All Episodes
The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver — 377 episodes
380: Stepsibling Relationships
379: What You Focus On Will Grow
378: Co-sleeping With Stepkids
377: Watch How You Say It
376: Birthdays, Blended Style
375: Family Law Strategies With Jasmine Hernandez Esq
374: Back To School In The Blend
373: Don't Give Up!
372: Building Trust & Security in Blended Families | Dr. Marcus
371: Double Standards In The Blend
370: Leaving the Stepkids Out
369: From Tragedy to Togetherness: Donna Kendrick's Story of Blended Family Success
368: Surviving Summer In The Blend
367: Nacho Parenting Isn't That!
366: Loss, Reconciliation, and Growth in the blend
365: The Second Time Around
364: Surviving Estrangement: What Parents and Stepparents Need to Know
363: How Did We Get Here?
362: Comparison Will Make You Miserable
361: Keep The Target Off Your Back
360: Stepmom Becomes Only Legal Parent to Stepdaughter
359: Building a Custody Case Against Narcissistic and Abusive Co-Parents
358: Mother's Day Doesn't Have to Suck
357: Estate Planning In Stepfamilies
356: Who Pays For College In A Stepfamily
355: Family Court Don'ts ~ Whitney Antoniono Family Law Attorney
354: Stepkids Don't Disappear at 18
353: Don't Do This & Big Announcement
352: Apartnering Because Of Stepkid
351: Losing Yourself In The Blend
350: Your Partner Can Be The Problem
349: Valentine's Day Expectations
348: Successful Co-parenting
347: Adult Stepkid Moves Back In
346: They Can Put Their Big Person Panties On
345: Some Blends Are Toxic
344: Stepfamily New Year's Expectations
343: Stepfamilies Can Change In The Blink Of An Eye
342: That's Not Nachoing!
341: Sick Stepkids
340: Cell Phones Between Homes
339: Gifts Between Homes
338: I Don't Love My Stepkids
337: I'm Not Buying The Stepkid Christmas Presents
336: I'm Not Leaving My Stepkid Nothing In My Will
335: Parenting Adult Children - Catherine Hickem
334: That Family Law Guy - Daniel Ryan - Part 2
333: That Family Law Guy - Daniel Ryan - Part 1
332: It's Not Always Intentional
331: Blended: Between Two Homes ~ Summer Butler
330: Is It My Problem Or My Responsibility?
329: Mindful Marriage With Ron and Nan Deal
328: Don't Have Conversations When You Are...
327: Stepmom Says Just To Shut Up
326: Guilty Parent Syndrome
325: One Stepkid's Journey
324: When The Stepkids Lie
323: Emotional Regulation With Michaela Bucchianeri
322: Don't Get Divorced Over Dirty Dishes
321: One Big Happy Family ~ Stepmom and Bio Mom are Friends
320: Send Those Kids Back to School
319: Billie Tarascio Shares Her Blended Journey
318: Therapists Don't Know Everything
317: Laura Petherbridge ~ Stepfamilies of the Bible
316: Coping With Codependent Behavior From Your Partner's Ex
315: Macaroni And Cheese, Cats, and Teenage Stepkids
314: Fairness And Conflict in the Blended Family
313: Daryl Potter ~ Something More: Living Well In A Broken World
312: Sacrifices In Stepfamilies
311: Blend Don't Break - Chad M. Brignac
310: Disrespect in Stepfamilies
309: Blending With Autism
308: Graduations And Stepfamilies
307: Lisa Wilson ~ A History of Stepfamilies in Early America
306: Easter In Stepfamilies
305: The Good Divorce Coach ~ Karen McNenny
304: Nacho Parenting: It's Not About Ignoring Step Kids
303: Affairs Create Stepfamilies
302: Mother's Day Doesn't Have To Suck For Stepmoms
301: Stepmom Didn't Want Kids - Audio
300: 300 Podcasts Later: Our Blended Family Journey
299: Stepmom Takes Care Of Bio Mom
298: Three Things Not To Say To A Stepparent
297: Couples Communication ~ Raffi Bilek
296: 3 Things To NOT Do As A Stepparent
295: Emotional Resilience in the Stepfamily
294: Emotional Turmoil in the Stepfamily
293: Trust-Based Relationship Intervention (TBRI)
292: Nacho Parenting In The New Year
291: Stepkids Taught Stepmom How To Be A Better Bio Parent
290: Stepdaughter In-Law Issues
289: Bio Mom Is The Problem, Not The Stepkids
288: Blended Holidays With Claudette Chenevert and Lori Sims
287: Holiday Discussions With Laura Petherbridge
286: Stepmom In Second Blend Part 2
285: Stepmom's Second Blend
284: Financial Planning in the Blend ~ Brian Peterson
283: Our Family Wizard ~ Kevin Dorsey
282: Financial Planning For Blended Families ~ Mikel Van Cleve
281: The Birth of Nacho Kids Nacho Parenting
280: Ours Kid Turned Stepmom
279: The Anxious Stepmom ~ Michaela Bucchianari
278: Between Two Homes ~ Bradley S. Craig Part II
277: Between Two Homes ~ Bradley Craig
276: Stepkid Views Nachoing Stepmom As Mum
275: Stepfamily Expectations
274: The Holidays Are Coming
273: Nacho Really Works!
