PODCAST
The Step Parent Podcast
Emily Bouchard, MSSW, step parenting coach, author, speaker, and founder of Blended-Families.com shares practical ideas and interviews on successfully blending two step families.
Episodes
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A Career Girl's Guide to Being a Stepmom
Listen: Yvonne Kelly's Book Review Blended-Families.com Coach, Yvonne Kelly writes a review of the book, A Career Girl's Guide to Becoming a Stepmom by Jacquelyn B. Fletcher. Yvonne comments that the Career Girl's Guide is unique because that it is written directly from Jacqueline's experience of...
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Career Women Turned Step Moms
Listen here: For a career woman, becoming an instant stepmom is sometimes the most challenging task she will take on. Her mind is often filled with uncertainties. What exactly is the role of step mother? Should I be a friend or a disciplinarian? How do I juggle the job, the new marriage, and time...
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New Economy Holiday Season - Part 2
Listen: New Economy Holiday Season - Part 2 This year may be the perfect time to introduce an alternative Holiday celebration, based more on making memories and focusing on the reason for the season, and less on commercialism and unrestrained spending. Listen: New Economy Holiday Season - Part 2...
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New Economy Holiday Season - Part 1
Listen: New Economy Holiday Season - Part 1 The Holiday Season, traditionally a time for splurging and generous gift giving, is likely to be a challenge for many families this year as they struggle with the new economic realities of job loss , mortgage meltdown and general financial insecurity....
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Stress Reduction for the Holiday Season
Listen: Stress Reduction The Holiday Season is fast approaching and for many, it's a mixed blessing. There are high expectations and multiple pressures to ensure happy Holiday celebrations. Everyone is run ragged and spread too thin, planning, cooking, working around conflicting family schedules,...
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The 7 Pitfalls of Single Parenting – A Book Review by Sheena Berg
Listen: The 7 Pitfalls of Single Parenting Today Blended-Families.com Coach, Sheena Berg, provides a Book Review of the ground-breaking book, The 7 Pitfalls of Single Parenting by Carolyn Ellis. Sheena finds the book to be a comprehensive guide by detailing what to avoid and is written from a...
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Make Time for the Family Dinner
Listen: Make Time for the Family Dinner It’s well documented that kids who eat dinner regularly with their families feel more connected, do better in school and are less likely to be involved in drugs and alcohol and other risky behaviors. Today, Blended-Families.com present even more good…
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Kids Flying Alone
Listen: Kids Flying Alone There are million of kids who fly alone either locally or internationally. They are labeled by airlines as Unaccompanied Minors (UMs). Blended-Families.com offers some tips to parents of UMs in the hope that lessen would be lessened and the flight be delightful and...
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Coping Strategies during Tough Financial Times -- Part Two
Listen now: Coping Strategies - Part 2 This is the second of a two-parts articles on how blended families can take action and feel more in control of their destiny as this economic nightmare plays itself out. Additional strategies include enlisting the kids in saving family money and being...
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Coping Strategies during Tough Financial Times -- Part One
Listen now: Coping Strategies Blended families, along with every other sector of the country, will probably feel the negative impact of the meltdown on Wall Street. No one is immune to the fallout that has caused the federal government to step in with a multi billion dollar bailout to stabilize...
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Alec Baldwin On Parental Alienation by Sheena Berg
Listen: Alec Baldwin on Parental Alienation Blended-Families.com Coach Sheena Berg writes about Alec Baldwin's struggle with Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS). PAS is described by leading expert, Dr Richard Warshak in his groundbreaking book, Divorce Poison, as a deliberate and concerted…
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What is Fair and Effective in a Blended Family?
Listen: What is Fair and Effective? In the recent coaching session of Blended-Families.com, Greg, one of the callers, shared his desire to parent all their children without causing friction between him and his wife. Different personality types come into play. Blended-Families.com Founder and…
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Step Wars Book Review - Parts 1 & 2
Listen now: Part 1 and Part 2 Step Wars is an excellent and practical guide to help avoid pitfalls, to repair past damage, to maintain healthy relationships and to help everyone enjoy an adult step family experience. Blended-Families.com Coach Sheena Berg provides an objective review of the book...
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The Tact and Tacking Skills in Resolving Blended Family Conflicts
Listen: Step Wars Adult stepfamilies face five common anger issues. Issues that surprisingly, both the parental couple and adult children share. Although these basic fears and concerns are important factors in stepparent relationships, there are opposing views about who causes the problems. Grace...
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The Wizard of Oz is in You!
Listen now: The Wizard of Oz is in You! The Wizard of Oz is in You! is a fully interactive and enlightening way to learn and develop communication skills with a child and to learn the often hidden thoughts and emotions that motivate the behavior of a child. The Wizard of Oz is in You! can reveal...
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Award Winning Children's Books
Listen now: Award Winning Children's Books At Blended-Families.com, we are continually looking for great resources to make a positive difference in the lives of blended families. We recently came across two award-winning children's books by David Michael Slater that we are thrilled to feature and...
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College Graduate Boomerangs - Will They EVER Leave?
College Graduate Boomerangs According to Peter Vogt of MonsterTRAK, nearly half of this year's college graduates surveyed said they planned to move back home after receiving their diplomas. Even more discouraging, 42% of 2006 graduates surveyed reported that they were still living at home after a...
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Maintain A Healthy Relationship With Your Child
Michelle Farias' book 25 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL - Lessons from a School Counselor, helps parents nurture healthy relationships with their kids in order to promote their well-being and success in school. Listen to Maintain A Healthy Relationship With Your Child. About the...
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Summer Vacation is Here! Are You Ready?
Summer vacation is fast approaching and as every kid is salivating about being out of school, sleeping late and watching TV and mindless movies, parents are stressing about how to maintain a healthy balance of relaxation and productive use of free time so that the kids don't go back to school in...
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Famous Step-Parents Kris & Bruce Jenner to Be Interviewed
In spite of what you may think of the antics of their children, Kris Kardashian and Bruce Jenner have succeeded in doing what most "normal" people struggle with -- successfully blending two step-families. This podcast announces the interview of Kris & Bruce Jenner by Emily Bouchard, founder of...
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Emily Bouchard, MSSW, step parenting coach, author, speaker, and founder of Blended-Families.com shares practical ideas and interviews on successfully blending two step families.
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