All Episodes
FamilyLife Blended® Podcast — 184 episodes
195: Stepmom Advice: 10 Things I Would Do Over as a Stepmother
194: What “God Hates Divorce” Gets Right—and Very Wrong
193: Restoring Trust After Sexual Betrayal
192: Jim Burns: When Adult Children Stray
191: Father’s Day Feels Weird: Blended Family Grief and Hope
190: The Mother's Day You Never Wanted: Hope for Hurting Moms and Stepmoms
189: Widowhood to Remarriage: Blending Families with Ongoing Grief - Daniel and Brittany Brooker
188: Growing up Blended: Micah Scharchburg
187: Worship through Grief: Matt and Kari Perkins
186: Is Fear Running Your Stepfamily? (Here’s How to Spot It)--Gayla Grace
185: This Was Never the Plan: Walking with God through the Heartache of Divorce
184: Parenting & Grandparenting kids about tech, phones, and screens
183: Grief Triggers and Tender Triumphs: Happy Chaos in a Blended Family
182: Blended and Blessed book, Building Healing through the Beatitudes
181: Beauty in the Broken: A Kintsugi Approach to Blended Family Life
180: Tinsel, Tension, Togetherness: Navigating Your Blended Family Christmas--Mike and Kim Anderson
179: From Shock to Strength: Unplanned Pregnancy in a Blended Family
178: We Struggled to Blend. Now We Help Blended Families Thrive
177: Gary Chapman: Keys to a Successful Marriage
176: How to Help Kids Cope with Divorce and Remarriage
175: Blended Holidays Are Complicated. Here’s How They Made It Work
174: More Than Just A Stepparent: Helping a Grieving Child Heal
173: When Your Brains Are Different: Finding Your Way in a Neurodivergent Marriage
172: Beautifully Blended: Devotions and Resources for Every Kind of Blended Family
171: How To Navigate In-Law Relationships: Building Bridges, Not Battlegrounds
170: 2025 Blended and Blessed: Answering Your Blended Family Dilemmas
169: Growing up Blended: The Hidden Grief Kids Carry
168: Learning from Stepfamilies of the Bible
167: Unrecognized Loss, Unexpressed Grief
166: The Six Stages on Your Stepfamily Journey
165: Two Homes, One Team: Co-Parenting for Your Kids' Well-being
164: Building Character for Stronger Relationships: Developing the 4 Essential Character Traits to Raise Resilient Kids
163: Cutting the Tension: Building Trust Between a Stepmom and Stepdaughter
162: One Family's Journey to Blended Unity: Looking Back to the Teenage Years
161: Growing Up Blended, and Navigating the Maze to Build Strong Blended Bonds
160 From Shame to Strength: A Single Mom's Journey to Healing and Hope
159 The 3-Step Guide to Navigating Hard Feelings in Your Blended Family
158 Prodigal Parents: Rebuilding Relationships with Children and Not Losing Your Influence
157 "I see you": Creating Community for Brown & Black Blended Families
156 Playing Hurt: A Guy’s Strategy for a Winning Marriage
155 A New Year, An Improved Self, A Better Marriage
154 From Their Perspective: Adjusting to a Bigger Family, Luke Landwer
153 From Their Perspective: Talking With A Young Adult, Amelia Dellaripa
152 From Their Perspective: Losing a Dad and Life with a Stepdad with Davis & Campbell Faulkner
151 Practicing Gratitude in Your Blended Family
150 Parenting Foster Kids & Adopted Kids
149 A Special Edition: Growing Up Blended After Parental Loss: Laura Husband
148 Dealing With A Narcissist
147 Reimagining Christian Sabbath
146 Stepfamilies: Stepparent Dynamics and Your Marriage
145 Physical Intimacy Issues for Stepfamily Couples
144 Hope Is What the Dr. Ordered
143 Ghosts of Marriage Past—Dealing with Relationship Baggage
142 Troubled Teens & Addiction Help
141 Overcoming Stepparenting Myths
140 A Home Built From Love & Loss
139: Growing Up Blended: My Stepdad
138: Cancer, NFL, and Family
137: Broken: Help for Family Problems
136: Help Me with My Finances
135: Growing Up Blended: Kim Walker Smith’s Story
134: Being a Stepparent: Is it a Blessing?
133: Remarrying After Loss
132: Growing Up Blended: Navigating Loss
131: God’s Purpose and Intent for Sexuality
130: Coping With Traumatic Events
129: Stepparent Vs Bio Parent: Seeing Conflicts Differently
128: Organize Your Life
127: Getting Remarried?
126: Strained Relationships with Adult Kids
125: How To Be Thankful in a Blended Family
124: Helping Your Kids With Their Emotions
123: How To Overcome Co-parenting Conflict
122: Blending a Family: Where Do I Start?