272: Balancing Nacho as a Christian Stepdad
271: Things Changed When She Had Her Own Kid
270: Stepmom Finally Started Nachoing
269: Billie Tarascio ~ Modern Law
268: Perception Is Not Reality
267: When Will The Stepparent Love My Kid Like Their Own
266: Lori & David Answer Nacho Questions
265: Struggling Stepdad Needs Nacho
264: Krista St. Germain ~ Navigating Grief In Blended Families
263: Rachel King ~ Family Law Attorney
262: "Every Other Weekend" ~ Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mohr
261: Interview With Lisa Johnson ~ Author of "Been There Got Out"
260: Chose To Marry But Not Live Together
259: Stepkid Graduations
258: Mother's Day Struggles For Stepmoms
257: Interview With Veronica Grace Andrews ~ Healing Stepmom Burnout
256: Stepfamily Vacations
255: Stepkid Gets An Arrow Through His Head
254: Lori & David Answer Nacho Questions
253: Parental Alienation ~ A Legal Or Mental Health Issue?
252: Stepson Wants Stepmom To Be Mom
251: Ruminating In The Blend
250: Time Changes Things, Especially In A Blended Family
249: Things I Would Have Done Differently
248: Stepmom Assaulted By Bio Mom
247: Fears In The Blend Family
246: Interview With One Of The OG Nacho Kids
245: Stepmom Whose Bio Kids' Father Passed Away
244: What We Say, What We Mean, And What We Hear
243: Wills And Estate Planning In The Blend
242: Feeling Like You Have No Control In The Blend
241: Part 2 Lori And David Share More Nacho Rules
240: Lori & David Talk About Some Nacho Rules
239: Stepmom Considers One Of Her Stepkids As Her Own
238: Stepmom Accused of Abuse
237: Stepdad Nick Rothwell
236: Jeanette Soltys ~ Stepmom And Divorce & Custody Attorney
235: Interview With Kari Kling
234: Nacho Stepmom Considers Her Stepkids As Her Own
233: Talking Expectations With Alison O'Mahony ~ Be Stepwise
232: Stepmom Has Come To Terms That She'll Always Being An Outsider
231: Jason Kreidman ~ Dad University
230: Lori Sims & Tracy Dalgleish Talk Boundaries And Expectations
229: Stepmom With Hers, His, And Ours Kids
228: CA Stepmom Being A Stepkid Versus Being A Stepmom
227: Stepmom Sets Boundaries
226: Stepmom And Her Husband Nacho Each Other's Kids
225: Stepmom Struggling With Infertility Loves Stepdaughter As Her Own
224: Stepmom Regrets Pushing Her Partner To Get More Time With His Kids
223: Healing After Partner Had Affair With High Conflict Bio Mom
222: Stepmom Was Judgmental Before Having Kids Of Her Own
221: Stepmom Given Authority To Parent Her Stepkids
220: Interview With Alison O'Mahony ~ Be Stepwise
219: Rebuilding After Parental Alienation
218: Interview With Monica Chaney ~ The Worthy Stepmom
217: What Is It Costing You To Not Listen ~ Christine Miles
216: Stepmom Feels Unsafe Around Stepkid
215: David Shubert ~ Author of "Parental Alienation Is Abuse"
214: Stepmom Treated With Disdain And Disrespect
213: Full-time Stay-At-Home Stepmom Going Through IVF
212: Stepmom Who Is A Christian Counselor
211: Stepmom Who Tried To Take Her Own Life
210: Interview With Ginger Gentile ~ Reversing Parental Alienation
