryl, author, Jennifer Elwood, and Cheryl's mother, Gwen Brown, as they chat about grandparenting in a blended family. Find our…
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When They Move In: Overcoming Territorial Wars
Join Cheryl and Ron Deal as they chat about overcoming territory wars in blended families. If you are struggling in an us vs. them dynamic in your home, you will want to listen in. Link to Purchase Books Mentioned in Podcast Episode: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Waiting to Be Wanted: A...
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Rising To The Challenge of Christ-Centered Stepmothering
As Christ-following, Bonus Moms, we are called to love and serve children who may act out of hurt, without absorbing the pain of their hurtful actions. Putting Christ at the center of our stepmothering is imperative for accomplishing God's purpose in and through us for our families. Join Cheryl…
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Money Moves Every Blended Family Should Make
Financial issues have the ability to dash your dreams for couple unity and family bonding. Listen in as Cheryl provides beyond the basic money moves every blended family should make. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW: Crown The Smart Stepfamily Guide to Financial Planning: Money Management Before…
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Hanging with the Shumakes
Join Cheryl in this Special Edition Father's Day conversation with her husband, Jonathan.
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Meet Jennifer Kolf: Our 2022 Stepmom of the Year
Have you ever wondered if you were noticed, or appreciated? Well, you are. We see you and we are cheering for you. And every year we choose a Stepmom of the Year to remind her, and you, that what we do matters. Join Cheryl as she chats with our Stepmom Sanity Stepmom of the Year, Jennifer Kolf.…
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Spiritual Intimacy in Marriage with Emily Jordan
Most couples, no matter how in love they may be, struggle with spiritual intimacy. I know Jonathan and I do. But what if, rather than drive us apart, these struggles are opportunities to press towards deeper intimacy, not just with each other but the Lord ? What if, there was a resource that…
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A Living Hope Conversation
Join Cheryl, her mom, and a few of her friends as they discuss what it means to have a "living hope" in these turbulent times. Connect with our guests: Sara Broyhill Anderson: Website: Fruits of Faith Ministries Facebook: Fruits of Faith Ministries Instagram: Fruits of Faith Ministries Youtube:...
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A Blended Twist on Thanksgiving with Ebony Mason
Join Cheryl as she chats with Ebony Mason, co-founder of "Blendistry." Ebony shares her unique way for tackling holiday stress unique to blended families. Blendistry is an outreach ministry for blended families to grow closer to each other and God through their shared stories of struggles and...
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Preparing to Blend: A Conversation with Ron Deal
What if someone gave you a roadmap for entering blended family marriage well? What if you, as a pastor, step-couple coach, or counselor, knew exactly what to do to help the engaged couples you serve lay a foundation for success? Bestselling author of The Smart Stepfamily series, and director of...
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Honoring the Void: A Conversation with Gayla Grace About Step-parenting a Grieving Child
Whether we call it step, co, nacho, or parallel, we all parent and the children we parent manage some type of loss. None, however, is more keenly felt that loss due to the death of parent. I have experienced this in my own blended family. And so has our guest, Gayla Grace. Join us in a…
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Meet Our 2021 Stepmom of the Year
We are so excited for you to meet our inaugural Stepmom of the Year, Cassie Rogers. Cassie was nominated by the Bio-Mom of one of her children. She is a phenomenal Bonus Mom, doing all she does while battling Stage-2 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Take a moment to hear the wisdom she shares.
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Things I Wish I Knew Before I Stepped: Part 1
Cheryl chats with Canadian Stepmom Coach, Amelia Lane, about her stepmom journey and her free ebook, Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became a Stepmom. Live in Canada? You can find Amelia at lanestepfamilycoaching.com Grab your freebie here.
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While on the Way– What Waiting the Hearts of My Bonus Kids Taught Me
Do you ever just get to react to the craziness in your blended family the way you want to without that twinge of conviction from the Holy Spirit? I don't... but I have found that the "juice" is worth the "squeeze"! Join me in a convo about some of what I learned while waiting on the hearts of my...
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Face to Face: A Special Pre-Valentine's Day Episode with Tammy J of Stepmom Goals
Join Cheryl and Tamara Johnson, aka, Tammy J, of Stepmom Goals as they talk about defining and cultivating intimacy in a blended couple marriage. Follow Tammy J. at Stepmom Goals on Instagram and Facebook Show your Bonus Mom fierceness and pickup your Stepmom Goals t-shirt at Amazon.