121: Lessons from Adoptive Parents
120: Blended Family Christmas: Tips to reduce holiday stress
119: Parenting Teens During the Loneliness Epidemic
118: Blended Family Dynamics – The Enneagram Types Explained
117: Trusting God in Difficult Times
116: Divorce Grief– Breaking Soul Ties
115: Stepchildren and Marriage: How to Build Trust
114: Men in Blended Families: Why You Need a Strong Support System
113: Bonus Dad Pro Tips from Mike
112: Stepmom Help: Pro Tips from Jen & Bill
111: Custody Battles and Court Conversation
110: Growing Up Blended: Dr. Darrell Bock
109 Who Comes First in a Blended Family?
108: Prioritize Marriage in Your Home
107: Blending a Family: Strategies that Don’t Work
106: Scripture for Families in Need of Encouragement
105: Stepfamily Relationship Building: Stepping Stones for Success
104: Kids, Culture, Phones, and the Other Home
103: Alienated: One Child’s Journey to Reconnect (A Parental Alienation story)
102: Working Smarter, Not Harder
101: Christmas: Recovering Joy
100: FamilyLife Blended: The Birth of a Movement
99: Growing Up Blended: Changing the Course of Your Family Legacy
98: Dating and the Single Parent, Revisited
97: Protecting Your Kids From Porn
96: Get On Board
95: Good Parenting, Good Stepparenting
94: The Honeymoon: Blended Families: 10 Years and Beyond
93: Ministering to Blended Families
92: The Fields Are White for Harvest: Teaching Pastors Speak Out About Blended Family Ministry
91: Bonus Q&A: More Answers to Questions Blended Families Ask
90: Bonus Q&A: You Ask, We Answer
89: Bonus Q&A: Blended Questions with Kirk
88: Bonus Q&A: Stepfamily Questions with Don and Sandi
87: Well Blended
86: Bi-Polar Value Differences Between Homes
85: Terrible Loss, Unexpected Love
84: Relationship Essentials – Tools for Healthier Relationships
83: Unsung Heroes
82: It’s All Fun and Games
81: Bonus Moms: Refined for Good
79: Advice to Children: What Experts Might Say to Your Kids
69: Good Co-Parenting: Conflict and Cooperation with Your Ex
68: Preparing to Blend: Getting ready for life after the wedding
67: Blended with Grit: Widowhood and Forming a New Family
66: A Healthy Sex Life: What Couples Should Know
65: Turn Your Season and Your Life Around
64: Seasons and Rhythms: Strengthening Your Family Throughout the Year
63: Growing up in a Blender: Shelby Abbott
62: Pressure to Perform: When it Feels Like the World is Watching
61: Love Mercy: Divorce & Remarriage in the Bible
60: Grace-filled Stepparenting
59: Conversations to Improve Your Family
58: Investing for Life After Kids
57: The Smart Stepdad
56: Adult Stepfamilies
55: The Smart Stepmom
54: The Power of God at Work in Stepfamilies
53: Managing Yourself in the Midst of the Unknown
52: Blended and Blessed Backstage
51: Growing Up in a Blender: Play the Long Game
50: Parenting Troubled Children in Stepfamilies
49: Blended Kingdom Families podcast
48: Sending & Receiving Kids Between Homes
47: Lessons From the School of Hard-Knocks
46: Autism and the Blended Family
45: Adult Stepfamilies: Joys and Challenges with the Holidays
44: Overcoming Emotional Abandonment in Marriage
43: Growing Up in a Blender: Who’s my Daddy?
42: Military Stepfamilies: Mission Ready
41: Raising Kids in a Toxic Culture
40: Battle of the Moms
39: Grandparenting and the Blended Family
38: Daily Practices for Happy Stepcouples
37: Co-Parents, Teachers, and Your Child’s Education
36: Crisis Counselor Tips for Managing Crisis
35: Second Wife, Second Life
34: Finding Support for Your Family
33: Bonus Parenting
32: The Essentials of Co-parenting
31: Mother’s & Father’s Day in Blended Families
30: Re-Sex: The Challenges of Sex for Blended Family Couples
29: When A Parent Goes M.I.A.
28: Growing Up in a Blender
27: Beyond Broken
26: Two Homes, Two Sets of Values: From a Child’s Point of View
25: Building Love Together in Blended Families
24: Blending Despite Betrayal
22: The Clutter-Free Home, the Clutter-Free Family
21: Stepfamilies and The Holidays
20: About to Blend
19: Financing Togetherness in Blended Families
18: The Blessing and Your Blended Family
17: Grief and the Blended Family
16: The Childless Stepmom
15: Navigating Your Custody Battle
14: In Their Shoes
13: Calming Angry Kids
12: Overcoming Betrayal
11: Undone: Making Peace With the Life You Have
10: A Battle for Your Child and a Fight For Your Marriage
9: Stepparenting With Grace
8: Parenting After Divorce
7: Eternity Is Now in Session
6: Challenging Co-Parent Situations and Parent Alienation
5: Daily Bread for the Starving Stepmom
4: Caught Between Your Spouse and Your Family
3: The Good News About Marriage
2: Life in a Blender: Dave and Ann Wilson
1: Blended Families, Identity, and Different Last Names