209: Stepmom Talks Parenting All The Children In Her Blend
208: Bio Mom Who Is A Certified Parent Coach
207: Stepmom From England With An Ours Kid
206: Stepmom With Bio & Ours Kids
204: Stepmom On The Crazy Train Returns
203: Adult Stepkids With Lori Sims & Claudette Chenevert
202: Let's Talk About Therapy With Anna de Acosta
201: Lori Chats With Cecile & Frank Of Ella's Blended Family
200: Lori & David Celebrate Their 200th Podcast Episode And Talk Nacho
199: Interview With Alicia Krasko ~ The Stepmom Side
198: Sarah Beth Hurley ~ The Yarning Shaman
197: Interview With Toni Graham ~ My Blended Chaos
196: Full-time Stepmom Whose Bio Kid and Stepkid Have No Contact With The Other Bio Parent
195: Stepmom With Lots Of Blended Experience Part II
194: Things Were Great For This Childless Stepmom In The Beginning
193: Childfree Stepmom Is 23 Years Younger Than Her Partner
192: Stepmom With Lots Of Blended Experience
191: The Professional Stepdad And Nacho Parenting Misconceptions
190: Stepmom Used To Avoid The Stepkids
189: Stepmom's Husband Lost Time With His Kid
188: Becoming A Full-time Stepmom Overnight
187: Nacho Mama & The Unapologetic Stepmom 3 Years Later
186: Interview With Dr. James & Ginger Dellaripa ~ The Family Core
185: Interview With Anthony Cancel ~ Pro Se Dad
184: Stepmom Who Used To Be High Conflict
183: Stepmom Known As The Friend
182: Stepcouple Experiencing Parental Alienation
181: Adoptive Mom Who Doesn't Love Her Adopted Kids Like Her Own
180: Interview With Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby - Importance Of Vetting A Therapist
179: Stepmom Who Blocked Bio Mom
178: Becoming A Full-time Stepmom Unexpectedly
177: Interview With Dr. Tara Egan ~ Egan Counseling & Consulting
176: Interview With Josh & Kristy Groce ~ Perfectly Blended
175: Stepmom's Husband Awarded Custody After Bio Mom Failed To Manage Child's Medical Condition
174: Interview With Ashley Gerhard ~ Phoenix Transformation
173: Interview With Shawn Simon ~ Author of "Stepping Into A New Role: Stories From Stepmoms"
172: Stepmom Fights Being The Parent That Cares The Most
171: Interview With An Adult Stepkid
170: Stepmom Turned Nacho Mom
169: Stepmom's Husband Received Primary Custody & Gave It Up
168: Interview With A Husband's Wife
167: Childfree Stepmom Nachos
166: Bio Dad Hasn't Talked To His Kids In Four Years
165: Interview With Stepcouple In Canada
164: Interview With Todd Jensen ~ Research Assistant Professor
163: Stepmom Who Told Bio Dad To Be A Disney Dad
162 : Stepmom Who Is The Breadwinner
161: Stepmom Who Runs The Household
160: Being The Only Stepmom In Your Circle
159: Full-Time New Zealand Stepmom Who Nachos
158: Stepmom Whose Husband Had A Crappy Attorney
157: Stepmom Blamed For Stepkids Leaving
156: Bio Mom Whose Kids Were Nacho'd By Their Stepmom
155: Stepmom Who Takes Nachoing To A New Level
153: Stepmom Who Does Not Nacho
152: The Last 3-4 Years Of This 21 Year Blend Has Been The Hardest
151: Stepmom Pressured To Be Super Stepmom
150: Full-Time Stepmom And Bio Mom
149: Interview With Summer Butler ~ Blended Book Co.