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Looking Forward with Sara Broyhill Anderson
Past trauma can cause stepmoms to live in fear of future calamity. In turn, that fear, ciphers our joy in the moments, traps us in the present torment of harrowing circumstances, and inspires disbelief in God's promises for the future. Cheryl speaks with author, Sara Broyhill Anderson about her…
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Holiday Wholeness for the Stepmom Soul Round Table Part 2
Welcome back for part 2 of a conversation with Cheryl, and her friends, Author Summer Butler, Author Jennifer Elwood, Pastor Ernestine Howard, and Pastor Angela Wimberly, about soul care during this COVID Holiday season. Get Counting Up to Christmas: 24 Gifts from the Gospel of Luke, by Jennifer...
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Holiday Wholeness for the Stepmom Soul Round Table Part 1
Join Cheryl and her friends, Author Summer Butler, Author Jennifer Elwood, Pastor Ernestine Howard, and Pastor Angela Wimberly, for part one of a holiday round table sure to bless and encourage you. Tune in next week for part two. Get Counting Up to Christmas: 24 Gifts from the Gospel of Luke, by...
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Counting Up to Christmas with Bonus Mom, Jennifer Elwood
If, beginning December 1st, you read a chapter a day of the gospel of Luke, you will read the entire book by Christmas Eve. But, if you just read it, you might miss the gifts waiting to be discovered. Join Cheryl and Jennifer Elwood, wife, mom, bonus mom, bonus grandma, as they discuss her new…
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Is She Is or Is She Ain't: A Real High-Conflict Bio Mom
She’s nosy, she’s rigid, she may not want to talk to you, but is she an HCBM (High-Conflict Bio Mom)? If want to know whether or not you’re dealing with normal stepfamily dynamics or if biomom is stepping over into the war zone, listen in on the conversation between Cheryl and Judy Thurman, a...
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Inside Out: Stepmomming for His Glory not Ours
Who are you stepmomming for? What's the measurement for determining success? Failure? If it's not "Well done" then perhaps it's time for a calibration of the heart. Listen in on a conversation with Cheryl and author, Summer Butler about her new Bible Study for Stepfamilies titled, Blended…
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It's Not Easy Being Green: A Comparison Girl Chat with author Shannon Popkin
Are you trapped inside a prison of comparison and measuring up? Feeling ashamed when you don't? Prideful or content when you do? Would you be surprised to know you are your prison guard. It's time to walk out the prison gates! Join me in a conversation with author Shannon Popkin as we discuss her...
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The Up-Cycle: Using Past Trauma to Build Bridges in Blended Families
We all have something from which we have learned, survived, overcome. With that survival came a deposit of strength and perspective meant to serve others in our lives. Join author Tiffany Mensah and she discusses her journey of healing from witnessing the abuse her minister Father inflicted on…
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Overcoming Offense
Stepfamilies are fertile ground in which offense can thrive and grow into division, resentment, bitterness, and sin. Jesus said it's impossible for offenses to not happen. When Jesus mentions an inevitability which could cause us to stumble He also provides the way to escape. In today's episode...
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Traveling Light
Are you struggling with the heaviness of unforgiveness? Racked with guilt about anger you can't let go? The same Jesus who invited you to exchange His easy yoke for your heavy burden, beckons you now to know the freedom of forgiving. Listen in as Cheryl is interviewed on the subject of Forgiveness.
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Who's On First
Are you worn out by feeling like you have to choose between your marriage and your children? Or are you struggling with playing second fiddle to the bonus children in your life? The messages are mixed. Your heart is torn. Let's talk about it with our guests, the Wimberly's: a couple with almost…
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Past Tense
Let's get real Sis. Your family was a family before you became a part of it. With its own history, tradition, language, and fun memories. It's easy to feel like an outsider. Listen in as Diane Morning helps us navigate the tension we feel when we're reliving "pre-me" history while carving out our...
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Introducing Stepmom Sanity Part 2
Heard Cheryl's journey to stepmom life but still wondering, "What in the Sam Hill is Stepmom Sanity?" Take a listen and discover why you can thrive in your role without losing your mind!
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Introducing Stepmom Sanity
It’s crazy hard to be the stepmom you want to be when you’re dealing with rejection, exes, and the triple Misses (misunderstood, mis-characterized, and misjudged). Journey with Cheryl Shumake, a stepmom educator and founder of Stepmom Sanity, every other Thursday, as she interviews guests who…
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Hope for Stepmoms Who Are There, from Stepmoms Who’ve Been There!
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Hope for Stepmoms Who Are There, from Stepmoms Who’ve Been There!
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