148: Stepmom Whose Stepkids No Longer Come For Visitation
147: Stepmom Who Lost Stepson To Suicide
146: Stepmom Who Sees Her Stepkid More Than Her Own Bio Kid
145: Childless Stepmom With Two Teenage Stepkids
144: Stepmom Whose Stepkid Moved In Full-Time
143: Stepmom Whose Stepson Calls Her Mom
142: Stepmom From Australia
141: Becoming A Stepmom At 16
140: Interview With Martin & Maria Erlandsson Of The Swedish Podcast Bonus Pappa Plus Mama
139: Parental Alienation As A Bio Mom & Stepmom
138: Bio Dad Talks About His Wife Nachoing
137: Control Freak Learns To Nacho
136: Interview With Lisa Goodpaster ~ Parental Alienation
135: Stepmomzilla Turns To Nacho - Part 2
134: Stepmomzilla Turns To Nacho - Part 1
133: Widow With 6 Kids Marries Widower & Becomes A Stepmom To 2
132: Interview With Dr. Sonia Cann-Milland
131: Bio Dad Of 10 Shares His Perspective On The Blend
130: Childless Stepmom To 10 Stepkids
129: Stepmom's Grandson and Stepkid Are The Same Age
128: Stepmom With An Ours Baby
127: Stepmom And Bio Mom Are Friends
126: Childfree Stepmom Pushed To Love Stepkid
125: Stepmom On The Crazy Train
124: Stepmom Whose Stepkids Tattle On Her
123: Stepdad Who Feels Taken Advantage Of
122: Stay-at-home Bio Dad To Four Girls Talks About The Blend
121: Interview With Ron Deal
120: Stepmom From Texas ~ Party of 10+
119: Tracy Poizner Of The Essential Stepmom & Lori Sims Talk Nacho
118: Interview With Gabby Gast
117: Stepmom Who Kicks Butt
116: You Thought Your Bio Mom Was Crazy
115: Claudette Chenevert ~ The Stepmom Coach ~ The 2021 Stepfamily Summit
114: Full-time Childless Stepmom Who Nachos Like A Queen
113: Stepmom To Stepkid With ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder
112: Stepkids Attempting & Threatening Suicide Because Of Blended Issues
111: Blended Couple Didn't Think Blending Would Be This Hard
110: Full-time Stepmom To Three Stepkids With An Absent Bio Mom
109: Canadian Stepmom's Partner Changed Mind About More Kids As Agreed
108: Super Stepmom Gets Overwhemled
107: Stepmom With One Psycho Bio Mom And One Cool Bio Mom
106: Widowed Couple Has 9 Kids In Their Blend
105: Childless Stepmom Nachos Her Stepkids But Her Partner Won't Nacho Her Dogs
104: Discussing Parental Paralysis With Tracy Poizner ~ Essential Stepmom
103: Childless Stepmom To Three Stepdaughters
102: Stepmom Who Nachos Twin Stepdaughters Differently
101: Stepmum Who Is Being Investigated Because Of Facebook Posts
100: Another Nacho Kid's Viewpoint
099: Stepmom Who Went Off On The Bio Parents
098: Inappropriate Touching Between Bio Kid And Stepkid
097: Interview With Elise Buie ~ Family Law Attorney
096: Stepmom Whose Husband Won't Nacho Her Kids Part 2 ~ Mini-wife Syndrome
095: Stepmom Whose Husband Won't Nacho Her Bio Kids
094: Stepmom Whose Counselor Told Her To Back Off
093: Stepmom Required To Meet Bio Mom
092: Blended Couple Who Is Rockin' The Blend
091: Stepmom Who Nachos Discipline With Her Bonus Kids
090: Interview With Mary Lynn Bradshaw ~ The Suburban Urban Mom
089: A Couple Who Fought To Be A Nuclear Family
088: Interview With Jonnie Jensen ~ Team Super Dad
087: Interview With Matt Larson ~ The Human Improvement Project
086: Interview With Joel Hawbaker ~ 10CBF Blended Family Podcast
085: Ex-Stepdad Knows His Girlfriend Won't "Love The Stepkid As Her Own"
084: Widower Becomes A Stepdad
083: Interview With A Nacho Kid
082: Stepmom Who Says Her Stepkids Are "Her Kids"
081: Stepmom Whose Husband Lives With His Mom When He Has His Son
080: Interview With Megan Bottom ~ Broken2Blessed
079: Stepkid Who Became A Full-time Stepmom To Five Stepkids
078: Stepmom Who Thought She Knew What She Was Getting Into
077: From Every Other Weekend To Full-Time Stepmom
076: Full-time Childless Stepmom To Three Teenage Stepdaughters
075: A Nacho Stepmom In Dubai
074: Interview With Heidi Farrell ~ Not Just A Stepmom
073: Stepmom Struggling To Set Boundaries
072: Interview with Craig & Gina Morgan ~ Blended Together Forever
071: Stepmom Who Had Given Up
070: Interview With Dorcy Pruter ~ Founder of Conscious Co-parenting Institute
062: Stepmom With Brady Bunch Dreams
069: Stepmom Offended By Nacho
068: Ooops! She Did It Again!
067: Interview With Karalee Katsambanis - Author of "Stepparenting With Purpose"
066: Stepson Was Sexually Inappropriate With Bio Son
065: Childless Stepmom Turns To Nacho
064: Stepmom Shares Her Biggest Regret
063: Evil Stepmom From The UK
061: Interview With Kristen Skiles ~ Stepmomming
060: From Every Other Weekend Stepmom To Full-Time Stepmom
059: Interview With Ali Wilkins ~ Stepcoupling
058: Interview With Anna de Acosta ~ The Mindful Stepmom
057: The Goody Two Shoes Stepmom
056: Stepmom Who Tried To Make The World "Fair"
055: Stepmom Who Has Five Stepkids With Three Bio Moms & Four Bio Kids
054: Stepmom Who Was A Secret
053: Stepmom With An Extremely High Conflict Bio Mom
052: The Family Court System Failed This Stepmom's Husband & Stepkids
051: Stepmom Nachos One Stepkid And Not The Other
050: Interview With Sarah Harris ~ Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Registered Play Therapist, Board Certified Telementalhealth Provider
049: Stepkid Turned Stepmom
048: Stepmom And Bio Dad Moved 12 Hours Away From His Kids
047: Third Time's The Charm Stepmom?
046: Childless Stepmom With An Autistic Stepson
045: Stepmom Who Regrets Helping Her Husband Get Custody Of His Kids
044: Interview With Bobbi Wilcox ~ Blended Families United
043: Stepmom Hospitalized Due To Blended Stress
042: A Stepdaughter Molested By Her Stepbrother
041: A Neurodivergent Stepmom
040: A Stepmom Who Attempted Suicide
039: Interview With Stepmom Princess Lauren
038: Stepkid Turned Stepmom Twice
037: Stepmom With Inactive Bio Mom
036: Interview With The Buckeye Bonusmom
035: The Globe-Trotting Stepmom
034: Stepmom With Night & Day Blends
033: Stepmom vs A Free-Spirited Bio Mom
032: Interview With Elliott Katz ~ Author "Being The Strong Man A Woman Wants"
031: Two Time Stepmom
030: The Crazy Stepmom
029: Stepmom With A Bunch Of Kids
028: Super Stepmom Turned Nacho Mom
027: Gungho Stepmom Who Realized She Was Overstepping
026: A British Nacho Mom
025: Nachoing Saved This Stepmom's Sanity
024: Stepmom Who Records Arguments
023: Stepmom As A Result Of Infidelity
022: A Two-Time Stepmom
021: Interview With Celia Kibler ~ Pumped Up Parenting
020: The Struggles Of Being A Childless Stepmom
019: A Childless Widow Turned Stepmom
018: Interview With Claudette Chenevert ~ The Stepmom Coach
017: Interview With Melanie Anthony ~ Stepmoms Alive
016: Interview With Ron Deal ~ Smart Stepfamilies & Family Life Blended
015: Interview With Melissa Brown ~ Blended Family Podcast
013: Interview With Emili Wadkins ~ The Unapologetic Stepmom
012: Interview With Deanna Kaech - Merged Family Initiative
011: From Summertime Stepmom To 50/50 Stepmom
010: A Stepkids View Of Nachoing!
009: Interview with Kristie Carpenter of "The Blended Family Mom"
008: Interview With Tracy Poizner ~ The Essential Stepmom
007: Stepmom Who Couldn't Be Like Her Stepmom
006: Interview With Laura Petherbridge - The Smart Stepmom
005: Stepmom With 6 Stepkids And 3 Bio Kids
004: A Stepmom Who Knew What She Was Getting Into
003: A Stepmom That Experienced Stepkid Custody Changes
002: A Childless Stepmom Of 10 Years
001: Nachoing, Nacho Kids, And The Academy